Thursday, June 10, 2010

Summer must be here!

The last couple of weeks we've been having fun in the summer sun. {If you can call it summer anyway, the weather hasn't exactly been summer-like so far.}

We bought a fun new sprinkler this year and Avery, Quinn and Madelyne were having a blast with it!




Getting warm in the sun.


Now that's how you get a tan!




These three little pip-squeaks were having a ball on the tramp!


She is one blonde beauty!



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This time it was warm enough to set up the pool. Funny thing is, the kids hardly spent any time in it. Avery, Quinn and Madelyne were far too busy watering all of our trees, flowers and grass to even think about getting in the pool. :)


Trying to get a group shot with little Hayzen in it is impossible. He's always on the move!


Taking a break from all his hard work of watering everything in sight for a cookie.


This little fella loved splashing in the pool.


Nothing better than a backyard pool day on a hot summer day!

Sunday, June 6, 2010

Hayzen is One!

Yesterday we celebrated Hayzen's first birthday with a big barnyard shin dig! What a fun party!

This is the cute invitation for his big celebration.


Avery was so cute and wanted to make decorations with me for the party. So while I made the "Hayzen is one!" birthday banner, she crafted these cute decorations of her own. I LOVE the rooster on top of the barn and the hay in front, so cute!



I am so happy with the cake, I just think it turned out so cute. This was my first two tiered cake with fondant and let me just say, it was harder than I thought it would be! But well worth it in the end, it was adorable if I do say so myself!




I made the cute little animals pictured on the invitation out of fondant, the horse is my favorite.


The cow is pretty darn cute too.


So is the pig.


And I'm so happy with how the little sheep turned out too! I just love them all!



What a cute cake!!!


The grub for our barnyard birthday shin dig.












The cute birthday boy!


It took Hayzen a few presents to get the idea of what to do and how to do it, but he got the hang of it pretty fast.




Where's Hayzen?


There he is!


Where's Hayzen?


There he is!

That game could have went on for hours!


We had a horse pinata for the kids, here's Quinney getting ready to take his best shot.


The other game we played was called the "Hayzen Quiz". I asked six questions about our birthday boy and whoever got the most right won a prize.

The questions were:

1. How much does he weigh? 18 lbs. 3 oz.
2. What's his least favorite vegetable? carrots
3. How many teeth does he have? 6 -4 on top, 2 on bottom
4. What's his favorite game to play? peek-a-boo
5. Where is his birthmark? on his neck under his left ear
6. Name one of Hayzen's three favorite things to crawl to that are forbidden. Ruby's food, heat vents and door stoppers

Mom and Tammy tied with 4 right answers. Great job you two!

Time for the birthday boy to dig in to his first birthday cake. When I first put his cake in front of him all he wanted to do was lift up the plate and play with it, he didn't even care about the cake. Silly fella, don't you know that that's white cake with buttercream frosting?! :)




"Mmmmm, that's yummy."


"But I'm done."


"I like the chocolate cake better."


Hayzen must take after his big brother because Quinney sure was enjoying his chocolate cake!



At the end of the party we handed out the party favors. Mmmm, looks tasty!


I still can't believe it's been a whole year since we had our Hayzen boy, it's gone by so fast. He is my sweet little brown-eyed, button nosed boy and I love him SO much. He is my joy everyday, my little Hayzen baby.



Happy 1st Birthday sweet baby boy!

One Year

In one year my sweet baby boy went from this...


To this...


It's hard to believe that it's already been a full year! {I still remember the pain from my c-section like it was yesterday.} :)

At one year Hayzen weighed in at 18 lbs. 3 oz. and was 29" tall. He is the cutest and happiest little fella and we are so lucky to have him in our family. I still love his long dark hair just as much as I did the day he was born, and I absolutely love his big dark brown eyes. I am one lucky Mama to have such a great little son!

Happy Birthday my sweet baby boy! {actually, happy birthday 5 days ago} :)