My note to Hayden

Dear Hayden,

Today is your third birthday and I wanted to write you this note so you will always know how much your mommy loves you. I remember when you were born and they put your little body on my chest - I was instantly in love with you. Not a day goes by that I am not eternally grateful to have you in my life. You make me smile and laugh everyday with the silly things you do and say, and with your pure innocence. Being a mom is challenging (you can be a little turkey sometimes), but I would never give it up because I love you so much. You are very intuitive and listen to everything going on around you. You amaze me everyday at how smart you are. I love how you like to snuggle with me right now, because I am sure there will be a day when you will think that is not so cool. I love that when you get an owie all you need is for me to kiss it better. You are so sweet to McKall and she adores you. You call her princess with your squeaky little voice and it melts my heart. I love when you sing and do your dances. I love to carry you up the stairs to put you in your "nice, warm, snuggly bed", as you say it - for that one last moment of the day with you. I love how you get so excited every time we go to Costco and they write a smiley face on the back of the receipt. I love when you wrap your little arms around me and tell me I am the best mommy in the whole wide world. I could go on and on, but I mostly want to say I love everything about you Beans, and you are the best little boy in the whole wide world.

Love, Mommy

4th of July!

We have had a tradition of going to Idaho Falls for the 4th, but we haven't gone for a few years, so we decided we better go this year. We had so much fun being with friends and having a good time. Elizabeth of course came prepared with red, white, and blue nail polish, so I painted McKall's toenails. Can you say cuteness. I love little toes. We went to the greenbelt and fed the ducks, and looked at the river. Hayden was in Heaven.

And of course we watched the fireworks and did some of our own. Both Hayden and McKall really liked the fireworks.

My Girl

My baby girl isn't so little any more... she is about 71/2 months old. She is proudly sitting up on her own, and loving the freedom of being upright and playing with toys. She is rolling and scooting all over and will be crawling soon, I bet. She loves to eat food and is sitting like a big girl in the high chair feeding herself. It is so fun every morning to pick out her outfits and dress her up. She has about a gazillion flower clips and bows for her hair! She is also a Drama Queen already! She knows what she wants and if she doesn't get it she makes this face!

But she also smiles a lot and she loves to play with her big brother Hayden. She just looks at him and giggles. I love how much they both love each other. He calls her princess and he is always concerned about her well being. We love you little miss.