New Baby...

So, we are expecting another baby in our family! We found out today what we are having too. I decided to make it special for the boys and tell them in a fun way. I made a cake and dyed the inside pink or blue to tell if it's a boy or girl. The frosting covered the color so they wouldn't know until we cut the cake. Anyway, I videoed it so we could have their reactions...WATCH and find out what we are having...

Soccer Camp

I heard about a fun soccer camp I just had to get my boys involved in. They loved it! Even Tristan, that wasn't technically part of the group, enjoyed playing with the coaches a bit.





Here's a fun video of a song one of the counselors did with the kids, my kids LOVED it!

Tristan WALKING!

Here's my Mr. T. walking! He's getting better every day! He also learned his first word other than Dada and Mama...if you know Tristan well you could guess it, BALL. Listen close and you'll hear his version of it. He also says car very similarly by saying Broom Broom, more "R" rolling than when he says Ball.

Connor's First Piano Recital

Connor has been playing piano for three months now and he had his first recital last night. Here are the pieces he played. He had all of them memorized but got a little nervous I think. He did AWESOME for his first time. It might just be me but I think he's catching on awfully quick too, he's good! Here are the videos...

Tristan's crawl

Last week Tristan started "crawling" forward finally! He's been going every other direction (rolling, turning and going backwards) for months and he's getting better at getting around every day. Here's how he does it...

The Force is strong with this one...

Star Wars is "THE THING" at our house right now. Connor is Obi-Wan Kenobi and Haydn is Anakin Skywalker, his apprentice. Even Tristan has been named R2D2 (I think he sounds more like a Wookie though). I can't tell you how many times I tie capes around them in one day. Haydn is constantly telling me that he is Anakin Skywalker and asking if I am Padme or Obi-Wan Kenobi. Scott is obviously getting a kick out of the whole thing. The boys anxiously await their father's return home in the hopes that they can watch more Star Wars or play Star Wars on the Wii with him.

Follow, Follow Me

Oh the energy in our house. These dancing, singing, crazies are performing a well loved Primary song. Why are they in their pajamas you might ask? Because, it is only 8am. I wish I had the energy to follow them all the time.

California Trip

I stole a couple pics of the wedding from my sister's blog because I mostly took videos of everything. Here's Haydn with his new little cousin Ben.

This is all the married Hall/Harrison granddaughters--me, Jessica and Katie

Here's all of the bride and groom's immediate family and grandparents

Haydn had a blast playing with my cousins here's a pic of them playing nintendo together, trying anyway!

While in CA we got to go on a very quick jet ski trip for a couple hours one evening. This video is of a cool jet ski trip my uncle Jeff did.

The best part of the river trip was being able to take Haydn on his first jet ski ride. HE LOVED IT. This video is a couple min long and mostly for posterity so if you really don't care you don't have to watch. I took Haydn out on the jet ski and you can't even see the cutest part because he is saying "Yeah!" over and over and tossing his hands in the air with it sometimes too. He is such a cutie...and a daredevil as we already know!

Haydn's Words

I was trying to get Haydn to show off his talking a little for the camera for the other day. He cooperated a little but mostly was just being silly and cute. Here's a video of this cutie. Sorry it's a little long, I have a hard time putting my camera down because my kids are the most adorable things in the whole world.

Eating Adventures

Haydn has recently decided that he can feed himself. He's actually very good at using a spoon or fork and getting food into his mouth (with the grace of a one year old, of course). The video was taken a few weeks ago and is the epitome of how meals are at our house. My small children love playing while eating (I'm sure yours are angels with perfect manners). Today, Haydn thought of a faster way to eat his yogurt. It was very effective as well as super cute!

Bubbles Bubbles.....Dada

Ah, the simple pleasures! I marvel sometimes at how easy it is to please little children. I love nothing more than to watch my boys faces of complete joy and their little laughs and happy squeals! Here's one such happy moment of my boys playing with bubbles...

By the way, Haydn calls most things "dada". We thought it was so funny when Connor would call bananas "BaMama", which is kinda close. Haydn calls it "BaDada".

Comparing Crib Escapes

I talked about Haydn's escape from his crib before and I found it entertaining to compare it with Connor's. I thought everyone might enjoy it. It's amazing how different children can be. These crib escapes match their personalities perfectly. Connor is much more cautious about things he hasn't tried before or that look daunting. Haydn will watch others and then just go for it, NO FEAR.
Connor's planned perfect escape...

Haydn's daring dive...

Haydn's "Hi!"

Haydn is really getting into sign language lately. He knows all the important ones that get him things--please, more, milk. He knows exactly where I have the basket of Easter candy and he goes in that room and sits down and very animatedly rubs his hand over his chest(PLEASE!) If I ignore it or say no sometimes he takes matters into his own hands. The other day he climbed up onto a little kiddy chair to reach on top of the dresser where the candy is. I walked into the room just as the chair slipped out form under him and he was hanging from the dresser. It was hilarious, only because I happened to have great timing and he didn't get hurt. Here's Haydn talking...

Haydn's Walking Progresses

Haydn is getting quite good at both walking and listening to instructions or requests. He is such a sweetie pie. I love watching him wobble around everywhere. The other day I was chasing him and he was crawling as fast as he could away from me, laughing all the way. Then he paused, stood up and took a couple steps as if to run away but didn't make it too far and resigned to crawling again. It was so fun to see him try to run! He'll be chasing Connor in no time!

Haydn's First Steps

Our littlest angel is taking his first steps these days. He's had the balance and ability for a long time but had decided that crawling was far faster and easier. Because he's already gotten so good at standing he's going to be a pro at walking soon, I know it! I'm so proud of Haydn. He's always been one to do things on his own schedule. I love to watch my kids grow and learn new talents. Connor buttoned 4 buttons this morning with no complaints! That's a big feat too! I love my boys!

Haydn Snores

Haydn had a long day of playing at the museum and on the way home we just couldn't keep him awake. I think he looks so cute all bundled in his coat in his car seat. It makes those chubby cheeks show more than normal! I love this cutie!

More video from the vault!

Here is a video of Connor climbing out of his crib for the first time. He was about 21 months old. He would wake up and play in his crib and when he was ready he'd call for his "mommy and daddy." Then we'd go to his door and knock and peek in to say good morning as we got him up. He loved this little routine of ours until one morning he called and we came and knocked on the door and he knocked back! We were so stunned we opened the door and there he was all proud of himself. We put him back in his crib and asked him to show us how he got out and he was all too happy to show off. He was so smart, he even threw all his blankets on the floor first to soften the fall (we have hardwood floors). He did it like a pro! Needless to say that day we graduated to a toddler bed! He never had a problem with the transition but Mommy cried while she was packing up the crib.

Here is a video from Connor's second birthday party! We had a big one with all his friends at the park a few days later but this was the actual day of with just Mommy and Daddy there to celebrate with.

Here's an oldie, but a goodie: Connor laughing it up over dinner one night! We were putting on a silly show trying to make him happy. I guess it worked! Isn't it wonderful how children find such joy in such simple things! (Age: approximately one and a half)