Santa vs. Hayden 2007......

The SNC Lavalin Kiddie Christmas Party
was on Sunday afternoon.....
Hayden had to wear his new sweater!

They had balloon animals and face painting....
(notice my child has neither.)
They had gingerbread men for the kids to decorate,
but Hayden preferred his 'au natural!'

Hayden wanted NO PART of sitting on
some strange man's lap, so Mommy had
to sit with him too!
Santa listened very carefully to Hayden's
list of requests and I told Santa
that I would like anything
with diamonds....

Hayden waited very patiently in the line-up,
tolerated a visit with Santa,
and was rewarded....

.....with a cute little Elmo for the tub
that came complete with soap crayons
for tubby art work!
Great job Santa, now I have to explain
why he can't color on the walls
outside of the tub!!

I'm 19 months old!!

November 20, 2007

Nemo Band-aids for sore thumbs......$3.99
Case of Minigo......$8.99
New big boy dishes and utensils.....$14.99
Dora the Explorer DVD......$22.99

My son and his sweet little face.......PRICELESS!

A few of my favorite things:

When I come home after working all day and Hayden runs at me
yelling "mommy!" as he jumps into my arms.

My heart swells every time I see him trying
new "big boy" things. Drinking from a glass,
helping mommy windex, and using the DVD player(eek!)

He tries to say new words every day.....now
we really need to watch what we say!
Ouwie, oh-no and toast are new.

I love that he points to my feet and
says "cold" if I don't have socks on.

I love that he is such an affectionate little boy.
He loves to give hugs and kisses....
to everyone and everything!

I love the way he runs around the house
like a wild man, giggling and squealing.....
and the next minute he's reading a book in your lap.

I love that he goes to get a tissue if he
needs to "blow" his nose. He holds the tissue,
sniffs, then throws it in the garbage.

I love his cute little facial expressions.
I love the way he raises his eyebrows and tilts his head
if he's checking something out, or he wants you
to check it out too.

I love that he points to the various parts
of his body and can name
an awful lot of them.....knee, cheek,
elbow, eye, nose, mouth, hair, ear.....
and the ever popular pee-pee!


Really, I just love all of him....period.
Even though there are times he makes me want to cry,
he mostly makes me laugh out loud.

He knows what he likes!

November 16, 2007

Most children like Cheerios for breakfast.
Or toast.
Not my child.
He had a smoothie......
and a pickle!!

Hayden walked to the fridge,
said "pickle?"
and opened the fridge door.
He took out the jar of pickles all by himself.

I love this face!!
He kind of tilts his head and raises
his eyebrows as if to say,
"you look pretty good and I'm going to
eat you now, okay?!"

How delicious!
I'm going to savor every bite!

"Want some?"
No thanks.
(The smell of garlic and dill
at 8AM is making me nauseous!)

No sour pucker,
just pickle juice all over his face,
his hair going every direction,
how can you help but fall even more in love?!

Our visit with Grandma & Grandpa!

Our trip to Saskatoon
November 4-8, 2007

Hayden and I re-packed our suitcases,
and went to see Grandma and Grandpa!

Hayden and Grandma having a snuggle...
while he is watching Dora.

Hayden also got to see his 2 Great-Grandmas!!

Grandma's glass tables took a beating.
Hayden thought he should take it upon himself
to clean off the fingerprints!

Hayden decide he should dine early.
Therefore, he ate alone.
It's a good thing the kitchen is always open!!

Hayden the helper.
Grandma's salad spinner also had a
round or two taken out of it!

Who knew cheese graters could be such fun?!
Maybe because there were
3 different sizes!

I'm not sure....
it just seemed like a cool place to take a rest?

Watching trucks with Grandpa!!

What a tough vacation.....
Hayden decided that he should nap in Mommy's bed!
And came walking out of the room
when his nap was finished!!
(So much for the pillow barricade!)

Grandma and Grandpa will only have a
month and a half to recover
until we visit again.
I guess it's pretty quiet
without Hayden around!

Trick or Treat!

October 31, 2007

Hayden's first Halloween...that he understands
the yummy concept of candy!
He quite enjoyed going from house
to house....and wouldn't let go
of his pail of treats!!
Mommy and Daddy, of course, ate his candy.
This is one of the fringe benefits of being a parent.

Family Vacation - Mexico 2007!

October 21-28, 2007
The Deters' Family vacation to Jalisco, Mexico!

I had my reservations.
I was pleasantly surprised by Hayden's ability to
sit still on an airplane. He did very well.
He decided he shouldn't nap in Mexico....there is too much to see!
Why sit through dinner? There are places to go!
Why sleep through the night....sleep is for the weak!
Why shouldn't I sleep with mommy and daddy? They are in the same room!
Why can't I have another Pina Colada?
Sand doesn't taste that great. Even on a cookie.


Hayden enjoyed the pool, with some coaxing.
He really appreciated it after a day in the hot sun!

The last night.
They made me do a shot of tequila.
I'm smiling 'cause I haven't done it yet!!

Hayden and Daddy building sandcastles.
Hayden was the wrecking crew.

....the view from the lobby bar.
Don't we look tanned!?
It was a beautiful resort!

Hayden loves animals. He took a shine to this friendly
little guy while we were having lunch in Bucerias.
He loved Hayden's cheerios.

Mmmmmmm.....mas margaritas, and
pina coladas por favor!!

One of Hayden's Puerto Vallarta market
purchases....his new soccer jersey.

Beach baby.

Cool dude.

Viva la Mexico!!
When is our next trip??

I'm 18 months old today!!

October 20, 2007
A year and a half......wow!
This spirited little monkey has changed our world,
and on some days has turned it upside down!
And in spite of it all, good and bad, the hugs and kisses
that I get from this blue-eyed sweetie,
make it all worth while....

Is this not the face of an angel??

In spite of the flu, he let me shove our new
camera in his face and capture this precious shot!

My child is a ham!!
He makes us laugh every day with all of his
funny facial expressions and his crazy antics....
and he is picking up new talents and
words every day!
Socks, shoes, coat, cold, bubble, no, door
turtle, knee, toe, one, beep, more
go, book, tree.....just to name a few!
He likes to "blow" his nose, back up into your lap
to read a book, climb on everything,
wants to "walk" up and down stairs, loves trucks,
loves puzzles, he rocks at his Leap Frog Fridge Farm,
and will hug and kiss EVERYTHING
that he is fond of!

.....he likes to sit, or play, on the stairs.
He knows what he wants, when he wants it!

.....and he is such a big boy that he can eat a
whole piece of pizza all by himself!!

You will notice I listed only his wonderful qualities.
His fiery little will of steel and his temper
cannot be excluded from this list....
both are a work in progress!

Wheeeeeee!

October 12, 2007
If all of our Fall days were as beautiful as this......
we would play outside
every day!!!

A boy and his mower...

October 6, 2007

Who says a guy can't mow the lawn in his jammies??
And he's totally looking at me
as if to say "I'm not changing, so don't ask!"
At least they were fuzzy footie jammies, and
he tires of doing chores quickly enough
that he didn't catch a chill.

Coming soon! Halloween 2007......

My son is going to be the CUTEST Elephant ever!!
stay tuned for photos....

....and if anyone needs a cute lion
costume (that was worn for 2 hours)
I would be happy to lend it out.
Size 12-18 months.

Run For The Cure 2007!

September 30, 2007
Here is Hayden at the meeting point for Team Steph
at 8AM (after Mommy woke him up at 6:30AM)
Happy camper, rearing to do his 5K walk,
and looking cute-as-can-be in his new pink shirt.....

This is Hayden AFTER the 5K walk.....
who knew it was this hard to be pushed in the
jogger, and then carried the last 2K???

Who knew??

September 26, 2007
Hayden is addicted to smoothies!!
I make these awesome smoothies (with
fresh bananas, frozen fruit, yogurt and milk,)
and Hayden can't get enough!
Almost every morning we go through the same ritual......
he goes to the cupboard where
we keep the blender. Then he points to the freezer.
He tries to open the fridge. He does open the pantry, and
gets his special Dora cup with the crazy straw.
He drinks a full cup!!
Well, at least it's all good for him!

I'm 17 Months Old Today!!

September 20, 2007
I am 17 months old today,
and the list of my "talents" gets longer and longer!
I can "help" feed Zeus in the morning.....
this usually results in eating a morsel of
dog food each day....I haven't started barking yet
so it mustn't affect me too badly!
Mommy tries to catch me before I do it 'cause
she says it's gross!

I am a master at chopsticks.....or
anything else I can reach from the drawer
that seems cool to play with!

Much like my father, I am a whiz at fixing
things around the house.....put a
screwdriver in my hand and I can even
repair an airplane!

I can "eat" by myself, but
it usually gets pretty messy....and Minigo
just happen to be my favorite!
I am great at eating Cheerios in the morning,
and my fork skills are coming along
quite nicely. I like to dip my food into
anything resembling sauce of any kind too!!

And let's face it, I'm a huge hit with the ladies!!


All in all, life is pretty good!
I am still working on my eye teeth, which hasn't
been much fun for me or Mommy.
I have decided that I would much rather
sleep with the hall light on.
I am learning lots of new words every day......
light, hockey, bumpy, bubble and pee-pee are a few
of my new favorites.
I love Sesame Street
(especially Elmo and Cookie Monster.)
And my newest, most favorite toy is
the shopping cart that I picked out
(all by myself) at ToysRUs!

What a little man I am turning out to be!!

.....Haircut #5!

September 5, 2007
Excuse the mess in the background.....
and the bruises on Hayden's poor forehead,
but I had to post a photo of Hayden's 5th haircut.
Yes that's right, at the age of 16 1/2 months,
he has had 5 haircuts!!
Looking at Ralph and I, it was inevitable that
our little one would be "blessed" with
lots of hair!!
(And what a dead give away that he's Ralph's son,
he's holding a hammer!!)

Hayden and Brody......together again!

August 20, 2007
We were at Oma and Opa's house tonight.
Surprise, surprise....the cameras were out and we had
an impromptu photo session with the boys!

(Hayden - 16 months, Brody - 9 months.)

These pictures really tell the story without
any narration from me!

There were no hard feelings.....
they gave each other big kisses at the end of the night!

These two are going to get into LOTS
of trouble....I mean fun..... together when
Brody starts walking!!