Blue Eyed Monster!

The one thing I have loved about having our own home is the opportunity to plant flowers all around it! There is something about the smell and beauty of them that adds to our joy for Fairbanks summers! It has been a bit of a challenge to keep Mr. Hayden out of the flower box, because he too loves the pretty colorful flowers! He has unplanted a few as well as eat or pull off the flowers of a few others. Not to mention the fact that he loves to play in the dirt as well as eat a few bites!!

Over the past month we have had a lot to celebrate, and there is more to come! Tucker turned 2 at the beginning of the month. Hayden is getting really good at standing and loves follow him around crawling and then stand next to him or hang on him!!

Hayden is still getting into everything and has mastered his new skill of being a monkey!

I am lucky to have a few friends that have kids around Hayden's age and that are stay at home moms as well. We get together every week and the kids play and afterwards we go for a walk. Last week the kids enjoyed the nice weather and played in the pool. I wish we had more than 3 months of summer.

Chris and I celebrated our 3rd wedding anniversary. It was really nice to sneak away for a few hours and have some time to ourselves. We had a very nice dinner while my parents spoiled Hayden rotten, as usual! I am very blessed to have such an amazing husband, and it melts my heart when he is with Hayden, and my love for him grows even more. It just keeps getting better and better :)

We did the Midnight Sun Run for the first time this year, and it was a blast. I was very happy that Chris was kind enough to suck it up and join me...he wasn't too thrilled about it, but I think he had a good time! The run was on Solstice weekend and it started at 10:00pm. Of course my child doesn't fall asleep in moving things, so he was awake for the entire 6 miles that we walked. There were 4,000 people that participated and some of them were dressed up in costumes, so he had a good time people watching!! After we got to the car, and got home (once again, he won't sleep in moving things like a normal child), it was almost 2 in the morning when Hayden finally went to sleep....long night but lots of fun!

On the few days that it has been nice, we have tried to go to Chena Lakes so that the boys can play in the water and sand. One afternoon Chris was able to come with us and through Tucker's toy in the water for about an hour!

Hayden was busy crawling through the freezing cold water and playing in the mud. He was covered in sand from head to toe, and so was everything else that he decided to play with (including my diaper bag!!). He is very fearless and kept going out further and further in the water, until his whole chest was underneath it, that was enough for paranoid me! I do not know how we used to swim in there as kids, the water was seriously about 55 degrees!

I couldn't have a post without a picture of Hayden playing in the toilet! The other day at work he found a duster and decided that he needed to clean the toilet with it. He would stick it in the toilet and move it around and then pull it out of the toilet onto the floor. I swear the whole bathroom floor was covered in water, as well as Hayden! It was hilarous, it looked like he was plunging the toilet, his plumber dad and grandpa were so proud!!!

Summer Time

It has been beautiful for the past few weeks, and we have definitely been having some fun in the sun! This is the only time that I could get Hayden to wear his sunhat (I gently placed it on his head, and he wore it for a whole 5 minutes before he realized it was there).

Hayden loves it outside and has been spending his days playing in his pool and crawling around the lawn chasing after Tucker, but most of all playing in the dirt. He does a really good job of not eating the rocks, he just gets dirty! He helps out with the outdoor chores, and loves to follow his dad around or do whatever he is doing. He especially likes to mow the lawn with him!

We go on weekly walks with a few of my girlfriends, and the kids get to play before and after the walk. A few weeks ago we went to Chena Lakes and Hayden and Tripp had a good time stealing each others toys!

When he isn't outside, he is busy getting into more trouble inside. He has officially figured out how to open the toilet seat and play in the water or dump the toilet paper roll into the water.

Whenever I cook, Hayden plays in the fridge and used to just empty out the first few rows. But now he has figured out how to be a monkey and climbs in the fridge, pulls out the drawers, and then tries to get things out of them (even if it means hanging onto the drawer).

We have really been enjoying the new boat, and took it up the Salcha this past weekend for Memorial Day. It was a really nice relaxing trip and was great to get out of town for a few days. EVERY time we go on a boat ride Chris has to tell me how much he loves his new boat....he is really proud of that thing!! So it will get good use and I think our summer will be filled with lots of boat rides.

We had a really long day Saturday getting everything ready for our trip up river so Hayden was really tired and hungry when we got in the truck to head out of town. He was so hungry, yet so tired, that he closed his eyes to go to sleep and would take little bites of his chicken nugget half asleep. It was the cutest thing in the world. He finally fell asleep with the half eaten chicken nugget in his hand...he was saving it for when he woke up!