Family date and other things

I have been asked how Hayden does with the pacifiers in the house now. Since he was so in love with them I thought he would have a really hard time with them, and if we would be able to have them at all they couldn't be the soothie kind. It turned out that the soothies were the only kind Halle liked and Hayden did surprisingly well with them. He has only put a pacifier in his mouth once, and it wasn't even the soothies. He instead loves to find them and bring them to the baby to put in her mouth.

Even if she doesn't want it.

Hayden's favorite thing lately is cooking. If I am in the kitchen doing anything he will whine and reach up to me and say, "Help??!!" or, " SEE???!!" When Derrick was cooking the other night he sprawled out on the counter to watch like this.

And then he found the knives!

Like Hayden would say, "Oopsie!!" Don't worry, he was not harmed.

My Dad has been working up here for a while (he's a finish carpenter so he travels), and I am so glad because he comes to our house and has dinner with us. Afterwards Hayden gives us a show. I'm not sure why but he is so entertaining and funny when my dad is around. Hayden doesn't get to see my dad very often, so it has been really fun for me to see them play together and how much Hayden loves him, and also how much my dad loves the kids. When my dad would take a shower here Hayden was always upset and kept asking for Grandpa, and even trying to get in the bathroom!

It's been a while since Derrick and I have been on a date. We realized one night that we just needed some quality time together to get away from the stresses of a dirty house, homework, and kids. But I am not ready to leave Halle just yet, so I suggested we take her with us. And as long as we are taking her we might as well take Hayden. He is entertainment anyway. So we went on a family date to get milk shakes! Hayden even got his own ice cream cone for the first time.

Sick. I can't believe I let my kid do this! It was just too funny though. Why is it so natural for kids to put their faces and mouths on glass?

Here is Halle on the way to the family date. I thought she looked so cute! She is a month old now. Everyone says she is tiny still, but she looks so big to me. She is getting chubbier in the cheeks. She weighed 9 lbs last wednesday, so that's a pound and a half up from her birth weight. She is also sleeping really well and slept for 5.5 hours one night this weekend.


Derrick doesn't like car seat pictures, but I think they are cute because you can look through them and see how much they grow. For example:

2 weeks

7 months

We took some family pictures after church today. They are actually the only ones we have taken since the hospital, and I hate how I look in those! Only one turned out, and it's the one in the hearder on my blog. Afterwards Derrick and Halle had some daddy/daughter time.


HAHA. Can you tell it was fast sunday and Derrick started his fast just before lunch yesterday? He had zero energy.