I am 7 months old!!

On January 18th, I turned 7 months old!!

I am getting so big!

I have a very hard time staying still for pictures!

Happy boy!

I am learning how to get around! I can pull up to my toys...

bookshelves...

watch TV...(Go Gators!)

and open cabinents!

This means I am having to learn what "NO" means!

I also eat lots of fruit and vegetables!

I tried some strawberry-banana puffs too! For those of you that don't know-puffs are small, dissolvable crackers.

I get to play with them and then eat them!

This is how I felt about puffs the first time! I have gotten a little better at eating them!

My cousin Mea sent me her car to play with.  I love it! Thanks Meme!

Happy 7 month Birthday to me!!

Happy New Year!

Happy 2010!!

Ringing in the new year!

Mommy and Daddy had a New Year's dinner. Nana and Grandaddy were here.

Mr Gedney, Daddys boss, and our friends, Jim and Stephanie Anne King came over too!

We had Ham, Black-eyed peas, Rice, Greens, Cabbage, and cornbread! YumYum!

Mr Jim even fed me.

After everyone left, me and Grandaddy snuggled by the fire.

Bath Time! I love to take baths.

So far in 2010, I have tried sippy cups instead of bottles.

It didn't go so well.  I will have to work on that!

Me and Mommy being silly after work and school

My first Christmas!

I had such a GREAT first Christmas! We headed home on Monday night December 21st after Mom got off work. The next day we spent visiting Grandma and Nana at Columbia City Elementary and Grandaddy at City Hall.  After all of the running around, we met Janna, Sara Beth, Jimmy and Lou at the park to look at lights.  We had so much fun! I love to look at the lights!

Wow! They are so beautiful!

Then I met Santa!

I really wanted to check him out and see what was under the beard!

I love Santa!

 Sara Beth and I went to the manger to see baby Jesus!

Then back to Nana's for pizza and presents!

Since these were my first Christmas presents, Sara Beth showed me how to open them.

Sara Beth got me some farm animals that make noise for the refrigerator. 

She had some just like them! It keeps me busy some of  time that Mom is in the kithen!

Thank you for all of the presents!

On Wednesday, my Mommy had lunch with some of her friends!

Mommy went to see Miss Kayla to get her hair fixed so I went back to

 Grandma's to play with my Aunt Marsha and Mea.

Mea is so fun!

SOOO many pictures! Enough already!

Mea says "cheese"!!!

Trouble!!

Then it was time to open presents with all of my cousins.

Mea helped us out!

Grandma gave me a musical table. It so so much fun!

Look at all of my presents (and this is just one stop)!

On Christmas eve I couldn't wait to get into the presents!! Where's mine?

I love the tree too!

Playing with Grandma

Christmas eve I went to Nana and Grandaddy's while Mommy and Daddy had

 lunch with some of their old friends. Here are all the boys!! What a group!

When the got back we went over to the Chamberlin's to swing on Fletcher's swing. I LOVED it!

Weeeee!

I have got to get one of these at my house when it warms up!

hehehehe

Next stop was Grannys and Papa's

Here are all of Gradaddy's brothers and sisters. It is hard to get them all together sometimes.

NEXT...off to the Lastingers! More presents!

I got a jack in the box!

There is so much activity! I couldn't take my eye's off all of it!

Dinner time for me!

Playtime with Abi

All of this activity wore me out!

NEXT...off to Aunt Brenda's for Jim's birthday party! His real birthday is

Decemeber 25th, Christmas day so every year we celebrate it on Christmas eve.

Me and the birthday boy!

My Maw gives me the best kisses!

Kyle didn't feel very well so I couldn't get a picture with him! Next time!

Whew!! Christmas eve was a long day!!

Merry Christmas!!

First we went over to Nana's and Grandaddy's to read the bible story,

eat Aunt Susan'shomemade cinnamon rolls and open presents.

 Look at my pile! I must have been a good boy this year!

Me, Mommy and Daddy with all of my Santa presents!

Mommy had a big pile too! We couldn't even find her!

While Mom and everyone else opened presents, my Nana fed me breakfast.

Look! Nana and Grandaddy got me a musical table too! All of my grandparents know what I will like!

Great minds think alike!

I helped my Uncle Brad open presents too!

Checkin out my look with my Gator hat on!

I worked up a sweat playing so hard!

Mommy said that I was the best gift of the year!

Grandaddy got a sunggie!

Back over at Grandma and Grandpa's I showed off my tractor! Mea was impressed!

Grandma and Grandpa liked it too!

Gracyn and Damon came to play too!

I love Kylie! I am so glad I got to see her on Christmas day!

Glenda, Renee,Kylie, Gracyn and Damon brought me a giant stuffed dog! I love it! I love to snuggle it!

After lunch and some rest we headed over to Maw and Great-Grandaddy's for dinner.

Here are Maw and Great-Gradaddy with all of their grandkids.

After gifts and dinner it was a time for me to nap and the other kids to play Apples to Apples. 

What a great Chistmas day!

The next day it was time for us to go home.

Uncle Rudy fed me dinner so Mom and Dad could eat so we could get on the road!

Sorry it took so long to get posted! Mommy did the best she could to narrow

 the over 700 pictures down to a few! Hope you enjoy!

Mommy note:

2009 was a big year for our family.  Hayden has been such a pure joy to welcome into our lives.  We are so blessed to have a healthy, happy baby boy! We have also been shown such love from family and friends!  We can't begin to tell you how much we appreciate your love, prayers and concern that we have been shown this year! Thank you for the baby gifts, Christmas gifts, and for all of the visits!  We are so thankful! Thank you for watching Hayden grow up with us! We wish you all a safe and Happy 2010! Come see us!