Another fun-filled weekend

Hayden is getting pretty good at his busy social life, and loves being around people. So our crazy busy days and weeks end up being tons of fun!

On Saturday afternoon we headed to post to celebrate Nathanael's first birthday. It was a nice get together and there were four babies (including Hayden)...Hayden was the youngest and the oldest was 14 months so it was a nice mix of developmental skills and personalities! We ate pizza (crunchies for Hayden!) and watched the babies play for a bit. When it was time for cake, both Hayden and Nathanael had a pretty good idea of what to do! Nathanael dug right into his blue cake, and I couldn't share mine with Hayden fast enough. We watched Marrissa open most of Nathanael's presents because he was too excited about all his friends being at his house! The babies played and did their best to share. It's hard to believe we're a little over two months away from celebrating a birthday for Hayden!

Afterwards we headed to Amber's house to continue our game night from Friday. We didn't even get to the snacks and cake on Friday, so we decided to take advantage of our no-plans and just bring the party to Amber's. Hayden was pretty worn out and took a few cat naps here and there, but perked right up for his SECOND piece of cake for the day. He's one lucky baby! We stayed way past Hayden's bed time, so he went right to sleep when we got home. He also decided to sleep in on Sunday morning...until 10 am! Unbelievable.

Sunday evening we had a few friends over for dinner. Sam and Carson were in need of some good home cooking after their brief stay at the hospital, and Kelly, Cadence and Gavin are always up for a play date! The big kids played in the sandbox while Hayden napped and after dinner we went to the playground down the street from our house. It's a huge playground, and has stuff for the babies and the big kids so it was definitely a hit! Oscar enjoyed a little freedom while Hayden spent most of his time in the swing. He loves it! He does not love his socks, as you can see!

We had such a busy first week of Jay being gone that we've decided to take it a little easy for a few days. Hayden has had some tummy and diaper issues so I'm trying to keep him to his regular schedule as much as possible to help him feel better. We ran tons of errands yesterday and ended up having to skip our FRG meeting, but he seems to be on the mend. We ran to the commissary today with good timing...I got the last of his baby yogurt! Sorry for the people that come after me, but that boy loves his yogurt! It's also really good for his belly issues so I snatched it up. We picked up some more fun baby finger foods, some stuff to try new recipes for mom and were back in time for a nap. We have no plans today, and my house could definitely use a little TLC. Hopefully we'll be able to have a little Oscar-time in the sunshine later in the day.

Our most exciting news is that yesterday Jay was promoted to Staff Sergeant! He went to the promotion board back in June so it was definitely exciting for us. Jay is in the field on communication black out, so we couldn't celebrate with him but we were very proud of him here at home! Now we just need a picture of him in his uniform so we can get working on Hayden's daddy doll for the deployment!