Rough Day

Yesterday Hayden was in rotten mood. We got out the door for music class and he didn't really want to participate. I could tell he wasn't feeling well and since my sister and her kids have strep I decided to take Hayden to the doctor. Sure enough he tested positive for strep throat. Joe wasn't feeling well the day before so I told him I wanted him to go in and get checked, too. Yep, Joe also has strep. Good news is that the pediatrician says babies don't get strep and I don't need to worry about Parker.

Hayden refused to nap yesterday and once again threw every pair of socks, bib and burp rag on the floor and got out every toy. His room was a disaster and I didn't have the energy to clean it up. (But I did. With Hayden's help of course.)

I was supposed to work on a craft with a friend but canceled due to illness. Instead I told her I would drop the stuff off at her house so she could finish up her stuff. On my way to her home I was on the phone with another friend when I saw flashing red and blue lights in my rear view mirror. I quickly hung up the phone and pulled out my license and registration. The police officer said I did not come to a complete stop at the stop sign. Thankfully he gave me a written warning instead of a ticket.

Why when it rains does it always seem to pour?

Embarassing Moment

Last night I went to dinner with my family to Texas Road House. Hayden had been sitting on Papa's lap and dumped his cup of water all over. At that point Papa said it was time to put Hayden in the highchair. As my mom picked him up I noticed he had kicked his shoe off under the table but we couldn't reach it at the moment. Oh well!

When you have a birthday they have you sit on the saddle and give a Big Texas Yea Haw! We told our waitress that Hayden just turned two. I was sitting across the table from Hayden and could not get past the car seat and around to help him when they came to do his birthday. As the waitress took him out of the high chair I saw he had now kicked off the other shoe and one sock. And his pants were unsnapped and unzipped. Like I said before, I couldn't get to him to help. So, they stuck him up on the saddle and he did not like it at all. He started to cry. I'm not sure if he was crying because strangers were picking him up or if he was crying because they set down ice cream in front of him and then took him away from it.

So as you can see from the picture it was not my proudest mothering moment. Then again, since Parker was born I have had many moments I would like to have not gone through. I'll save those for another post.

Play-Doh

Hayden had fun playing with his new Play-doh tools that Aunt Jill gave him for his birthday. I think cousin Allen had more fun though. Everyone's favorite tool was the one that twists the play-doh.

Curls

I just love Parker's curls.

Help

I cannot figure out why I can't get a slide show from Slide.com to show on my post. Can someone please help?

Happy Birthday, Hayden!

Hayden had a great birthday yesterday. It started off rough but ended great. When he woke up he saw his cake on the table. He wanted the train so bad. I told him that he couldn't have it and the tears started streaming down his cheeks. He was so upset. After distracting him and calming him down I hid the cake for the rest of the day.

Hayden's friends, James and Elli, came to play for a few hours. The had a great time playing with every single toy in the house. We wanted to go to the zoo but it was too cold for my liking.

We had a wonderful party with family. Hayden was spoiled rotten. Here is a run down of how spoiled he was.

Grandma Great- money
Grandma and Papa- Overalls, Thomas videos and train whistle, train pop-up book, fire truck
Horstmanns- Cobbler's bench, books
Riley- Homemade coloring book, Cat in the Hat stuffed animal
Brea- Barn plate, bowl, and silverware
Grandma and Grandpa- Thomas Take-a-longs
Schwitzers- Thomas video
Ryan & Erin- Ball
Jill- Play-Doh tools
Mom, Dad & Parker- Thomas bubble bath, bath color dots, letters that stick to the tub, Thomas video, puzzles, Brain Quest

Dear Mr. President

A few weeks ago my six year old nephew, Christopher, was watching Arthur. It was about creating your own holiday. I think DW holiday got announced in the newspaper or something. Well, Christopher got the idea to create his own holiday and ask the President if we could have it. He wrote the following letter.

Dear Mr. President, (He asked his mom if he should write "Dear Barack Obama")

My name is Christopher. I live in Ohio. My address is... I came up with a new holiday. It's call'd U.S.A. Day. And there will be a parade. And soldiers and marines in it too. And the president will speak. I am six years old. (It then has an arrow and says "go on" indicating to turn the page over.)

I hope you like my day on the holiday. I thought we could celebrate this on August 22'nd. Oh and I almost forgot air force planes will fly in the parade too.

Sincerely,

Christopher Paul Horstmann

Isn't he so cute. As a former school teacher I get really excited to see him do things like this. He loves learning and is always coming up with things to do.

Last night Christopher called and read me a letter he received from Mr. President Bush. It was such a nice letter telling Christopher how much he likes to hear from children and how they are the future of our great country. I think Christopher said he also sent him a picture of himself playing baseball. Christopher was so happy.

I am so proud of him!

Christmas Day

Christmas morning was as enjoyable as Christmas Eve. We had stayed up way late the night before to go look at Christmas lights so we all slept in.

Hayden got the Little People Learn About Town from Santa Claus. He had a good time playing with it while we waited for Joe's parents to come over.

Joe's Mom, Dad, and sister, Jill, were able to watch Hayden open his presents from Mom and Dad.

Parker was lucky to get one present from Mom and Dad for Christmas this year. He got wrist rattles. The tag said to Baby since we hadn't decided a name by the time presents were wrapped.

Hayden got this cute bear rug from Grandma and Grandpa Young. He loves to lay on it. He now wants it in bed with him.

I think Hayden favorite presents were from Grandma and Papa. He got this cute little John Deer tractor that he thought he was supposed to ride. His other favorite present from Papa is a pop gun that he uses to shoot his bear rug.

Joe got shafted this year. We had said we weren't buying gifts for each other; instead we would save the money for vacation. I did buy him a pair of pants, two sweaters and three books. Nothing exciting. Joe apparently decided to go against our no gift idea and bought me a beautiful curio cabinet. I absolutely love it.

Christmas Eve

We had a great Christmas Eve. This year we spent the evening with Joe's side of the family.

This is Parker sitting in his very first Christmas present.

Hayden wouldn't let go of Grandma's Thomas the Train even to open presents

The children acted out the nativity while Grandpa read from Luke 2. It was really neat to have my five day old baby as Baby Jesus.

My very favorite part of Christmas with the Young family is the chimes. Hayden even figured out how to play them.


Here is a video of the chimes being played.

Birth Announcement

My talented graphic designer sister, Rebecca, made the announcements for me.

I hope you can join us for his blessing and lunch afterwards.