Hayes Family

"Goin' to the zoo, zoo, zoo. How about you, you, you..."

As a part of Braylon's birthday weekend, we went to the zoo. We all had a great time. It is a toss-up who enjoyed it the most, the adults or Braylon.

Nani & PaPa

Grammy & Granddad

Daddy!

Not so sure about those furry goats.

Second choice was the tiger. Some little girl took the lion.

Me & the cheetah are buds.

One Year!

My Baby has turned a year old! This is such a wonderful age! We can't believe the time has gone by, but we sure are enjoying everyday as they come. Here is a look at the past month.

Statistics:

Height: (I'll have these after Wed.)

Weight:

Developments & Things to Remember:

-Loves to play chase with Daddy

-fast, fast crawler (esp. when he's naked)

-Loves to greet his Daddy at the door (they are buds)

-laughs and giggles

-very talkative (when he's sad, happy, eating, bathing, laying in bed awake...)

-repeats words, but they are still a little hard to understand

-recognizes voice tone (esp. when he's in trouble)

-likes to hide in Daddy's closet & play with whatever he can find
-puts toys or balls back where they belong (sometimes)
-still so intrigued by cords (Ah!)
-less than half the stuff goes into his mouth now
-loves to go for a stroll or be outside in the grass or anywhere

-loves to read books by himself, but esp. with Mommy
-still loves bath time

-Wears size 12-18 mo. clothes

-Wears size 4 diapers

-Wears size 6 shoes (just out grew his size 5's)(Yikes!)
-usually is taller than the kids in his class

-on Feb. 9th at the Blythe's house, he took his first steps

-since then he has walked 10 at max.; still not interested in making walking a habit

-eats like a big kid

-eats most anything (except highly acidic foods)

-loves apple juice, peanut butter, cheese, apples, pears, bananas, apple sauce, meat, ... most things

-nurses morning and evening (hence the reason I have had mastitis)

-cutting the afternoon nursing has been hard for him some days and easy others

-Daddy reads a Bible story at night and then rocks him before bed

-he sleeps inconsistently through the night, but most nights are from 8pm to 6am; nurse and back to sleep until 8 or 9am

-Eczema was cleared up, then had a small flare. Doing really well skin-wise.

-Still has 6 teeth (haven't checked back there to see if there is more)

-Eyes are still hazel/almond brown

-hair is coming in and is still rusty (not orange, but red-brown)

-has started crying when Mommy or Daddy leaves (whether at home or elsewhere)

-does well at restaurants (the majority of the time)

-loves other kids' toys (can play and explore for a long time at another's home)

-sings in the bath and at church

We love our precious Son! Thank you Lord for this wonderful Blessing!

In the last month...

Well, here I am finally sitting down to work on the blog. Let me just share a bit of the last month with you...We have been out of town at least 10 of the 31 days, had multiple visitors here and there, have had mission meetings at least once a week, have visited a few churches for fundraising, have continued to attempt at being active with our church friends, while Ben has continued to put in his many hours at work, and I have been battling fever from mastitis. Whew! Braylon on the other hand is doing fabulous and thinks he is more mature and grown up now that he has conquered the first year of his life. He's the best little guy ever! Here are some pictures of the last month!

11 Months

Our sweet Boy is 11 months old. I am just now getting to this because... he is more active than ever! We love our busy body!

Statistics:

Height: approx. 31 inches

Weight: approx. 22.5 pounds

Developments and Things to Remember:

-coming soon...

More outdoor exploring

Since the weather here has been absolutely perfect, we go outside and play in the grass almost every day. It has been in the upper 70's during the day. Just gorgeous!

(Yes. I edited his face on this one to try to smooth out the rash.)

Always finding something to pick at.

10 Months

Wow! Time does go faster the older we get. We are just enjoying everyday we can. Our son is so much fun! There are so many things that have happened in the last month. I will record as many as I can remember. His picture was hard to take. He just wanted to sit in the chair and rock really fast. Here's a fine one of him with his legs crossed.

Statistics:

Height: 31in?

Weight: 22.07 lb. (50-75%)

Developments & Things to Remember:

-nicknames: Booger, Pumpkin, Baby, Fry, Small Guy, Braylon-son, Our Boy, Son, Little Guy
-loves life!
-loves mornings
-smiles alot, but not as much "on-demand"
-loves people, but is selective
-Daddy is his buddy
-loves his Mommy
-gets a little bashful with people, but will still smile
-talks non-stop (starts in the morning and goes until evening)
-babbles all sorts of sounds & words (sometimes he speaks Japanese:) )
-will repeat sounds and tries to sound out words
-said "Mama" repeatedly Nov. 30th
-said "DaDa" repeatedly Dec. 6th
-babbles with music (we call it singing)
-very observant
-very expressive
-will look at you and do what he knows he is not supposed to do
-will repeat the offense several times after being disciplined
-fast crawler
-wants to walk so bad
-has stood without holding on to anything a few times
-holds objects well
-picks up the smallest piece of anything
-touches things with pointer finger gently
-ambidextrous so far- (eats mostly with right hand)
-recently started waving and saying, "Bye-bye" and "hi."
-likes to drum and beat things
-loves to shake his head
-enjoys being goofy
-fights getting in his car seat every time (only because he can, not because there's a problem)
-loves standing in his car seat or in the driver's seat (not moving of course)
-still doesn't like diaper changing
-does great in church (haven't had to take him out in weeks- Thank you Cheerios)
-wears size 4 diapers
-wears 12-18 month clothes (18 mo. mostly in one pieces)
-wears size 5 shoe (if he wears shoes- ha!)
-loves the outdoors
-loves to play with leaves
-loves to explore
-likes hide-n-seek
-likes to chase and be chased in a crawling fashion
-notices if anything is different or moved and thinks it's free-game
-is weaning himself off of falling asleep nursing
-enjoys putting himself to sleep (doesn't fuss; just lays there)
-skin rash has cleared up so much (by prayer, I believe)
-face rash has been a bear to get rid of (constant wet chin)
-still has 6 sharp teeth
-eats great one day and horrible the next (so inconsistent)
-enjoys most foods, except when he decides not to...
-has enjoyed some unusual foods- brussel sprouts, salmon, mushrooms...
-doesn't enjoy- carrots, green beans, pasta
-food choices change daily
-drink of choice-water (that's my boy)
-has learned to spit out food, throw it, sweep it off the tray, and make a horrible face at it
-loves books (pulls them off the shelf and looks at the pages without me)
-read at least 3 books daily before naptime
-takes one nap consistently (1-3 hours) 1:30 ish in the afternoon
-goes to bed at 8pm (he lets us know exactly when that hour has hit)
-recently after turning 10 months, he has started sleeping through the night- 8pm to 6:30/7am (Yeah!)
-nurses 3-5 times a day
-has become a snuggler, hugger, patter
-eyes are a hazelnut, coffee color
-hair is thin and rusty red with a beautiful shine (has had the most comments on this trait)
-enjoys a car nap
-still backward facing in the car

There are so many things wonderful about this age. We love our son!