She Feeds Herself

Hayden has started with some finger foods. Usually we offer these after her own baby food meals, when we are eating and she is trapped in her highchair, or if we are out and about and need to keep her content for just a tad... bit... longer...

We've not been real adventurous. Teething biscuit (a dense cookie that won't crumble into small pieces), Cheerios, and apple slices. She pretty much gums these to mush. She can pick the Cheerios up but they stick to her hand and she can't get them to "unstick" into her mouth.

All these new adventures are so much fun. Enjoy these cute pictures...

Weekend At Burney's

Bryan was going to a wedding in Mexico, so Hayden and I headed off for a long weekend at Grammy's house in Odessa! Now, I love going home to my mom's house. I am her baby and Hayden is the grandbaby, so we are treated like royalty! (My idea of a vacation!) Mom cooked breakfast every morning, bought Hayden her Christmas dress, babysat so I could visit with friends, provided interaction (also read "distraction") whenever needed for baby, washed our dirty clothes, taxied us around, and just allowed me to relax...it was FABULOUS. All this for the price of a discount fare on Southwest. Absolutely worth every cent.

(BTW--I totally realize how blessed we are. Thank you God for giving us such a wonderful Mom/Grammy!)

Gi Gi Peggy just happened to be in town, so we got to "visit" with her for awhile.

Hayden models her new seat at Grammy's and her stylish new pig sweater.

Hayden hearts Granny Mac.

Grammy let Hayden open a Christmas present early. It was SO much fun!

Visiting Grammy, Granny, Aunt April, Uncle Brian, and the rest of our Odessa friends was fun, but we missed the dad. Four days and nights was TOO long!

We agree with Dorothy, "there's no place like home, there's no place like home..." Though Grammy's comes in a close second.

Some Cuteness to Hold You Over

Since we will be out-of-pocket for a few days, here are a few pictures to help you weather the wait.

An homage to the pink soccer ball.

Bathtime fun.

Have a fabulous weekend!

Doing Our Duty

It was time to cast our vote for the next President of the United States as well as the Sheriff, the random hospital propositions, etc., etc. Bryan and I missed voting last year for whatever was on the ballot at the time, so with this being "The Big One" we made sure our voter's reg. cards were current and that we knew where we would cast our ballots. Conveniently, we would vote at our local elementary school, just a block or two away. So on November 4th, at 7:00 am we loaded Hayden up in the stroller and headed off to the school. We stood in line for a wee bit, (longer than it took to actually vote of course.) and then cast our ballots. Many people there commented on how early we were starting to train our daughter to vote. It's not like we could have left her at home alone, but we do hope that she grows up to care about her country and takes seriously her responsibility to contribute.

Here are the pictures of Hayden experiencing her first Presidential election.
She was way into it.