Hayden

Those of you who know Hayden well, know that I could post something new about her everyday. She is the busiest girl. She is always into everything. Here is a bit of what she has been up to lately.

My sisters got her a new dress up dress for Christmas. She wore it for a few days, but then she was back to the White Trash Seerella dress. Then a few days later when the girls were playing dress up, Hallie and Avery pulled a dress out of her closet and convinced her that it was a Gabriella (of High School Musical fame) dress. This is her new uniform. This isn't a great picture, but it is all I have.

I don't know how I don't have any other picture of her in the dress, because she wears it non stop. She only takes it off for one of the following reasons:
1. it is time for bed
2. she wants to wear another dress up dress that she refers to as Ju-Ju for some unknown reason
3. we have to leave the house
4. she feels like running around the house in the buff

In other news, I finally weened Hayden off of her pacifier. What a nightmare. While I was visiting my mom, I had finally had it with getting up every hour of the night because she couldn't find her pie-pie. The first few nights were a little rough, but she has actually adjusted pretty well. She still asks for it when she is getting tired, but she actually goes to bed with very little trouble. Tonight she suprised us all. Nick and the kids were watching a movie, it was getting close to bedtime, and she came and asked me to put her to bed!

She is starting to be aware that the things that she does are naughty. This does not stop her from being naughty. Now when she is doing something naughty she says very matter-of-factly, "sorry mom, sorry." I think we are getting somewhere. Hopefully soon we will not have so many sorries, she will just stop being so naughty!

She is very into giving kisses lately. The other day she climbed onto my lap and gave me a big smooch and told me that we were married now. I told her she couldn't marry me, she had to marry a boy. She said okay, thought about it for a minute and then said she would marry daddy. I told her she couldn't marry him, because I am already married to him. She looked at me very seriously and said "Who I marry?" I said she had to marry a boy, but not until she got bigger. So now every time she gives me a kiss, she says, "I marry a boy when I get bigger."

Whenever she is upset, she likes me to sing her favorite song, "Teach Me To Walk In The Light." Now, whenever anyone else is upset, she sings it to them. It is not very effective, but this does not deter her. This morning Avery was mad that she didn't get the color of bowl that she wanted (this is something that happens every morning at our house, inevitably, someone does not get the color of bowl that they want). So Hayden breaks into song. Then Avery always gets mad that Hayden is singing. Oh, sisterly love.

Hayden is getting to be a bit easier to deal with. She is still a handful, but the good moments definitely outweigh the bad. Thank goodness she is so darn cute!