Thomas Bike

During Spring Break Hayden and Blaine had been spending a lot of time outside enjoy our nice weather. When I got home one day, they were outside and Hayden was riding his tricycle. We have begged and begged him to ride his big boy Thomas bike but he never wanted to. Well, that day a couple of young kids came riding by the house on their bikes and Hayden saw them. We then asked him if he wanted to get his Thomas bike out and ride it like the kids were. He said yes. Man, if we knew that's all it would have taken we would have done it a long time ago. It took him awhile to get the peddling down. He wanted to keep going backwards but we had to tell him that you can't go backwards on a big boy bike that when you push your peddles backward you put your brakes on. Once he understood, that was the end. He was having a blast riding his bike. We couldn't even get him off of it when it was time to eat supper. We told him that if he had ate a good supper that we would go back outside and ride his bike up and down the street. Well, that's what him and Daddy did. I could only make it half way and I was tired by then. Blaine had to keep running after him because he was going so fast. Now we have to ride his Thomas bike everyday. We are so glad that he is finally enjoying it.

NJCAA Indoor National Champions

This past weekend was the NJCAA Indoor National Championship held at Texas Tech University. We are so excited because the Texans and the Lady Texans took home the National Championship Title. This was the first NJCAA Track and Field title for the Lady Texans. We are so proud of Blaine in all that he does to be the GREATEST Coach. They will start their outdoor season March 28th in El Paso at the UTEP Invitiational.

32 Weeks

OK...I finally decided to show everyone what I look like. Please don't laugh.

Baby's Room

We, Blaine and Hayden, started painting the baby's room last week before we left for Round Rock. Blaine had to put 3 coats of primer on the wall that was painted a deep blue. We couldn't believe that it took that many coats. Hayden was so excited to get to paint the baby's room. Every since we bought the paint he kept telling us that it was time to paint the room and he wanted to paint too. We put some old clothes on him and let him go after it. He had a BLAST!!! He painted a couple of walls and then after that he was done. And yes we had paint all over our hands but it came off really easy. Last night I decided to paint the accent wall. It looks really good. I'm getting excited because we are almost to the end of painting. Just have to paint the other walls in an off white and we are done. Then it's time to move the furniture in and decorate and what ever else has to be done.

Beaver Creek

After Christmas we went to Beaver Creek, CO with Alan and Linda to go skiing, relax, and enjoy the snow. And of course I didn't ski. I took advantage of the spa and got a pedicure and a pre-natal massage, which by the way was out of this world. That was one of the best massages that I have ever had! The first day we got there we drove in some very bad weather. I think Blaine and Alan almost had heart attacks because the roads were so bad. I'm just glad that Hayden slept through the whole thing. We put Hayden in ski school the third day that we were there and it was working out fine until he got sick. He was just getting over an ear infection and dealing with the altitude. So he didn't get to finish. We asked him if he wanted to do it the next day and he told us that he wants to wait till he's a little bit bigger to go skiing. Which by the way was so hilarious when he told us that. And he still tells us that when he sees someone skiing on T.V. Blaine had a blast skiing. I wish I was up there with him. He covered the whole mountain since he was skiing by himself. He would leave by 8:30 and be back to the condo by 2. One day he took the camera up with him to get some good pictures from the mountain. There are some big homes in a couple of the pictures that are in an area called Bachelor's Gulch. These homes run from $5-$20 million or more. We all went to Vail one day to shop, walk around, and eat at Pepi's Restaurant. On New Year's Eve we went to Beaver Creek Village to watch the Glow Worm Ski Down and the Torchlight Parade and then following that we watched the fireworks. Then we went to one of the bars/restaurants where they had a live D.J. and had a blast. All that Hayden wanted to do was dance. When it was time for us to leave we had to pull him off the dance floor. The day we left we decided to leave early because there was a bad snow storm coming in and we are glad we did. When we woke up that morning it wasn't snowing but by the time we checked out and got in our cars there were huge snowflakes coming down. So once again we had to drive in some bad weather. Hayden chilled the entire time...Thank God for DVD's! We had a blast and can't wait to go back. Thank you Linda and Alan for such a wonderful trip. Check out our pictures and the two videos of Hayden playing in the snow.

Christmas 2008

OK....I know, but things have been really busy for Blaine and I. Going back to work, catching up on work, starting a new track season, and taking care of Hayden. We had a great Christmas. It started out with our Christmas Eve Shrimp Boil. Blaine did such a great job and it was sooooooo good. We made cookies for Santa and put them out along with some milk for him when he stopped by. Then we got up Christmas morning and Hayden couldn't wait to see what Santa brought him. Blaine could hardly hold him back because I wanted to get the camera ready but that didn't work. Hayden was very spoiled by Santa this year. He got wooden trains, a wooden bridge and a station for his train tracks, movies, clothes, and many other Thomas and Friends stuff. Then we let him have his breakfast in the living room, which never happens, with all his toys so he could enjoy them. Then Grandma and Grandpa C came over and we started unwrapping the rest of the gifts from them and Nana and Papa. Man, Hayden made out with some good gifts this Christmas. It was kind-of hard to keep him unwrapping because all he wanted to do was play with what he just unwrapped. Then we had our Christmas lunch. Oh My Gosh it was so good. Thank you everyone for helping, we couldn't have done it without you. We also want to thank everyone for the great gifts. Sorry these pictures and this posting is so late.

The Polar Express

Last night we went on The Polar Express in Lubbock. Hayden had a blast! It was a very cold night but the train was warm and cozy. They passed out hot chocolate and cookies to everyone, sang Christmas carols, read the book, and played music from the movie. When we got to the North Pole Santa Clause and his elves were waiting for us to arrive. Then they got on the train and Santa talked with every boy and girl and passed out a "Bell". This was the first gift of Christmas from the movie. When Santa came around to us he asked Hayden what he wanted for Christmas and he told him a bell. Smarty. But then he told him that he wanted trains. Then they asked the kids to get in the isle if they wanted to dance. And of course Hayden didn't hesitate. One of the Elves saw Hayden and started dancing with him. He loved it. We are so glad that we went and hopefully it will return next year. Hope everyone has a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!