Noah Vs. Santa

Last week I decided that it was time to get Haeden a children's bible. He is at the age now where I think he is starting to understand the "moral" of the stories we read each night before bed and what better time to get him his very own bible than Easter? Way to keep Christ in Christm... wait. Nevermind.

Anyway, I was telling my friend/his babysitter of my plan and she let us borrow one of her son's. She said that since they tend to be a bit pricey I might as well try it out so that I can see if he likes a certain version. Obviously I want it to hold his attention. So, we brought it home and had been reading a few stories out of it each night before bed. After finishing with the store of Adam and Eve (and the "bad, bad snake") we flipped over to Noah's Ark. Haeden took one look at the illustrated Noah and exclaimed, "SANTA!!!"  

I almost peed my pants. 

Mickey's House

Things I Want to Remember:

- Haeden was in total awe on the It's a Small World ride. He just sat there quietly with bright, wide eyes taking it all in as all the adults pointed different things out to him. When the ride was coming to an end and we were waiting to get out of the boat, he turned around and saw that the kid behind him was wearing the same shirt as him. He jumped up and pointed excitedly at the other little boy saying, "You have same shirt as me! We match!" It was so cute.

- Haeden was soooo excited on the monorail. There was a little boy around the same age sitting in a stroller right next to him. They kept peering over at each other and then shying away. They both had the biggest smiles on their little faces - not knowing what to expect, but so excited to just be there. Haeden would say hi and wave and then turn around and grab my hand to bury his face into. Adorable.

- Haeden finally fell asleep on the way to the hotel. He has stayed in hotels before, but he must have been a little out of it. When we went in the room he kept asking where the living room was and got upset when I told him there wasn't one. 

- Getting to the gift shop at the end of the day and trying to choose a cool gift... but all he wanted was a toy Cars 2 car. You know, the same dang things they carry in Target. Figures.

I am sure there are more. I remember thinking to myself a gazillion times that day that I didn't want to forget a single moment. I don't want to forget the look on his face, the excitement in his voice or the spring in his step. I am still absolutely floored at how well he behaved the entire day.

I might have begun to think that someone had replaced my child, but he was back to being a brat again yesterday after work. Whined the entire time we were at Costco for no reason at all. I sure wanted to give him a reason though. Yessiree Bob.

Conversations with Haeden

It's quite funny to look back and remember that this time last year our pediatrician was suggesting that we take Haeden for a speech evaluation. At this point I can't remember how far "behind" he was, but we all knew that he was definitely not saying as much as the other kids his age. Ultimately we decided to wait it out. We realized that his pediatrician was just trying to be proactive, but we figured we'd wait until he hit two before running out to getting him analyzed. And we were glad we did. The month before he turned two he started to talk up a storm and he basically hasn't stopped since.

I absolutely love his voice. He has the most adorable southern drawl that you ever did hear, ya'll. And the funny thing is that he is the only one in the whole family (other than my sister in VA) that talks like that. No idea where he picked it up, but it is seriously cute and I wouldn't trade it for anything. And the, of course, is the ridiculous things that come out of his mouth. Never a dull moment when you have an almost three year-old.

We are planning a trip to Disney next month as an early birthday gift and we've been talking about meeting Mickey Mouse a lot the past few days. Here's how it went this morning:

Me: Are you excited to meet Mickey Mouse soon?

Haeden: YEAH! He's gonna take me to his clubhouse!!

Me: Oh yeah?

Haeden: Yeah! And Imma HUG him and KISS him and show him my FIRE SHOES!

It always comes back to the fire shoes, you guys. Always.

They Say the Darndest Things

I keep meaning to write posts about the funny things Haeden says. Two is hard. I mean, really hard. Buuuut, it's also really freaking funny. That little silver lining coupled with his cuddles, kisses and overall adorableness are what keep me from selling him on the black market these days.

Anyway, since I never seem to get around to individual posts I figured I'd group them all in one.,. so, lets just get straight to the funny/cutesy stuff:

1. The other night I'm taking a shower and Lord knows that I'm not allowed to do so without his supervision. He's standing near the back of the tub and sticking his head in and asks me, "You washing your bugs off you?"

2. One of our bedtime songs is "Hush Little Baby". I generally let Haeden finish each verse for me. The other night we get to the end and I say, "And if that horse and cart fall down., you'll still be the..." and then he says, "sweetest little Mommy in toooown!" I thought that was super cute and asked him if he thought I was sweet and he told me, "Yeah, and you're in town, too!"

3. H has been obsessed with Mickey Mouse Clubhouse for a while now. He asks to watch it every. single. day. Multiple times. I  wish he wasn't quite so into it, but I have to admit that I love to hear him answering Mickey's questions and dance to the Hot Dog Song when it's over! Can't begin to tell you how often that song gets stuck in my own head!

5. Is there anything sweeter than a toddler singing in the backseat of your car? He is all about music and just won't stand for silence in the car. Besides telling us which way to turn and "I don't wanna go THAT WAAAAAAY!", he also makes sure we always have a CD playing or the radio turned on. He likes to get down, ya'll.

6. He's always asking people their names. And then he asks them what their "other name" is. He knows that his names are Haeden and Bug. Mine are Mommy and Hesper and the hubby is Daddy or Dan. He still asks us juuust to make sure and will also ask complete strangers. He had quite the conversation with some guy in Coldwater Creek the other day.

7. He started that conversation by asking the guy, "What doin?" Sometimes he also goes, "How doin?" He doesn't really get the difference between the two yet. And he pretty much gets in the car every afternoon and says, "Soooo, Daddy. What doin' today?"

8. He is pretty well versed when it comes to his ABC's. His favorite, of course, is the "H". But he pronounces it "HAYtch"! He points it out everywhere we go since it is so exciting.  He can also write it now. Sometimes it looks more like an A, but we're working on that. He's so proud of himself and so am I!

9. The kid started calling me "Mom". And after seeing my shocked reaction and hearing me tell him that he is  supposed to call me "Mommy", he now thinks it is funny. He does it all the time now unless he is trying to get his way. Lucky for me he is pretty much allllways trying to get his way.

10. H has a hooded towel that looks like a shark. Anytime I wrap it around him after a bath he starts growling and insists on being taken into the living room so that he can growl at whoever is in there. He's pretty terrifying.

So, there you have it. Cutest kid ever. Well, besides yours of course.