Life is pretty busy with my little guys and I don’t write down nearly enough of the funny or cute things
that they do. It’s going to get
even crazier around here in about a month, so I figured I’d take some time to write
about my cute boys and the stages that they’re in right now.
Hayes- 2 Months Shy of 4 Years Old
Hayes is a smart, loving,
sweet, imaginative and tender little 3 year old. I don’t realize how big he is getting until I
look back at pictures taken only months ago and see how much older he already
looks. I feel like I will always have a special bond with Hayes, as he was the
first to teach me a mother’s love. He is
still a momma’s boy and I’m 100% okay with that. I have to mention how sweet, but sensitive he
is. He would not hurt a fly, much less
another person. As most boys are, he has
some aggressive little friends and we tell him he needs to stick up for himself
when playing, but it is just not in him to hit or be aggressive. Bless is little heart, he just can’t do it. He loves to be social but is often shy when
first meeting people and will tell me, “I’m just a little shy for them.” Or he
will tell me something he wants me to say for him to a new friend or visitor. :)
Hayes is so quick to forgive me when I’ve been too hard on him and always
has a hug or snuggle for me when I’m feeling overwhelmed. He is constantly telling me, he “loves me as a
princess” or some other cute compliment he can think of. In his prayers the other night he said,
“Grateful I could love mommy as a princess and grateful I could love daddy as a
dude.” Haha! Not really sure where that
one came from? Really, he is just so sweet and eager to please his parents.
Hayes has tons of energy and
loves to be active. He is often showing us his ninja moves or some tricks he
came up with and can’t get enough of wrestling with dad. He has gotten a little too good at iPad and Wii
games this winter and I can’t wait for the warm so we can get outside and
play! He goes to preschool this year and
has gotten shining remarks from his teacher.
At a parent teacher conference his teacher mentioned how kind Hayes is
and is a friend to everyone. Also, that
she was impressed by his ability to stay on task, his maturity and what a good
example he has been to the class. I’m
still cracking up that we had a parent/teacher conference for preschool but I
was totally proud of that little guy.
Hayes can be timid to try
new things and especially has this weird fear of the water. He loves the pool if he’s got floaties and
Joe or I by his side but will literally have an anxiety attack if you get more
than 3 feet away from him. He just recently became okay with the idea of taking
showers because he usually can’t even handle water on his head. He told me the other day that he can’t get
baptized because he doesn’t want dad to dunk his face in the water…. Let’s hope he grows out of his water phobia
by 8 years old!
Of course he has got a
stubborn side, which requires patience everyday. I have to count to 3 to get him to do things
multiple times a day. Whyyy…. I am
pretty sure I will never have the amount of patience that is required for a
mother of small children to have. He and Cohen have started “fighting” now and
then while playing and I can tell we are in for a lot of teaching and “calming
the storm” in the near future.
Hayes has quite the
imagination and I’m often required to take part in his imaginative play. You never really get to be your own character
when you play with Hayes though. He knows exactly what he wants you to do and
say and you are not allowed to go off script… I was laying in bed complaining
to Joe the other night about how I hated the farm game Hayes wanted to play for
like an hour that day. “His horse was so
naughty and I had to be the farmer that had to keep bringing him back to the
farm… and I didn’t want to, and I just hated his horse Joe...” I might be
losing it a little… I need to get out. Haha.
We love our little guy to
the moon and back and can’t imagine life without him. He has got the funniest questions and most
innocent but hilarious things to say. His stories are the greatest and usually
involve some kind of super hero and/or bad guy. I’ve got to take more time to
write things down! I’ll include some recent Hayes quotes that we have gotten
quite a kick out of.
“Mom, why do peanuts live in
M&M’s?”
I was asking Hayes to be
reverent during sacrament meeting and told him they were bringing us the bread
soon. His response, “Okay… but did they put butter on it?”
Hayes, “Dad, did you know my
head is made of rocks?” Joe, “It’s made of rocks?” Hayes, “Wellll.... rocks or
bones… Which one is it?”
Laying by the pool with his
Cars floaties on… “Ahhh. This is the perfect life.”
“But, if we go back home
then we won’t have these brown guys to make us a smoothies….” (Cancun trip-
Guess we need to teach him to be more politically correct. Haha)
A few of his frequent
expressions are, “Hmm. Weird.” or “I suppose I could do that.” or “Oh, that’s
interesting.”
When he is mad at me, “Mom,
I don’t love you as a princess anymore.”
One example of the great
stories we get from Hayes…
“Once upon a time, I climbed
a tree in our backyard and that’s where I found a teeeeny tiny unicorn. Then I saw Nephi and he asked if he could have
it… but… I kept it. But, then it
died. An army killed it.”
“Wasn’t that a great story,
Mom?”
Cohen- 14 ½ months
Ohh Coey Baby, I just love
you. Also, you wear me out. You can be
so chill some times and so needy at others.
If I go into labor early it will definitely be because I carry you around
all day. We can’t really get enough of
you though. You are the cutest little guy!
Cohen just recently started
walking. I mean like really walking and
rarely crawling any more. It has got to
be the cutest walk I have ever seen. He
walks with both hands straight out, a wide stance, and very little bend at the
knee. Seriously, the best. He can say, “Hayes” and “Yes.” He tries at
other words but they’re just not quite there yet. He is very good at communicating what he
wants, however. He still uses his signs
“more” and “all done” all the time, as well as shakes his head yes or no to
tell us things. If you ask him if he
wants some milk or to go outside, he will shake his head yes vigorously, raise
his eyebrows and says, “yes, yes.” It’s pretty cute.
He is the best sleeper! I’m praying
our next baby will be the same! He goes to bed about 8 p.m. and wakes up around
7:30 a.m. Then he will take a 2-2 1/2
hour nap in the afternoon. He is so
easy to put down and usually doesn’t even make a peep when he wakes up. If it weren’t for our video monitor we
wouldn’t know he was awake half of the time.
He just chills in his crib for who knows how long until we realize he is
up.
He can be the most chill,
sweet little guy. It seems like
especially at Gram’s house he can just keep himself entertained for long
periods of time. He does love to follow
big brother around and copy whatever he is doing. It’s crazy how much he looks up to Hayes
already. I’ll go get him after naptime
and he’ll point to the door and say, “Hayes! Hayes!” I love how much he loves him. Hayes kind of
just ignores him a lot of the time haha.
But, Cohen gets sooo stoked when Hayes will play with him. He is a giggly little guy. He is a crack up to play with and will have
you smiling 100% of the time. He likes
wrestling time with dad and Hayes and shrieks of joy when they’re all
“shooting” each other or “fighting” with swords. I love his kisses more than anything! He has
got the pucker down and every once in awhile we can get him to blow a kiss. So
cute.
Cohen is still a shorty but
a solid little chunk! At his 12-month wellness visit he was like in the 4% for
height and 41% for weight. The boy can down the food like it’s nobody’s
business. It takes him like an hour to
eat at every meal. He just keeps going.
It’s fun to see Cohen’s
personality more and more and we are loving every stage of watching him grow.
