My boys!

Reading "Goodnight Moon," one of John's favorites

Weeks 48-51/11 months

I used to do this with Hayden, now I have Hayden to do it for John. John thought this was great!

John was trying to eat the sand again soon after this!

This is probably one of my favorites

We spent a day at the beach. John enjoyed eating the sand and Hayden liked running in and out of the water. John liked the water okay until I tried to clean his hands off and he got too wet. He mostly enjoyed the sand and shells. At the end of the day we tried to get some pics of the boys and a few came out good.

John loved pulling this little scotter along the floor. He got pretty good and going forward.

John got to get on just for the picture Riding on the 4-wheeler with Big Daddy in the backyard

Playing with all Uncle Ian's old G.I. Joe toys!

We spent the 4th of July with GG and Big Daddy. The boys played in the pools and on the slip and slide. John was so funny with this water gun. He kept putting in the water and then pulling it back out. He was imitating what he'd seen Hayden do filling it up with water! That night, we did fireworks and Hayden had a blast. He thought it was great!

Hayden and John with PaPa

Playing with my friend Brooke's little boy Thomas. They had a blast jumping on the trampoline and playing with Thomas's farm toys!

Hayden and Heath met Heath's dad in the mountains on the way down to go fishing. Hayden had a blast, he loved having all the gear and getting in the water!

Okay, so we needed a vacation from our vacation. We are settled back in now and back in our routine. School starts in about a week and a half so we are getting ready for that. We went home at the end of June and stayed about 2 weeks. John and I flew and Heath and Hayden drove. We stopped at my parents first and then went to Heath's parents. It was nice and the boys had a great time. The grandparents enjoyed seeing Hayden and John as well.

John started walking on his own toward the end of that time. Now he's into everything. He took awhile to get it without help but once he did that was it. He doesn't want you to hold his hand and he's now trying to run. He plays peek-a-boo now. He uses a book or hat or his shirt, it's pretty cute! He also tried lots of new foods while we were home. He loves watermelon and hush puppies!! He got another tooth and has another about to break through the surface. After we got back, Heath and I went to the movies one afternoon and John stayed with a babysitter for the first time. He did really well, it probably helped that Hayden was there but it was nice. We are now trying to get him to sleep thru the night without waking up to eat. He's been doing pretty good and will sometimes put himself back to sleep. Plus we are getting ready for his party this weekend. Can't believe he's almost 1, it's crazy!!

Lots of pics to follow...