all done, now he looks like a little boy!

It's haircut time, it was getting a little long and people were calling him a girl!

Fayetteville FireAntz

Ready for some hockey!!! He really enjoyed the game especially when they scored. It was fun!

I got John this slide and he loves it. We'll eventually put it outside but for now he's having a great time sliding in the house!

Hayden with one of his gifts on Valentine's Day. I got the boys several books each so they were happy!

John opening a gift on Valentine's Day.

This was the perfect snow. It snowed overnight, very pretty snow. The roads were clear by that afternoon but it stayed on the ground for a few days. It was great!

We found John some rain boots but they were a little big. That didn't stop him from trying to walk in them anyway. He wasn't going to let Hayden have all the fun! my snow bunny, this kid loves playing in the snow!

John loved watching the birds and was constantly going to the window and scaring them away!

February

The year is moving right along and most of the time the days go by fast. This is good b/c that means the closer we get to August and Heath coming home. We try to stay busy and not sit around too much. With my boys that's not hard. John is pretty much constant motion and so is Hayden most of the time. Not much going on. We had a big snow last weekend so that was fun. We ended up going to Jacksonville for the weekend to Heath's parents and they got more snow than Fayetteville-8 inches. Hayden had a great time and we even got John out. He loves the snow. He's pretty fearless and not bothered by getting dirty or wet. The boys had a good Valentine's Day. I sent Hayden on a little treasure hunt to find his gifts. Just made clues to go around the house. He likes it. That afternoon we tried to go see Percy Jackson but that sold out while we were in line. So we saw The Tooth Fairy instead. It was okay, Hayden really liked it. This weekend, they did military appreciation at the FireAntz hockey game in town. It was a we're halfway through the deployment party. So Hayden and I went to that, now he likes hockey and has been playing it in the kitchen with the yard stick and a hockey puck. Today John got his first haircut. He did pretty good. I had to help hold his head still. And he wasn't thrilled with that but it turned out good. He looks like a little boy now, where did the time go? Oh well, we have a busy week ahead, pics to follow...

Mr. Handy Man. He even makes the noise for the drill, too funny!

After lunch one day. THis is hummus, which John loves and just eats straight!

In our new backyard. THis was against my better judgement but as you can see by John's face he loved it. ANd they weren't going that fast.

My boys. This is at Nanny's(Heath's grandmother) house before Christmas. She lives in Fayetteville too along with his Aunt Sherry and Uncle Andy!

Our family

Putting together Legos with Uncle Ian. The funny thing is my uncle helped me do the same thing one Christmas!

Hayden's favorite gift, a real bow and arrow!

ALthough John loves both the kitchen and tools, this was his favorite gift. A vacuum cleaner just like mine. Once Heath got it together, he didn't let go of it for at least half an hour. It was too funny!

Big Daddy was concerned with John's gifts so he got him a tool box set! Hayden got lots of Legos this year.

John's Santa gift. A kitchen which he loves!

John on Christmas morning with Mommy

Santa Hayden Christmas morning, he was in charge of passing out the gifts!

John opening his gift, Christmas Eve. He got a play cell phone.

The boys are allowed to open one gift on Christmas Eve and this is Hayden opening his. A SpongeBob lego set.

John loved this Santa. He sings a song and jumps up and down! And yes he has Hayden's shoe on. He's really funny about wanting to walk around in everyone else's shoes!

December and January

I'm finally settled enough to post an update. We hope everyone had a great Christmas and Happy New Year. Ours was hectic, but we made it through.

The movers came the 3rd week in Dec and it was a stressful few days. John wasn't too bad but trying to clean and paint afterwards was difficult. John is probably at the worst age to move, b/c he requires constant supervision or he gets into everything. We finally made it out of housing and got on the road. We managed to avoid the huge snowstorm that hit the southeast by going down through Atlanta and then across. We made it to Fayetteville on the 21st and the movers showed up the next day with our stuff. We were able to unpack some before heading to Jacksonville to Heath's parents house on Christmas Eve. Thankfully Heath's parents took the boys to their house the day before so we were able to do a little more. WE had a nice quiet Christmas and the boys enjoyed all their goodies. Santa was very good to Hayden and John.
We came back home on the 26th and my parents got here that afternoon. They stayed about a week and helped us get unpacked and settled. Hayden and John enjoyed having all the family around. Aunt Faith also came for a few days. This was good b/c Heath had to start inprocessing to deploy.
Hayden started school after the new year and is doing okay. He misses his old school and his old friends but he's hanging in there. We got a few extra days with Heath that weren't planned and he left on the 11th. So now we are adjusting to that and trying to stay busy. Hayden has had his moments when he's sad and acts out but mostly he's been okay. For the past week, John has been fussy and teething. He got his top canine teeth over Christmas and now the bottom ones are coming in. He also has a nasty runny nose. But otherwise things are going good. I found a new Cub Scout pack and Hayden will start that on Monday. WE missed last week with the ice storm. Last weekend, we got about 2 inches of ice that decided to stay around for a few days. So he missed school Monday and had a delay Tuesday morning. But we didn't lose power and that was a blessing. We got spoiled living in the midwest. Being stuck in the house b/c they have no way to plow is annoying!! ANyway, I'll try to keep up a little better now that we are mostly settled! Pics to follow...