He looks so much like Hayden it's scary!

Hayden likes to pose for pictures, this is in the kitchen.

We got Baby Tad out for John and he really likes looking at him and reaching for the lights as the music plays!

After a bath one night

Funny face while trying squash for the first time. He hasn't really taken to the regular squash so I made some butternut squash and he likes that a lot better!

John loves looking in the mirror now, he just smiles and laughs at the baby he sees. My Dad got a good picture one day.

John and PaPa

Hayden and John with Grandma

John and Grandma

Weeks 22-25

Sorry I'm not doing a very good job of keeping up with this. I guess we've been busying since the beginning of the year! My parents were here for New Year's for a week which was great! Hayden had fun playing with PaPa and wanted to know if they would come back for his birthday in April. It was cute! He is back in school now which is good. The break was nice but it was also nice when it was over. John was a little off with Hayden home. Hayden was actually sick last week but is feeling better now and back in school. He's learning so much and he amazes us daily with things he's picked up. He's also growing again. I may have to buy some new pants to get him through spring or he's going to be wearing capris! He also has his first loose tooth. It's kinda weird b/c you can see the permanent tooth coming in behind the baby tooth. Hopefully it will fall out soon and Hayden will get his first visit from the tooth fairy!

John is moving right along too. He's becoming such a little person. He now notices a lot more like his hands and anything in his immedieate area. He also likes to grab for things now. So we have to watch what's near his reach. He found his feet and likes grabbing them now or pulling off his socks. He enjoys chewing on his hands, or anything soft, playing in his excersaucer, looking at books and being with Mommy, Daddy and Hayden. He is getting a little more hair and he's eating purees now. We've tried squash, sweet potatoes, apples, pears and butternut squash. He likes most of it, he's a better eater than Hayden which is nice! We try a new food every 4 or so days and he's done good so far. He is talking more and says what sounds like hey a lot. Who knows what he is actually saying, could be hey or his version of Hayden. That will probably be his first word! We've heard the da-da sound as well. Of course, no ma yet, but that's okay. I know he likes me best! He is really close to sitting up unsupported, a few more weeks and he should have it. He's also learning how to push up on his hands when on his belly. And occasionally he'll pull his knees up for a second. I am not encouraging this, although Heath thinks it's great. I've already had one child who walked at 9 mos. John can hold off. Anyway, he's not sleeping the greatest right now so we're working on that. He wants to be held when he sleeps. We keep trying to put him down and it works sometimes. We have to let him cry a lot and he doesn't always stay asleep long even after he's cried himself to sleep. I"ll post some pics later as he's now up from a 15 min nap. Don't really think that counts as a nap but oh well. We'll try again later!

This is Christmas Eve, Hayden gets to open one gift on Christmas Eve and he chose one from Grandma and PaPa. He got a really cool globe which he declared the best gift he'd ever gotten(until the next morning anyway). He still said it was one of his favorite gifts. At night it lights up and you can see all the constallations, pretty cool. We also opened one of John's gifts from Hayden. Not that he really cared, maybe next year!

Family picture

John likes his new excersaucer

Happy for the moment!

Mommy and John with one of his gifts.

Hayden on Christmas morning!

Hayden left some yummy cookies and milk for Santa along with carrots for the reindeer and a nice note. In return, Santa left Hayden a thank you note the next morning. He thought that was great!

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas, we hope everyone had a wonderful holiday! Things were lively here, Hayden was so excited he got up at 5:40am. We held him off til about 7 and then had to get up. By that time, he had woken up John b/c he kept coming in the room trying to get us up. Hayden had a great Chirstmas, adding more things to his Star Wars collection(as if he needed more)! Plus Legos, books and other little things. John got an excersaucer and few other little toys. He was more overwhelmed than anything and kinda crabby since he didn't get to sleep as late as normal. It was a good day and now we are trying to recover. There are still toys everywhere but that's okay. Now we get to look forward to Grandma and PaPa(my parents) coming next week!

John finally rolled over all by himself. He almost had it for a few weeks and would get stuck on his shoulder. Now that he has it, he rolls over all the time. But he can't roll back over, so then he gets mad!