five years old?

Could this be true? Yes!
Happy Birthday Brody!

You're the most amazing 5 year old, I know!
Funny.
Outgoing.
Sensitive.
Loving.
Passionate.
Athletic.
Honest.

and of course....

...the best big brother ever!

I'm so lucky to be your mom.

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Jett's ONE! Happy Birthday "BUBBY"!

Now....I admit, the picture above is adorable......BUT these next 3 pics are the faces of Jett I see everyday! Smiley. Crazy. Funny. Just simply Jett.

Walking. Has conquered stairs (both up and down). Good eater. Carseats turned around. Has sooooo much love for his big brother. (I hope they'll stay BEST friends) Let's see...what else...lately has become pretty attached to mommy, but when Daddy walks through the front door, his face LIGHTS up. Oh, and sleeps with a bunny blanket thingy that is his BEST friend when he's sleepy. (heck, all the time really) Says "Uh Oh" "Mama" "Dada" and jabbers all the time, including high pitched screams of happiness. I love it! Can't wait to see what you will do next.

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remember me?
new camera + 350 photos = procrastination in uploading them.

but....here's what we've been up to.
Brody just finished up his last "bitty" basketball program.
Next up? K-1st grade sports! (He'll be 5 in April!!)
Can NOT believe it. He did great!

these next 2 photos just made me laugh..so I added them. brody sings and dances for anyone, anywhere, anytime. he was singing and dancing in our driveway a couple weeks ago and I was just snapping away! He makes me smile.

and his jeans, favorite pair, wears them WAY too often.
notice the big rip under the newly sewn patch? good times.

this little man has kindergarten round-up this week! WHAT?
a tear just rolled down my cheek.

and jett. my darling little (almost) 1 year old.
love the drool rolling off his chin in this picture below.

signature cheesy smile (4 toofers)

thats it. now, that wasn't so bad. maybe I can keep it up.

love my family

We finally got a good family picture!

Merry Christmas from the Hayes!

love

baby's 1st christmas tree

5 years

Pat and I celebrated our 5th anniversary by going back to were we spent our honeymoon. In a cabin overlooking Beaver Lake in Eureka Springs, AK. It was great. We went canoeing, ate out, slept in, watched movies, went on a hike, went shopping, just hung out. It was heaven.

I honestly had never been canoeing before. I was nervous to even get in the canoe, I mean it was like 60 degrees out, so I was thinking water would be splashing in. It didn't, and it turned out to be a lot of fun. My competitive self wanted to row faster and harder than Pat, and he was just trying to go straight, so we found ourselves zig-zagging across the lake. Funny stuff.

Hopefully we can go back in 5 more years.

Attempt #1

I attempted to take some photos of the boys this morning...key word "attempted!" I'll try again another day. Jett wouldn't smile for me (yet he smiles all the time, go figure). Brody was a cheeser as usual....and he was the one I had to bride to let me take pictures.

That's all I got. I'll try to catch Jett when he's his smiley self again.

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Cutesy face from my 7 month old! He's does this all the time....lays on his back, arches his back, and looks backwards...so funny!

Almost on the move...

Beautiful blue eyes!

Brody's photography attempt (sorry daddy)

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me and the cheeser

after a scrumptious meal of green beans

Ok let me explain these last 2 pics....Everyone's been asking us "Who does Jett look like?" Our answer, "Has Brodys head shape (or Crappas!), some of Brody's features...I don't know." This first pic (sorry for the blurriness) is my Grandma Joyce when she was about 6 months old. This is her ONLY baby picture she has.

Resemblance?

look what I'm doing...

Jett Patrick at almost 6 months

me and my boys

We've been really busy lately and the summer seemed to fly by, so when the weather cooled down a little (cooled down, as in lower 90s, seems weird to say) me and the boys took some time to enjoy a nearby park. Jett is 5 months old now. Here's what he's up to nowadays....rolling over all the time...I put him down on his back and he immediately rolls to his tummy, but hasn't mastered rolling back over, so he gets frustrated until someone comes to the rescue. Talks a ton, more like high pitched squeals, so funny! Still no binky, I've tried a few different kinds, and then finally gave up, he prefers to stuff his entire hand in his mouth to suck on.

Brody's had a lot of fun this summer with his preschool's summer camp. They took 5 field trips, Deanna Rose, Beanstalk Garden, Bowling, Pump it Up, and T-Rex restaurant. They got to ride the school bus and sing songs on the way. Brody's been to 3 Royals game so far this year with his daddy....I joined them to see the Royals play the Yankees. (Sadly, there seemed to be more Yankee fans at the game then Royals fans)

my boys...

Big brother pushing little brother

Rain is a Good Thing

Brody's "version" of Rain is a Good Thing!

And if you listen at the very beginning, that's Brody introducing his next song. Since we've taken Brody to a few concerts this summer, he starts off all of his songs by talking to his "audience" and explaining his next songs. Then he walks around the room giving us "hi-fives" as if he were on stage giving them. I'm telling you, it's hilarious! Enjoy! (Oh and the sword is his guitar)

Summertime

Harvest, Stampede, T-ball, Wiffleball....

This year was Jett's first wheat harvest. He didn't get to be at the field much, but we did get to have a picnic lunch....with, what else? Fried chicken, macaroni salad, watermelon, oh, and cherry pie! I know, we're spoiled. Grandma Joyce does us proud!

GG and Jett

Getting the picnic set up.

Stretching out.

Brody and Daddy in the truck.

Then we took Brody to see Luke Bryan at the Country Stampede. He loves the song "Rain is a Good Thing." Check out the video below! haha.

Then we had T-ball early this summer.

Good game. Good game. Good game.

We also played in our friend Brian Arellano's Memorial Wiffleball Tournament. We miss him. We took 4th out of 30 teams. It was a lot of fun. And the kids had fun.....(see Brooklyn below).

Tatted up. haha.

Dan, Shane, Pat

Oh and today Jett is 4 months old! Can you believe it?
He is getting so big.....wearing size 6 months clothes, talking all the time, sucks on his hands (constantly), doesn't like a binky (believe me people, I've tried), I'm trying to wean him of being swaddled at night, he loves his jumperoo and exersaucer. Hmmmm what else? Oh, the drooling! Brody did it too. I can't keep an outfit dry to save my life. Bring out the bibs!