Happy Birthday Hayden

Hayden turned 8 years old on December 15th!  He had a friend birthday party the night before.  Easiest party ever!  Jerry took Hayden and his friends Isaac, Max, and Clark to a movie, then they came here for pizza, cake and ice cream afterwards.  John and Sara came for the weekend too, so his cousin Jayden was here for the "after movie" part of the party. 

 Hayden is currently obsessed with Minecraft.  I attempted to make a Minecraft cake.  I wish I wouldn't have used the fondant for the grass because it didn't turn out completely like I had hoped, but he was happy and I was still pretty excited, and that's all that matters. 

Steve facing a Creeper

 On his actual birthday he was baptized - More on that in the next post.  After the baptism we had a family party here at home with his favorite food - Tacos, and the leftover cake and ice cream, we also had his favorite cake at the baptism - Red Velvet.  We also opened family gifts that night. 
It was a wonderful, busy, fun weekend.  I'm so happy this boy is in our lives.

Some things about Hayden at 8 years old.... How on earth did he grow so fast to be 8 years old???  He is such a joy.  He is in second grade and really likes his teacher Mrs. Day.  His best friend from class is Erik.  He loves his friends.  He plays the most with Isaac and our next door neighbor Hannah.  He also loves to play with Max and Clark from church/school.  He is extremely creative.  He can create amazing things with Legos and he writes creative books and draws great pictures to go with them.  He is pretty much obsessed with Minecraft - from what I gather from watching him play, they create their own world.  Once again, creating.  He's such a good boy.  He strives to do the right thing and to please me and Jerry.  We are so very proud of our handsome boy and can't believe he's actually 8 years old and baptized.  He is a great older brother and example to his sisters and brother.  He loves playing with Luke and is the first to rescue Luke from his crib when he's crying.  He doesn't even complain about having to share a room with Luke. 
Hayden is extremely literal.  If I say I'll be done with something in a couple minutes he will remind me in 2 minutes that I said "couple".  He is a funny boy, and loves to laugh, but he also has a serious nature about him.  He can be very quiet in new situations, but I've also been strangely happy to see him act crazy and silly with his boy scout group.  He isn't too into any tv shows.  If he is watching anything on tv it's usually a movie.  Happy birthday to my wonderful boy!  We love you so much!!