Ok, so "catch up" blog posts are far too common for me. But its better than not blogging at all, right? *Busy* and *Scatterbrained* are 2 words that come to mind when trying to come up with an excuse. Anyways, here goes.
Back in July, we took a day trip up to Huntsville to visit the Space and Rocket Museum. Hayden is so into stuff like that, and we had a blast. We are already dreaming about the day that he is old enough to go to Space Camp!! Sue, the largest T-Rex ever discovered, was also on display there and it was really spectacular to see in real life.
Hayden's first day of School came and went without a hitch, and we couldn't be more thankful or satisfied with our decision to send him to the Wee Center again this year. His teacher is wonderful and he is learning so much scripture (and academics, of course!) He is having a little bit of trouble focusing and finishing his work, so we have decided to sign him up for Karate in hopes that martial arts will help him to learn to control that busy mind a little bit. He starts this week and we are very hopeful!
In August, we took a family trip down to the beach. I was a little skeptical about going down without any reinforcements to help with Garrett, but it went wonderfully! The weather was amazing and we had a really, REALLY great time swimming, hanging out and playing with each other.
Hayden obviously wanted to have nothing to do with taking pictures. Five is such an awkward age!
And for some general updates... Garrett is 10 months old now. He has been standing unassisted for a month now, and I'm sure he would be walking by now if it weren't for the fact that I am strongly discouraging it. What?! Yes, it's true. I am not ready for him to walk. I love his little crawling self scootching around the house. This is most likely the last time I will ever have a crawler in my house, so I am soaking up every minute of it, because I am all too familiar with the fact that these moments are fleeting! I am trying to enjoy every minute and steal as many cuddles as I can with these boys, because I know they are growing up so fast. He has found his voice and I love to hear his little babbles. I need to do a post with just videos... I have so many cute clips. He is small for his age, but very healthy and we are so thankful! Hayden is so grown up and sounds so sophisticated with some of the things he says. He is really into all things "Transformers" these days, and his favorite shows right now are Spongebob and Phineas and Ferb. I have been super busy with my latest (and greatest!) business venture, www.monogramfontstore.com .... Ok, that is all I can fit into this post! Whew! 
