Happy Birthday Month 9!

Hayden’s nine month celebration was something spectacular! Guess what he got to do??? He went to the beach! Hayden has been to the beach four times in his wonderful nine months. We started our birthday celebration by dinner with friends. As you read in my previous blog, we celebrated rare disease day and nine months at Lilo’s. We had to wait on our dear friends Kelli and Clayton to get there. It is slightly unusual for them to be late. Guess why they were late?? They had to get Hayden a balloon and a bunny for his birthday! Hayden loved the bunny so much! He even punched the bunny until it fell to the groundJ Hayden also received a weighted puppy and blanket on his birthday. Brent’s cousin Mandy found them online. I must say that he seems to be really calm when playing with his puppy. He named his puppy Nichols. For all of my friends with disabled children, this is a great thing to try! Please message me for the website for the weighted blankets and puppies.

His "Aunt Kelli" and "Uncle Clayton" love to spoil their favorite little man!

 Happy Birthday Dinner with some of his favorite "Aunts"

 Nona and Papa sang Happy Birthday and gave him some really neat beach clothes!

 Meet Hayden's new buddy Nichols. Nichols is about 5 to 8 lbs.. This puppy is helping control his seizures. He also recieved the weighted blanket. They are used to help control seizures just like the weighted vest adults use!

Finally, March 1, 2012 has arrived! We are so BLESSED with another month to celebrate our largest Blessing! Hayden is our pride, our joy, and a true miracle! People probably think that I am silly for celebrating each month of life. ( WARNING: IF YOU THINK I AM SILLY WITH THESE LITTLE PARTIES, YOU WILL THINK I AM CRAZY ON JUNE 1^ST. I AM HOPING THAT HIS FIRST BIRTHDAY IS THE SUNNIES T AND BRIGHTEST DAY OF OUR LIVES)  In my eyes, I am so proud of each month that God gives me with Hayden. We woke Hayden up early and started his surprise vacation! We stopped in Jackson to visit with our friends at the radiothon. I must admit it was a wonderful feeling visiting the hospital without a doctors appointment. Hayden got to listen to his story on the radiothon and visit with some of his favorite friends. He was so glad to get hugs and kisses instead of pokes and needles. Thank you God for an amazing visit to Batson without any needles or tears.

Thank you to everyone who participated in the radiothon.  The hospital raised over 380,000 dollars. It was a very successful year. Hayden was so honored that so many people did donations in his honor. We had people call us and say that the people would say "Wow" This child has had a lot of donations in his honor today. Thank you so much for this! Also, Luxe gave a donation from 15 percent of there sales that day to Batson in Honor of Hayden. Thank you very much!

 Hayden loves Courtney and Amanda. These two girls make it all happen at Batson. Amanda is in charge of all donations. She appreciates all the things that the Delta are doing for the hospital. They love playing with the kids, entertaining the toys, and loving the kids. God is good for placing these girls in our lives. Courtney is the child life specialist on the third floor. She was so sweet and encouraging in July when we received the worst possible news. She saw at us our weakest moments. She definitely gave us some faithful encouragement!

 We even ran into Katy and Shannon. We love Katy. She is our speech therapist. In October, she did a swallow test, we just knew that he would fail! He passed! She has helped us learn how to feed him! We are so blessed to have met her. Shannon is one of our awesome Pallative Care Team nurses! She is there for us 24-7! We are so blessed to know her!

Next stop, Destin! We were kind of nervous about traveling eight hours with Hayden. I guess Hayden was so excited that he chose to sleep the whole way! He was perfect! He started crying about five minutes before we got to the condo! It was a gorgeous day in Destin! We decided to take full advantage of being together as a family! The weather was cool. We were not going to be sitting on the beach all day. Instead, we were able to relax and spend time as a family.  Hayden received lots of love and laughter! Thank you God for my perfect little family!

Look how much Hair I grew??? I really think it grew on our weekend get away!

Silly Daddy! He suprised mommy with a good laugh by taking this picture!

 Hayden love his 12th floor view! He was so glad to be "home." The car ride was BORING!

Water is one of Hayden's favorite things. Since it was cold, we spent a lot of time swimming in the jacuzzi!

 Relaxing thats what vacation is all about. (Notice, Nichols the Puppy is on top of him, giving him a sense of security!)

 Did we have pretty weather? Not really but we loved our family time!

 We relaxed a little more..... Now tell me how you think Hayden's nine month birthday went??? I would say SUCCESSFUL!

The last day of our vacation was beautiful! Hayden really hated to leave. He was begging his daddy for one more day! Sadly, daddy had to go back to work. We will do a longer vacation in the summer. We must admit it was the best weekend get away! We truly had the largest time! We took long naps. We cooked yummy meals. We relaxed. We most importantly we got to leave our worries in Mississippi. We got to enjoy Hayden’s coos and smiles. Thank you God for my perfect little family!

The day we were leaving was beautiful minus the fact it was 46 degrees!

 Daddy love!

Okay, now mommy gets a turn:)