My Hay Hay

My baby is 4. I say this every year, but seriously, how did this happen? It's going way too fast.

Here are some things that I never want to forget about Hayden at 4 years old.

* He loves loves loves babies. Loves them. Whenever he sees a baby he wants to say hi to it, or hold it, or take care of it. Ty took a bunch of stuffed animals out of the garage last week and he has adopted the baby chicks (that Ty gave me for Easter) as his "babies."

* Everything is funny. He wants to giggle at everything and when he really giggles it's hysterical. I love his laugh. All he wants to do is have fun and when things are not happy and fun, he gets slightly devastated.

* When he gets slightly devastated he flops on the floor. I mean flops, straight down, no bracing himself for a fall. He's standing straight up and then 1/4 of a second later he's on the floor by literally discontinuing the use of all muscles. Don't try to pick him up in this situation because he goes completely limp. It's a really fun game to play in the store. frrrmp. I give him a sticker if he doesn't flop when I say "no."

* He is my sweetie and at night before he goes to bed he has to give me, "First, a huggie, and first a kissie, and first a zerbert." He's very good at zerberts, or raspberries, whatever people call them. I'll be sad when he doesn't want to give them to me anymore.

*He loves star wars movies and books and "podracing" with his brother.

*He gets up every night in the middle of the night to go potty - which I love, because his brother, well, ya.

*He sneaks into our room in the middle of the night. He has the ability to crawl in our bed like Houdini and then pets daddy's arm, or head, or cheek until we respond and "snuggle".
*He's so funny and says the funniest things, but he doesn't want to be laughed at.

*He stomps his feet like no body's business. Sorry people below us. He does it because we tell him not to.

*He has the sweetest little voice. It's just sweet and when he talks sometimes he even seems innocent. Just right now he came in my room with his little high pitched sweet little "Mommmmmy?" (Ok it's not cute right now because it's 3 hours after his bedtime, but later I'll look back and say, "Ahhhhh," his voice was so cute.

*His favorite songs are Never Grow Up by Taylor Swift and Do You Hear the People Sing from Les Mis. I'm serious. The Les Mis one especially. I had my Les Mis cd in the car once (because I'm a sucker for show tunes, OK? I love musicals and I can't help it) and he heard it and now when we get in the car he says, "Mom, can I hear MY song?" (Jackson loves it too and they belt it in the back seat of the car. I should record it.) This is what I hear coming from the back seat:

They like to yell certain parts at the top of their lungs.

(Chorus)
Can you hear the People SING?
Singing the song of angry MEN!
It is the music of a PEOPLE who will NOT be slaves AGAIN!
When the beating of your HEART echoes the beating of the DRUMS
There is a life about to start when TOMORROW COMES!

Will you join in our crusade? Who will be strong and stand with MEEEEEE?
Beyong THE BARRICADE is there a world you long to SEE?
Then join in the FIGHT that will give you the RIGHT to be FREEEEEEEEEE.

(repeat chorus)

Will you give all you can give so that our hmm hmm hmmhmm VANCE
Some will FALL and Some will LIVE will you stand up and take your CHANCE
The BLOOD of the hmm hmm will water the meadows of FRANCE!

(repeat chorus)

Happy Birthday Hayden! We LOVE you! Now stop growing. Thanks.