Oh Hayden!

Hayden is more than halfway through his kindergarten year. He can count to 100 and he is learning how to read. Hayden is doing so well, his teachers love him and he has many friends in the class. He came home from school the other day and said, "Mom, I sure hope you have something special planned for my birthday party because I just invited my whole class and they all said they could come!" What am I going to do with 22 five year olds?!? Hayden is also a great big brother. He and Ace are best friends, frick and frack, they are always coming up with something fun to play. When Ace was born, Hayden couldn't say baby so he called him "B." To this day he still calls him that, I think that even when they are teenagers he will refer to him as "B." Hayden also loves basketball. Danny and Brandon are huge Jazz fans and they have recruited Hayden. Hayden tries to watch every Jazz game. The 8:30 tip offs are harder, we have actually caught him pinching his arm to stay awake for these games. He knows all the players very well. We were in the car the other day and Derron Williams was giving an interview, I went to change the station and Hayden said "Mom don't change it, that is D Will." My parents bought the boys a basketball hoop for Christmas, and Hayden spends the better part of his free time playing. Sometimes he will play one on one with Ace, or he will play by himself and even do his own commentary. "Hayden takes it to the hoop," "Hayden gets the basket and the foul," are just a couple things I hear when he is playing by himself. Hayden is my most proper/organized child, he reminds me in many ways of my dad. He has a morning hygene routine which includes a breath test (where he blows in my face to make sure his breath doesn't stink), gel and hairspray in his hair, and some of Daddy's cologne. He likes his sandwich cut in squares, and he brings home the crumbs from the table in his sandwich container because he doesn't think someone he doesn't know should have to clean up his mess. He even lines his matchbox cars up in short, straight lines. "Just like a car dealership mom," he says. I love Hayden so much, there is something very special about your first born.