Mommy time!

I have been putting together a Father's Day post for Kyle and I kind of got jealous that all of his important pictures of Father's Day through out the years were going to be in one location. So, I decided to publish my mommy pictures too. But I'll hide them a few posts before Kyle's, so there probably won't be many people heading back to my older posts to see them. But if you happen by this post, I hope you enjoy some of my very favorite celebrations and special  "Mommy's/Hayden's first moments" together. He has been a miracle and such a sweet blessing in my life. I am grateful for him every single day!

The very first moment that I saw and held Hayden, just minutes after he was born. It was love at first sight- April 2007!

First time I got to feed my little man. Hayden was two days old!

First family picture, getting ready to leave the hospital.

First day in our hotel room spending quality time with my little sweet angel!

First day home as a family. Hayden was 7 days old!

Special Mother's Day kisses for mommy... he really just liked to suck on my nose- May 2007! 

Hayden pulled an all-nighter right before my first Mother's Day. Diet Coke was a must! ha ha

A walk to celebrate being the mommy to this amazing little guy. I couldn't be happier!

 Mother's Day- May 2007. Beautiful, sweet, amazing little angel. I am truly blessed.

I got to celebrate Mother's Day with Hayden during his "1st birthday party family celebration"! He IS my favorite mommy celebration!

Mother's Day- May 2008... Matching stripes and everything, lol!

The adoption was finalized in June 2008. He was 13 months old... FINALLY!

Celebrating the finalization of our little man being in our family (legally).  You've been a member of our family since the moment we prayed for you and you blessed us with your presence. We love you Hayden!

We became a forever family in August 2008... it was such an amazing day and Hayden did pretty well during the ceremony, considering he had the 24 hour flu. Poor guy!

Happy to be with cousin Ashy after the ceremony. I adore their sweet little faces in this picture.

Kyle blessed Hayden at Nana and Papa's house. We were surrounded by our loving family and dear friends. We could all feel such a tender spirit and we got to feel it all week long because of our beautiful ceremony beforehand. We love you Hayden!

Making Hayden's 2nd birthday cake. I celebrated my Mother's Day during Hayden's birthday celebration again- May 2009! My favorite way to celebrate. :)

My special little birthday boy. 2 years old and always knows how to keep me smiling!

Temple visit with my amazing little man- May 2009

Photo-op time for Mommy and Hayden- March 2010. We were at Hayden's favorite place... the park!

Mother's Day- May 2010. Kyle made me a yummy dinner and I celebrated being mommy to the best little man in the whole world!

Hiking with Hayden-May 2011

Preschool Mother's Day celebration- May 2011. Hayden made me my princess crown. :)

Celebrating Mother's Day by myself (Kyle was in Utah) with my fun little man- May 2011

He gave me the best gift ever and took a two and a half hour nap with me on Mother's Day.

Mother's Day dinner at Spaghetti Factory... I was NOT cooking for myself...YUM!

Then we ended it off with a quick visit to the park a crossed the street. I love that little man of mine and he always me makes me happy just being himself!

A couple of days before Mother's Day 2012, Hayden graduated from preschool. I am a proud momma of a "BIG 5 year old- almost to be Kindergartener"... YAHOO!

Hayden and Kyle bought me a massage for my present. Here's Hayden giving me a very special "Hayden massage" for Mother's Day... best present ever!

Mother's Day- May 2012. The best gift I was ever given was to become a mommy to my amazing little man.  Truly the most amazing gift I have ever received. I treasure him every single moment.

I love you as BIG as the sky Hayden. Thank you for making me such a proud and happy mommy!

KEEP MOVING FORWARD!

Mommy

It was a very Happy Mother's Day!

Spending time with Hayden is my favorite Mother's Day present ever!  He and Kyle sure did spoil me with yummy breakfast in bed and a wonderful present to get a massage... my favorite!  

We had all kinds of fun celebrations the week of Mother's Day. It was a very fun and special week for all of us.

Mother's Day celebration with Grandma. Playing "Princess' and Prince".  We had yummy food and very good company! 

Swimming at Nana and Papa's and celebrating Uncle Trav's birthday!

How many men does it take to build a fire pit? Papa, Kyle and Alex... interesting!

Spending time with daddy by the fire pit.

 Enjoying some good old Mother's Day S'Mores with Mommy, Alex, Aunt Ali, Nana and Aunt Ashi

Reading a fun story with Nana.

I hope everyone had a wonderful Mother's Day. We feel so blessed to be surrounded by our wonderful Mother's and our fabulous, fabulous families!

KEEP MOVING FORWARD!

Adrienne

Hayden's 5!!!

We can't believe that Hayden's 5 years old!! We have had a wonderful weekend celebrating Hayden's birthday! He had a fabulous "Pirate Birthday Party" with his friends on Saturday and then a fun "Family Party" on Sunday. 

Hayden loved helping me plan for his pirate party and helped set up for most of it. He was so excited to spend the day with his friends and couldn't wait for his guests to arrive. What a big boy!

Our favorite pirate boy!  He pulled out his pirate hat that morning and decided to wear it for most of his party. Happy 5th birthday buddy! 

 Enjoying the treasure island bouncy house and pirate ship piñata!  

Hayden picked out his birthday cake and absolutely LOVED it!  His friends loved it too.

Our special boy... we love you as big as the sky Hayden!!!

Adrienne's family at the birthday celebration!

 Kyle's family celebrating Hayden's birthday! 

We have a very special boy and we always feel so blessed to be his mommy and daddy. Here's to a wonderful year 5 with our favorite little man!!

KEEP MOVING FORWARD!

Adrienne

A wonderful trip!

Kyle and I just got back from a surprise trip to Ko Olina, Hawaii!  We had such a great time and we got some much needed R & R. We had a blast with Brooke (Kyle's sister) and Brooke's friend Rashni. Here are some of our favorite experiences and pics from our trip!!

We hiked up to the top of Diamond Head and loved the beautiful ocean views, especially this view of Waikiki!

Enjoying the luau at the Polynesian Cultural Center.

Waiting to walk into the P.C.C.'s new show "Ha, Breath of Life". It was absolutely amazing... go see it if you get a chance! 

Hayden stayed with both his Grandma and his Nana and Papa. He stayed busy the entire time with all sorts of fun activities like fishing, The Dinosaur Museum, play dates with cousins, soccer and much, much more. But he was so happy when we got home and we were so happy to see him... we missed him so, so much!

The sunsets were amazing!

We went snorkeling in Hanauma Bay.

 We swam with Mr. Turtle for about 20 minutes! It was such a beautiful experience.

We had a wonderful trip. We are glad to be home with Hayden and planning his birthday party is now on the top of everyone's list- especially Hayden's- Jack Sparrow and pirate celebrations... here we come!!

I hope everyone had a wonderful week.

KEEP MOVING FORWARD!

Adrienne

Spring Break!

We have had a wonderful Spring Break. We have been playing a lot.  We spent one day shopping at City Creek with Nana and did a little bit of gardening with Papa earlier this week.  I think that I'm going to need a vacation from my Spring Break Stay-Cation!

 Easter Egg Hunt with our friends and visiting the Easter Bunny!

Practicing for Hayden's soccer game.  We are so glad that its Spring again!!

Feeding the ducks at The Dinosaur Park and enjoying some lunch with some buddies!

Jumping at the Kangaroo Zoo... hilarious!!

Creating a bug trap to see what kind of bugs we can catch overnight. :)

Enjoying a play date with our cousins and Grandma at the Children's Discovery Museum in Gateway... such a fun day!

First soccer game of the season. I love how much he is enjoying this!!!

We got a little bit of swimming in!

And a lot of bikes rides too!

Watching a show with cousins... too cute!

Played camping with Nana!

We had some pirate fighting going on!

And some birthday celebrations with friends. We have had the best Spring Break and we are so glad that we were home to spend it with all of our dear friends and family!! 

I hope you've all had a wonderful week!

KEEP MOVING FORWARD!

Adrienne