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Hayden learned a new game while we were in NC:

He’s becoming quite the contrarian. The other day, I took something from him that he’d been chewing on. I told him that I knew it felt neat on his teeth. He quite distinctly said, “Two.” (Or “To,” or “Too.” Whatever.) I had to tell him that he really had four teeth now.

He’s a pretty determined guy. When he’s set his mind to something, whether it’s standing up in the tub or playing with the computer cords, keyboard and diskettes, or rifling through our important papers, it takes quite a bit of distraction to get him away from his goal.

Luckily, I’m pretty determined, too. Sometimes, at least.

Hayden and his Paw Paw (great grandpa) got into it on Thanksgiving. Who will win?

Okay, okay, I know no one cared about what I did over my Thanksgiving vacation. You’re still waiting with bated breath to see what Hayden’s been up to. How was he on the plane? Any milestones in NC? Is he walking yet?

The flight was great. In fact, we just let Hayden fly by himself. Look:

Okay, so really the flight out was a bit rough but the flight back was pretty darn good.

Other things in Hayden’s life:

• All he wants for Christmas: Two new teeth this last week. His top teeth are HUGE. Relatively speaking, I guess.
• A budding love of music: discovered the piano at my parents’. I swear he got to play it more often than I did. My mom gave him a baby piano for our Christmas. It’s among his favorite toys now. Jasmine gave him a Leap Frog drum. He’s begun to understand that one better in the last few days.
• Not quite ready to walk, though.

By the way, the above video was courtesy of my parents’ new digital camera. It’s the first digital ‘talkie’ that stars Hayden. Many more to come (hopefully). Another excellent Christmas gift from my parents: a mini DV camcorder. Just gotta get my hands on a firewire cable.

Hayden really thinks this fan is “cool.” Just getting it near him is enough to make him smile! He’s a fan of . . . the fan.
He looks a bit sad here. Possibly because he’d broken the law. See the “I voted” sticker on his hand? Does he look 18 to you? I’m a fan of voting.
Hayden is a fan of himself lately. He’s discovering all the neat things he can do. For example, he can cross his fingers:

Stick out his tongue:

Stand up, sit down:

Fight, fight, fight!

I guess he’s a fan, too. Just not of the applesauce.

Hooray! I won! Thank you for all your help! I win two books (well, three if you count the one that I won from eComXpo) and am entered into the final four to be judged on merit. I don’t expect to win (I think week one’s winner was very good and there are a few good entries this week), but I’m just excited. I got 633 unique views—I think that’s my lucky number. It was the time that Ryan was born (PM) and it was my house number when I met Ryan. Plus, I only won by 3, so thanks to everyone that visited my article. I’ll get those links all over the page down ASAP.

Hayden’s excited for me, too (you need to watch this more than once to get it to work right):

Yesterday he learned to clap! I was able to catch the tail end of his third attempt. He seems to like it—it’s making noise!

Finally, I think you should go to Google if you’re “White & Nerdy” and a fan of Weird Al. He’s back—with a vengeance. Sadly, my conscience says I can’t link to it since there are like 1 or 2 inappropriate parts. But you can find it yourself.

It’s a parody of “Ridin’” by Chamillionaire. Reminds me of the time I asked Hayden how he wanted to ride (ie backpack or frontpack). I looked at my pasty white baby and immediately knew the right answer, “Mama, I wanna ride till I die.”

Maybe that part’s only funny to people who really did grow up (in but not of the) gangsta.

I finally filmed Hayden in the process of standing for all to enjoy.

Hard to believe he’s getting so big! He now spends quite a bit of time trying to stand up while holding on with only one hand. It’s so strange to think that he’ll be running around soon!

And, of course, please read my article!