As promised, here are some of Hayden’s latest antics:
More tomorrow (and probably the next day, too!).
Saturday was Hayden’s first birthday. Oddly enough, we didn’t get all introspective, or look at his baby pictures, or marvel how much he’s grown (so much). My mom did say, “Just be glad it’s not last year”—and I am (two words: spinal headache!). Plus, I don’t have to go through last year again. There were good times, of course, but it was a lot of work.
So while his birthday was a milestone, of course, it wasn’t like a “turning point.” I’ve been surprised to find that nearly every milestone in my life isn’t marked by a huge change (the one exception: becoming a mother was an enormous, instantaneous change!). As I remarked to one of the moms at the party, “It’s almost as if he’s been working up to this day every day of his whole life—as if he were only one day older than he was yesterday!” Life slips away so gradually.
Anyway, now for some pictures from Hayden’s birthday party!
I haven’t had enough pictures up here lately. The rest of the week I’ll post pictures of Hayden playing with his gifts and his latest antics. And yes, I’ll try to get the video from the party online. No promises.
Last note: “Hayden and the new baby” is featured this week in the Carnival of Family Life #40.
It’s no secret: Hayden is a nursey boy. He loves solid foods now, too, but sometimes the only thing that can make the world an okay place to be is a nursey.
In search marketing, there’s another nursing mother who’s far more prominent than am I: Jennifer Laycock. Have you heard her name recently? Perhaps you’ve heard of her blog, the Lactivist? Perhaps you’ve heard one of the slogans from her pro-breastfeeding T shirts, “The Other White Milk”? And perhaps you’ve heard of the very nasty cease-and-desist order the National Pork Board issued to her?
No? Check it out: Overzealous Big Pork Stomps on Breastfeeding Blogger.
UPDATE: The Pork Board has since apologized and even conducted a fundraiser to raise money for Jennifer’s pet cause, the Mother’s Milk Bank of Ohio. They donated $1000.