6 months already?? Giving Thanks!

Hayden is 6 months old already. Can you believe it? I can't! It seems like yesterday was May 19th I remember walking into the ER at the Lisbon Hospital and the ward clerk looking at me like I was growing antlers and couldn't understand why a pregnant lady who claims her water broke would walk into this particular hospital that does not deliver babies.
Well...here we are 6 months later...he has gained over 12 pounds, grown over 7 inches, has 2 teeth, is eating baby cereal and food, giggles all day long, sleeps every night for at least 10 hours and is the absolute love of our lives. We went to church this morning and our pastor's sermon (I do pay attention! :P) talked about how we should thank God more often for all of our blessings. He couldn't be more right and I do thank God every day that Hayden is healthy, happy and in our lives.

The above pictures are of Hayden hanging out with two of his buddies - Cooper Groven, who turned 1 in October and Lucy, our puppy. Cooper is the son of my very good friend Mandy who I met in high school. We have kept in touch through out the years and I am thankful I can call her my friend. And Lucy another love of our lives. Our first baby! :) It is amazing to us how much she loves Hayden and how much she has settled down since he was born. We can put him on the floor and she will lay down right next to him and just cuddle. I give thanks that she didn't resent us for bringing a baby home!

And lastly, yesterday, I went to Fargo to do some early Christmas shopping and to run some errands. I met my friend Bill, who I use to work with at State Bank & Trust, for lunch and also went to the movie Twilight with my cooking club. 4 of us were able to go and having not read the book (I didn't even know anything about it before this week...I have been living under a rock!) I really enjoyed it. I think I will now go out and read it along with its sequels. It was very good and I would suggest it to anyone.