My Pride & Joy

My favorite part of every day is waiting for this little

girl to wake up every morning with her "Ma Ma" "Ma Ma"

chatter.

Her personality is so cute and she is so energetic.  I find myself just staring at her, thinking 

to myself, what would I do without her?  She has filled our lives with so much happiness and 

fun. She turned 18 months in December and it took this mom until February to even think 

about putting her in nursery.  Ryan and I teach primary every Sunday and we enjoyed taking 

her with us and the children enjoyed playing with her, also.  Which is why I started to think 

about putting her in nursery, not only for me, but for her too.  She needed that interaction 

with other children and she needed to be able to trust other adults, also.

So anyway, this past Sunday at church Ryan went to drop her off at nursery, which the past

few Sunday's it has been a chore in itself trying to get her to go inside, but this time 

she waved bye to her dad and walked in.  It made me feel a little sad, but also a little proud 

that we had achieved that milestone.  

I just realized while writing and going through my photos, that I need to take more photos

of Hayden.  I have so many pictures on my phone and camera and I would say 70% of

them are of Bristol!!  

I did find this photo of Hayden with Ryan and the Space derby a couple of weeks ago.

Hayden did great.  His little rocket was fast.  He came in first a few times and had a few 

second place finishes.  He was the life of the party.  They counted down each race that they 

did and we could definitely here Hayden.  He was the loudest boy there. I can't believe how 

big he is getting.  He has grown so much and I feel like I missed it somewhere.

He is my rock.  He helps me with so many things.  I hope he realizes how much he means

to me and how much I can depend on him.  He will always be my first born and always be my

baby.  

There is no greater joy in this world than the joy of being a mother and I really hope

I get the chance to have a bigger family.  My pride & joy is my family.