Another year has come and gone! Our little girl is now 3! It is so unbelievable how fast time is going since Hayden came into the world. She has brought so much joy and happiness to Chad and I. I can not wait to see what else is to come in the future for her, the places she will go and the things she will accomplish in life!

As Dr. Seuss says…

“You’ll be on your way up! You’ll be seeing great sights! You’ll join the high fliers who soar to high heights. You won’t lag behind, because you’ll have the speed. You’ll pass the whole gang and you’ll soon take the lead. Wherever you fly, you’ll be best of the best. Wherever you go, you will top all the rest.

The party:  Her new things recently is “My little Pony” and she told me for weeks that she wanted a pony party (of course I was going to make this happen). So I took her to Party City and she picked out all of her own decorations of “My little Pony”. She had no idea what I had in store for her and was planning to make an appearance at her pony party. I rented 2 ponies to come play for 2 hours. I knew that she would just be beside herself when she saw these ponies. I can not express myself how much of an animal lover Hayden is and always has been! (I swear she will either be a zoo keeper or a veterinarian when she grows up) When the truck pulled up and she saw what was in side she was so excited. Her happiness bring tears of joy to my eyes. She wanted those ponies out ASAP. The lady saddled up the ponies and Hayden jumped right up on that pony as if she rode every day not a fear in the world. I am so glad that she enjoyed her big birthday surprise! I think yesterday answered my question if she would enjoy taking horse back riding lessons. After her party Chad and I took her to the Melting Pot to enjoy fondue it was the perfect end to a perfect day.

Thanks to everyone who came to the party and helped make it happen. She was blessed with a large amount of gifts and thank you so much for all of those.

Okay so yes I am a little behind on updating but things have been crazy around the Gatewood house. For those of you who don’t know we are expecting baby #2 and this time around I have had terrible “all day sickness”. Also a few days before Halloween Hayden fell at school and broke her nose so if you see black eyes in the pictures I promise we did not beat her!

As for Halloween I believe she had a really great time. The holiday started off with her first ever school field trip to the pumpkin patch and party and that was a good time! On Sunday we took her to a couple of local church’s for their fall festival. She was able to play games and jump in the moon bounces. Then on Monday she was so excited to collect all the candy and go trick or treating. This year we put several bales of hay in a trailer and pulled her and the neighbor kids around the whole neighborhood. We even had to stop at the house 1/2 way around the hood to dump her pumpkin. Needless to say we will be eating candy for a while. Although it is coming in handy since we are potty training and she gets a treat every time she goes to the bathroom.

Personally for me Halloween is my least favorite holiday and we try to celebrate more Fall and not so much Halloween. I do not like all of the ghost, witches and scary things. This year gave me even more reason not to like it. Since all of the Halloween decorations have been in stores Hayden has been terrified to go into rooms at home alone or go to sleep alone. She honestly thinks there are monsters and witches in her room. She is finally this week starting to get a little over it but it lasted for a good month which made bed time no fun at all.

Our little Hayden is growing up! I haven’t posted in a while so here are a few picture’s from the last week of Hayden. Hope that everyone had a great Father’s Day and that you are enjoying your summer.

This was Hayden’s first year of dying eggs on her own. There were a few with cracks in them but that’s OK (just means we had to make potato salad) . She didn’t understand that you have to carefully put them in the bowl or that you can not bang them together. Over all it was a lot of fun and she enjoyed herself.

Easter day we went to church and had lunch at my grandparents. Of course Hayden walked out with 3 big baskets full of stuff… clothes, toys, jelly beans, stuffed animals, and books. The child is spoiled rotten!!!! As for what mommy and daddy gave her lets just say NO candy. I started a tradition when she was born that each year her Easter basket will be “Summer” related stuff… bathing suits, beach towel, flip flops, sun glasses, and bubbles. Her biggest and best gift of all that fit with the holiday was her new best friend Daisy. Although she got Daisy before Easter we still put her in the basket.