Look At Her Go!

Hazel has been walking up a storm this week! Just wanted to share a few videos!

Hazel's Big Week!

This week Jordan's parents were in town for Halle's baby blessing. Halle is Hazel's cousin who is just 6 month younger than her. It was great to have all the family together! Grandma and Grandpa Dayton brought Hazel her birthday present early! It was a little rocking chair. It even has a heart on it which matches her cradle that Papa Veech built for her. We love it!

We spent almost every day of at Jake and Lindsey's and Hazel had a lot of fun playing with her cousins and Grandparents.

Grandma Dayton treated the kids to Build-A-Bear. She was kind enough to even get Halle and Hazel one! Hazel had fun building her bear named Cookie. She even got to pick a heart for it and give it a bath when she was done. Thank you Grandma!

Big News for Hazel this week she took her first step!! Nana Jo was skyping right when it happened and so she saw it too! We were so happy she could be a part of that since she is so far away. It was really special. Jordan had just left for the airport so we quickly called him to see it. She has only been taking little steps here and there, but she is getting better! We are so proud of her!

I have been working on a few sewing projects. These are my first two projects! I did a dust cover for the piano, and a high chair cover for Hazel.

The week of visitors!

Well its been another great week! We had a lot of visitors this week. First Nancy came by with Abi and Bethany. Hazel had so much fun playing with them. It was so nice to see Nancy and catch up. Her girls have grown up so much and they are just adorable! We even got to see Paul for a second when he came to pick them up. 

We also had a family get together this Sunday. Danielle, Joey, Nathan and Kelly came over for dinner and we played games. We didn't get to see each other in the holidays so we decided we needed a catch up! Everyone is doing really well. Danielle's belly is growing slowly. She said she can feel her baby move from the inside but no movement from the outside yet. It was great to meet Kelly. She is a really sweet girl and her and Nathan were really cute together (in the picture Kelly has a sock hand puppet on..it was part of the game!) We had a lot of fun playing a game called Quelf!

Playing games!

Kelly and Nathan

Danielle and Joey

Baby belly at 18 weeks!

The Dayton household has been sick this week, but luckily Hazel didn't get it. She is as cute as ever though. She loves to play in her room and pull all her books off the shelf. She is standing and talking and dancing. We just adore her!

Merry Christmas!

Well I guess I better wrap up 2011 before we start with 2012! We were very blessed this Christmas! We got more than we deserved. We have carried on my family tradition of taking pictures of everything we got. I think it will be fun to look back on! Jordan's family has a tradition of getting cereal in their stocking...I got Jordan a cereal called Puffins. I thought it would be fun since we saw real puffins in England together. I thought you would appreciate that Mom! 

I was so happy that Jordan got me a sewing machine and serger for Christmas! I have already put the sewing machine to good use with a few projects :)

 Hazel had a good time trying to open gifts. She mostly enjoyed being on the floor playing in all the boxes and wrapping paper. I think next year she might understand a little more! 

We were so happy that we could spend Christmas together with our little family. It was especially nice to go to Church on Christmas day and remembered that Christmas is really a celebration of our Savior being born. It was a wonderful way to start the day. 

Another great week!

This has been such a great week! I have so much to write about. I will probably have to do a different post for Christmas because there are so many fun things to write about the week before.

JORDAN

Jordan got an early Christmas present! After many delays his Dell computer finally came and he is having a great time getting everything organized on it. Every time he shows me what he is doing it looks really boring...but he is having a lot of fun! Its a good thing we both enjoy our jobs around the house :)

HAZEL

Hazel went to her first museum last week. It is a museum on BYU campus called the Bean museum where they have tons of real stuffed animals. She saw a life size elephant! She had so much fun with her cousins Taylor and Gavin. It wasn't very busy so Hazel was able to crawl around and touch some of the activity displays. I love these pictures!

We have also been making Hazel's baby food. Her new favorite combo is carrot pumpkin. Jordan is the official baby food maker in the house. He does a great job :)

Try, try again...

Well I promised my Mom to write a blog post every week so she can get updates on Hazel and the family! Here we go..

JORDAN
This month has been a busy one so far for us. I'll update on Jordan first. Just remember it has only been 9 months since his jaw surgery. He had a little scare with his mouth last week. One of his teeth were really hurting and so we went to his orthodontist. He said everything looked good with his teeth and retainer, and advised us to go to a dentist. When he woke up the next day this is what we saw!

Picture to come

His face was so swollen and we were so nervous that it had something to do with his jaw! We went to the dentist and told us it was a bad root canal. We were somewhat relieved! We were able to go see an endodontist that day and get it fixed. Jordan had a good time with the laughing gas :) We were so grateful that things worked out so quickly and that Jordan was able to be out of pain.

JAMIE
This was a good week for me too. My new young women presidency was called. Change is always scary and I have been with the old presidency for a year and a half and I have come to love those women so much! We had a really good time together. They all had a lot going on in their lives with new babies and family matters so it was time for a change. After meeting my new presidency I really feel like we will be a good team. I feel grateful that the Lord has given me motivation and energy for this calling. I don't feel burnt out yet!

HAZEL
On to Hazel! She had a lot of new experiences this week! She had broccoli and peas for the first time and loved it!

She also met a dog for the first time! We visited Loni and Tom and their dog is just Hazels size. He would come right up and lick her in the face and she just giggled. She loves Barley!

She also learned how to clap and put her arms up! It is sooo cute! Here is a little video of her clapping ;)

We also went to see Uncle Nathan's dance performance Christmas Around the World. Nathan was in the Folk Dance Team this year and was in 2 performances during the show. Hazel really enjoyed watching the dancing!

Here We Go!

Wow it is time for an update! So much has happened this year!

First we bought a house! Well actually a duplex. Our home is in Provo in a beautiful neighborhood with a perfect view of the Provo Temple. We closed in April and have been working since then to remodel the place. First we worked on the other side. We caulked, cleaned, repainted everything, changed light fixtures and outlets and had new floors put in. It has been so much work, but very rewarding. We had a lot of late nights, but a lot of fun times together doing it. Here are a few pictures to enjoy!








So after 3 months of work and lots of help from friends we finished the other side. We love how it turned out and we now have awesome tenants who are renting it from us. Here are a few before and after shots.

The Kitchen




















The Vanity




















The Outside (We had someone else paint this!)



















































We have had a lot of fun making this place our own! We so blessed to have found it. It really is perfect for us.