First Digger Ride

One of Jayden's dreams came true today. Daddy brought home a bobcat (aka "Digger") and let Jayden drive it around at Memaw and Paw Paw's.

Fun in the Sprinkler

Maryville Homecoming Fun

Tonight we had a "Jayden Day" as we like to call it. With the babies arrival we have been trying to take time to do something fun every once in awhile with just us and Jayden. We took Jayden to the parade at the Maryville Homecoming and then it was on to the carnival rides. We had a really good time spoiling our little guy a little.

Jayden admiring the fire truck. This was very exciting for him because lately he has been saying, "I want to be a fireman when I get bigger. Do you want to be a fireman when you get bigger Ba-Ba (aka Mama)?"

We ran into cousin Jacob and Uncle Dave after the parade so the boys rode the rides together.

The big slide ended up being Jayden's favorite. Here are the boys climbing up for the first time. We were at the bottom hoping that both would come down the slide when they go to the top.

Jacob is so little that he flew down the slide. The ride truly terrified him...can you tell? Poor guy.

Jayden, on the other hand, came up with a brilliant idea after seeing Jacob go down. He would go down backwards on his belly.

Jayden would come down and then just say, "I am going again".

Big Boy Haircut

Mommy and Daddy finally gave in to the uncontrollable hair and took Jayden to get a haircut like Daddy's. It makes our little guy look so grown up.

Fourth of July 2010

We had a busy and fun Fourth of July this year celebrating as a family of five.

We went to Aunt Rhonda's for a barbecue and Jayden swam for the first time by himself (with the help of his floaties). He was so proud!!

Hadley's first dip in a pool.

Tayler's first dip in a pool.

The four generations of the Hamilton's.

After grilling out we went to Troy again to watch the fireworks with Papi, Mimi, Aunt Bear, Paw Paw & Memaw. It was a great time!

The babies slept through the entire show. Here is Hadley passed out on Aunt Bear's lap.

Around the House

Here are a few pictures from around the house over the past few weeks. As you can imagine, we don't get out a lot as a family yet.

Happy 14th Birthday Brooke

Today the entire Bettorf family of five went to our first family gathering - a celebration for Brooke's birthday.

The babies in their cute rock 'n roll outfits (Thank you Aunt Lynn and cousin Kelly).

Carnival Fun

Since Mommy was feeling better, we decided to take the babies to Nina's and take Jayden to a local carnival for the afternoon. It was a surprise and he couldn't have been more excited when he saw the rides.

Picking the animal he wanted to ride.

We ran into cousin Larry and his little one, Abby. It was nice because it gave Jayden someone to ride rides with.

Yummy! Enjoying some carnival food.

Daddy was brave enough to take Jayden and Abby up in the ferris wheel by himself.

Jayden's Baby Elmo

With the twins home, we are seeing Jayden imitating Mommy and Daddy more and more each day.

Here is Jayden swaddling Elmo in a baby blanket.

And Jayden feeding Elmo a bottle. He even burps him (but must have a burp cloth) when he is finished eating. Its so cute!!

Say Cheese!