Cousins!

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Well today is an historic day and Hayden and I have been watching the news all morning to see the reaction to the election. Even Hayden seems drawn to Obama - the only other thing on TV that keeps him that interested is football! I'm just so pleased with the ways things went yesterday and with the overwhelming feeling in our nation that things need to change, and change for the better. I was inspired by Obama's acceptance speech last night and am so excited for the direction our nation will take, and I'm filled with hope for the future!
I'm also filled with excitement for several less momentous occasions that are coming up for our family during the next week. Tomorrow we take Hayden to see the orthopedic doctor and we are keeping our fingers crossed that they will remove his cast. We are expecting them to x-ray him again to determine whether he is ready to shed his red leg, and are hoping at the very least his plaster cast will be replaced with a more user-friendly soft cast that he can take on and off for bath-time. We've all desperately missed bath-time! We are also gearing up for our ultrasound on Tuesday morning. We will hopefully find out the gender of the baby, and I'm also anxious to make sure that the baby is healthy and growing. I feel him / her kick all the time lately, and I'm growing HUGE (I posted a new belly photo - click the link above), so I think everything is going smoothly, but ultrasounds are also very reassuring. And admittedly, I'm just dying to get out and buy our little one his or her first outfit (pink or blue??), and get going on our plans for the nursery. We have some big decisions to make about whether our Hayden will share his room with the new baby, or whether we will convert our guest room / spare room into a nursery.
In other news, Hayden and I spent the weekend in Denver and we had SO much fun with that side of the family. We finally got to meet Hayden's new cousins; Brylin who is 3 1/2 months and Liam who is 2 months. They are both adorable (honestly our family has cute kids), and already getting so big. I'm really glad we didn't have to wait until Christmas to see them. Brylin is so curious and alert and wants to be part of the group at ALL times. She just looks at you with these huge eyes like she is trying to absorb everything she experiences. She is a beautiful baby and her mom Britt is totally smitten you can tell :) Naturally! Liam is still just a little peanut but for being born 4 weeks early he is really growing and has these endearingly chubby cheeks that you just want to kiss all the time! In fact, Hayden did kiss them a few times - ha! He is also very mellow like Brylin and was happy to hang out in any of our arms. Katie is doing a wonderful job as a mama and you can just tell she is having so much fun. Hayden also got to hang out on Halloween night with his older cousin Cameron who is 14 - and he just followed him around like he was a superstar all night long - too cute! After the kids went to bed (miraculously easily for them all being out of their element), we got to sit down together, with my mother-in-law Debbie, and have a total girls night. It was so much fun to talk and laugh about all the trials and joys of being a new mom. Honestly my cheeks hurt from laughing so much. It was just a much needed reunion, and now I'm really looking forward to spending a whole week in Denver for Christmas.

Miss Brylin and her mama Britt