FIZZY LIZZY

My sister in law Lizzy is doing a drawing for a free photo session! Check out her page, she is the BEST up and coming photographer AROUND!!! Good job Liz! :) I'm so proud of you!

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FAMILY PICTURE

Believe it or not, we haven't had any professional family pictures taken since C.C. has been born! I just now realized that our main picture on our blog was only of Collin, Cy and me!! Poor C.C.. haha.. So, I found the most recent "family picture" and of course we had to be in costumes! haha.. Hopefully we can get our amazing family photographer LIZZY to take our family pics soon!!

Cynthia Connie (aka C.C.) Hayward is ONE!!!

Our C.C. Girl turned 1 on 9-11-09!! We have a 3 year old and a 1 year old! Weird. In other words, there is never a dull moment in the Hayward home. We LOVE our C.C. Girl SO MUCH! She has been such a joy in our lives! We have been blessed beyond words. Collin and I seriously look at each other every night and say "I LOVE our kids"!!

• DADDY’s GIRL!!! – Seriously, C.C.’s first word was “Dada” and even NOW she will RARELY call for me, even when Collin is NOT home, she looks beyond me and says “Dada?” As in “where’s my dad?” Anytime she is yelling from her crib, it is always “DADA!!!!” TOTAL daddy’s girl, and I LOVE IT! I am also a big daddy’s girl, and I think a father -daughter bond is so special. I hope she can always have that close relationship with her daddy.

• ACTIVE – This girl is a ACTIVE!!! She is NOTHING like Cy was at this age. Cy was seriously CHILL. Not C.C. girl.. She is EVERYWHERE all the time and into EVERYTHING!! C.C. does NOT know how to sit still unless she is sleeping or eating. She also loves to climb on everything! I love it, but it gets a little tiresome at times. She seriously won’t even sit still to watch a show. She doesn’t care much for tv (also total OPPOSITE of Cy), but it’s ok.. I hope she always stays active!

• DIVA – C.C. is the epitome of a D-I-V-A!! Seriously. She wants what she wants WHEN she wants it, and if she doesn’t get it there is HE** to pay! Haha.. Once again, SO OPPOSITE of Cy! Cy was completely content with the most simple things, but C.C. has a brain that NEVER turns off! She is always wanting SOMETHING.. most of the time it’s whatever you are holding (which is 99.9% of the time a cell phone).

• FOOD – C.C. LOVES to eat! She will eat anything. It’s kind of a nice change from my picky eater. She loves to eat , and can handle any type of food. We have tried to stick to baby/toddler food still, but it gets hard when she pushes it away and only wants what you are eating. Her favorite thing to eat is ICE CREAM! We made the mistake of getting Cy and C.C. ice cream cones the other night. C.C. was in HEAVEN and wanted nothing else but ICE CREAM! Haha..

• SMART – I know we all say this about our kids, so it’s ok to boast, right? C.C. is very smart. She isn’t the same TYPE of smart Cy was at this age with talking so early, but she can figure things out! She loves to be shown something (like a puzzle, for instance) and then trying to do it herself. She loves to pull lids off of stuff and then put them back over and over and over again! She likes to “help” with the dishes, because she thinks she knows where everything goes. She also likes to unscrew lids with her teeth. I don’t like to allow her to do this, but I catch her doing it while I am not looking. We have to keep a constant eye on this one, she will be the one to drink cleaner or something.. **KNOCK ON WOOD**

• TOUGH/TOMBOY – I think I might have gotten my tomboy! Haha.. C.C. is a TOUGH girl! She will fall and bump her head on something, and while I see a large goose egg (sp?) forming on her forehead, she gets up and keeps walking or playing without a peep. She hardly cries when it comes to physical pain. She loves to play with cars and balls, and wants nothing to do with her toy Barbie that Cy gave her for her birthday! Sounds a little too familiar, right Leesa?

• LOUD – This girl is NOT QUIET!! Anything and everything that she has to say is LOUD enough for everyone to hear. It doesn’t help that she is currently the youngest “baby” in the branch. Actually, both my kids are the youngest kids, so they are usually the only ones making noise in church. So embarrassing! I can already see an outgoing personality in C.C. – she might need to be Cy’s mouthpiece since he is so shy! Haha..

• SLEEPING BEAUTY – C.C. has been a fabulous sleeper since about 4 months old. We LOVE it, because she will sleep from 8-8 most nights, and it has been that way for awhile. Sorry to keep comparing, but Cy didn’t sleep through the night until he was about 18 months old, so it is HEAVEN that C.C. sleeps so well!! Thank you baby girl! You have made it possible for us to want more children! Hehe.. Sleep is VERY critical in our home!

Pictures below from our little family (LITTLE family, as in Collin, Cy, C.C. and myself) party we had for C.C. girl. I have YET to have a bigger family party for her.. Poor thing… must be 2^nd child syndrome. Cy had a big lavish 1^st birthday party, and C.C. has a very tiny 1^st birthday family party. Talk about extremes! I will figure out a happy-medium someday! ;) Maybe with baby #3??

C.C. LOVED her cake!! I believe it would have been her first time having sugar..



STILL LOVIN IT..


I don't know what she enjoyed more, her cake or making a mess!!
Daddy and Cy putting together C.C.'s new car, since she always liked to ride Cyboy's!!
C.C. and her birthday present.. her new car like Cy's but PINK!!
Cyboy picked out both the car and this barbie doll for C.C., for her birthday. As you can see, he is "helping" her open her present!!
Attempt #1 at a family photo..
Attempt #2.. Cy? Where are you going?
Attempt #3.. Almost there.. Cy? Look at the camera!
Attempt #4.. K, we got Cy lookin now.. C.C.?? Say CHEESE!!!
Attempt #5 was a success!! CHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZZZZZZZZZ!!!
As you can see, C.C. STILL wanted to ride Cy's car! haha.. Cy was ok with trading since hers still made noise.
What is this on my head???....
Get it off!!! .......... My party is OVER! haha...
C.C. girl – HAPPY (belated) BIRTHDAY! We LOVE you SO MUCH! It has been such an amazing 14 months, and I’m looking forward to see what else you have in store for us! Thank you for always keeping us on our toes! Your little smile and sweet laugh always seem to just melt our hearts! You really are such a blessing from our Heavenly Father, and we thank him DAILY for your presence! Ofa Lahi Atu.. Love, Your parents.

Cyboy and C.C. Girl - Brother and Sister? Really? REALLY!!

I have been told Collin and I have a "little Collin and a little Loni" - these pictures are evidence! Some ask, "Are they seriously brother and sister??" I would ask the same thing if I hadn't birthed them myself!! haha...

Random Video - C.C., Gramma, Cy - August 2010

I found a cute video of C.C., Gramma Connie, and Cyboy at Gramma's house. It made me smile, so I decided to post it! :) haha.. I LOVE my babies!!!

GRANDMA FAYE's 80th BIRTHDAY

We get together yearly at my Uncle Craig's, since he has the best backyard, for my grandmother's birthday in August!! I am so blessed to have my grandmother still here with us. She is such an AMAZING woman, and she is VERY LOVED by MANY!! I just realized that I have pictures of a bunch of people from the party, but none of my grandmother! :( I have, however, found a nice picture to go along with this post.. I love you SO MUCH Gramma, and I hope to someday be the amazing mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother that you are and have always been!!!
So my Uncle Craig has this really cool train that he takes the little kids around his yard in... Cy in the caboose..
Andelyn riding on the McAllister Train..
Mya Loni in the train..
Uncle Jojo and Baby C.C.
Lindsay and Marky..
Cyboy and Daddy..
My love and I..
Cyboy and Aunty Linz..
Uani and Lachelle.. The newlyweds! We were lucky to have them with us for a week in August.
Jon and Tasha..
The grandkids in the train.. L to R.. Alexis, Mya, Jace, Cy and Jojo..
Shane, Leesa and Austin..

SUMMERTIME

I am SO FIRED from the blogging world!!! I cannot believe I have not posted OR read anyone's blog since APRIL!!!! Get ready for post after post after post, and comment after comment after comment!!

Sometime this summer (June?) we went to Vegas with Sii and Celeste to get our semi-annual H&M shop on!!.. (our kids needed clothes) We were lucky enough to see Jaymz while we were there! He took us to see the Donny & Marie show. It was a lot of fun! I highly recommend the show, if you haven't seen it already!



Collin imitating "BAM"...


We also went to our "McAllister Family Reunion" in Idaho this summer, and were able to meet up with Lachelle and Uani!! MISS THEM!!!

Our little family at the reunion.. Where is Leesa's family? Did they leave already? Missing Leesa's family here..



As you can see.. the "KIDS" favorite place was the swings..







Cy at the FREEZING COLD swimming pool they had there..



Looks like I was able to snap a few shots the few times we went to the Lindon Pool!!

C.C. Girl in her 2-piece.. haha. Gotta love those rolls!!

Cyboy LOVED the pool this year! He was a fish.
Cyboy and "little Jojo" (is what Cy calls him). Jojo is always so good about playing with Cy, and Cy notices it and loves to be around Jojo.
AND MORE ROLLS!!!!..... Anyone hungry?
Gotta love a baby in shades!!