It's Almost Hayden's Birthday!

Hayden has been counting down the days until her 6th birthday since Jan. 1st.  To say that she is excited, would be an understatement!!!!!!!!   She can't wait for all her friends to come to her skating party this Saturday.  It is going to be so much fun! There will be lots of skating, a velcro wall(which I can't wait to see all of them try), arcade games and CAKE!  Hayden can't wait to show off all of her skills on the skating rink.   I can't wait to see her face when the biggest surprise arrives at the party, it has something to do with a Princess!  She keeps telling me that she is now a BIG girl, and I keep telling her that she will always be my baby no matter what.  Then she informed me that she is my "oldest" child, yes just like that, so she is a BIG girl and Gracie is the baby girl. For the sake of argument, I let her think that she is a BIG girl, just kidding I know she is, but it seems like yesterday when Mark put her in my arms for the first time and I remember thinking that she was all ours, and she was the most perfect baby girl ever!  I get very emotional around her birthday, her birthday will always be a very special day in all of our lives!  Mark and I love her so much and are so blessed that she is ours!  I can't believe that she is going to be 6, time really does fly by.  Hayden is a beautiful, intelligent, determined, independent, caring, angelic, loving, considerate, thoughtful, shy, happy, and last but not least perfect little girl!  I bet you are thinking that I am just one bragging Mommy, but she really is all of those things and many more.  Mark and I are so proud of her!

OK, so I was going to wait to post something really special, but as I was working on it...I had to go ahead and do it!  Hayden has had so many accomplishments over the past 6 years...from rolling over, crawling, walking, running, climbing, starting school, writing, reading, playing sports, ballet, making friends, being a great big sister!  She has lost 2 teeth and will be graduating from Kindergarten this year!  Here is a little flashback of my precious girl!  I hope she knows how much we love her!  She changed our lives forever on February 6, 2006 at 2:01pm!  One of the best days of our lives!!!

Hayden,

You make us so proud everyday!  You are still our shining star!  You are a shining star because you always sparkle and twinkle with everything you do.  You can do and be anything you want!  Always set big dreams!  We love you more than you will ever know baby!!!!



The moment we had been waiting for since we started dating!



When they placed you in my arms, you slipped into my heart-unknown
One of my favorite quotes!



6lbs 9oz, 19inches...Hayden Christine Stancil



One Month



Two Months -first trip to the Beach

Three Months - First Easter, you cried the whole time at Grandmama's

Four Months - you were rolling over and smiling like an angel

Five Months - you only liked this thing for about 5 minutes!

Six Months - you sat up alone, crawled and pulled up!  You were a very busy girl!

Seven Months - you and Kierstin playing

Eight Month - Second trip to the Beach...you ate lots of sand!!!!

Nine Months - You started walking and it was your First Christmas!

Ten Months - started entertaining us!

Eleven Months - My perfect little girl!

First Birthday!  Tinkerbell Party and you got tons of presents.

2nd Birthday - Elmo Party, you loved to watch Elmo!  You had lots of friends and presents

3rd Birthday - Strawberry Shortcake Party and for once it was warm and sunny on your birthday so we had it outside!

4th Birthday - Ariel Party and your friends from Preschool came too!

5th Birthday - Hello Kitty Party and you had it at the gymnastics place, most of your friends from Ms. Sherre's class came to celebrate!

We love you baby girl!  Happy, Happy Birthday to you!