Say Cheese!

Grandma Hardcastle gave you a camera for your birthday.  You love it.  I'm sure this won't be the last post of Hyrum pictures.

 Trying to wait (patiently) for Matt to get it working.

 You take really quick pictures.  

Grandpa posing for the camera.  

Your new shoes.  You can run at least 15% faster. 

Hopefully you can get a little more accurate with some practice!

Happy Birthday Party (and cake)

Birthday Party #1 with the Lafeen's and Gough's.  You got spoiled with all things train and wheels.  And you loved it. Lucky for us you also got a few clothes too.

 Here is your cake -a labor of love.  You seemed to like it.

Two little things to remember.  Grandma and Grandpa Lafeen were the first to arrive.  When you opened the door you immediately asked for your balloons.

And second, you were playing with Grandpa Lafeen later in the evening and Mimi happened to be right next to you.  You turned to Mimi and asked if Grandpa could stay over at your house.  Pretty funny for everyone that heard it.

On the way home

Hyrum: Mom, I smell.
Mom: Do you smell good or bad?
Hyrum:  Hmmm, I don't know.  Oh, I smell bad.

I'm assuming this will be a recurring theme as the boy grows up.  

The bandaid.  Also a recurring theme in our house lately.  It fixes everything and he's never without one somewhere.  Usually it's a knee, for some reason he ended up with one his forehead the other day.

Long night

How come kids only get sick at night? You spent the better part of last night (10:45 -7:00 am) throwing up. So sad. We all had the same thing for dinner (chicken enchilada's) but you did have hot dogs for lunch earlier. I came down to check the package and the sell date was October 20th -so, it's a good chance that was the cause.

Sorry little buddy. I'm obsessed with dairy expiration dates, but I guess I should start checking the processed meats as well.

 I think we'll be watching a lot of movies today.

All aboard!

A cardboard box, duct tape, spray paint, a flashlight and a little dry ice.

Some overall's from Savers and a borrowed engineers hat.

Oh, and a really loud whistle, provided by the train conductor himself.