Hay Happens and Hay's Happen

A 3 week effort.

I love her font. I love her decision making process. I love her tension with making the right decisions. I love her art!
I love you!

And guess what it tells me?
Your daughter, Tatum’s battery is low.

Your daughter, Tatum’s steps are close! Almost there!

Oh, geez. Now, we are all comparing our steps per day.

We have to check her sleep each night too. She is averaging about 9 hours per night.

Oh, the joy of technology and the joy of not sitting too much!

Wil E. Coyote is loose at Mission de Los Arroyos. It has been said we have a 3-legged Coyote who comes out and lurks around 3am.

This little guy has been loitering around our home lately, and I feel I need to warn him.

He is now more aware and is paying attention.

Run, Roadrunner, Run!

We’ve been going every year since she was a baby. Yes, 2014, we went with my mom’s group.

2015, we went with Doug and Mama (my first Christmas with honey)

2016 Baby joined us.

2017!

More? Yes, 2018. Just mom, Tot and me

Then, last year, our first year married 2019

All I know is that it is a fun tradition, and the weather is never consistent. Sometimes it’s frigid, and this year, it was pretty warm although I still wear gloves due to my numby fingers.

This year, they took reservations because of Covid, so we got in the line of our time slot at 6pm.

Mama went to get a hot dog, so we got on the next train.

Look, Sugar Bowl!

Now, we will hit the Carousel. Tatum used to need me to ride with her, but now she just wants me next to her. I’ll take it!

Hi Daddy!

Mama is having a blast!

Now this tree. It is beautiful!

Then we HAD to see the life size, Baby. Tatum instantly ran up to him and cuddled

Mama couldn’t resist.

What fun this year!

And so…we exit again 2020. Thank you for lighting up our Christmas.

Merry Christmas!

We are gearing up for HIS birth! Let’s start with our Advent calendar.

A cat? Oh, sorry Coopy. Let’s just get the cat thing out of the way first day.

OK, now our little scene. We do this every year with our book.

The donkey opens up our Nativity. Sorry, Cat!

We are excited for our Christmas season.

Although his real birthday is Monday the 30th, we wanted to maximize the celebration by doing in on Sunday. So, we kind of tricked him and told him we were going to have a Hay Happens meeting at 4:30pm, so wear your shirt! He promptly came out at 4:30 donned in the Hay Happens garb. We did too. (But, we had a dress underneath so we could give him his surprise!)

After our meeting prayer, we retired to the bedroom and told him to close his eyes. Then we ducked down and guess who popped up? Gerald and Piggie!

Yes, welcome to the show!

Hello Douglas! What do you enjoy doing in your free time???? He loves hanging with his family. Love that answer.

Uh oh. Here comes the cameo performer….COOPY, please, show some control.

Now, we are ready for our song. Tatum, could you please sing Happy Birthday for us?

Mommy accompanied her, TADA!

Next, on the agenda is the whirlwind card. Piggie and Gerald, will you introduce? (Hi Tot!)

Tot will read her 30, and Mommy will read her 30. (Why do you think we came up with 60…hint hint)..

And there are many more actually!

He loved the show, and we gave him his present: A pair of Raycon earbuds so he never misses a podcast again!

We love you so much Daddy!

Yes, Birthdays in our house are a multi-day event. So, part one of Doug’s birthday took place with a complete surprise up our sleeves. I had told him that he needed to be available from Friday around 3pm to Saturday around 9am. We’d all go away. (wink wink).

We left the house at 3:15 and I told him we had to stop at my mom’s. He had no idea what was about to take place.

When we got there, my mom gave him a task and then we all met in the kitchen. I gave him this card:

He and I would go to Flemings for dinner and then stay the night at the Hilton (for dessert…heh). Tot would stay at Mom’s. He was sideswiped!
All of a sudden, his relaxation quotient flew to outrageous levels.

We had a little champagne on our patio and relaxed before getting ready. (It was a tad chilly out there!)

We got ready, and oh, doesn’t he look fabulous?

And me… He wanted me to pole it.

We sauntered over to our destination. So nice not to drive!

It is so nice to be out to celebrate. We forgot our masks, so they let us have a couple before sitting down.

Then it was a lovely dinner of ahi appetizer, filet, salads and some wine. We had a list of fun questions to ask each other, so we ended up staying for a while and chatting. How refreshing!
Happy Birthday to you, baby!

Back to the room for some dessert. Long overdue!

More to come, honey. (Thank you so much mom for hanging with the Tot and making this possible).