Goodbye 2008!

Because we don't have a 401k, stocks, own a home or have a job to lose we had a great 2008! Here is a recap of our year in pictures.

**Warning** This is long, very very long.

January
Jordan got two 10 cent goldfish named Cooper and Maximus. Cooper lived for 6 months.

Jordan had some crazy Flock of Seagulls hair. (But was still cute)

Jordan loved going to the park everyday.

We went to see the snow in the mountains.

Jordan still looked like a baby!

February
I had to go to the ER after jumping on a drinking glass celebrating the Superbowl. Jordan was sick and sad. I was home alone with Jordan, thank goodness for Visiting Teachers! :)

We used our Disneyland passes for the first time.

I celebrated my 24th birthday.

March

Benji and I celebrated our two year anniversary on St. Patrick's day. Unfortunately I didn't get a picture of the two of us together on that day. This is at the restaurant we went to though. :)

Jordan hated Easter for some reason.

Benji had a mohawk for a day.

Jordan went to the beach for the first time and loved it.

April

Jordan's first haircut.

Jordan started walking.

We went to Las Vegas to see my sister compete in Highland dancing. She won. But she always does.

Jordan turned ONE!

May

Jordan's first baseball game.

Because of Jordan's new walking skills he became very mischievous...

...very mischievous. (He also discovered basketball.)

And then became obsessed with basketball.

My garden started growing.

Benji finally got to catch a fish.

June

We went camping with Jordan for the first time. He played in the dirt the whole time which resulted in this.........

If you ever wondered what it's like to camp with a little guy....here you go.

We went to Utah for the summer break, and started the annual Camp Hillary tradition.

July

USA! USA! Fourth of July in Koosharem, Utah.

R.I.P. Cooper the fish.

We went to Denver and saw my sister win her 4th National Champion title in Scottish dancing.

Benji chased down a foul ball for Jordan, lucky guy!

Jordan can feed himself...sort of.

I had to add this picture because it makes me laugh SO hard every time I see it.

August

We went swimming a lot.

We played outside a lot.

We went to Disneyland a lot.

And Jordan was just cute.

September

We went to Arizona with Benji for a conference.

And we swam a lot.

The Drayson center's family swim ended. :(

Benji and I went to a taping of Jimmy Kimmel live. Awesome!

We went to Hollywood.

October

My life changed when I got a dishwasher.

Jordan was a monkey.

And Benji and I were palm trees.

November

We voted.

We went to Utah for Thanksgiving. Jordan hates yams and stuffing just like his dad.

December
Benji dressed up like a ninja at Disneyland to celebrate Day of the Ninja. He's a legend, or so I'm told.
Jordan sat on Santa's lap for the first time. He hated him, but really isn't throwing a kid on some scary stranger's lap pretty mean?


The rest of December was spent in Utah with our families. I'm going to post those pictures in a separate post. Jordan played in snow for the first time, went tubing, found out he was having a brother and much more.....

To Katey

Jordan has six cousins, but only one special girl cousin. Jordan loves Katey so much! He laughs and smiles whenever she is around and loves looking at her pictures when she's away. Katey is always good for lots of kisses and hugs, which Jordan LOVES!
Jordan loved spending time with Katey during the Christmas break and I know he misses her now that we are home. Katey doesn't know this but she is a big helper at our home without even being here. Lately when I pull Jordan out of the tub if I tell him stories about Katey or ask him about Katey he doesn't cry or squirm. (Which is amazing because Jordan absolutely hates getting out of the bath! It usually takes both Benji and me to wrestle him down to get his diaper on.) So Katey, thanks for helping out in the Hadfield house! We owe you big time! We love you and miss you!

P.S. That picture is obviously a little old, but you can tell from Jordan's face that he loved Katey right from the beginning!

First of many

I have so many pictures and stories from our trip to Utah that for my own sanity, and to keep people interested in reading I'm going to post each story separately so I don't have a five foot long post. I just want to get that out of the way so you don't think I'm crazy for posting 3-4 times a day. I probably will start later today during Jordan's nap.

First of all, I want to tell everyone I didn't end up sending my Christmas cards this year. You weren't forgotten, I was just lazy :)

The Ballet

I went to the Ballet West's performance of The Nutcracker when I was in Utah. I went with my mom, Grandma, my sister, and Megan. I found something out about myself while I was there...I like the ballet. Who knew? Sorry Benji. The performance was incredible, the dancers were all so elegant, graceful, and strong. So, I was watching the beautiful show and kept thinking it's too bad that more women don't realize that a perfectly executed football play is just as beautiful. Let me show you.....