Christmas 2007

Well, it was another eventful Christmas season for Jordan and the rest of the Hayhursts. Here is the run-down of our activties.

* Saturday, Dec. 21 was the Jordan-Kimsey shindig. There we do a Scrooge exchange with favorite DVDs. Dondi and I got Shrek the Third and The Holiday. (I bet you can guess who got which). Uncle Jim also got a copy of Shrek the Third, and you could tell he was very excited to receive it. :)

Jordan made out like a bandit, as well, receiving a set of blocks, a keyboard and all kinds of things that make more noise. Thanks for all of that, by the way.

Special appearances were made by Michelle's new (and we do mean new) baby boy Ayden and by Kelly and Jay's new pug Annabelle. Jordan was terrified at first of Annabelle (who at five weeks old is smaller than Jordan's shoes), but eventually was OK with petting her. Jordan also was pretty impressed with Ayden.

* Saturday, Dec. 22 was Christmas with the Jordans. We arrived and ate a huge breakfast with the whole gang. Then, it was time for presents. Jordan got a Little Tykes drum set, a toy kitchen set (he loves to cook) and some musical bath toys. We got to pick out a new TV. So, Saturday evening, we went to our local Costco and bought it. It only took an hour of looking to decide on what we wanted and "needed." :)





























* Monday, Dec. 24 was Christmas with the Hayhursts. We met up with Pa-pa, Gma and Aunt Cris for our church's 5 p.m. Christmas Eve Carols and Lord's Supper service. Jordan got to go to big church, and loved the singing. His eyes were fixed on the screens at the front of the worship center looking at the pretty backgrounds and the words to the music. We sang Jingle Bells, Deck the Halls, Frosty the Snowman and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer during the first part of the service, followed by some baptisms and then some more traditional church Christmas music. Jordan wasn't sure what to make of all the people being dunked, but he liked clapping when each one was baptized.

The service lasted right at 60 minutes, which was good, because Jordan's attention span wouldn't have made it much longer. As the juice cups were being passed during the Lord's Supper, Jordan got a little perturbed that he couldn't have a drink, too.

We headed to Gma and Pa-pa's house for some sandwiches then opened some Christmas gifts.

Jordan really got into it. He received some Thomas the Tank Engine books, a Blue's Room DVD, some Tonka cars and a Radio-Flyer tricycle, among some others. Jordan had a lot of fun with opening all of his gifts.



* Christmas morning started about 7:30 with Gma, Pa-pa, Gee, Jo-Jo and Aunt Cris stopping by to see what Santa had brought Jordan. Santa ate the sugar cookies and drank the skim milk we left out for him. He also left him a train set, a bunch of books, three DVDs and Aunt Cris brought a floor puzzel of Thomas the Tank Engine. Jordan didn't know what to play with first!

























































All and all, Jordan had a very fun (yet busy) Christmas season! Tomorrow is back to school for Jordan and to work for Dondi and me (luckily, just two days til our weekends start on Friday!).

We hope everyone has had a very Merry Christmas and has a safe and Happy New Year.

Want to know what we're having?

Another boy!

We visited with the specialist at today's doctor's appointment, as well as met with the genetic counselor (who we waited an hour for). We declined all the different blood tests and the amniocentesis. We figure the results don't change anything, and really, the results aren't all that conclusive (my favorite was the cystic fibrosis test, which the American Academy of OB/GYNs recommends, but they acknowledge it is not a conclusive test).

So, after another 45 minutes of waiting (not that I was counting), we were taken back to the exam room for some super-duper, viper double doppler, megacharged, four on the floor, superscan sonogram that showed amazing detail of our son's feet, arms, head, heart, you get the picture.

We're pretty surprised we found out today the baby's gender, since it normally doesn't happen til somewhere between weeks 20 and 25 (we're at week 15). The detail of this sonogram made it possible to see this early.

Dondi is feeling well. The baby, now about 5 ounces, is developing well and was moving a lot during the sonogram.

Merry Christmas!

A cold December update

It's a damp, windy and cold 41 degrees today, so what better chance to catch you up on what's been happening around the Hayhurst household:

* Jordan's asthma has been acting up again, so we're back to doing regular breathing treatments. For those of you not in the DFW area, you may not realize it is entirely possible to wear sandals, shorts and T-shirts on Saturday, and then need your heavy coat and gloves on Sunday. (That was last weekend, by the way). So, thanks to crazy North Texas weather, Jordan's allergies and asthma are giving him fits. Here's Jordan doing his breathing treatment.















Dondi has to pretend like this is a microphone that she and Jordan can sing into. Bear (in Jordan's lap) also has to take part in the breathing treatment.

* Jordan's day care center had a demonstration of its music class Thursday evening. Along with Dondi and me, Grandma, Grandpa, Gee and Jo-Jo all came to see it. Jordan had fun as the instructor sang some Christmas songs.















* Saturday, Dec. 8 was the Parade of Lights in downtown Arlington (bet you didn't know Arlington had a downtown, did you?). We went with Gee, Jo-Jo, D and M and staked out a spot at the corner of West and Main and watched the parade come by. All the floats, trucks and trailers had lights decked out all around them. The paper said that 12,000 people came downtown for the parade and it was one of the longest - 80 some odd participants -- in the parade's history. Jordan got a light-sabre during the parade. A couple of pictures here:

























That same night, we celebrated Gee's birthday with pizza and presents at their house.

* I (Roy) finished my accounting class at Tarrant County College with almost no help from Dondi (which was the goal; she did offer to help). Got an "A" on my final, and an "A" overall for the class. For that, I was thrilled.

* Last night was Dondi's company's Christmas Party, at Austin Ranch in Grapevine. Food was fantastic, and the entertainment (casino night) was a lot of fun. It was also great to get to put faces with the names Dondi talks about all the time.

* Dondi's next doctor's appointment is this Wednesday. This one is with some kind of specialist (he worked with Dondi during the last two weeks before Jordan was born, too, and she tells me he is a good doctor). This pregnancy is considered high risk due to the issues Dondi experienced leading up to Jordan's birth. So, we'll see if the good doctor earns his copay Wednesday or not. We'll let you know later.

According to the nice people at BabyCenter.com, Dondi is about 14 weeks along and is officially in her second trimester. The baby is about the size of a lemon. Here is the interesting tidbit about this week's development:

This week's big developments: Your baby can now squint, frown, grimace, pee, and possibly suck his thumb! Thanks to brain impulses, his facial muscles are getting a workout as his tiny features form one expression after another.

We'll post about Wednesday's appointment sometime Wednesday night or Thursday morning.