Haydenisms

I thought with Mother's Day right around the corner, I would write a little bit about Hayden. Even with life kinda focusing on the triplets, he is still a big part of everything we do. He is now 2 and will be 3 in October. I can't believe how big he is getting. He is now mister independent.
The other morning, Hayden woke up while Jeff was still in the shower. Hayden was apparently hungry because he went to the pantry got out some Chex Snack mix, a bowl from the drawer and poured himself some. He then went to the table and sat down to eat. When Jeff found him and asked what he was doing, Hayden said,"I have snack, Daddy." Like duh, I was hungry and you weren't there so I helped myself.
We think that Hayden has a pretty good idea of whats going on. We talk a lot about the babies and how he is going to be a big brother. He knows that there are three babies in mommy's tummy. He will now tell any one that will listen, "I a big brother. Two boys and one girl." The other night, he was up at the hospital with me and we were talking about the babies. He stops and sticks his tummy way out and tells me that he has babies in his tummy too. I asked him how many babies? He said, "Mama have three, Hayden have five and Daddy have six." I guess in his mind, we are going to have one heck of a family.
This next story is for all you guys out there. I have a bath tub in my room that Hayden loves because it has jets in it. So when he is here at night, we usually let him take a bath. He loves to have the jets running and bubbles in the tub. During this bath, I turned the jets off in preparation for the end of the bath. Hayden suddenly stands up and before I know it begins to pee. He doesn't stand still to do this. He is moving his hips all around, back and forth, up and down. Well this causes the bubbles to separate in the spot where he peed. After he is finished, he gets this big grin on his face and says, "Look mama, I make turtle." I guess Jeff doesn't have to worry about teaching him to write his name in the snow because Hayden will be making turtles.
Most of the time spent with Hayden is spent laughing but he is also the sweetest little boy I know (of course, I am a bit biased). There is nothing in the world like one of his hugs or as he calls them, "mommy squeezes." And of course, my heart just melts when he runs into my hospital room, jumps on the bed, looks me right in the eye and says, "Love you, mama."
Every once in a while he will still cuddle with his mama. He is getting bigger but I know that no matter how big he gets there will always be space in my arms for him. Its like that passage from a well known children's book says, "I'll like you for always. I'll love you forever. No matter how big you'll get by baby you'll be."
Happy Mother's Day!