And the BAR continues!!

Today was the 2nd day of the BAR exam for Jacob and tomorrow is the last day, thank goodness! We are all about to go crazy around here. Today Jayda and I went and met Jacob for lunch on his break, so that was fun getting to see him and cheer him on for the rest of the day. Jayda and I then went to a park downtown and she played in the water and grass and had a great time. She loves walking all around and exploring everything. It's so fun getting to take her places and letting her play on her own, she's actually becoming a little toddler. Last night Jacob had his last softball game of the season. Unfortunately they lost their game and won't be able to advance in the playoffs. They were all pretty bummed out about it, but I think they had fun playing. They're planning to make another team next season, so that should fun getting to watch them again. That's about all that's going on with us right now. We're just waiting until tomorrow at 4:30 p.m. and then we can finally have a normal life again, yay!!!! Oh and tomorrow is also me and Jacob's 4 year wedding anniversary, we'll have a lot to celebrate tomorrow!

Jacob, Klint and Justin after their last softball game.


Jayda at the park, not wanting her hat on.


Jayda standing under the water fountain at the park. She loved it!


Jayda with Daphne, her new bear from build a bear!

Jayda turns 1 today!!

Today is Jayda Michelle's 1st Birthday! I can not believe how fast time flies! We have had such an amazing year with her and are so incredibly blessed to have her in our lives. I know that we are going to have so many more great years to come! I could go on and on...she is so wonderful! Anyways, today we took her Portrait Innovations in Sugar Land to get her 1 year pictures done. I can not say enough about how great they are (thanks to my friend Michelle for recommending them)! They were so great with Jayda and patient and really worked well with her. They also have great prices AND they print your pictures there while you're waiting! It was so nice to walk out with all of our pictures. Oh yeah, they also gave me a cd with all of the pictures that they took today! I will most definitely be going back there for all of her pictures. I think they have them around the country, so if you're needing pictures done I would definitely look them up. Below are some of the amazing pictures they took today!

Also, thanks to my friend Jolene we were able to go and pick out a bear at Build A Bear Workshop today for her birthday. My camera is broken so I'm going to try and go over and use our neighbors camera to get a pic of her with her new bear. It is sooo cute! Thanks girl!

Jayda's first birthday!!

Yesterday we had Jayda's first birthday party, even though her actual birthday is not until this Thursday, the 24th. Jayda had so much fun and a lot of our family came out for the party. Funny enough, she wasn't too thrilled about her birthday cake. I think that it was super sweet and she'd never had anything like that before. It was pretty funny because she completely devoured the cake with her hands and only had about 2 licks of icing. Anyways, it was great to see everyone and it was so nice having the party here at our house. It was definitely a lot of work getting everything ready, and taking everything down, but it was totally worth it. Jayda got every single toy that is on the market right now and tons of clothes (plus some really cute dresses for our curise in August). She is loving all of her new toys and mommy is loving trying all her new outfits on her. Thanks to everyone that was able to come to the party and to everyone that couldn't make it, we missed y'all!

Jayda opened an early birthday present from Oma and loved her baby doll.


Our dining room all decorated for the party.


The big birthday cake.


Jayda's birthday cake.


Jayda with her daddy all dressed up for her party.


Jayda playing with her neighbor buddy, Riley. So cute!


The banner in the front yard, no one could miss the party!


Mommy and Daddy getting her candle lit and blown out.


Jayda digging into her cake.


Oma, Oupa and Mommy with Jayda after her party.


Jayda with one of her new birthday outfits on and trying out the new tennis shoes!


Playin in her chair (which has been handed down to all the babies in the family and originally started with Jayda's Nanna).

Lots to Catch Up On!

Things have been pretty crazy around here lately. We have been doing a lot and having a lot of fun. I have been meaning to post lately but haven't had the time, so this is going to be a long one. It should probably be 3 different posts, but oh well. Oh, and I almost forgot, Jayda started walking this past weekend. She loved having an audience to perform in front of. Right now she can walk about 5-10 steps at a time and then she falls down. As soon as she falls she stands back up and keeps on going. It's so cute and she is so determined about it.

These first few pictures were back on Memorial Day at Jacob's house. We had a bon fire out there and had a ton of fun. I thought these pictures were just too cute!

Memorial Day '08. Daddy and Jayda, see any resemblance??


On the tractor with Nannna, Pawpaw and Caitlyn.


Then, this past weekend for the 4th we invited everyone over for burgers and hotdogs. Jayda's cousins came early that afternoon so she got to play with them a lot. We took everyone to our neighborhood pool and went swimming. It turned out to be great because we went right after it rained, so no one was at the pool. It was like our own little private pool! That night we walked down to the bayou in our neighborhood and watched a great fireworks show. Since we aren't in the city limits they allow people to do their own fireworks in our neighborhood, so they were going off everywhere around us. It was pretty cool except for the fact that they then continued going off all night long!

Jayda on her first 4th of July. She didn't want to wear her bow, but she did want Caitlyn's headband, so they switched.


Us at the pool on the 4th.


Caitlyn feeding Jayda. Jayda kept biting the spoon, so Caitlyn figured out that if she pushed her head back she could pull the spoon out. Too cute!


Yogurt face! Yogurt is Jayda's favorite new food.


Some of the gang on the 4th watching the fireworks in our neighborhood.


The day after the 4th I surprised Jacob for his birthday by taking him to stay at the Inn at the Ballpark hotel downtown. I had also made dinner reservations at Vic and Anthony's. Our food was amazing and it was so fun to get all dressed up and fancy since we never do anything like that. We had so much fun! Klint and Brandy met us at the hotel and then we all went to Dave and Busters. Justin and Lourdes met us there later. We had a great time playing all the games and getting to hang out. Big thanks to Pawpaw, Nanna, and Oma for taking care of Jayda so that Jacob and I could get away for the night! We appreciate you all so much!

Jacob and I the night before his birthday at the Inn at the Ballpark.


Jacob and Klint playing a tennis game at Dave and Busters.


Then, on Jacob's actual birthday on Sunday both of my parents were at our house to celebrate. We went swimming that afternoon and enjoyed some delicious cookie cake.

All of us on Jacob's birthday with his cookie cake, yum!


Jayda loving her new kitchen. It was an early birthday present from her Oma.


Oupa and Jayda swimming.


Mommy and Jayda playin at the pool.


Jayda driving the buggy at Randalls. She loves those things!