Jayda is 1.5!!!

Jayda will be 1.5 years old this saturday and it blows my mind at how fast she is growing, maturing, and changing. It seems like a lot of things have started changing recently with her. Partly because she is getting older, and probably also partly because I am now ready for these changes. Here is Jayda in a nutshell at 1.5 years old!

-She has slept in her toddler bed (on her own), in her own room (a first), for a couple of hours at a time! I am so proud of her!
-She goes to the bathroom on the potty daily now. She always claps when she does anything in the potty.
-She has to go to sleep with her baby.
-She is very nurturing to her babies. She likes to sing and dance with them.
-She can combine words together, like "Boo-dada", "Uh-oh-dada" & "No-nana"
-She loves music and loves to sing and dance
-Her favorite foods are still cheese and fruit. Another favorite is grilled cheese sandwiches.
-She has started playing dress up (thanks to Caitlyn for handing down all of her dress up clothes) and loves it!
-She loves playing with Ri-ri.
-She is learning how to share with others.
-She still loves bath time, but doesn't usually cry anymore when we get her out of the tub.
-She loves playing at the park and gets mad when we have to leave.
-She has started waking up around 6:30 a.m. some mornings instead of her usual time of 7:30 - 8:00 a.m. Not sure what's going with that, so I guess we'll see if she's changing her schedule.
-She loves to help mommy with anything. She especially loves helping me take the clothes out of the washing machine and put them into the dryer. She then puts in the dryer sheet, shuts the dryer door and closes the laundry room doors. She thinks she is such a big girl when she helps me do laundry, and I love the help! She also likes to put things into the trash for me and close doors that need to be shut.
-She successfully locked me out of the house for the first time recently while I was outside with the dogs. Thankfully Jacob got home within about 5 minutes! It was a little scary to say the least!
-She knows most people's name that she's sees regularly (or in pics-our friends/family far away).
-She reads her books all the time and loves when you read them with her.
-She loves to play with make-make (make up)and has her own make-make bag.
-She climbs on everything that she can, especially chairs, couches, stools etc.
-She loves to watch movies in her new dvd player in the car (when it's working) and says "Moo, moo, moo!!!" (for movie) everytime when get in the car. It's not working right now so she's getting a bit frustrated.
-She loves to kick and throw around the soccer ball, just wait till she's 3 and starts playing soccer!

This is our new dining room table! We absolutely LOVE it and have been wanting one for a long time! It was delivered yesterday and we ate dinner on it for the first time last night. It was so nice and spacious and it was also nice to eat in the dining room away from the t.v. and just sit and talk. For some reason it makes our house feel more like a home and I love that! One chair still has to be delivered in a few weeks because they didn't have enough in their warehouse (in case you were wondering why we have 5 chairs, not 4 or 6, at the table).