Our little family

Our little family

Monday, July 25, 2011

Jayda's 4th Birthday!

Our sweet little girl turned 4 yesterday and she had a wonderful birthday! It is hard to believe that Jayda is already 4 years old! She is such a loving and caring little girl and we are both so proud to be her mommy and daddy. We love her, and Sydney, more than anything in the whole world!

We started celebrating a little early on saturday, the day before her birthday. She first went with Jacob to get his hair cut, like she always does, and then came out with my mom and I to get our nails done.

Jayda got 4's on her thumbs when she got her nails painted.


That night Jacob grilled us steaks to celebrate.


And she was very excited!


We sang her happy birthday a little early the night before and she had fun blowing out the trick candles that Oma brought. She could not figure out why they would not go out!


When she woke up on her birthday we gave her our present and she was so excited to get this puppy dog! YAY!!


Sydney had to get a dog to play with too of course!


Enjoying some yummy donuts!


She had to take several phone calls while we were at breakfast on her birthday.


After breakfast we headed over to our favorite park to feed the ducks and turtles in the pond.


Throwing out some crackers to the animals.


We even got to watch these adorable ducks with 9 little baby ducks. The girls loved them!


Little teething munchkin playing at the park.


Being silly on the slide.


Opening up her birthday card from mommy and daddy.


Jayda had a tea party for her 4th birthday. Everything turned out so nice and the girls all seemed to have a blast! It was so cute to see them all dressed up and having fun. She is so blessed to have such an amazing family and wonderful friends.

Miss Sydney playing on the stairs at Jayda's birthday party.


Jayda getting a little makeup on at her party. All of the girls could get some makeup on and got their nails done after they picked out an outfit to dress up in.


Getting her nails painted, so fun!


Jayda's sweet friend Riley all dressed up, so precious!


Oma brought the girls some dress up jewelry for the party, yay!


Jayda with her pretty little cousins, Molly and Cecilia. How cute!


Sydney wanted to get in the picture with her cousins.


Riley and Jaylie all ready to party!


Jayda and her friend Kylah from school having a ball!


Priceless picture, love it!


Most of the pretty little princesses at the party.


Another one of Jayda's friends from school, Elena with her little sister Ava. Too cute!


Jayda LOVES her Caitlyn!!


The tea party started out with a little popcorn first, yummmmy!


Singing happy birthday to our sweet 4 year old!


Sydney was really enjoying her cupcake.


The beautiful centerpiece at the tea party.


Nana helping the birthday girl make her princess crown.


Jayda loved her handmade card from cousin Molly!


She was SO excited to get $$$ from Uncle Justin and Auntie Lourdes!


Jane gave Jayda a Barbie lifeguard that dives into the water. She thinks this is so awesome!


The precious friends that came to celebrate Jayda's birthday.


The birthday girl on the way to dinner. She was all partied out!


She was thrilled to get the crocs she'd been wanting from Oupa, YAY!!


Oma got her a Rapunzel doll set, so cool!


Jayda with Justin, Lourdes, Nana and Pawpaw at her birthday dinner. So happy!


Pawpaw was tickling little miss Sydney!


Oma got Jayda her very own Rapunzel dress up outfit and she loves it! She wore it all day today!


She stickerfied her birthday card!


Little bit wearing big sisters new shoes, and pushing her baby around the house with all of her purses!


Thank you so much to all of our amazing friends and family that helped make Jayda's
4th birthday so special! We are very thankful for each and every one of you and love you all! Huge thanks also for all of the awesome gifts, she is one lucky little girl!

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Sweet Little Baby Boy!

No, we are not having a sweet little baby boy, although the girls may think we already have one! Our sweet neighbors, Scott and Michelle, recently had a baby boy named Aiden and we absolutely love him. He is Riley's little brother. We have had the pleasure of babysitting him recently while his mommy went to physical therapy and we have had so much fun with him! Jayda can not get enough of Aiden! She wants to hold him ALL the time and gets mad when I have to pick him up when he gets upset. She does a great job with him and I've been very impressed. It is much different from when Sydney was born I guess because she is almost a year and a half older. Sydney loves him to death also, but would rather us pay attention to her and play with her instead of giving Aiden attention. Although, she has gotten much better recently and doesn't seem to mind him being over and loves playing with him too.

Our friends Jude and Lindsay stopped by a few weeks ago to say hi and generously gave the girls some money to get a new toy. We went shopping that same day, per Jayda's request of course. Jayda picked out a Strawberry Shortcake remote control car and Sydney got a little princess purse with brushes, a mirror, lipstick and sunglasses in it. They both love their new toys, thanks Jude and Lindsay!


Somebody got mommy's cell phone, uh-oh!


Jayda and daddy fell asleep together on the bed when they were both sick. So glad everyone is all better now!!!


Jayda loves getting to hold baby Aiden!


Sydney had to see what all the fun was about!


Sydney was loving on her big sister the other morning. It was so sweet!


She even wanted to sit in the same chair as Jayda to eat breakfast!


Silly, silly girl! She can sure make a mess!


The girls were having fun entertaining Aiden.


Sydney was so excited to play with the "bebe"!


Don't think Aiden was quite as thrilled as Jayda was!


Little miss carries her purses and play phones everywhere with her. It's pretty funny. If something falls out of her purse she gets really upset and wants someone to help her get it all back in.


Jayda got a little trim at Snip-Its yesterday and loved having her hair done!


Had to get all ready for her big 4th birthday coming up on sunday!


Look who got ahold of the little man again?? Love him!


Sweet sister had to love on both of them too!


This is Sydney's fake smile, pretty funny! Notice all those teeth, she just had 3 of her 1 year molars come through and the last one is trying to come through now. Poor baby has been a bit cranky lately.