Our 5 Year Anniversary!

This past Friday was mine and Jacob's 5 year wedding anniversary! It is so hard to believe that we have already been married for 5 years! We wanted to do something to celebrate, so we decided to go to The Woodlands Resort for the weekend. Jayda went to stay with the grandparents for the weekend (thank you all for taking care of miss Jayda). On friday night Jacob met me at the resort around 7:30 after he got off work. That night we went out to eat at Brio. Dinner was amazing, we love that place! Everything was so good! It was so fun talking about our past 5 years of marriage, what we've been through, what has changed, what has come along (miss Jayda), and what we've done on all of our past anniversarys. Funny enough we realized that 3 of our past 5 anniversaires major things have happened in our lives. On our 1 year anniversary we moved to the lovely Waco, TX for Jacob to start law school. One week before our 3 year anniversary, Jayda was born. Then, our 4 year anniversary was the last day of the BAR Exam! It was so crazy to realize all of this! We had a great dinner and enjoyed talking and hanging out all evening! On saturday morning we woke up and headed over to the spa. Jacob got a swedish massage and I got a pedicure done. It was SO nice and relaxing and we both loved it! After the spa we went over to the pool and swam, hung out, read books and ate some lunch. That afternoon we relaxed in our room and went out walking. We went back to the pool that evening for several hours and had fun chatting with one another and hanging out. That night we went to the hotel restaraunt and enjoyed a delicious dinner and a yummy desert bar! Early sunday morning Jacob woke up and had to head back to work because one of their cases was going to trial on Monday morning at 10 a.m. and he had a ton of work to do. Although he had to leave early, we had a fabulous anniversary weekend! On sunday afternoon my parents brought Jayda to the hotel and we played in the pool for a while before heading back home. Unfortunately I didn't have a camera, so the only picture I have of the whole weekend is one me and Jayda in the baby pool. Be sure and keep reading because I just put up 3 more posts after this one....

Jayda's Nemo Birthday Party!

Jayda's Nemo birthday party was on Saturday, July 25th, 2009 at her Nanna and Pawpaw's house. It started at 10 a.m. and finished around 2 p.m., although many people stayed and played all afternoon/evening. The party was a blast and Jayda had SO MUCH FUN! The huge water slide was a big success, everyone loved it! The bbq went well and the cakes and cupcakes were delicious! Jayda got a ton of presents, which she absolutely loves. Plus, she got a barbie car from mommy and daddy! She loves to hit the gas and drive hands free, it's hilarious! The day and party couldn't have gone any better and I am so thankful to all our friends and family that came to celebrate Jayda's birthday, you are all so special to us!

Nemo cupcakes, delicious!


Jayda's Nemo cake! It turned out so good and tasted even better!


The spread.


Jayda going down the slide for the first time with Caitlyn, woo hoo!


Cole going down.


Climbing back up for another ride down. She went up and down that slide for a straight 3 hours on saturday morning!


Caitlyn going down head first!


Jayda's Nemo banner.


Jayda playing with cousins Molly and Cecilia in the baby pool.


Molly and Jayda sitting together on the porch.


Blowing out the candles on her Nemo cake.


Yummy, yummy!


Opening up her birthday presents, yay!


Loving her new flip flops.


Riding around in her new car!


Driving in her new car. Can ya tell she's a little tired? Right after this picture she laid down and took a 3 hour nap!


Hands free driver, watch out!


Oupa going down the water slide.


Daddy going for a ride down the slide.


Justin taking Jayda for a ride!

Jayda Turns 2!

Our little (not so little anymore) girl turned 2 on Friday, July 24th, 2009! So crazy! We were in Huntsville for the weekend and woke up at Oma and Oupa's house on Jayda's birthday. Early that morning I headed out to good ole' Wal-Mart to get Jayda a birthday card and wrapping paper and went to Shipley's to get her donuts for her birthday! She enjoyed donuts and strawberry milk (didn't really like that too much) then headed off to play at the Gibbs playground with Daddy. I drove up to meet them and we played and played at the playground and checked out the Gibbs garden. We found some pretty flowers and even a watermelon! I picked the watermelon and brought it home hoping it would be nice and sweet, but it wasn't. It was actually awful! Oh well, it was fun anyway! After getting home from the park Jayda got all dressed up and opened some of her birthday presents. She got clothes, make up, and the Candy Land game. She loved her glitter lip gloss and was trying to put it on everyone, including daddy and Oupa. Later that day I looked at Jacob and noticed several sparkles in his goatee, so funny! After presents Jayda helped me make her rainbow sprinkles birthday cake. She loves to help cook, and especially taste test! The cake turned out delicious. She of course mainly just liked the icing! Jayda then took a long nap with daddy while my mom and I went out to the Paschal's house to get the water slide set up. They brought it out early Friday afternoon and didn't come back to get it until sunday afternoon! I thought that was pretty nice. After getting the slide set up we headed back to good ole' Wal-Mart to buy all of the food for Jayda's party the next day. Jacob and Jayda came up to meet us there after she woke up from her nap and she had a blast running around Wal-Mart while mommy and Oma shopped. We bought a ton of stuff then went back out to the Paschal's to unload all of the goodies! The rest of the evening was spent preparing for the party: chopping onions and tomatoes, setting up all of the party decorations, putting together party favors, blowing up baby pools, putting together Jayda's new barbie car, hanging streamers and the list goes on and on! I have to give a big shout out to all of our lovely friends and family that helped set everything up: Jude, Lindsay, Klint, Brandy, Kristi, Oma, Oupa, Nanna, Pawpaw, you guys are amazing and we couldn't of done it without you! Thanks also to Nanna and Pawpaw for grilling chicken for everyone and providing us with a great dinner! Finally we all went to sleep that night between 12-1:00 a.m.

"It's my birhday!!" Eating donuts and excited that she is now 2!!


Jayda and daddy swinging at the playground.


Running into daddy with the swing, she thought that was the funniest thing ever!


The 3 of us at the Gibbs Garden.


Drawing on her new easel, so fun!


Helping mommy make her birthday cake.


Jayda's 2nd Birthday Cake!


Singing Happy Birthday to miss Jayda!


Birthday Girl, can ya tell?!

Hair Do and Circus Fun!

I have so much to blog about and so little time!! I finally got my camera back on sunday and was planning to start blogging yesterday, however my husband took the computer to work with him, so I had to wait yet another day to share all of the excitement lately! So, here I am typing away at lightening speed before Jayda wakes up from her nap, which will probably be in less than an hour! Anywho, I have several different posts to put up, hope you enjoy!

For starters we will begin with the week before Jayda's birthday on wednesday, July 22nd. Jayda and I went to JC Pennys so that I could get a haircut and we could look for Jayda a birthday outfit. Well, since mommy was getting her hair done, Jayda wanted hers done too. I wasn't quite ready for her to get a first haircut yet, but I told her if she was good she could get her hair done. So after the lady finished cutting mine Jayda got her hair shampood, combed and blow dried. And let me tell you, she LOVED it! She loved every single minute of it and I think she would do that daily if I took her! It was so cute to see her getting a new do!

Later that evening we went to meet all of Jacob's side of the family at the circus. The circus was a blast and Jayda had so much fun looking at everything and playing with her cousins! I can't wait to take her again next year!!

Getting her hair shampood. I think that was her favorite part!


Hair combed.


Poof, all done!


Jayda loved her new wand that mommy bought her at the circus.


Me and Jayda in front of the elephants at the circus pre-show.


Riding on top of Klints shoulders so that she could see everything.


Jayda with Cole and Caitlyn at the pre-show.


All of the cousins during intermission at the cirus, Jayda wasn't wanting to cooperate.


The whole Paschal clan!

Sorry...No Birthday Pictures!

Well, I am so mad! I accidently left my camera at my parents house yesterday when I left, so I have no pictures of Jayda's birthday party to post! I promise to post them early next week when I get my camera back! And get ready, because I've got hundredes of pictures just from her party! Everything turned out so well and Jayda had a blast on the water slide, along with all the other kiddos and adults that went on it! I couldn't of asked for everything to go any better and I can't wait to share all the great pictures next week, until then...

Jayda's 2 Year Pictures!

Today we went to get Jayda's 2 year pictures done at Portrait Innovations. I love them, enjoy!! Still can not believe our little girl is going to be 2 on Friday!!

Fun times in the Summertime!

We have been busy little bees lately playing at lots of waterparks, visiting friends, and hanging out at home! The weekend before last Jacob and I took Jayda to Schlitterbahn in Galveston. She had SO much fun there! There were lots of toddler/kid friendly areas with little slides and activities so it was great. Jacob and I had a ton of fun. They even had shaded areas with fans to eat your picnic lunch under. It was so nice!

Playing around the house in Ri-ri's car. Thanks Ri-ri for letting us borrow it!!


Jayda and daddy going down the slide at Schlitterbahn.


Sliding all by herself!


Last Tuesday Jayda and I left home to visit our law school friends Joe, Sara and Elizabeth. They live just south of Ft. Worth. Elizabeth is about 6 months younger than Jayda, so the girls had a blast together! On tuesday evening we took the girls to their neighborhood pool and they had a ton of fun playing. Wednesday we drove up north of Fort Worth a little to NRH20. It is the coolest waterpark ever! The had big slides, little slides, pools, lazy rivers, wave pools, beach volleyball, plus lots more! It was kind of like a mini splashtown, but much nicer! There were tons of kid friendly slides so Jayda was in heaven! The girls played so hard and had so much fun! Jayda got so tired she fell asleep on my shoulder as we left the waterpark walking out to our car. So much fun!!!

Froggy slide at NRH20.


Elizabeth going down the slide at NRH20!


Sweet girls eating lunch together at the waterpark.


Jayda climbing the stairs up to the slide.


Going down the slide. She did this up and down thing 100 times at least!


Awesome waterpark! This was the coolest kids waterparks I've ever seen!!


On wednesday night we all headed to Arlington to meet up with Jude and Lindsay at Joe's Crabshack for dinner. The restaraunt was right next to the new Dallas Cowboys stadium, so that was really cool to see. It was HUGE!! Dinner was great and Jayda loved how the waiters sang and danced. She was dancing right along with them. Elizabeth and Jayda had a blast being crazy at dinner, but it was a great place for kids since it was loud and crazy in there anyway. After dinner we let the girls play outside on the playground which they loved!

Miss Jayda and Miss Elizabeth dancing to the music at Joe's Crabshack.


Trying to take a picture with Jude and Lindsay after dinner, but Jayda didn't really want to have any part of it, little stinker!


Joe and Jude helping miss Jayda climb up the poll on the playground outside of the restaraunt.


We woke up thursday morning, got our stuff packed up and headed back home! Thanks so much for opening y'alls house up to us Joe and Sara! We had so much fun!!

Good morning sunshines!!!


On friday we met Jayda's buddy Keirsten at the splashpark by our house. The girls had so much fun playing together! We stayed for over 2 hours!

Jayda cheesing it up at the splashpark. She was so excited to have her friend Keirsten there to play with her!


Jayda wearing Keirsten's sunglasses.


Silly girls playing on the bike rack, instead of in the splash park!


Naked bootys!!!


These girls LOVE to be naked!


On saturday Jayda came down with some sort of bug and ran a high fever most of saturday. By sunday it was just a low grade fever, but she still wasn't quite herself. She seems to be feeling better today and still has a low grade fever. So, we didn't get to do anything fun this weekend, besides watch Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who about 1 million times, eat lots of popcorn and popsicles, play boardgames and lay around. Whatever it takes to get little missy all ready and geared up for her big birthday bash this saturday!! I can't believe she is going to be 2 years old this friday! It is so crazy! Pictures of the party will be posted next week for sure! Hope y'all have a great week!