Monday, April 28, 2014

Two Year Pictures

Once again, another awesome photo shoot with Sylver! Here are a few of my favorites! Poor girl was recovering from a double ear infection and conjunctivitis just a few days prior! She was a trooper, for sure!












At 2 years old, Jade is 3 feet tall (95th percentile) and weighs 31 lbs (90th percentile)! 

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Easter

On Saturday our church put on an Easter egg hunt! We invited Grammy and Grampy to come with us and I think fun was had by all! There was coloring, refreshments, songs and an Easter message while the eggs were being hidden! They even had a cute picture spot and an Easter bunny walking around.

Family shot!

With Grammy and Grampy!!

A successful hunt!

On Sunday we went to church at 9:00 a.m. Jade did a great job sitting through the service (she is usually in her kid's program). When we got home Jade opened her Easter basket and we played outside for the rest of the morning! Jade also ate her first lunch of the season outside at her picnic table!

Big girl ready for church!

Excited about her Minnie Mouse camera!

Equally excited about her Reese's Egg!

After lunch we headed over to Nate's Aunt Nancy's house for the rest of the day! Jade caught about an hour long nap in the car before we went inside! I think all the candy she ate got her through the rest of the evening on such a short nap! :)

Jade had her very own Easter egg hunt!

Action shot!

Found one!

Ready to look inside her eggs!

Mama and Jade! 

Kisses for Daddy!!

More Easter basket treats!

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Birthday Wrap up

With the gorgeous temperatures this past weekend, we decided Saturday would be the perfect day to pick up Jade's birthday gift, a playhouse for the backyard!! Jade was so excited to go pick it up (I showed her a picture of it online so she had something to be excited about)! Here she is on our way to pick it up, letting us know that she is TWO!


When we got to Walmart, we noticed a large rip in the box. We had to take it out of the box in order for it to fit in my car, and as we expected there was a huge crack in the plastic from where the box had been ripped. SO, Jade had to watch her playhouse go back to the store, and we had to order another one. To cheer Jade up, we took a walk to the park to play, which she really enjoyed!



When we got home, we gave Jade the rest of her gifts from us, which included 3 puzzles and a storage rack, a Disney Junior coloring book and this table and chairs that was refinished and painted by Nate!


Last but not least, and ironically this was the first gift to arrive, Jade got to open her gift that came in the mail from her Great Aunty Jill and Uncle Jim! It was a hit to say the least!



Monday, April 14, 2014

Jade's 2nd Birthday Party

Jade had such a wonderful Minnie Mouse themed birthday party. We are so blessed that so many family and friends were able to come celebrate our sweet Jade! Here is the Birthday girl decked out in Minnie Mouse attire!


The menu was hot dogs, fruit salad and chips (all with fun themed names)!




Jade had lots of lovin' today!







She also had lots and lots of presents to open!






I had a lot of fun with the party decor, including the cupcake toppers! I ordered the cupcakes from Sam's Club, however I made the ears with mini oreo cookies and the bows with fruit by the foot. I think they turned out super cute!



Jade loved having everyone sing to her. Plus, who doesn't love cupcakes?!



Big thanks to my sister who took all these wonderful pictures for me!