Happy 1st Birthday Jemma

Where to begin?! What an awesome couple of days we had celebrating sweet Jemma's first birthday! 

The festivities began on Thursday when the first gift rolled in from Aunty Jill & Uncle Jim! The clock was a big hit with Jemma and the clothes were a big hit with me! Thank you Aunty Jill & Uncle Jim!

Friday Jemma opened gifts from GeeGee & Susannah! Girl has some reading and shopping at Target to do! :) Thank you both so much, we missed having you at the party!

Saturday was her Twinkle Twinkle Little Star party (separate post to follow) and today was our family birthday celebration! We went out for a special birthday breakfast where Jemma enjoyed some chocolate chip pancakes! We pretty much spent the rest of the day playing with new toys! Jemma also carried on the tradition, and wore my first birthday dress today! You can see a flashback to Jades 1st birthday here!

Happy 1st Birthday Jemmy!

Lake Geneva

Again....late to the party on this one, but have some cute pictures to share from our little Lake Geneva getaway with Nate's mom and dad! This was our third hotel weekend in a row, and the girls did really well! Most of our time was spent at the hotel's waterpark, on site petting farm, park & arcade.

Swinging, one of Jemma's favorite things to do!

Our family!

Jade having fun!

This girl loves water!

Jemma also enjoyed floating on the lazy river with daddy!

The girls with Grandma and Grandpa!

Enjoying the outdoor pool!

Slides are her favorite!

Tunnels are her new favorite thing at the park!

Jade didn't so much love her pony ride! I think she is only smiling because the ride is over!

Arcade fun with daddy!

My little Jemmy!

Cheese! :)

This girl! <3

St. Joseph, Michigan

We had an amazing first family vacation. We could not have picked a better location to visit or a more perfect hotel to stay at. Everything was walking distance, we were across the street from the beach and we didn't have to move our car once! We were able to check in to our room early which was awesome. We then changed and headed to the beach for a picnic lunch and play!

The Boulevard Inn

Checking out the hotel room!

Gorgeous beach!

Eating lunch!

Someone is excited...can ya tell?

Jemma liked the water too, but was equally happy sitting in the sand playing with the buckets and shovels! 

We headed back to the hotel for some quiet time, but had to stop at the Compass Fountain spray ground on the way back! 

 Dinner was at Silver Beach Pizza, followed by a ride on the Silver Beach Carousel and a little walk down Lake Blvd.

Day two began with breakfast at the hotel and a walk down Lake Blvd while we waited for the children's museum to open! We all had a blast!

Next was another picnic lunch and time at the beach!

Dinner on our last night was at The Buck. After dinner we rode the carousel one more time and then walked out on the pier!

On our last morning we enjoyed breakfast at the hotel and a stroll through downtown browsing the flea market and the Chalk the Block pictures before heading home. It was a packed but very fun and relaxing weekend!