Jadeyn's "first's"

I wouldn't think there would be many more "first's" for Jadeyn, but this summer we've done a number of things that Jadeyn has never done before. It's been fun!

Jimmy took her fishing and she LOVED it. Oh boy.

showing the worms

trying to hook the worm...ha!

catching a fish!

reeling it in!

...and showing it off!

We also decided it was time to see how she would do camping out, in a tent and all. There was a chance of rain the night we wanted to, so opted to camp out in my parents' backyard. We had a ton of fun, making smores, setting up the tent, singing campfire songs! We decided not to try and put her to bed at 8 and just let her stay up until she was ready. It was about 9:30 when she asked to go lay down in the tent. But then, she had a ball choosing which sleeping bag to lay down on and kept trying them all out. It was about 10:15 or so before she crashed...and slept all night outside!

Mini Vaca

If you are a frequent reader of this blog, you will notice we go to Branson a lot! Jimmy's parents have a timeshare there, season passes to Silver Dollar City and it's about 3 hours from Tulsa. So they love it. They are always so accomodating whenever they go to invite us and stay in their condo, pay for our food, etc, etc. We took a few days off in June to head up there, play in the pool and go to SDC. The adults played a lot of "hand and foot" each night once all the kids were in bed and Jimmy finished reading book 6 of the HP series! I've been pushing him to read all 7 for a long time now and he did it!

Jadeyn's first "big kid" amusement park ride

We had fun spending 3 days in Branson with Jimmy's family. Thanks for inviting us!

The day Jadeyn turned two

She has always been a late sleeper and her birthday was no different. We had to wake her up by singing...it took her until half-way through breakfast to get excited!

Checking out daddy's breakfast creation. We asked her what she wanted for her birthday breakfast. Her answer: banana and bacon. We didn't have bacon, so she got biscuits and gravy instead.

Her 'big' birthday gift from mom and dad

Celebrating with family at Incredible Pizza

Birthday Party Day!

In this last picture, her shorts are different. That is because I had juice boxes for everyone and I think Jadeyn probably drank at least 7 of them. I bet she had 4 accidents in the two hours of her party.  : ) The best was watching her run from the field behind our house all the way to the deck, saying "pee-pee, pee-pee", tripped and fell, and then said, "uh-oh". Love this sweet 2 year old!

Easter!

Since, according to Mr. Camping, I won't be around after this evening, I figure I'd better get our family of four Easter picture up during naptime.

Jadeyn had fun dying easter eggs and even though it rained on Sunday, we hid eggs at my parents house. She was very careful when she colored her eggs and only broke one (which she ate)!

BE-U-TI-FUL

Isn't she just gorgeous?

Obsession

Yesterday at school was sunglasses day. Jadeyn outgrew her baby pair and I neglected to buy any last weekend. So, our good friends Evan and Logan brought an extra pair for Jadeyn to wear. Let me just say she will not go anywhere without them. ANYWHERE. Outside. In the car. The bathroom. Her room. The kitchen. I guess it's time for a shopping trip.