Little Miss swimmer! :)

It's been fun to watch Jadyn get more and more comfortable in the water this summer. She loves to jump in from the side and then we hang on to her and make her kick to the side of the pool. She even has started sitting on the bench in the shallow end (it's a big deal). :)

We went swimming last week in the evening after we had dinner with Papa. Here are a few pics:

5 years ago...

today, We got married :) 

I'm so glad we did :)

PB & Jadyn

I am an avid reader of Real Simple magazine. I love it. I look forward to it each month. I keep it and then pass it along to a dear friend when I simple don't have any more room. Last month or the month before there was a recipe for homemade blueberry jelly. It claimed to be easy - no canning involved. I had some blueberries from the farmers market so I made some. When Jadyn asked for a snack later that day I gave her some peanut butter with the jelly I made. I told her it was special jelly  that I made just for her. She loved it! Now she asks for a peanut butter and jelly sandwich with "my special jelly."
I need to get back down the the market for more blueberries so I can make more to freeze.
It's been awhile since we've had to deal with messy faces - but I think this is worth it!

More bubbles....

I told you Jadyn is into bubbles - We've carried on to the bathtub! I really think she is convinced that if we can blow bubbles big enough they will carry her away (just like Mickey and Pluto). Anyway, we don't normally take baths with bubbles, but I gave in and let her have an extra bubbly bath.

Here she is with her bubble "do." She made the bubble hat and Daddy made the bubble beard.

Making a few adjustments...

This is Jadyn's princess towel. :)

My sweet little 2 year old! :)

 

Here is a picture of my baby in a towel when she was 3 months old :) 

Love her. :)

Bubbles...bubbles....bubbles

Jadyn is so into bubbles right now. She wakes up and wants bubbles.

After these pictures she spilled this bottle. We've had about 3 bottles after that. We've also had a bubble wand. I had to buy a giant refill today. She loves to pop them. She loves to blow them. She really loves just about everything about them. She loves to get the solution on mommy. We even had to add extra bubbles to her bath last night so she could have  bubbles in there. She just watched an episode of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse where Mickey and Pluto float away in bubbles - I think she was hoping that would happen in her bath last night. It didn't. :)

Birthday Party

Jadyn attended her first birthday party. She got an invitation in the mail and we had to RSVP. It was a very exciting occasion! She even slept with the invitation when we got it. Of course, she had no concept of what we were doing, but she was excited non-the-less. 

I, of course, forgot my camera the day of the birthday party but birthday girls' mother kindly sent me copies of the pictures with Jadyn in them. :) Now I can share with you! 

The party was a "pony ride" theme. It included the nice air conditioned building and a few games before the pony rides began! here is Jadyn and her friends getting instructions:

Then they played a game to see who could milk the cow the fastest. I was shocked because Jadyn jumped right in there and started milking! 

Jadyn got a horse for Christmas, and she loves to say "hi" to him, but that's about it! I was so surprised that she actually wanted to ride the pony! And she did ride 3 times!! 

She had fun! We are so thankful she was invited, that she behaved, and that she has new little friends :)