Sunday, August 28, 2011

Best. Birthday Party. Ever!

Saturday, we had Jaden's 2nd birthday party! 
MeMaw and D-Daddy were kind enough to let us have the party at their house! It was great!
There were slip'n slides, pools, snow cones, cupcakes, chips, you name it!


 Some of the guests arriving!!

Alyson and Bradley letting the sunscreen soak in before they went to play!


Parker enjoying one of the baby pools! 

The "Ready to Play" banner!

Food and drinks

Mommy with the Birthday Boy!

Jaden riding his tractor around the basketball court.

The main attraction, UNLIMITED SNOW CONES! 
I think Scott, Brad and D-Daddy had about 5 snow cones each, in 2 hours!
They owe me some money... ;)

There was always a line "Chilly Willy's"
Noah had a great time riding the tractor around the yard!

Handsome Man Spencer!

Cousin Bryson cruising around on the tractor

DaJoe was "helping" Jaden eat his Birthday Boy snow cone!!

Pretty girl Kennedy Rose, scoping the place out before she put her suit on

Nana and Teagan. 
SheShe was feeding Teagan some strawberry snow cone before mommy came and caught her!

Daddy in the baby pool with Jaden!

Mommy in the pool, giving Jaden "more bites"

Bryson, loving some cupcakes!

Jaden, loving some chips!

Sara taking a break with Ryder, Ava, Tessa and Spencer

Miss Allie Hunter getting in on the Big Wheels action!

Teagan, crusin on down the slip'n slide!

Missing Marsha, but this is a 3 generation picture. 
We could only find D-Daddy at the snow cones!! :)

Sweet Grady, enjoying himself at the party!

Boop Boop with Ella Kate and Josie. 

Pretty Tessa, climbing in the pool, to rinse the red juice off her bathing suit

The BEST surprise was Blake agreeing to dress up like Woody! 
My dad was going to, but the shirt was a LITTLE too tight for him! 
Blake was perfect!

Of course, Jaden would have NOTHING to do with Woody! :(
He only liked him from afar.

Thankfully ALL of the other kids enjoyed "meeting" him though!

Lily Jo was SO proud of her Daddy! So sweet!

Jaden, opening presents with Nana Fagan!

His first favorite toys... A fork and spoon!
He would not put them down, to open more presents!

His next favorite was Buzz Lightyear and Woody pillows! 
He has slept with them anytime he goes to sleep now!

With all of the partying, I forgot to let Jaden blow out his birthday candles! 
So, before we left the house, we lit his candles, which he wanted to blow out over and over and over again! Sweet boy was excited!!

Sitting with MeMaw and D-Daddy before we all went home to take a 3 1/2 hour nap!!

Thank you EVERYBODY who came to Jaden's party. Being a mom, I was so stressed and worn out, but it was worth it, Jaden had a blast, and it's the best 2 year old birthday party I've ever planned! :) I can't wait to plan many many more for my Jader Bug. :)

Friday, August 26, 2011

Buzz Bed!!

Jaden got a Buzz Bed for his birthday!! 
MiMi and Pops gave it to him early since they were going to miss his party.
Daddy is putting it together!


He loved "helping" daddy build it!

Pretending to lay down and go to sleep.  This is actually how he likes to sleep, when he's in his bed. 
We put the bed together Wednesday night, and since then, Jaden has slept on the floor beside the bed!

He couldn't get enough of it!

His room is a little full of beds, right here, but we moved the baby bed out :( and now he has a "big boy room"! He LOVES it during the day, but at night, he hasn't gotten the hang of not being caged in anymore.



Jaden and I were talking, and he climbed up on the bed with his shoes on, and I told him, no shoes on the bed... The 2 year old out-smarted me...

Beach with the girls and the man

Last week, MiMi took us to the beach, and we had so much fun!! Jaden learned to "swim" without freaking out!!


He's a pretty good golfer too!


There's no Medium or Low with Jaden, it's all or nothing!


The water was beautiful! It was full of critters, and we didn't get in, but it was a pretty sight!

Jaden loved building sandcastles too!


Big Man!


Relaxing after  along day at the beach.

We went on a dolphin cruise too!
Jaden wasn't liking the lifejacket too much...

Sandra, Leslie, Jaden and me

MiMi and Jaden

Dolphins!!

Sweet Sweet Boy!


Leslie, Sandra, Jaden and MiMi


Drew was the Deck Hand on the cruise!


Thanks MiMi! We had a great trip! Can't wait to go next year, when we'll have TWO kids!! :)