Jaymin's 2nd B-day - Part III

Jaymin's Elmo Party

These are just a few of my favorite pictures from Jaymin's birthday party. I wanted to keep it simple - just pizza and cake - but with 35 people in a tiny townhouse it couldn't be anything but chaotic. :)

Grandma & Grandpa

Just a little glimpse of all the people...

Jaymin and his Buddy. :)

Uncle Chad & Lane

Uncle Corey & Aunt Nicki (Chad's wife)

Sierra, Nana & Auntie Kayla



Mimi & Popi

Boone Girls & Allyson

Jaymin blowing out the third and final candle of his 2nd birthday...

Jaymin and his new bike & tractor...not at all excited. :)

Ok, that's it! Jaymin's birthday saga is officially and finally over! Now I can start blogging about something else! Hope you enjoyed it! :)

Jaymin's 2nd B-day - Part II

On Thursday July 10th (Jaymin's actual birthday) we went to the Tomahawk Aquatic Center for a little fun in the sun. They have a big baby pool area with slides, fountains and sand (probably not the best idea ever). We had a great time...

See the big slide behind me? It was so cool! You could go down it on inner tubes 2 at a time. I wish we had pictures of me and my dad going down, he was having more fun than the kids! He promised me I wouldn't go under water (I didn't want to get my hair wet) so I get to the bottom safe and sound and he comes flying at me, bumps into my tube and tips me over. Now THAT would have been a great series of pictures!

My favorite kiddos

Baby Bump Alert! I didn't realize how big my sister in law Mikayla was until I saw this picture. She's carrying TWINS!

I ran into one of my two favorite teachers from high school! It was so great seeing her again and her new baby girl!

After the pool we got cleaned up so Nana & Papa could take us here...

So Jaymin could do this...

for the fifteenth time.

Look at this cheese ball. Daddy, I think your dreams of him becoming a prof basketball player may be crushed by auditions for the last comic standing...

Sierra and her daddy looking at "nemo" and "dory"...

It was another great day with fun, family and friends. Stay tuned for the final birthday installment!

Jaymin's 2nd Birthday - Part I

If you're wondering about the "Part I" in the title of this post, it's because my 2-year-old son is what some may call S-P-O-I-L-E-D!! His 1st (of 3) birthday celebration was at my parents' house last Sunday. The first Sunday of the month my family gets together for dinner and celebrates upcoming and recent birthdays. This one was for me and Jaymin - but as you can see, mostly for Jaymin...hence the "nemo" theme.

My parents had the fabulous idea of buying water guns for party favors. I think grandpa was having more fun than the kids...it was all fun and games until the babies (I mean TODDLERS, I guess I can't keep calling them babies forever) started slipping on the wet tile floor.

Jaymin just kept squirting himself in the face and thought it was hilarious. I think the thought that was the game everyone else was playing. No matter how many times we fixed it for him, he kept pointing the gun at himself.

Practically soaked here...making the "cheeeeeeeese" face. He's been trained well.

Here I'm trying to block him from blowing out his candles before the "happy birthday" song is over. He's a bit candle happy these days. He's been going through extremely rigorous training preparing for this moment, blowing out candles left and right, and thanks to his dedicated coach, grandma, has had many opportunities to perfect the art of blowing out candles. :)

Look at him rearing back with delight at this gift. He loves towels these days, possibly something to do with the comfort they bring him after the bath and swimming pool but now every towel is "Jaymin's towel" which sounds like "Jamie's towel" and when I correct him for calling blankets towels he looks at me like I'm crazy and says, "Jamie's towel" with more force. :)

Awww, the boys with their tractors...

My crazy brother in the background...I'm trying to be all photojournalistic and he ruins it! :)

Okay, keep checking back for the next two installments of the birthday saga. Sheesh, I think I need to have some more kids...........

Best Birthday

This past Tuesday (July 1st) was my 26th birthday and it was one of the best ones I've had...


My parents took Jaymin for the afternoon so Jeff and I had EIGHT hours on our own to do whatever we wanted. We went to the Briarcliff area, had lunch, walked around and got THE most amazing lemon rasberry torte I've ever had. Then we headed over to the plaza where we walked around, saw a movie, and went to Barnes & Noble to read and drink coffee ( I know, a dream day, right?)...

For dinner we met up with my parents and younger brother and sister at Gojo's, one of my long time favorite restaurants. I was so excited to see Jaymin's reaction to the food being cooked at our table, it was his very first trip there (other than in-utero).

Yum!

Topped off with a little sherbet...

...and my birthday gift...

Which was EXACTLY what I wanted! I had been saving for a sewing machine and was planning on using all my birthday money to get one. I was SO excited for this gift and have had a lot of trouble pulling myself away from it the last few days. :)

Thank you to everyone who called, emailed, texted and spent my birthday with me. It was a great day because of each one of you!