As the personality emerges

Toady, grandma, Anna, Jaiden, and I went the the mall. Before we left the house, Jaiden insisted on putting on a pj top. The catch is, it is a size 4t. (He's just barely on a 2t.) No big deal. We've worn jammies out before but on top of that, he picked up a bucket to take with him. When we got to the mall and put him in his "blue stroller", this is what we found.

Enjoy and happy sunday!

Stephanie, Anna, and Jaiden

the birthday celebrations

As most of you know, this past week Jaiden celebrated his second birthday. In true Anna and Steph fashion, it stretched into a week long event. It all started on Wednesday (Jaiden's actual birthday.) We had a small celebration at work with balloons, cupcakes, and just a few presents. Jaiden was all about the balloons and presents/new trains.

That night, we decided to make a pizza together. Publix sells pizza dough that's just like home made so... we pulled everything out of the fridge that might go good on pizza and it turns out, our son is a pretty good pizza chef. That was one of the best pizza I have ever had.

On Thursday, Grandma came up from Fl. We didn't take and pictures but she brought a present from Great Grandma which was a car-carrier semi-truck that carries 4 monster trucks. Anyone who know Jaiden, knows how appropriate this is/was. As of now, Saturday evening, 2 days later, he can tell you what color each monster truck is, and what make each is, and any combination of the above information. He also had to sleep with the semi-truck portion last night... So Thank you, thank you, thank you great grandma and great grandpa!!! What a hit!

Friday was a bit of a whirl wind. Grandma, Jaiden and I did errands all day long: pick-up groceries, pick-up the cake, pick-up Jaiden's birthday present (which was interesting since he was with us...), and the other usual pre-party stuff...

Today was a great day. The party started at 1:00 and despite all of my worry about not having enough food, there was plenty of food and fun. Everyone had a great time and Jaiden got lots of new toys. For the record, Jaiden did not dive into the cake. He was more interested in the tractor and truck on the top. I'm sure the fun will continue for the next few days while we celebrate our little babies transition into boyhood.

We miss you all and wish you could be here to join in the fun.

Lots of love,

Stephanie, Anna, and Jaiden

Our Beautiful Son

This past week we received quite the compliment. Jaiden got asked to be a model for the Picture People. This is where we usually get his pictures taken but this time, they call us and asked if we could come in for some more pictures for them to use in their advertising. It did not pay anything but a few free pictures but that is enough for me. I don't even care if they ever use his pictures but it was (and is) the idea that someone else thinks my son should be in pictures too. So, to make a long story short, here is the link so you too can see our soon to be famous (and soon to be 2) little boy. They said they would contact us to let us know where they would use his pictures so we will pass on the info but for now, enjoy. :)
Love,
Steph, Anna and Jaiden

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