Saturday, June 14, 2014

May 2014

March has started off great!  We kick started the month with Chads Birthday (wont say how old, other than OLD.... LOL)!  Had dinner at a Japanese Steakhouse and Jaydyn loved the soup so much that we ordered her two bowls and she finished off the second bowl by tipping it up (extra high)!

Daddy and J goofing off
Giving her Daddy some lovings!!!
Mommy making sure that she gets her lovin's in too!
She loved the soup so much that she actually spoke and signed PLEASE!!!
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May 12, 2014
We have created a planted garden in our backyard this year.  Jaydyn loves to help mommy water the plants.  Well.... actually I think that she likes playing in the mud much more.
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May 14, 2014- Chillin with the stylin' glasses and a Krispy Kreme Donut!
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May 19, 2014- Happy Monday.  Can you guess the "Word of the Day"?

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May 21, 2014-  Sadly the day has come.  After talking to Miss Angie (school teacher) she stated that Jaydyn was doing great with her Pull-Ups and that we could bring BIG GIRL Panties when we were ready (gasp!!!).  So that afternoon we went to Target and got her two packs. The problem was that they were extremely picked over and all Jaydyn wanted was the Monsters Inc., Despicable Me,  or Marvel Comic's characters (unfortunately those were boys underwear).   I did have to tell her no and convince her to get the Tinkerbell panties, but she was not 100% happy about her decision.
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May 28, 2014- Ready to head to school 
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May 29, 2014- Grandma Hendricks has butterfly cocoons and it just so happens that one of the butterflies was ready to be released the day she was over there.  She was having fun with Grandpa and holding the butterfly.

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May 30, 2014- With an impromptu trip to the Alligator Farm (thanks to daddy), we capture some good pictures of Jaydyn and daddy.
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May 31, 2014-    NEVER QUIT NEVER @ Jacksonville Beach, Florida
This was officially Jaydyns first 5k run (well she was in the jogging stroller).   We got down to the beach earlier that day to attend the Expo and made it a full day.  The race started at 5pm and before we passed the start line, Jaydyn was already sleeping.....



Someone woke up as we were finishing the race to go play in the water.
This was a tough race, but we made it through.  The promise of hard packed beach sand was far from the truth.  The sand was wet and mushy and there was a large slant in the beach.  This made it extremely difficult to run (at an acceptable pace) by pushing a jogging stroller through wet sand.  Thank goodness Justina was there to trade out the pushing with me. 
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See you at the end of June 

April 2014



The first week of April, I had to travel to Dallas, TX for business and Jaydyn stayed with Mimi (Connie).  This was my first night spending away from Jaydyn with someone else other than her daddy watching her.  When I got back into town, Mimi and J met me for dinner.  She loves cheese, so what could possibly go wrong in a Pizza/Italian Restaurant?  Nothing.  She was given some pizza dough and some Crayons, so she was happy as a lark! <April 1, 2014>
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JAYDYN IS TURNING 2!!!


 On Jaydyns actual 2nd birthday, I was fortunate enough to have the day off from work.  In celebration of her birthday, I was able to coordinate with Papa and Grandma for a lunch and birthday cake in Mandarin Park. 
 Grandpa Hendricks loves playing with Jaydyn.  Well honestly, it is the other way around.  She loves her some Papa!


 Grandma and Grandpa (papa) surprised Jaydyn with her own birthday cake!!!

Mmmmmmm! Baby girl loved the cake. Unfortuntately (and I guess fortunately) the lady at Publix sold Grandma a chocolate cake.  The unfortunate side is that grandpa cant eat chocolate and the fortunate side is that Jaydyn loves chocolate.  We meet in a happy medium, Grandpa ate the icing and J ate the cake!!




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 April 3, 2014- Growing up I had a best-friend name Katie.  I just happened after many years of loosing track of each other that we found each other on Facebook.  Over the next two years, we communicated through FB IM and then I found out that I was expecting.  Two weeks later, she IM'd me saying that they were expecting too.  It just so happened that we both had girls and that they were 3-weeks apart.  Jaydyn and Molly are adorable together.  We had dinner at La Nopalera Mexican Restaurant and the girls get along great!
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April 4, 2014-  Jaydyn's 1st visit to the beach.  Yes I know, I know, we live on a coastal city and I have never taken my daughter to the beach.  We took Jaydyn to Huguenot Park.  Since you can drive on the beach it made the trip there much easier.  She loved the water.





 When we left the beach, I stripped her down and put her in a fresh pull-up and turned on the AC.  We were not even out of the park yet and the following pictures were taken.  This is within a matter of approx. 3 minutes apart (total).

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April 7, 2014- Someone had the bright idea that her baby doll needed a bath.... (SMH!)
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For those who don't know that my husband is in the U.S. Navy, he was sent away for a little while and was
able to return home just after Jaydyn's 2nd Birthday and just before her birthday party.  His flight arrived in Jacksonville at a totally different planned time, so I had Jaydyn in her pajamas waiting for her daddy in the airport terminal.  While I promise there were about 100 people waiting for the flight to arrive, couldn't help but capture this photo.  All of the other kids were yelling "daddy/mommy is here" and Jaydyn ran to the opposite window from all of the other kids (that's why it looks so empty).  NOTE: She was not left unattended.   WELCOME HOME DADDY, WE MISSED YOU!!!!!
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With Jaydyn turning 2 we (as in "I") decided that it was time to select a theme for Jaydyns 2nd Birthday Party.  I decided to go with the Mini Mouse Theme (hot pink, black, and white).   With that in mind, I looked and pinned as much as possible through Pinterest....
This is what I came up with:

 




Hoping that the dress fits!

 Mini Mouse Cupcakes (Thanks Pinterest!)                                    
 
 Mini Mouse Rice Krispy Treats (Hot Pink of course!)                    

   Amber and Justina were taking turns with the tired Birthday Girl!   She was tired, but refusing to fall asleep.

 Thank you for everyone who was able to make it out for the celebration.
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April 14, 2014- Jaydyn was moved up to the toddler class at daycare (2-year olds) and yes I had a crying moment :(.    Miss thang was so worn out from her first day in the new class, that there was no argument with going to sleep that night.
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April 16, 2014- School Picture Day

 The grin on this girls face is priceless.  You just know that she is goofing off!!
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April 2014 was fun!   Many more fun months to come.......