Jayda b-day and 92 pictures

Jayda's birthday happened to land right on Easter Sunday this year so we did our best to make her birthday stand out despite the holiday festivities going on. We gave her her very own digital camera (when she opened it she was excited even though she thought it was just a toy camera. so imagine her surprise and increased excitement when she found out it was a real camera). About 3 or4 hours later she informed me her camera was not working. Upon closer inspection we realized it wasnt working because she had already filled its memory (mind you, this is a relatively cheap camera with no flash, low resolution, and only internal memory). She had already taken 92 pictures of who-knows-what (the camera does not have a picture display screen), and we were on our way to a family get-together so the camera was out of commission for the rest of the day. When we finally had time to download the pictures, well, here is a little sampling of what Jayda recorded of her Birthday and Easter:

Blogathon

So I have two months worth of bloging to catch up on so I put it all into a slideshow:

Photo slideshow personalized with Smilebox

Here are a couple more pictures of Jasmyn, too:

Jasmyn's personality is starting to really show. She is full of smiles and loves to "chat" with me. She has already suffered through an ear infection in both ears, but now a round of antibiotics later, she is doing much better and even sleeps through the night 6-8 hours most nights. She is already a delightful and fun addition to our family.

Christmas and a Birthday

The holidays are definately a busy time for us now with two birthdays within a month of each other and Christmas and New Years Day sandwiched in between.

Jayda got the toy violin she asked Santa for and Daddy gave her a Supergirl Barbie (okay I bought it, but I gave Lehi the credit cause it was a purchase inspired by his and Jayda's shared obsession with Superman).

Tai, of course, got lots of cars and trucks and his favorite, a motorcycle (or as Tai calls it-- a " 'cycle-vroom, vrooooom" with hand motions and everything.

I took a picture of Jasmyn next to the stocking we got from the hospital. I hope to try to take a picture of her next to it every year to show how much she grows. Jasmyn is wearing a "My first Christmas" outfit I bought nearly a month before--I was seriously hoping she would be able to wear it on Christmas day--luckily she made it just in time.

For Tai's Birthday, we celebrated with a cake that I made at Nana and Papa's house. We also did brownies the following week at Grandpa John and Grandma Suzy's house. Daddy took Tai to the Monster Truck Show for his birthday gift to him. Tai loved it!