Jayne's 3rd Birthday

Jayne turned 3 this past weekend, THREE! How is my little baby that big? At least I have another small little kiddo so my momma heart isn't totally broken :) We celebrated the day before Jayne's birthday with a little birthday party. We rented a princess castle water bounce house/slide and prayed for sunny weather. Luckily, we got it! It was a perfectly warm day and the kids had a lot of fun!

Friends and family came to help celebrate

We let the kids run free, had otter pops and princess cupcakes and opened presents.

Cupcake face!

Cute little Elle in the background! :)

Paige and the birthday girl!

Getting warm and dry in the sun

Swimming, slides, sugar, friends and presents - I'd say Jayne was one happy birthday girl!

 

 Sunday was her actual birthday. We started of the morning with our traditional pan"cake" breakfast stack. Look how grown up she looks...ah, it happened so fast!

After church we headed up to my parents. We made her cake together there. Jayne had been so excited about this part and was a great helper!

She asked for a "piiiint and purple kitty" cake so that's what she got!

Happy Birthday sweet Jayne. We love you so much!

February/Valentines Day

We had to take photos for the girls' passports this month so I was able to get some cute shots of them. We certainly love these two!

Just over 7 months old here 

Elle has discovered her tongue. She loves to poke it out these days! 

Oh my heart! 

Jayne chose a pink (of course) shirt at the store which was perfect for Valentines Day. She was excited to wear it!

 My sweet girl, she melts my heart

Elle had a Valentines outfit too...and that tongue! :D

  

Love my two little Valentines! 

Halloween 2015

Halloween was a lot of fun this year. We started off the season by carving pumpkins. Jocelyn joined in on our carving fun this year. She did Boo, I did the minion and Phil did Mater.

Jayne was excited to wear her super "bwooo" (blue) dress every time we put it on. She got to wear it a few times, for Phil's work party, to trick-or-treat at the Riverwoods and on actual Halloween. When we went to Phil's work, its on BYU campus so Jayne got so many adoring looks from students and faculty as she walked around. She loved telling us she had an "S-dress, wike daddy's S-shirt".

We went with the whole "super" theme this year with both girls being super girls. I mean, who wouldn't want to put their little baby girl in this cute tutu outfit!? She is soooooo cute!

My super girlies! 

Phil and I joined in on the fun as Clark Kent and Lois Lane. Jayne liked matching "daddy's S-shirt"

It was fun to take Jayne trick-or-treating because she actually comprehended what was going on this year. Poor little thing was pretty sick and worn out but she just asked us to carry her between houses and would still say "trick-or-treat" and then "anudder house" after she'd received her treats. :) She lasted a fair bit making it through the trunk-or-treat and my parent's neighborhood. She got quite the loot for being a sick little girl. Halloween was definitely more fun this year with a kid who understood it all and was excited. Kids make holidays so much fun!

Jayne and Elle - October 2015

We snapped a few photos of our cute girls together today. I love these two little girls and seeing them interact. I can't wait to see them play together as Elle gets bigger.

 

Jayne thought it was so funny that Elle wanted to suck on her hand :) 

Sisterly love!

Jayne's 2nd Birthday Video (and one last photo)

We decided to space out Jayne's birthday gifts a little bit this year. Sometimes a lot of presents all at once can just be overwhelming rather than exciting for a little kid. After Jayne's party ended and she had a nap and things wound down for the day, we decided it was a good time to give Jayne her last birthday present. She had outgrown her other push bike and she's working on learning to peddle and steer now. She's a happy girl!

Here's a little video of a few of the birthday moments. I just love hearing her sweet little voice. Kids are the best!

Jayne's 2nd Birthday Party

Jayne's second birthday party was a blast! It was fun as she was old enough to understand the excitement of a special party and of course, she was so excited to see the fire truck!

(Her cute shirt was made especially for her party by our friend, Jenni. Perfection!)

The firemen and fire station were amazing. They were so great with little kids, made Jayne feel special and even had a special "emergency message" come over their radios wishing a very special happy birthday to Jayne. It was cute! Here's some photos of our station visit.  

Giving a real fireman "knuckles"

She wasn't sure about it all at first, but then after her first time in the truck, she didn't ever want to get out! 

She LOVED driving the truck! 

They let the kids try out the hose as well, or pretend to anyway :) 

The kids got to explore an ambulance and a smaller/older fire engine as well. Needless to say, Jayne was in heaven - she loves trucks!

A group shot of the kids. Its so fun having lots of little friends for Jayne around.

The fire station was a big hit. This girl LOVED her party with the "fire twuuucks"

After the station visit, we came back to our house where the kids played in the backyard. We had a couple of games set up, opened presents and ate yummy food. It was a fun day!

The food table

We had fireman chow (popcorn), flaming jello, fire station PB&J, fire flames (cheetos), fiery fruit kabobs, water bottles and cupcakes.

I made these cute fire engine cracker boxes for a party favor 

The kids played on the swing set and in the play house in the yard. We also set up a coloring station to make fire-house dalmatians and a game for them to "put out fires" with water guns. The fires red solo cup towers with foam fire glued to them

Presents

 

 Cute little Elle :)

It was a perfect day for the kids to play together outside

It was a perfect day! Thank you Phil and Jocelyn for helping with the party prep, my parents for watching Elle and to the guests for coming to help us wish a happy 2nd birthday to this little cutie!