Happy 3 mont's Jaden!

WOW! Our little Jaden is three month's old! He's growing so fast! We love him so much. He is a happy morning baby. Which is so ironic because everyone else in the family are night people and not so happy in the mornings. But When Jaden is ready to be unswaddled he will great you with a big smile! I love it! It makes the sleepless nights worth it when he smiles at me like that. We love you Jaden!

The Tea Gardens

After the Ghirardelli square we went to the Japanese tea gardens in the Golden Gate Park. It's one of my favorite places and I was so happy to share it with the kids. We got there to late to have some tea, plus I'm not sure if Jaden would have stayed happy if we had stopped for some tea. He was starting to get fussy and was ready to go home. The gardens were beautiful. Last time Ron and I had gone there it was in January and while it was beautiful then, I loved seeing the blossoms and flowers. It was still just as peaceful and tranquil as the first time, even with the kids running around. Unfortunatly the battery to my camera ran out and I didn't have a second one so I didn't get many pictures of the gardens. But these are a few of the ones I was able to get. I loved it there! It was a wonderful day and a wonderful mother's day present! I love my family! I love being a mom! It is my favorite thing in the world! It is my greatest joy! My family is my world. I thank them for everything! Happy Mothers Day to all the wonderful mothers out there!

Mother's day trip!

For Mother's day this year Ron surprised me and took us to San Fransisco for the day. I love San Fransisco! We started out at the famous Ghirardelli square. We had the best chocolate treats! Ron and Kaeryn and Tristan had decadent hot chocolate. I had an Old fashion chocolate soda and Jaxen had some ice cream. It was so so good! The decadent hot chocolate was so rich and creamy. My soda was tasty! I shared it with everyone because it was a lot bigger than I thought it would be. Jaxen's ice cream was huge and it was supposed to be a kids scoop of ice cream. I wonder how much bigger a regular scoop of ice cream is! He ended up sharing his ice cream with us as well. So yummy! After our yummy treats, Ron bought me the Ghirardelli cook book! I can't wait to use it, I'm so excited! I can't wait to go back there! It was fun!

Love from big brother!

This was such a touching moment. This stuffed pig is Jaxens. His name is Jakers and he is Jaxens most favorite toy. Jakers goes every where with us and has become an honorary member of the family. Jakers is Jaxens sleep buddy and comfort buddy and snuggle buddy! So when I saw this one morning It melted my heart and I had to take a picture of it. Jaden had fallen asleep in his chair and Jaxen had given Jakers to him to snuggle with while he napped. It was so special! Jaxen doesn't give Jakers to just anyone so it really was a big thing for him to do. He is such a wonderful big brother! Thank you so much Jaxen for sharing Jakers with Jaden! What a precious memory!

Easter Morning 2011!

Saturday night the kids had fun decorating the eggs. Jaxen really got into this year. I love to see how creative they get. Such great imaginations!

Easter morning the kids searched the house hunting for their eggs that the Easter bunny hid for them. They're so cute to watch. They get so serious about it. Like it's a treasure hunt. They had a lot of fun with it. This year instead of indiviualy baskets, the Easter Bunny left one big one for the family to share. The kids decided to use baskets they already had for their hunt. Jaxen decided to use his Halloween bucket. Why not?! It works! This is one of my favorite things about being a parent, it watching the kids excited faces on the holidays! I love it! It makes me smile!

The Easter Bunny brought Jaden this musical elephant. I hung it on his chair and he grabbed hold of it. It was really exciting for us. I know he doesn't realize he's doing it yet, but it's still exciting for us to see him do new things. The older kids were just as excited about it. They kept saying " look! look! He's holding onto it!" I love to see my kids play with each other! Happy Easter everyone! I hope you day was as memorable as ours was!

Rabbits, Snakes and Roosters! Oh My!

A local 4-H club came to the egg-stravaganza and shared their animals with everyone. Kind of like a petting zoo only they held their animals while the kids pet them instead of the kids just wandering around in a pen. There were rabbits, snakes and roosters. The kids love animals so I think they enjoyed seeing them and getting to touch them. It was also fun for me to see the kids enjoy animals as much as I do. Even the snakes! I wasn't sure if the kids would touch the snakes or not, but they did. They were brave! I thought it was really cool that one of the 4-H boys held one of the roosters so the kids could pet and touch the rooster. That's not something you really can do in any setting, walk up to a rooster and touch it. So I thought that was cool. It was a high light of the day!

Easter Egg Hunt!

The Saturday before Easter, Elk Grove city had a little egg-stravagansa! We took the kids for the egg hunt that was there. It was a lot smaller than we expected, last time there was a lot of venues. But the boys still had fun. Tristan and Jaxen were able to do the hunt together. It was cute to watch them help each other. Of course Jaden just slept through it except for when he woke up to eat. Luckily I found a picnic table where no one was sitting so I could nurse him. He did pretty good nursing in the park for the first time. With his tummy full he went back to sleep for a while so Tristan and Jaxen could play a couple games. Kaeryn was to old for the egg hunt so she got her face painted. There was only one artist there and the line was so long, but she really wanted her face painted so she was really patient and waited and waited and waited(literally). But It turned out really pretty. There was one booth that handed out frisbees to the boys. So Ron took Jaden and waited in line with Kaeryn and I took Tristan and Jaxen to the open field of the park and played frisbee with them. It was alot of fun! We had a great day!

Jaxen's Easter Party!

Jaxen's preschool had an Easter egg hunt and a party to celebrate the holiday. Jaxen helped me to make chocolate chip cookies to bring to the party. We put M&M's in the cookies also. They were a big hit. Jaxen loves to bring treats to school when they have their party's. It was a lot of fun for me to watch also. I just barely missed the egg hunt but I made it in time for the party. Each kid had decorated a bag to put their easter eggs in and they each also had an easter egg crown to wear. They all had a really good time. I'm so glad that I got to share that moment with Jaxen.