Happy 8th Birthday, Jayden!!!

Jayden's Jango Fett cake, compliments of Jarrad

Jayden and his crazy expressions

Eight years ago today, this little boy decided to scare us to death and come to us 6 weeks early! He had the cord wrapped around his neck 3 times and around his whole body twice and it also wrapped around 1 foot. I happened to go into the hospital that day for high blood pressure, which ended up being fine and they were going to release me. Long story short, I ended up going into labor and Jayden's heart rate plummeted and I was sent for an emergency c-section. He came out screaming, but he was in the NICU for 7 days and I didn't hold him until he was a couple days old. It was a miracle that I was in the hospital that day and I know it was not a coincidence, he was meant to be apart of our family. He has turned out to be such an awesome kid. He is extremely funny and kind. He has a heart of gold! He is always so concerned about others and I hope that never changes. He will be getting baptised later this month and I'm amazed how quickly time flies.

Today, Jarrad is getting off of work early to take Jayden out for lunch, since he's still in school. I sent in cookies for him, which he's never done before because he's always been done with school by now. He's already recieved lots of Star Wars presents from his Grandparents and had a slumber party with friends a few weeks ago. Basically, the kid has had a birthday month! We got him an Ipod touch, since Talan got one for his birthday. We also got him a couple of Star Wars toys to open. It should be a pretty fun day!

Happy Birthday, Jayden!!!!

We love you!

A weekend getaway!

It was freezing, but still pretty

Pretty view on top of a sand dune


Jarrad and I at the beach

The view from out hotel

A few weeks ago, Jarrad and I decided we needed to get away for the night. I was trying to figure out a new place to go and stumbled upon a place called New Buffalo, MI. It's only an hour and a half away and is right on lake Michigan. It is such a beautiful place and fun getaway. The hotel we stayed at sat right on the harbor and had free movies to rent and free bikes to ride.

Although, it was too cold for the bikes it was still a lot of fun. I loved it so much, that I came back a couple weeks later for a girls night with my BFF's Jackie and Shanna. I'll post about that later. It was nice to relax and have a night away with Jarrad, I'm sure we'll be back up here with the boys this summer!

Talan has glasses

Doesn't he look so cute? Jarrad likes him without glasses, but I think he looks cute both ways. We thought we were going to luck out with Talan not needing glasses, but after a quick check at his preschool we were told he needed to get his eyes checked. So, I took him the next week and were told he is very farsighted in one eye...just like Jayden(except not as bad...thank goodness). Now, two out of three kids already have glasses, Ky's chances aren't looking to great. I'm still going to cross my fingers anyway. :)