We're ready for Halloween!!

Since Jaydin was a bumble bee for his first Halloween, I've known since I was pregnant with Kenna that I wanted her to be a lady bug!! I thought it would be so cute to get a double picture frame and put there 1st Halloween pics side-by-side...my 2 little bugs:) I found her costume at Old Navy about 3 weeks ago and cant wait for her to wear it on Halloween. It is a little bit big and there is no way the pants will fit so I am going to get her some black tights to go along with it. The top is suppose to end above her knees, but it goes almost down to her feet so it looks like a long dress:) The spots are hearts instead of circles so it is too cute and girly!!

After looking at seven different stores over the course of the past six weeks, Jaydin FINALLY found his perfect Halloween costume at Old Navy yesterday. At the other stores he thought about being a pirate, elmo, Mater, Batman, a fireman and a power ranger, but when he saw the Lion costume at Old Navy he decided THAT was what he wanted to be!! It is slightly small on him, but it doesnt look TOO bad and he really wanted it and it was on clearance for only $13 so I decided to go for it. He likes to say "I Lion, grrrr" it is too cute:) There are pants that go along with it but I just wanted to take a quick pic so they arent on him here!!

Both their costumes are fleece and are really warm:) I think they are going to remain nice and toasty when we take them out trick-or-treating!! BTW...I LOVE this pic of the two of them together...I think its one of the best one's we've taken

Jaydin's special 3rd Birthday!

Jaydin with his classroom friends

Yesterday turned out to be very special for Jaydin! We had a party at school for him at 3:00 with all of his friends and mommy had so much fun playing with them. They ate cupcakes, played "pin the tail on the donkey" or more like "put the tail on the fence!!" and had goodie bags. It was very fun and you could tell that Jaydin LOVED being the center of attention!!

We had so much fun watching the kids play together and enjoy Jaydin's special party. I cant wait until next year when we can do this all again!!

Then in the evening we met up with Jaydin's grandparents at Mammy & Poppy's house for a special dinner party. Jaydin was SOOO patient as his presents just sat waiting to be opened for almost 2 hours. He tried to sneak a peak at one of them but was really good about putting it back when he was asked to. He was excited when it was finally time to open them up and see what he got. Makenna enjoyed laying on the floor with her Bubby and playing with any of the toys that he would let her! After present time he got his much awaited "Mater McQueen" cake that he picked out in JUNE!! It was a great evening and we were really happy that Mammy & Poppy opened their home to help him celebrate his special day. When it was time for bed, he looked at me and said "My birthdays over?" And I felt so badly for him but quickly pointed out that it was alright because...he gets another one next year!!

New hair cut for the birthday boy!!

Well, today is Jaydin's 3rd birthday! I cant believe how quickly the time has just flown by:( We are having a party for him at school today and he's very excited!! He chose the theme "Disney Cars" or Mater McQueen as he calls it!! So I bought the Cars cupcake paper wrappers and the Cars rings to put in the cupcakes. I made a whole bunch of cupcakes last night with pretty sparkly frosting and we put goody bags together for his friends and we are also going to play "Pin the Tail on the Donkey" I am very excited to have his school party:) Then in the evening we are going to my mom's for a birthday dinner for him with: Mommy, Daddy, Mammy, Poppy, Great Poppy, Honey, Papa and Papa Steve! He's going to have lots of fun and will feel very special!! I will post new pics tomorrow from both of his parties. Here are a couple pictures from this morning of our birthday boy. Thank you Auntie Mary & Uncle Steve for his cool new sweat outfit! He felt very special in his new sweatshirt today:)

It is picture day at school tomorrow so Daddy gave Jaydin a new hair cut!! Here are a before and after pic so let me know what you think!!

09/29/07 before hair cut

10/03/07 after hair cut

Fun at Six Flags!

We took Jaydin to Six Flags on Saturday for an early birthday present and he had a BLAST!! You would have thought that mommy, daddy and sister were invisable because Jaydin was obsessed with Poppy!! He wanted to ride everything with Poppy & spend all of his time with him. I am soooo thankful that my kids have such wonderful grandparents that love them so much.


We took 2 cars and headed down to Vallejo at 9:30 so that we could be there when the park opened at 10:30. We were so excited when we got there that we pratically ran to the park (Jaydin was to excited to sit in the stroller so he rode on daddy's shoulders) Jaydin was excited to ride the elephant but when we got there and he saw the elephant he decided that it was MUCH too big to ride and settled for just touching her trunk!!
After a very brief introduction to the elephant, we headed over to "kiddie land" so that Jaydin could start riding the rides! He ran straight for the first ride he could find and it was a hot air balloon ride. He was too short to ride by himself so mommy hopped on to enjoy the ride with him. After that ride we headed over to the Merry-Go-Round and Jaydin rode with Poppy while I sat with Makenna. I was very excited because this was the first ride she had ever been on!! After the Merry-Go-Round we headed to "Thomas Town" (Thomas the Tank Engine) and Poppy, Daddy, Mommy, Jaydin & Makenna rode Thomas and Jaydin has SOOO much fun!! Kenna wasnt very thrilled and she decided to nurse the whole ride! Kinda embarrassing for me but I am not sure if anybody even noticed!!

After Jaydin was done with a few of his rides we decided to move onto the area where daddy & poppy's rides were. On the way over there Jaydin got to meet his superhero "Batman" and was so excited. Then we stopped by a few games and mommy won Jaydin a Batman stuffed toy because the lady couldnt guess her weight correctly!! Jaydin loved his new toy and Makenna had fun with Mammy being spoiled!! She loves being carried but she liked the stroller also because she sat up front in bubby's seat and could see everything going on!!

After mommy, daddy & Poppy rode the simulator ride, we headed over to have some lunch and Kenna got her much awaited bottle!! Then we went back over to "kiddie land" and let Jaydin ride some more rides before going back to the roller coasters for the grown ups to ride some more!! Jaydin was fairly patient while he had to wait for us to ride our rides but the longest wait was only about 15 minutes so it went relatively quickly.

At 6:30 Mammy & Poppy decided to call it a day and head back home so we took a few last pictures before they left and then we headed towards Jaydin's rides so that he could finish out the day the way HE wanted too!

On our way out of the park we decided that we had so much fun and that we definitely wanted to come back so we upgraded to Season Passes so we will be back next year:) It should be fun because Kenna will be walking and will be able to ride the rides with her big brother:)

Jaydin's surgery is over!!

Well, Jaydin went in yesterday for what we hope was his final surgery. It amazes me how much that little guy has had to go thru before he has even turned 3. His ears started rejecting his tubes and after SIX ear infections in 3 months, his ENT decided to finally remove his ear tubes. We are hopeful that he will go 12 weeks without an ear infection cuz if he does...he wont need a third set of tubes:)

We arrived for surgery at 8:00 just to find out that his surgery had been bumped up from 9:20 to 8:00 without a phone call to inform us of the change!! We didnt recieve a warm welcome because, according to the receptionist, we were an hour and a half late to check in!!! We waited in the waiting area for about 15 minutes before Dr. McLeod came to talk to us and weigh Jaydin (he now weighs 29.8 pounds fully clothed) and then the nurses took us back to get Jaydin ready for surgery. The anesthesiologist came in to talk to us and to meet Jaydin and he was very nice and I felt VERY comfortable letting him take care of my child. They took jaydins vitals (BTW his O2 saturation was 100%...something we had NEVER seen and were very happy to see!!) and Jaydin was a pro and knew exactly what to do each step of the way. The nurse then walked away for a few minutes and came back to get Jaydin and he reached his arm up and went with her. I tried to say "good-bye" to him but he was too busy with his new friend to care about his mommy & daddy!. We went to the waiting room for what we thought would be a long wait, but less than 10 minutes later Dr. McLeod came out to tell us that he was done! About 5 minutes after that the nurse came to tell us he was awake and I could hear him crying from the waiting room so I took off practically running to get to him. He was uncontrolably crying for about 10 minutes and then he calmed down and was his normal charming self!! We were out of there by 9:05...15 minutes BEFORE the time that I planned on him going in to surgery!! Before we left the 3 nurses shook Jaydin's hand and he told them "meet you", which means "nice to meet you" and they gave him a teddy bear and said he was the best patient his age that they had ever had:)

We went home and I spent the rest of the day just loving on him and spending some one-on-one time with him while Kenna was with Grandma Betty (her daycare provider) I feel sooooo blessed to have such a wonderful son and certianly think he is just about the coolest little almost-three-year-old that I know!!!

Welcome to our blog!!

Well, alot of my friends and family have blog sites and I thought it would be fun to set one up for my kids so that our friends & family can watch the kids grow up through pictures & stories!! I should start off by saying a little bit about our family:)


Justin was born 07/15/78 in Santa Rosa and although he left to West Virginia for a few of his teenage years, he has remained here ever since. He loves to spend time in the outdoors whether it be golfing, fishing, abalone diving or camping. Any chance he gets to go outside...he does:) He has just recently celebrated 4 years of sobriety (his bday is 08/05/03) and we are VERY proud of him!!


I (Christina) was born 07/21/80 in Santa Rosa and I have never left!! I love it here and am so excited to raise my children in the same beautiful town that I grew up in! I work in accounting for the County of Sonoma but my long term goal is to be an Alcohol & Other Drug Services Counselor for the county. I would love to retire one day knowing that i touched people and helped them live better lives.


We got married on Feb 26th, 2004 and quickly began preparing for the arrival of our first child, Jaydin Alan. God blessed our lives when Jaydin entered the world on Oct 3rd, 2004. We could not imagine a better feeling in the world than becoming parents:) We experienced the feeling all over again when our daughter, Makenna Rylee, was born on April 12th, 2007


We sit back and watch our kids play together and we couldnt even begin to imagine a closer bond then the one that Makenna & Jaydin share. Jaydin was so welcoming and open to having Makenna join our family and they are definitely best friends already!!


Ok, so there is a little about our family to start you off and we will continue to update this blog at least once a week here on out!!
Here are recent pictures of the kids. I just cant believe how much Makenna looks like Justin!! And Jaydin has definitely grown from looking like a baby to being a little man:) I just cant help but smile everytime I look at my beautiful children. I feel blessed beyond anything I could ever have imagined.