Dos

It's weird to say that Jaycee is 2! It seems like yesterday that I found out I was having a girl and now she is a walking, talking little thing with quite the personality. So, I thought I would share some, okay A LOT, of pictures of Jaycee from the past 2 years as we have watched her grow. It feels so good to see my kids evolving into these little eating, pooping, playing and trouble making little beings. I am so fortunate and proud to share the time that I have had with my kids and let everyone see what I am blessed with everyday! So, here is to Jaycee, and the most incredible 2 years that she has given us, and the many many more to come!!


Happy Birthday Jitty!

Love,
Mom, Dad and “Bwudder”

4th of July

The kids had an awesome 4th! It was spent with Grandma Joan and all the fam! We swam, ate, watched fireworks and relaxed. I was definitely thankful that it landed on a Friday this year. Every other year it was during the week which meant work the next day! We took full advantage of that. Michael and Kirk decided that not only will we watch fire works, but they will put on their own show as well. Beer, sun, swimming and old fire works from Mexico don't mix! The kids cousins and aunts and I all sat on a huge bail of hay to not only protect ourselves from the display Michael and Kirk put on, but to see all the fire works around us too. Michael and Kirk are too funny together! After they had their fill of the fire works, they decided to let off all the remaining ones in a box at the same time. They lit and ran! haha. They are a bunch of goons, but hey, it kept us entertained! As for Darren, there is no such thing as fear. He loves to jump off the spa and into the pool. Of course Michael and Kirk took advantage of throwing all the kids in the pool too.

Jaycee enjoyed home made chocolate chip cookies that grandma made and even held out on swimming so she could finish. She left the evidence all over her face.

With most of the Stewart kids nearby, I decided to get a picture of them playing by the pool. I couldn't help but notice they were all little blondies!

Perks

So one of the perks to having a good friend that is a AWESOME photographer is well, the pictures! Me and the kids met up with Sarah at Joe's Farmhouse & Grill for some breakfast and a picture session. The kids just love her so its almost an excuse to hang out too. So, here are just a few products of her genius. Of course, there are tons more and it was hard to just pick a few. You can imagine if it is this hard to pick certain ones for the blog, how difficult it was for me to actually print and hang these babies in my house! Lets just say it has caused some new redecorating projects for Michael and I!

Oh, for fun!

As anyone else that is a Native Arizonan knows, summer time just isn't right without swimming! And because we don't have a pool yet, we have been going over to Aunt Cindy's house to soak up the sun. It seems like a summer tradition has been started! Jack in the Box tacos and vanilla cokes from Sonic seem to be the cherry on the cake. Jaycee has started to swim with just floaties and seems to want to do everything by herself these days.

Darren is off on his own, but not so much that he doesn't watch after Jaycee.

When we aren't swimming at Aunt Cindy's, you can find us in our backyard! Michael always makes the kids his famous snow cones, which are only famous for the large amounts of syrup that is added to them! haha. But the kids love them!