Happy 4th Birthday Jordyn!!!

And now, the moment you've all been waiting for.... LOL Maybe not, but I know some of you have been watching for this post! Here it is...finally! Kids are watching the movie 'Happy Feet' So Mommy has a bit of time to finally get this post up!! This year for her 4th birthday, I gave Jordyn a Princess Party! She's my baby girl, and she's been through enough this year that I thought this day should be just about HER! She loves Princesses, pink, and anything GIRL! Grandma Rhoades found a perfectly pink princess dress for her to wear, and Mommy got her a tiara, pearls, gloves, and HIGH HEELS! TOO sweet!!! She had a blast and I know she felt like the most special little girl in the world! You deserve the BEST Jordyn, I LOVE YOU!!!!!

My beautiful Princess Jordyn!

Look at those heels! And honestly, can you get much sweeter than this?!?

Absolutely Gorgeous!!!!


Sweetpea!!

Her adorable cupcake cake! Gotta give credit - this was made by Alex at Baked to Perfection in Delphos. So affordable and so PERFECT! :)

Love the sunlight hitting the candles in this one!!

The top of her cake...he even put little candy tiaras on top!

Mommy and the Birthday Girl!

She was embarrassed by eveyone singing to her!! :)

Me, my 2 angels, and my super sweet nephews!!

Can't really read the boys shirts, but Carters (yellow) says Prince Charming. Casons (blue) says Prince Charming in Training, and Drews says Little Prince! They went along with the "royalty" theme!! :) Love it!!

Wish Drew would have looked in this one! My babies!!

Jordyns new big girl Princess bike!!

She wasn't excited or anything....

Opening her very own makeup!! (more to come on that..)

Opening gifts

Jonah Alexander! My friends Hillary and Shanes little man! Look at those crystal blue eyes!!

A little bit of Grandpa time! :)

Baby Gage! Brooke and Aarons newest addition! Love the red hair!!

Drew and Jonah tossin back a cold one together! lol

Brooke and Gannon, Hillary and Jonah! 2 of my BEST friends in the WHOLE world and their first-borns!

That's right....this is where the party's at!!

Jordyn swinging at her pinata

Hey batter batter batter batter.....

SWING! Gannon was getting all the guys attention for his swing...he'll be going pro one of these days!! (pro baseball, not pinata breaking...LOL)

Cason tried his best....so cute!

Carters turn..... Uncle Brian had to end up breaking the pinata open...LOL

Thanks to everyone for sharing her 4th birthday with us...we had a BLAST! :)

Keeping up with Andrew!

I PROMISE Jordyns Birthday Post will be coming SOON! I just know it's going to be a long post and take some time to put it together, so I've been putting it off!! Until I get that up, though, how about enjoying some super sweet, super cute pictures of Jordyns super silly baby brother DREW! We'll call this one Keeping up with Andrew ~ Because let me tell you, this boy has about 15 arms and hands, 18 legs to keep him moving, and 300 wheels in his head always-a-spinnin~ coming up with what to get into next!! And you know what?! I wouldn't have it any other way!!!

We're trying to learn to use a spoon all by ourselves...yeah, uhh... we've got some work ahead...!

Love this one..I was changing his pants and he rolled over and took off to the kitchen to go for a ride on his little bike (yes, the same bike I broke my toe on!) He's a true biker now...!!


Here he's trying to get into Jordyns babydoll stroller! lol Must wanna go for a walk!

Eating some corn on the cob!! Or a cob that used to have corn on it...:)

Caught him being good! Just sitting in the little rocker at Grandma and Grandpa watching tv!!

What, Mom?? I'm just sitting here!!

Girls Just Wanna Have FUN!

So this is just a little post about ME to let you know that I'm doing JUST FINE! :) I know some of you have been wondering because I don't see you all very often, but trust me, I'm HAPPY and CONTENT with my life!! I have my KIDS, my FAMILY, GOD, and my FRIENDS that have given me tremendous strenth and encouragement. I'm SO thankful to all of you!! The worst is over and the BEST is yet to come!!! And believe me....I'm seeing the sunshine, and maybe even a bit of a rainbow! ;)

Here are a few recent pics of me and a few of my friends!!

Brooke, Morgan and Me

We got to go out and have fun just us GIRLS for a change! Doesn't happen often AT ALL and we have a blast when it does!!

Brooke, Cynthia, Me

Okay, NO we did NOT drink all of that stuff!! Cynthia and her husband had a big party and we were BY FAR not the worst off! And no, don't worry, I don't need to drink to be happy and have fun! It's just fun to loosen up and relax when I DON'T have my kids! :)

Brooke and Me

LOVE this girl ~ We've been through SO MUCH together and we've had our downfalls, but I know she'd do anything for me, and I'd do the same for her! Love you Brookey!!

Mommy, can you take my picture doing this?

Last night, Jordyn wanted to have a photo shoot. She kept saying, Mommy can you take my picture doing this? And she'd make a silly face. Anyway, Enjoy her first modeling experience! LOL

I love this one!!

Cheesy smile! LOL

Dishes

Jordyn helped me do the dishes after supper the other night. What a great little helper!! I love that she was so excited to do dishes...I'm sure that won't last!!

Working hard! And yes, I did rewash everything she 'washed' but I wasn't about to turn down letting her learn to wash dishes!

As for Drew, well, he likes dishes as well.....DOG dishes! He plays in them ALL the time. The other day I caught him STANDING in the water bowl. He was drenched!!