Football is over...

Sadly little Jordan's football season has come to an end. I'm ready for a break from the weekly practices and early morning Saturday games but Jordan is such a sports nut that I don't know what's he's going to do with his time! He'll have to decide what Winter sport he wants to do. For their final game they held it in the High School Stadium. They announced each player's name and they got to run across the field. The cheerleader's held up a sign for the teams to run through. I got it on camera, but I don't know how to transfer it, when I figure it would I'll post it. Jordan got to play center. In the picture he has the ball. Even though his team lost in over time it was a very good game.

(Big) Jordan has good news..he passed his exits!! So that means he's good to go to graduate! He is wrapping up the last few weeks at his internship. His graduation date is for December 11th and we are so excited that his parents will be here to celebrate with us.

Jayla is...well Jayla! The past few months she's gone from sleeping in her crib to a pack and play in our room then to it in her room, then to the toddler bed and now back in her crib! We just want her to sleep! Her vocabulary is growing every day and we are always shocked at the things she says. She is such a sweet girl, always willing to give hugs and kisses. The other day Daddy had a boo-boo and Jayla went to get the "princess ice" and a napkin and then gave it kisses to make it better. We feel so blessed to have her in our lives...now if we can only get her to eat!

And I'm doing good. I'm still in that "is she just getting fat or is she pregnant" stage. I'm 16 weeks and we should find out by Christmas if it's a boy or a girl! I try to keep myself busy by taking Jayla to story time, music time and now once a week my friend is teaching a Yoga class. The kids pay attention for about 10 minutes and then the moms get a workout. Jayla can now do standing tree and down dog and she's definately more flexbible than me! I'm getting excited for the Holidays to come. We are getting together with our friends for Thanksgiving and Christmas is coming soon. I've been shopping throughout the year so I think I have most of the presents for the kids.

Ok I think that's enough for now! Next time I'll try to have more pictures, I know they are so much more interesting!

HaPpY hAlLoWeEn!!!

We had a great Halloween this year! Friday night we went to our ward's chili cook off and trunk or treat. Little Jordan was a ninja this year and Jayla had a few different costumes. For the church party she wore a grass skirt that my mom brought back from Hawaii and Jordan and I wore beach clothes. It was a fun and easy family costume. We won an award, Best Hawaiian costume...I think they just made up the award for us!Little Jordan got to go to his first Haunted House. Our friends took him and said that he did pretty good. One of his coaches from football was working inside and yelled his name, I think that really freaked him out! And then on Halloween we went with our friends out for pizza and then went trick-or-treating. Jordan ran from house to house with the bigger kids and Jayla slowly followed. She LOVED trick-or-treating but didn't like the spooky stuff. But she loves all the candy...now I just need to keep it out of her reach!




We went trick or treating at publix..."where shopping is a pleasure."



The only pumpkin that we decorated this year. The parts just stick in like mr. potato head...so much easier than carving!
Jayla and some of her friends from church...don't they look so cute!
And yes it was almost 90 degrees on Halloween!!

The Fall fun is beginning

We made caramel apples the other day for FHE. I Love caramel apples! We invited our friends over to make them with us. Even though I burned the caramel and my wonderful husband had to make a quick trip so the store...we still had a great time!
Jayla went to a Halloween party at the library today..sorry no pictures the batteries died in the camera!! This year I didn't buy or make Jayla a costume. She has princess dresses and a hula outfit that grandma brought back from Hawaii . She refuses to wear any of it! I had to chase her through the house, put the princess/fairy dress on her wiggling body and then gave her candy to bribe her to be good. But hey, it worked! She didn't mind having it on the rest of the time. I think she will like Halloween, especially after she realizes they put candy in her bag!

Grab your winter gear!

This is the time of year where it is hard for me to live in Florida. The Fall is my favorite season. I love the leaves changing color, caramel apples, hay rides, pumpkin patches, cool crisp evenings...but that doesn't happen here. You see the sweaters in the stores but realize that you don't have a need for a new sweater because you only got to wear the one from last year 4 times. But something amazing happened today! It got below 90 degrees! I think I heard that the high is only supposed to be in the low 70's. This morning for Jordan's game it was actually chilly outside. I got to dress Jayla in a cute little sweatsuit. I'm used to seeing her in a t-shirt and shorts so it's cute to see her in something different. You should have seen everyone at the football game, wrapped up in blankets, hats, scarves, and winter coats. And after the game Jordan wasn't dripping with sweat. Don't get me wrong there are some great advantages to living in Florida during this time of year...we don't have to scrap windows in the morning, kids can play outside year-round, and for halloween the kids can actually wear their costumes without a coat over them. But I'm thankful for these few Fall days that we get, I know soon it will be over.

Big News!!

Read My Shirt!!

...If you can! When Grandma got off the airplane this is the shirt that Jayla was wearing. It says "BIG SIS" It took a second for her to get what that meant. We are going to be having another BABY!! We are very excited. Jayla is going to make a great big sister. I had my first doctor's appointment and the due date is May 5th....Cinco de Mayo. That means that I miss being pregnant during the hottest months in Florida.


Here's a picture of the first ultrasound. I know you can't tell what anything is but when it was being taken you could see the baby's little legs moving around and dancing on the umbilical cord. If this one is anything like Jayla it won't stop moving for the next 8 months!

Grandma's Visit

My mom was able to visit for the last week. It has been a fun and busy week. We have gone to the farmer's market, the beach 3 times, down town St. Augustine, Jordan's football game, the mall to get Jayla's 2 year pictures taken and do build-a-bear (both of which were not a success!), we went kayaking and got to see dolphins and sea turtles, climbed up the light house, and went out to eat a few times (ok I tried to cook as little as possible!)
It's too bad that we don't get to spend more time with family but we try to make the most out of the time we get!

Happy Birthday to Princess Jayla!!

Jayla is 2! It's hard to believe that my baby girl is already 2. She has grown up so fast! Everyday it seems like she is learning something new. She is such a happy girl and we are so blessed to have her in our family.

For Jayla's birthday we had a Princess Party! She had all of her favorite little friends over and they had so much fun running around screaming and giggling. Thanks to everyone who came!

Right now Jayla loves Dora, Princess and Tinker Bell. Her favorite presents that she got was tinker bell bubble bath, a Dora umbrella, nail polish and pretend tinkerbell make-up. She's definately a girl!