Jenna turns TWO!

First - some of her 2 year old pictures -- Thanks to my sweet friend Brenda for doing such an AMAZING job!!! They turned out absolutely perfect, and totally captured her little personality!

My little Monkey has turned TWO! I can hardly believe that Jenna LaRille is so grown up!
Here's her bday celebration recap....

We celebrated her 'actual' bday just at home -- and she was SO excited to blow out her candle that she singed her bangs over the flame! YIKES!

Breakfast consisted of her favorite -- DONUTS!

She was attacked in the morning with balloons -- The little thing she's holding, Derek had made for her :)

For her birthday with the extended family, I made her cake -- I thought it turned out so cute!!

A couple days before her big day, we went to the children's gardens at Thanksgiving point -- she had a great time playing w/ her siblings.

So I know this post is getting a little lengthy, but I have to mention my notable things about Jenna...
She sings songs constantly, and is totally musical! She has quite the repertoire, and often at night after we've put her to bed, we'll hear her in her bed, singing to herself.
She likes to dance, and has a funny little booty shake.
She is POTTY TRAINED! Yay! She did so good! Occasionally has a few accidents, but overall -- we're thrilled to have her out of diapers
She lives off of fruit, cheese and crackers. She eats next to no meat (minus the occasional chicken nugget)
She loves to be outside, and is often found sprinting down the sidewalk to go to the park and "sween" (aka swing).
Despite our concerns about her lack of verbal communication, she does speak and has a lot to say -- and gets extra ticked off when we can't immediatly interpret her babble.
She can't let family members leave without "kisses and lubs (loves)".

I could go on and on, but the bottom line is -- I'm so glad Jenna is in our family. She is such a doll, and is loved by all of us.

San Diego Catch-up

I only found half of our pictures from our trip in July to San Diego (Yes, I'm slacking on blogging that much)
On our last full day there - we met up w/ our friends at the beach, it was fun :)
Here's Derek & Tavin buried in the sand

Fuzzy Shamu. Sea World was fun, but not my favorite.

On the deck at our rental - Hailey & derek enjoying a little lounge time

Derek & Jenna got their faces painted at Sea World. Derek is JOKER, and Jenna kept touching her forehead saying "pincess" (i.e. - princess). They both LOVED their looks