15 MONTHS AND FABULOUS

What an incredible journey thusfar. Each day we awake to new wonders and each day we go to sleep more enriched because of our lil Jaid.

It has been an awesome month. In the beginning of the month we traveled to SB with some friends for the weekend and stayed in their beach house. Jaiden had so much fun at the beach, building sand castles with Daddy, playing squish the sand dabbs, burying his feet in the sand and then surprising himself when his toes would creep out. It was a total blast to watch him explore and be in awe of the beach, the sound of the ocean, the rocks, the seaweed and the spray of the water.

One of my favorite activities this month was watching Jaiden play with the hose at Grandma's house. It was hilarious, and I am so thankful that I was able to catch it on video. He would take the hose in one hand, would put his finger from the other hand on the tip where the water was flowing out and the water would spray in all directions. He got such a kick out of this and before we knew it he was spraying everyone all over the place. Grandma gave him a white bowl to fill up with water, which he did over and over again and then he would place both hands inside the bowl splashing and splasing. A few times he pick up the bowl full of water and poured it right over his head. For a long time we all laughed so hard.

I have mentioned before some of Jaiden's circus tricks, well the list keeps growing. He is at that mimicking stage too, and copies everything we do. He really is a mini-me Jesse. Can you picture that? Quite funny and always full of expression! His latest trick is a "Karate kick."

One of the greatest things Jaiden does right now is he stands at the spiral staircase which leads down to Jesse's office. He grabs onto the railing, leans forward, lifts his left back leg up and yells "Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad." Music to Jesse's ears! Mine too! It is SUPER cute!

The Saturday before Mother's Day is always Birth Mother's Day. Jaiden painted a beautiful card wishing his BM a wonderful day. It was blue and yellow with alot of swirls on it. The whole day we thought about Kelsie and channeled our gratitude to her.

Mother's day was extra special. For me Mother's day means so much more than celebrating being a Mother. It is a day of gratitude, celebration, blessings, and reflection.

I woke up with a lovely surprise gift from Jaiden and Daddy. Jaiden helped me open the big box. Inside was a delicious hot pink leather (like buttah) Coach purse. Darling for summer. Then Jaiden and I took a long walk before sitting down for a scrumptious breakfast that Daddy made. Can you say vanilla french toast with thick maple syrup? So damn good! We never eat such a breakfast so it was definitely a big treat. Around noon we pulled up to Grandma's house for another eating fest. We were joined by my sister Allison and her boyfriend. We ate outside in Mom's lovely garden and watched the baby run around and around. SO much fun. We played and relaxed all day! Aunt Gaby, Uncle Bob, and cousin Brett stopped by in the late afternoon.Off to Jesse's sisters around 5:30 for a BBQ and to visit with his Mother and more food...

The day ended sweetly and as I kissed my babylicious goodnight my heart was fuller than ever!