A weeks worth of a visit crammed into a few pictures I took at the Olive Garden

The title sort of explains it all. Dan's family came to visit last week and we had so much fun. Enough fun, apparently, to not pull out the camera. So here are a few pictures I took while we were having dinner at Olive Garden.

Stefanie, Me and Mike (Stef is holding Sophie and Mike is holding Jade)

Our cutie pie neice Sophie. She is the sweetest thing ever.
Jade and Rylee coloring.
Jade, Grandma Lou, and Rylee. Thanks for coming to visit everyone! We had a blast!

I suck at commitment

So I dropped the ball on the whole, picture a day for the month, thing. Sorry :( But I got some really cute pictures out of the process. It has inspired me to whip out the camera more frequently, even for the day to day stuff.

Here we have Jade, enjoying a delicious spaghetti dinner with her hands. You'll notice the fork is there, but no, she prefers her hands.

This is a sad one. Time out. I don't remember what this particular one was for, but she's breaking my heart here.
I just had one of those days where I thought I looked pretty good so I snapped a picture. Who knows how much longer I'll be having days where I think I look good. Better record them now.
Spending Sunday evening playing the Wii. Jade is still at that great age where she thinks that she is playing, even when she's not. That's why I can take her to the mall arcade and let her "drive" one of the racing games without wasting my change.
Jade walked in here and said "cheese". That's how she'll tell me she wants her picture taken. The other day she walked up to the door at Target, which had an Easter bunny picture on it, and said "cheese".
This past Tuesday we went to Mall of America for Toddler Tuesday because they were going to have a Yo Gabba Gabba day. DJ Lance Rock and Brobee were supposed to be there. When I pulled up to the mall I noticed there were a lot more cars than there usually are, but I thought, 'No, this can't be for Toddler Tuesday', boy was I wrong.

Here we are on the second level of the mall, looking down into the rotunda. There was a long line down the hall, just to get into the rotunda. It's probably a good thing we didn't wait in that line because as soon as we saw DJ Lance Rock, Jade started crying and covering her eyes. She was so scared!

Busy Bee Tuesday

I knew this morning was going to be a wild one because we had an early morning doctors appointment. So Jade got to eat her breakfast in the living room, while watching cartoons. (Ok, it happens semi-frequently).

Three weeks ago Jade started walking like a drunken sailor so we took her to after hours care. She had a double ear infection so her equilibrium was off and hence the unsteadiness on her feet. She had a check up today and everything looks good!

A Picture a Day

I thought I'd take a picture every day this month. Jade will be two and a half this month. I can't believe how fast the time has past. She is really an awesome girl.

Jade is, for the most part, a really good sleeper. We moved her into a toddler bed soon after her second birthday. She snores and occasionally talks in her sleep. She's not particularly attached to any of her blankets or stuffed animals. We try to get her to love her snuggle bunny that Dan and I picked out for her before she was born, but she just ends up chewing on it's ears.