Jade turns 3!!

My beautiful baby is 3! Jade is the most fantastic child! She makes it very easy to be a parent. We are so lucky to have her in our family. She is developing quite a sense of humor. She laughs to herself when she's watching shows, like if Curious George does something extra silly. :)

Her birthday party wasn't scheduled until the weekend after her birthday so on her actual birthday we wanted to take her out for something fun. We asked her where she wanted to go and she said "Ikea". She loves that place.
Here we are getting ready to head down to her party, which we had at the club house at our apartment complex.
We brought the CD player down so that the kids could dance to The Wiggles. Or just run around like maniacs, you know, whatever works.
We had pizza and hot dogs, pineapple, and chips. It was so fantastic and delicious.
We got the cake from Costco and it was super delicious! Jade was so excited to blow out the candle and loved/got shy when everyone sang Happy Birthday to her. (If you can't tell, the Oreos on the cake are supposed to look like mickey mouse ears).

Jade's Dental Surgery

Jade got my bad teeth genes. I took her for her first dental checkup a few weeks ago. They confirmed what I was dreading. She had two cavities on her lower molars. Because she's so young and wouldn't be able to hold still long enough to have the cavities filled they wanted to put her under.

Here's a picture of her in the waiting room. She wasn't allowed any food that morning and I felt so bad for her because the whole way to the surgery center she kept saying "eat, eat". Once we got there and she saw the room full of new toys she seemed to forget how hungry she was.

Here she is, in her cool hospital jammies. She didn't seem nervous or anything, although, I'm not sure how much she really understood what was going to happen. Dan was able to be there with her while she fell asleep. We waited in the waiting room for about an hour and a half and she was done. When we came into her recovery room she was just staring at the wall. She didn't seem overly happy to see us but I think she was still kind of out of it. She kind of freaked out when she saw the IV in her hand. I held her while she ate three pink otter pops and watched Sesame Street.

30 weeks

I haven't been very diligent at getting pictures of my belly. But this is one that I took today, I have about 10 weeks left and I'm feeling really well. Except for some nagging back pain. So excited to have another baby girl join our family.

Minnesota State Fair

It was cold and rainy but we couldn't pass up the Minnesota State Fair. We met our friends there and let the feasting begin.

Here is a picture of Jade downing her first glass of all-you-can-drink chocolate milk. After telling her she could get some chocolate milk while driving to the fair, that's all she talked about the whole way there.

She was so excited about going on the rides! We let her ride the carousel and she had a great time, even though this picture might not look like it. She actually looked pretty nervous the whole time but when we asked if she had fun she said "Yeah!".
Jade and Ava, wearing their Pronto Pup hats. The Pronto Pups must be a Minnesota thing because I didn't think they were all that great. I'd rather have just had a corn dog. Oh well. Cool hats.