More party stuff

Thank you to all the party goers and party helpers! For Jada's party we focused more on giving back than receiving, so

Jada collected donations for LoveBasket (adoption agency) and Shoahannah's Hope (adoption grant program). I am so happy to announce that $200 was raised, so half will go to each organization in Jada's honor. Thank you guys ! If you would like to donate contact me, or donate online - http://www.lovebasket.org/ http://www.showhope.org/ (both are non-profit).

1st Birthday party

Cody and I wanted a child 5 years before Jada came into our lives, and in that five years we learned quite a bit. One of those lessons was to enjoy every moment of our child's childhood, not to rush her on to the next thing, but be there in that moment. We have watched nieces and nephews grow up and have wondered where the time went? Well, we have enjoyed the fun times and the hard times with Jada, but still yet I wonder where the time has gone?! Just yesterday I was holding a 6 lb bundle of joy, but today she doesn't want to be held, she wants to run on her own. Please, no one say, "Before long she will be graduating from high school." I can't handle that right now....I am enjoying this moment of my baby being almost 1!

Catching you up

Oh my...it has been awhile! Well, here is Jada in her Easter dress. She got so sick with an ear infection and felt so very bad. Jada has been to her first(of many) Cardinal ball game, but I didn't think about the fact that she wouldn't want to sit, and she would want to put peanut shells in her mouth. Oh well, family time anyway. We have also had an over night trip to our favorite place- Mountain View, AR. We stayed in a little cabin there and Jada ran from one end to the other the whole time (she is training for her first road race).

Rooster

This is an older video... from the day after Valentine's Day... but this is like the only video of Jada sounding like a rooster. Listen close, it is pretty funny.

1st Easter Egg Hunt

Jada had a really fun time at her first ever egg hunt. She found one egg and a lot of sticks and leaves. Jada just enjoyed hanging out with her friends and being outside.

More chasing

Our little baby is growing up