J's Second Birthday

I love this little munchkin!  She is growing up so fast and breaking barriers everyday.  She is really making great efforts to use her language skills to communicate.  I know most people couldn't understand her, but I can and she is making great progress!  She LOVES to be a 'helper'.  She will grab the broom and start chanting, "Helper, helper, helper!"  She loves her brother Braden and the two of them can get into a whole lot of trouble!  A few things that Jaycee loves at this time are:

*being outside

*walking anyone's dogs

*lipstick

*combing her hair

*her mimi (blanket)

*ripping any and every piece of paper in sight

*wearing Braden's shoes

*color on the walls

* the word "mine" and "no no"

*pineapple and clementine oranges

*Sister Hawthorne

*talking on the phone

* bath time

*waffles

Grandma Ward sent her a cute new dress and some princess pj's.  Her mom on the other hand got a mommy demerit this year.  With all the hustlings of getting ready for Thanksgiving the next day, we didn't do much birthday celebrating, not even a cake or cupcakes.  Jon did make her waffles which is her favorite meal!

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I took Jay out for birthday pictures and she wasn't as thrilled about doing them as I was...

Sydney asked her to give us her famous stink eye and that got a partial smile out of her...

This was the only 'happy' one I got from her...

Playing around with the lighting umbrella...

This is what made her the most happy, dumping dirt all over the front of herself.

I found this other spot where I wanted her to stand in the tall grass.  What I didn't know was that there was cactus under all the grass.  She lost her balance and landed right on a cactus.  She had cactus spurs that were about two inches long lodged in her hand....several of them.  I felt so bad.

at that point, we were done!

Happy Birthday sweet Jaycee.  You bring so much spunk to our lives and we love you, a lot!