Jordyn's birthday

So, the farthest back I think I haven't blogged about was Jordyn's birthday. I did a post for her but not what we did. So, here is my beautiful 4 year old!! I still can't believe she is FOUR!!

I didn't have friend parties for anyone until Makenna's 6th birthday this year. It was always just family and then we would go to the movies and tons of fun things. But since Jordyn isn't really a movie going fan yet, I decided to let her have a "mini" friend party. She only had three people over and we kinda did the same thing that we did for Makenna's....pretend sleepover. They all came over in the jammies and we started off with the movie Strawberry Shortcake. They started dancing to the song right away and then ended going outside to play:) Aiden had to dance too!!

Of course Jordyn had to have a Strawberry Shortcake cake!!

Birthday Girl!!

Blowing out the candles!!

Opening presents!

My attempt at a group shot!

Finally chilling out again to watch the movie:)

Her party was Friday and Saturday we took her to go bowling with both sets of grandparents (will have to post those pics later). Then we got McDonalds on the way home and opened presents with Trav's parents.

Aiden liked her Strawberry Shortcake car! :)

And Aiden figured out he LOVES ketchup:)

We had dinner and presents with my parents on Sunday (I guess I didn't bring my camera:). She got to have macaroni and cheese! I think she had a great birthday!! :)

4 year and 18 month checkups

A week ago, I took Jordyn and Aiden for their 4 year and 18 month check ups. Jordyn was a little nervous but she was a good girl.....except for the fact that she didn't even want to step on the scale:) Jordyn is 3 feet 5 inches tall and weighs 36 pounds 6 ounces! She is in the 40th percentile for height and if she stays at this pace will be about 5'3 or 5'4 and is in the 60th percentile for weight. She ended up getting her Kindergarten shots since she is going to start school before she actually turns five. That way I wouldn't have to take her in for an extra appointment to get those taken care of. She is all set. She fussed a little but was a brave girl.

My 4 year old Jordyn is such a sweet thing. She is super shy except around her family and close friends. She loves playing with her figurines (especially her strawberry shortcakes) and plays very well by herself. She loves to play with her sister and sometimes with her little brother. He tends to ruin her little play time than plays with her:) She hates wearing shoes and would much rather go barefoot. She gets her shoes on and then kicks them off as soon as she gets in the van. I've learned to just bring whatever shoes she is going to wear and put them on her when we get there. Jordyn always says "uh huh" when you ask her to do something. It's hard to translate into words but the way she says it is adorable!! She is such a precious little girl and so loving!!

Aiden was such a good boy and so brave. He was having a great time just running around the room and screaming at the top of his lungs (his favorite pasttime:) Aiden is 33.5 inches and 24 pounds. He is in the 26% for his weight and 84% for his height and 70% for his hat. Doc said he was as tall as a 2 year old. Aiden also got two shots He usually just cries for a second and then he's done. I didn't watch the nurse do it. I just looked at his face and he was all happy go lucky one second and then big lips come out the next. He is so cute.

Aiden is definitely through and through a boy!!! He runs circles around me and exhausts me. He climbs and climbs and climbs. He climbs on the chairs, table, couches, patio furniture, beds, my tub so he can stand on it to watch me get ready and the slide!! That one is the scariest because he can get to the top now and there is a big opening with a drop on one side. I'm going to have to put up a board or something so he can play on the slide without me worrying. He loves to be outside and loves playing with his sisters. He's got this cute little smirk he always does and I love to watch him run because it looks like he twists his hips back and forth to do so. It's adorable. He loves to be barefoot as well. I can't keep shoes on him. He's a great sleeper and napper and an all around cute funny little boy!!

4 year old questionaire

I did a questionaire for Makenna on her last birthday so I thought I would do one for Jordyn as well.....:)

~What do you want to do now that you are four?
Have my friends over
~What is your favorite color?
Bue and Purple
~What is your favorite book?
Ariel
~What is your favorite thing to do?
Homework....(she loves to practice her letters:)
~What is your favorite food?
M&M's
~What is your favorite thing to play with?
Figurines.....strawberry shortcakes, princesses, etc.
~What is your favorite thing to learn about?
Writing letters
~What is something you are good at?
Coloring
~What do you want to be when you grow up?
Doctor
~What is your favorite place to go?
Movie theater
~What is your favorite show?
Ariel/ Strawberry shortcake
~What is your favorite song?
Book of Mormon stories

Baby book

This year I planned to make my girls' their first year books and give it to them for their birthdays. Obviously Makenna's came first since her birthday was in March but almost on cue, Jordyn has been asking for one. She wanted a book just like her sister had. I kinda started later than I planned to so I had to work on it late at night to get it done in time for her birthday but I did!! She was thrilled. And today she asked to see her book and it was so cute watching her look through it. She just sat there for the longest time looking at all the pics. I'm not a scrapper but this worked for me and I know my girls love it....and that is all that matters!! Who needs glue and stickers....etc. :)

I will get to Aiden's when he is a little older to appreciate it:)

Jordyn is FOUR!!!

My gorgeous FOUR year old!!!

Happy happy birthday to my sweet little Jordi!! I can't believe she is four!!! She just grew up on me all of a sudden. It seems like she went from recognizing about half of her letters, etc to knowing all of them and tons more. It's like a light bulb lit and it all clicked super quickly. She loves to practice writing her letters and does very well in her preschool. Jordyn is super shy but super sweet. She won't talk much around other people but is a huge talker at home. We love this little princess so much and are so thankful that she is in our family!!

Hilarious!!!

Jordyn saw this picture and said, "I can see her bum bum!!" Hilarious!!

Very first swim lessons!

I hate to say that these are the girls' very first swim lessons but they are! It's not bad for Jordyn but it's about time for Kenna:) I was totally planning on putting them in lessons last year but who knew you had to schedule these lessons in the Winter or they would be booked??? :)

Anyway, they are getting two weeks worth of lessons and I'm hoping that they will be able to get around the water a little better by the end. Makenna did great. She already does really well but this should help her keep her legs and arms more controlled instead of flopping around. Jordyn didn't really want to do anything but I'm hoping that she will warm up to her with each day. I wanted to just get in with her and help her but I had Aiden and it was COLD!! Who knew that it would just barely be 70 degrees at noon in June!! Hopefully she will do better and get something from it!

Miss Jor

Little Miss Jor was being so cute the other day that I had to take her picture. Unfortunately, this girl is camera shy so she never looked at me but they are still adorable!! I just love those beautiful curls on this beautiful girl!!!

She has been learning so much. I've been printing out letter sheets for her to practice with and she loves it. She calls it her homework and likes to do them while Kenna does her homework. She does really well in our little preschool thing we do except when it's my turn. Then she won't stay sitting on her name on the carpet....little stinker. I have also just been dropping Kenna off for school in the morning and staying out by the car until she goes in instead of going in with her. It's a lot easier to not haul the two younger kids in there. Well, Jordyn wanted to go play one time so I let her run in with Kenna and told her she had to come right back once the bell rang. I totally thought I was going to have to go in after her but as soon as the bell rang, she started running back to me and jumped right into the van. She has done this everytime she goes out to play and I'm so proud of her!! At the beginning of the year, she never would have done that!! She also plays very well by herself. She has her little toys go up and down stairs or in and out of cars and she can't leave until they get to where they are supposed to go. I tell her to get into the van because we have to go get Ken and she has to walk them all which can sometimes take forever depending on how many toys she has!! I guess I better give her some more warning!! I love this girl!!!

One last time!

The girls had their last ballet and tap class together. It's a 3-5 year old class so Makenna can't go anymore now that she is 6. I could put her in the next class that meets for another hour afterward but I don't know if Aiden will put up with that. I might go crazy if I had to stay there for two hours so we shall see if we continue. We are taking a break for a bit. Here's my cutie Jordyn;)

Here's my other cutie Kenna!!

And here is the dude trying to not to disrupt everyone else there. I think he failed that on Monday:) O-well...what are you going to do!!

The girls have had so much fun being in dance together!!

Miss Jor

This is my sweet three year old!! She is a very shy but feisty little girl. She can scream like nobody else but gives the sweetest loves. She has beautiful curly brown hair and the most beautiful eyes ever!! Jor loves to be just like her sissy and loves when she gets to go to school too. She has been such a good girl lately. We take Makenna early to school so she can play before the bell rings. Usually, I keep Jordyn and Aiden in the car and she watches a movie while we wait for Makenna to go in to her class but I decided to let Jordyn go play too. I got stopped by one of the other Moms on the way in so I let her run in with Makenna while I watched from outside the gate. When the bell rang, I knew I was going to have to go in after Jordyn to get her to come back to the van. To my pleasant surprise, Miss J came running out to the van all by herself, jumped in and got buckled without me nagging at her to do so. She did this the whole week. She ran in with Makenna while I visited and she came out without even being told to do so. This may not seem big to some but it was huge for us. This is my Jordyn who never listens to me. So for her to do this made me so very happy!! I love this girl so very much and her cute personality!!

Soaping it up in the sink!

The girls were taking a bath in the bathroom downstairs so while Trav soaped them up, I just put Aiden in the sink to wash him. He didn't know what I was doing at first but once he realized that there was water in there and that he could splash, he was a happy camper. He is so cute!!

And then of course, Jordyn got out of her bath and thought Aiden's bath looked so much more fun!!! She had to get in too. I let her get in for a few minutes:) And if you were wondering about that band aid on her forehead, she fell while riding bikes today and hit her head. She had a little bump but both of my girls have to have band aids for everything:)

I can do it too!!

Jordyn has been wanting to feed Aiden so I decided to let her do it one day when I was busy! I figured what the heck? I was sure she would make a mess but it wouldn't matter if some of it made it in his mouth:)

Aiden looking at me...."Are you sure about this Mom?"

So cute!! I'm not sure why J is shirtless except that J just doesn't like to wear anything...especially shoes!

Open wide!!

Too far...Too far!!!

OK!!! I'm done!!! :) She really did a good job. A lot of it was all over his face but a lot of it still made it in his tummy:)

Nativity

Jordyn just loves to play with figurines. She can play with them for the longest time. She will make them move around and talk. I love watching her!! Well, at Christmas time, we got our nativities out and she couldn't stop playing with this particular set;)

Need a new hair stylist?

Jordyn's friend Abbey came over for a play date today and I found them doing this! They were sitting in a hair stylist chair for the dolls and took turns doing their hair! I have no idea why they needed to be wearing sunglasses though:)

New pics

Kiddie Kandids opened back up and since I always got the kids' birthday pics there, I thought I would swing in and get Jordyn's done. It's a couple of months late but at least I got it!! And since I was there, I figured I would get a pic of little man done as well:) They are so cute!!