Nadia's 2nd Birthday

Nadia's birthday was on Friday and unfortunately Jacob had to work very late that day; which has been happening a lot. I was able to put her down for a late nap but she still only got to spend about a half hour with him. She got a few presents delivered that day. Flowers from the Kizk family (which I found out was a much smaller bouquet than they had ordered.) and a laptop from my sister Monica and her husband Joey. Nadia was so excited to open the door and see that presents came for her! Nadia loves flowers, she walks around our yard and my Dad's smelling the pretty flowers, so she was especially excited when they came. The laptop my sister bought her is a leaptop. You program it with songs and her name, even emails. It is awesome the things that they come up with and how personalized you can make it!

Jacob had the weekend off thankfully so we spent Saturday getting the yard ready with my Dad. I also worked on all of the last minute food and Nadia's cake. If you read my twitter posts, you know that this dang cake was an experience! Not that I had a hard time making it, I had a hard time keeping Jacob and Dax from eating it! I did homemade strawberry and chocolate cakes. Finally all of the cakes were made and I moved on to the fondant. It was much easier for me to work with it this year after having some experience from last year. I really didn't have any kind of plan for the design though. I wish I would've spent more time figuring that out, but I just winged it last minute. Jacob and I stayed up late doing all of the little details.

We were so pleasantly surprised with how many guests we had for Nadia's birthday party. We must have had 25+ people at our house. It was a very special day and we are so thankful for everyone that came to celebrate!

We rented a princess bounce house for the backyard along with a bubble maker and sno cone machine. It was 103 out, it doesn't matter how used to the heat you get that is hot! We had misters going and shades up which helped some. The kids had so much fun, I was happy that Nadia had some children to play with. We had a few friends over with their babies and Nadia kept asking where Elai was. It is amazing that she can remember her little cousin who was out about a month ago! After cake and presents everyone started filtering out. A few of our good friends hung around and we were able to visit. Nadia had a great day not to mention all of the presents she got!

Nadia's present from Aunt Monica and Uncle Joey

Nadia's Birthday flowers from The Kizk's

Nadia's Trip to Las Vegas 5-2010

Since Jacob had to work away from home for a while we decided to meet him in Laughlin then drive up to Las Vegas to stay with him for a few days. This was a big adventure for Nadia and I. We had never taken such a road trip on our own before. Nadia did wonderfully the whole drive and of course was excited to see her Daddy after him being gone for so long!

And we're back!

Ok, I need to apologize for being gone so long. I really want to keep this up so Nadia will have this to look back on. I had to take a little break as life was just throwing too much at me and I wasn't finding myself in the most positive place. So, enough of the excuses and back to business!

I cannot believe how much Nadia has grown in the last few months. I feel so terrible that I haven't documented it more. She is the happiest girl, now sleeping in a toddler bed that her crib converted to. She loves to sing, dance, jump up and down, run around outside. EVERYTHING! Her 2nd birthday is this Friday. We are having friends and family over Sunday to celebrate. It will also be the first time some people have seen our house. Can you believe that we have almost lived there a year!? Wow!

Nadia still goes to Oma and Opa's twice a week while I go into the office. It is a lot harder to work from home with a little lady that likes to help. The computer and mouse are one of her favorite things to get a hold of. Now that our health insurance is all taken care of we are going to enroll her a daycare that is right by my work for a day or two a week. She loves to see Oma and Opa so she will still get a little time with them every week. I am excited to see the new things she will learn there. She seems to catch on so quickly and loves to be around children so I see this as something she will really enjoy. It bothers me to not know what she is doing during the day, but I suppose I need to let go a little ;)

Here are a few pictures from our little trip to the aquarium.