a boy, a girl, and a baby: September 2012

Yesterday we had the opportunity to go to the Tracy Aviary in Salt Lake. They had a good amount of birds, and Jaden liked to look at the birds! After we went to the park right by it. It was pretty much the coolest park I've ever seen! They had two different play areas, a splash park, a musical area, and they had swings for disabled children. They were like big kid size of the baby ones you get for your own home. Anyway, Jaden loved the swing. He was laughing pretty much the whole time! All in all it was a pretty great day :)

the Flamingos were fighting! It was kind of fun to watch...haha.

It took 4 tries...but we got one of him (kind of)smiling!

from the bird show

Gotta teach him early :)

Well two weeks ago when I was supposed to update this... we all came down with the stomach flu :( Luckily it wasn't too bad and Jaden didn't have it too bad, but it was tough being achy all day and having a baby to take care of! Yuck! Anyway, I'm ready to post about the last 2 months! haha. In the middle of July was the annual Scholes ( my Grandma Waite's family) reunion in Logan. My family came up for it and it was fun! Jaden got to meet his Aunt Melissa and cousins Strider and Braven for the first time! While they were here Jaden had some cake :) He didn't really try to dig in...boring. It was so great for me to have my sister to play with and Jaden to have his cousins (Addison was here too!) I can't wait till Melissa and the boys are up here so we can have play dates ( for the kids AND moms) more often! Oh and just before the reunion we went to a concert, with Jaden! It was for a band (Vocal Few) that's actually a couple. The husband is in the band The Classic Crime, and Jer has listened to them for a while now. Well she got pregnant and they needed a little extra income so they decided to put an EP out and voila! They're really good (check them out!). They did a "living room tour" where people let the use their home as a stage and performed for about 40 people. So we took Jaden to his first concert! It was really nice and their little girl is ADORABLE! She was loving hearing her mommy and daddy sing. I've been trying to do some new things with Jaden. I haven't been able to do too much yet, but we have done some art projects! He's colored a few pictures with crayons and even did finger painting once. He seems too like coloring, he got my notebook and a closed pen and tried coloring earlier :) Jer and I had the opportunity to go and see The Classic Crime last month. He was SO excited when he found out that they were going to be in Utah, he bought the tickets right away! It was a nice night out without a baby. Last, but not least, we were able to go the the Brigham City Temple open house this afternoon. It was absolutely beautiful. On the way to the temple from parking the volunteer on the bus said that there's already 60 weddings booked for the next month! And it's not even open yet! All in all the last couple months have been busy, but wonderful. Jaden is just growing every day and I love it.

Addy, Strider, and Braven!

Taking a bath with the cousins!

Cake time!

Vocal Few

The Classic Crime

Food!! He loves to make messes for mom :) and hates his veggies! (I mixed the corn in with mac n cheese in hopes it would sneak past his taste buds, and that was the outcome-top right.)