Well, since I am almost 8 months along now, I decided that it is probably time to get a few pictures taken of the pregnancy. I don't really like pictures taken of myself so I haven't had any taken of my big pregnant self until now. Thanks to Sara for taking these. She did great, even if I was a stubborn subject to photograph.

Happy Birthday Jaiden Boy!!

Jaiden's birthday was last Tuesday. Since Justin was still out of town, I decided to just have a little party for him and his friends (actually only one friend could make it) and then have another party when his dad got home. So him and his friend got to have an afternoon at the park. I wanted to do decorations and everything to but the wind was out of control that day so we just did presents and treats at one of the picnic tables. More pictures to come of the family birthday party that will be held tomorrow.

Jaiden and Tyrian playing in the sand.

Our little 3 year old.

The balloons that are attacking me in this picture were my very sad attempt at decorating.
I'll do better at tomorrow's party.

Thanks Grandma Lyman for the fun Curious George stuff.
He loved it!

Emily, the little party girl.

The past couple of weeks, Justin has had to be out of town for work. He was gone to Hawaii for two weeks and then headed up to Alaska for another week. While he was gone for the first week, I headed to California with my sister-in-law Sara to go stay with my in-laws for awhile. We had a lot of fun and it really helped to be someplace else to get my mind off of having my husband gone. Jaiden especially had fun hanging out with Grandpa & Grandma Lyman and the rest of the family who he hardly gets to see. Here are some pictures of us hanging out at Victoria Gardens, a shopping center in California. Jaiden had a lot of fun going on the train.

Helping Daddy

A couple of weeks ago, Justin had to work on a broken sprinkler head. Jaiden loves to go outside and help out Daddy whenever he can so he was ready to lend a helping hand on this project.

Here's their little project they were working on.

When Justin had finished fixing the pipe that he was working on, Jaiden looked
into the hole and said, "Dad, you fixed that all by yourself? Good job! I am so proud of you!" We got a good laugh out of his encouraging words.