*Frustrated*

I'm a frustrated mommy. Jaden is not a good solid eater, really only wants a bottle and I really want to try and get him off the bottle and to rely on solids. Pretty much every time I put him in his highchair he will throw his food on the floor or spit it out. I have anxiety leaving him with anyone because I know he probably won't eat good for them.
I feel like I have tried everything and nothing is working, and on top of that because of not eating a lot of solids he will wake up at night around 3 AM and want a bottle. I seriously can't even think of having another child until I get this one to start eating good. Anyone have the same problem? Any suggestions would be great except for telling me the obvious of going to my doctor haha because I have done that. Or am I being worried for nothing? He is a happy little guy and the joy of my life, I just want him to grow up strong and healthy.

*Thanksgiving 2011 and Update*

This Thanksgiving was a little bitter/sweet this year. First off the actual holiday was lots of fun, we had dinner at my relatives house and took family pictures. Jaden was also a huge hit and social butterfly with all my relatives so that made this Thanksgiving lot's of fun too. The reason it's bitter/sweet is that we will be staying in Washington a little longer than planned.

Josh was offered to help with another project up there, which was a financially smart decision and will help further his career. Unfortunately we will not be moving into our beautiful house right away, it will just sit there waiting for us till we get back sometime hopefully in May. The up side is that when I get back to Arizona, I can do all the upgrades and furnishings to my new house that I want, so that makes this living in Washington business bearable haha.So for now I will just be traveling back and forth like usual between Washington and Arizona, but hey I'm racking up those Southwest rewards points so that's another positive.

I will also be in Arizona for the entire month of December so that makes me happy as well. The only down part is Josh has to go back to WA to work for a few weeks, but will be back right before Christmas, and then it's SAND DUNES for New Years..SO EXCITED for that!!!

The whole family!


My siblings!


Our little family!



My aunt had a Santa Clause come to her house for the kids on Thanksgiving. As a parent you look forward to these moments when your little one get's to sit on Santa's lap. As you can see Jaden was not enjoying himself hahha but it's the classic crying picture and I LOVE IT!

*Our last ride*

Our time in Washington is slowly but surely coming to an end here soon, so we wanted to make sure and get one last bike ride in. We headed to West Seattle on Saturday and just did a short little bike ride because it was really cold out (thank goodness for getting back to warm AZ!) Time spent here has been fun, but we truly miss our family sooooooooooo much and can't wait to settle down our roots in AZ.

This picture is so funny, Jaden kept sticking his feet out and getting his socks stuck on the velcro..silly boy.


Us!


This is my new favorite picture! It's my sweet hubby and little boy loading the dishwasher for mommy...does life get any sweeter?

*Halloween Weekend*

We actually didn't celebrate Halloween really haha I know we are lame. It's hard to really get into the holiday when Jaden doesn't get it and we are here in Washington, so there is really nothing to do. Let's face it, when you have a baby the funnest thing to do is show them off to your family and friends in their cute costume but we don't have any family here and not too many friends so didn't see much point to it. I did however dress Jaden up in his cute little baseball outfit/pj's so I guess I sort of had some Halloween spirit. So this weekend we decided to take a ferry to Bainbridge Island and check out sites there. Yeah really not much to it and the little shops are WAY over priced but the ferry ride was fun and we took some nice pictures of Jaden so yeah that's about it. I really want to get into photography, so I think when we move back to AZ I'm going to take some classes.

A beautiful picture of Seattle from the ferry!


My boys!


Love this picture!


The whole family!

*My favorite kind of laundry*

I took this picture a few months ago and just found it today while I was going through my pictures. This is my best little laundry helper!!


I also found these other random pictures that I thought were cute so enjoy!

*Happy 1st birthday to my baby*

This post is a few days late but still it had to be done. My little sweet baby boy is now OFFICIALLY 1 years old! Where has the time gone? Since we already celebrated his birthday in Arizona we didn't do too much on his actual birthday. We did, however, let him make a mess with a 2nd cake, which his Aunty Robyn got to witness through facetime (skyping through Iphones), because she was in New York and missed his party.I am excited to begin a another new year and to continue to watch my sweet little baby grow into a toddler!

My then brand new baby boy!

My now big ONE year old!

*Jaden's 1st Birthday Party*

Jaden's actual birthday is not till the 18th of this month, however, I wanted family to be there for his birthday party so we celebrated it early in Arizona. Well his 1st birthday party was a perfect success, and it's crazy that my little baby is almost 1 years old. It seems like yesterday I was just holding him in my arms for the first time and now he is almost a toddler. The last year has been the best year and hard at the same time but would not trade it for anything. I am so blessed to have such a little angel sent to me from my Father in Heaven and feel privileged to be his mommy.


Here is Jaden's birthday invitation..simple but cute!


This is Jaden waiting by the front door for everyone to show up to his party...people were late so he was getting discouraged hahaha





This is the whole set up including the delicious cake! I chose a doggy on the cake because that is currently Jaden's favorite animal. Hopefully once we settle into a house we can get him a puppy!







Jaden eating cake was probably what I was looking forward to the most! However, he doesn't really know the concept of eating on his own yet (this is my fault because I baby him and always feed him myself)so he really just smashed the cake around and threw it on the floor haha it was cute!






The Presents! Jaden got so many fun presents that will entertain him for a long time so thank you sooooooooo much to his grandparents and aunty Aubrey it is very much appreciated!

*My Creation*

So I don't consider myself very creative,however, I have to give myself props for this oh so cute diaper cake I made for my sister-in-law's baby shower coming up this weekend. I put alot of effort and research into this and with a little help from my mom (she suggested the green tissue paper all over it) I made "my creation". I think we all know who baby Brityn's favorite aunt is going to be :)

*Lake Powell Trip #2*

We headed back to Lake Powell for our last trip of the summer and it was a blast!! The last trip is always the best because it's a mini family reunion, and it's so great to see all of our extended family. Jaden did so much better this time, mainly because he was not sick, and we were smart and brought his pack n play. Also my sweet hubby joined me on this trip so of course that made it just that much sweeter! So here are tons of pics from our last LP trip of the year, we will also be moving back home to Arizona soon so I'm really excited about that.

*Jaden's 1st Lake Powell Trip*

Jaden has now officially been to Lake Powell for the first time. Things we learned while we were there:

1. He LOVES the boat and usually falls asleep within 5 to 10 minutes
2. Loves the sand and water
3. Hates sleeping on an air mattress
4. Loves all the attention he gets from the extended family
5. Surprisingly likes his life jacket (the nice head support is nice for taking naps)

Camping with a baby is really hard, and I think at least until he gets a little older we will definitely be getting a hotel. Otherwise Jaden loves it and is now in the Lake Powell club! We will be returning again in the next few weeks for our second and last Lake Powell trip of 2011.

My dad wearing Jaden's hat haha very funny!

Driving the boat with Grandpa!

Happy Lake Powell baby!

Too much fun in the sun!

My baby boy and I snuggling on the boat!