Time to Celebrate

We had a weekend of Celebration. On Saturday afternoon we had Vada's first birthday party!! She had so much fun seeing all her friends and family. She went through a couple grumpy spouts, but she did pretty well. We a tough time with her opening presents because the first present that she opened was a toy so of course she wanted to play with that and wanted nothing to do with anything else! After getting through her presents it was CAKE time! Vada got a whole chocolate cake for herself! She quickly perked up after taking a taste of the frosting...but before long she was a mess and ready for a bath! She had a really nice party and it is hard to believe that she is already ONE!!

Then Saturday night Presten and I went out to the Oceannaire to celebrate our 5 year Wedding Anniversary. The food was AMAZING! When we left we said to ourselves-"why haven't we gone there before..?" Delicious! After dinner we walked around Nicollet Mall for awhile and then headed home. It had been a long day....

Jaxson's preschool update: Tuesday...we had quite the day. It was rainy- we were in bumper to bumper traffic and Jaxson did not want to go to school...he eventually worked himself up so much that he threw up all over himself. We were halfway between home and school. We ended up making it school and I had some extra clothes for him so he changed and ended up having an okay day...a couple meltdowns, but he made it. Thursday-much better! A couple meltdowns between some transitions, but he had the best day that he has had in a long time. He even earned a Pizza Party!! He decided that he wanted to have his pizza party with grandma and grandpa while Presten and I went out to dinner - so that is what they did!

Vada is now not only walking, but going from toy to toy to the table to her new rocking horse...we are having to chase her everywhere! She has also become quite the smuggler. She likes to give lots of hugs and loves being held! She can also give up high fives!

We are looking forward to all the things that both Jaxson and Vada will learn and do in the next year!

Well have a great week and we'll see you next Sunday!! The Bean's

Here is a little clip of Jaxson's first singing performance...you can tell he is really into it!