Jayden Funnies

Picture this:

2 year old girl standing INSIDE the refrigerator looking at all the food.

Me (whit):  Jayden, get out of the fridge and mommy will make you dinner.

Jayden:  No, I want to look at the M&M's.

Me:  Do you want a breakfast burrito?

Jayden:  Yeah. (pause), then I will have M&M's, thanks.

We love her!  She is hilarious. 

And sometimes she calls herself, "A Princess" in third person.  Like today she changed into her pajamas and said, "A princess changed into her pajamas mommy."

I always ask her if she can just stay two forever and she always said yes.  Today, randomly, she told me, "I will stay two forever mommy."    

Oh, I need to write everything down that she says...

Lately...

As I mentioned in the last post; I was nervous to move here.  But, WE LOVE IT!!!  We love our ward, our new friends, our complex, the area, the restaurants (we've only tried a few), and just about everything else.  I think I will love it even more once it starts to get to normal temperatures.  I've had some really great gals from the ward just pull me right in and keep Jayden and I pretty busy doing different activities.  We go to story time, the mall, the splash pad, we had 6 weeks of swimming lessons, playing in backyards, etc.  I'm really excited to start going to the park as well.  I am almost 36 weeks prego with our little girl and got some 3D pics last week.  We are super excited!!  I'm just really, really, really hot and huge.  I need to get a pic on here, but everytime Mark is home to take one I'm not lookin' the best.  Maybe soon.

Mark is working his bum off with this residency!!  It seems like all four years of pharmacy school piled into one.  He works and then comes home and works.  Then goes to sleep for a few hours only to do it all again, every. single. day.  I'm grateful he is working so hard for us though!  He amazes me with his strength and motivation to keep going.  Just a side note; he passed both of his boards with flying colors so he is a licensed Doctor of Pharmacy! It's so exciting to say!  I've called him Dr. Harmon a few times, just for fun, hehe.

Jayden will be 3 on October 3rd!  I can't believe it!  She is growing up so fast.  Her hair is still short, her personality is drama queen to a "T", and she loves Disney Princesses and Tinkerbell.  She says the funniest things.  I really need to be writing them down.  We went to the Disney store the other day and they were doing story time and the lady went around and asked all of the children their name.  When she got to Jayden, Jayden said, "My name is Tinkerbell" and she was so serious.  She is in the "I do it" phase which doesn't exactly make life easy at times, but she is becoming more independent. 

This sweet baby is due October 6th, but I will hopefully be induced on the 1st or 2nd, if she doesn't come before that.  I hope I'm up for celebrating Jayden's birthday still, but with her being only 3 we can wait a few days and I don't think she'll know the difference (shh! don't tell her!)  So we will have 3 birthdays within 5 days in this family.  Mark- Sept 29, baby- Oct. 1 or 2, and Jayden Oct. 3.  CRAZY!!! 

I think that's all on us right now.  I'm probably leaving a lot out, so if you have any questions, please feel free to ask...........

Oh I just want to give a shoutout to Keith and Katie Harmon who got married today in the Salt Lake City Temple!  We're so excited for them, bummed we couldn't go, but excited nonetheless!  Congrats you two!      

New Place!

At the end of May we moved to Phoenix for Mark's residency.  I will admit, I was a bit nervous due to the fact that I get lost in Rock Springs, WY; I hate driving in big cities; I didn't know anyone within an hour of us; and we were moving at the hottest time of the year to one of the hottest cities in the nation (and I was 21 weeks pregnant at the time!)  My awesome parents helped us move!  My dad drove the moving truck the entire way (which ended up being like 15ish hours) and my mom flew Jayden down the next day.  Our wonderful friends, the Clare's drove an hour and half from their home to help us move in and they fed us dinner- they are just great.  Here are just a few pics of our new place.  Blogger wouldn't let me upload all of them...so here's what you get. 

Jayden ready to go swimming at the pool at our complex.  (One of her fav activities)

Jayden and daddy swimming!

Jayden chalking it up out on our balcony.  We are excited to spend more time out

there when it starts to cool off.

Our living room.

The guest bathroom (bigger than our one bathroom in Laramie!)

The girls' room (we're kinda lacking in the decor)

Our bathroom (it's nice because the vanity is outside of the bathroom)

Our bedroom; we've moved the chair out to the family

room though so it looks a bit different than the picture.

Dr. Harmon's graduation- May 5, 2012

Mark graduated with his Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Wyoming School of Pharmacy on May 5, 2012!  I am so proud of him and all he has accomplished.  He has worked so hard and we have been so blessed!  Here are a few pics....  

Jayden and Daddy swimming at the hotel

Walking into the arena...

Front and center (it was funny because Mark told me to leave after he got his diploma so we didn't have to sit the entire time...but he had the keys in his pocket!)

Grandma Ronna and Jayden playing the Kindle

Getting hooded by his academic advisor...Dr. Kruger

Dr. Harmon! (he's the short one; hehe)

This is the best family pic we could get....I love how Mark is looking off into the distance, my eyes are half closed and Jayden is a grouch!

Us...don't mind that I look really tired.



Randomness....

Here are just a few random pics of Jayden from the last few months!!  We love our Jaybug!

                                                             Cousins- we miss them!!

Jayden and her silliness...

Jayden and Daddy

All tuckered out....this is how we found her one afternoon!

She took daddy out....and loved every minute of it

One word:  Sassy!

                                                    Painting rocks...fun and no clean up!!

Easter 2012

                                                                City Easter Egg Hunt

                                                        Making cookies with mommy

 

                                                                          Cousins!

                                                                Dyeing Easter Eggs!

                                                                           Hunting...

                                     Cookies, frosting and sprinkles.....what more do you need?

                                                 Easter morning, Happy Easter Everyone!

Easter weekend was filled with so many fun activities!  My mom planned a great Easter with all of the grandkids.  First, Jayden and I made sugar cookies on Saturday morning.  In the afternoon, my brother, his wife and their two kids came over.  First we dyed easter eggs, then had an easter egg hunt (with more candy than I've ever seen in one yard) and then we frosted and ate sugar cookies!  Jayden and her cousin Alexa had so much fun!  It was funny when Jayden would put the eggs in her basket because she would try to throw them into her basket but they would fly through and go out the other side and she had no idea :)  The next day my brother's family moved back east.  It was a fun last hoorah with them because with us moving as well we don't know how long it will be before we see them again.  We sure miss them and the rest of the fam we left in GR!  Thanks for a great weekend Mom and Dad!

Denver Trip!

Mark was in Denver from July through January (except for his Thanksgiving/Christmas Break) for 5 of his pharmacy rotations. In January, Jayden and I took a road trip to see daddy! We spent the weekend hanging out with daddy and his Uncle Mike, Aunt Susan, cousin Emma and their huge labradoodle Daisy (whom Jayden loves!). On Saturday of that weekend we went to the Denver Aquarium. Jayden really liked looking at all of the fish, sharks, turtles, otters, and every other sea creature they had. We also ate desserts at a place called D-bar Desserts. The owner is a judge on a cake show on the food network and the desserts were pretty much amazing! I didn't have any pictures of them on my camera, but here are a few from the aquarium!