Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Happy Birthday Jocey!



We celebrated Jocey's 3rd birthday this weekend. I cannot believe that it's already been 3 years since I held my tiny little girl in my arms. I cannot believe that I survived the stages that I never thought I would (and better yet that SHE survived)! :) She is growing up so fast!

We started the weekend out by going to Lake Mead with Dawnie and Eric and their family. Their daughter, Londyn, has her birthday this week also, so we just decided to have a joint family party for them down at the lake. It was so much fun. They brought their boogie boards, which Jocey L-O-V-E-D. She hopped up on one right away and did great! We swam for a little while, then headed out to Boulder City for lunch at A&W (our traditional spot after we go to the lake). Then it was back to Dawnie and Eric's for cake and presents. Dawnie made an awesome cake, one half decorated for Londyn, and the other for Jocey. SO CUTE! It was a great day.


Jocey trying out the boogie board - Jon even got her up on it and let her wakeboard!


Jocey and Londyn making a sand castle


Jocey enjoying her nice big frosty mug of rootbeer.


The fam at A&W - one of the few pictures you'll see of me pregnant!


Jocey and Londyn's cake - 1/2 princess/Cinderella, 1/2 beach/seashells

We then continued the festivities yesterday, on her actual birthday. We took advantage of having her birthday fall on a holiday when Jon had the day off. We headed down to Ethel M's Chocolate Factory to get a tour of the factory, ate some Y-U-M-M-Y chocolates, bought some yummy chocolates, checked out the M&M store, and had ice cream. Then we took Jocey to a park here and let her run wild. All in all, I'd say she had a pretty great birthday. She's hit a princess phase, which cracks me up. She wanted everything Cinderella. And she pretty much got it!


Jocey and the girl M&M


Jocey wanted her sample of chocolate so bad - I loved this sign, notice the sign to the right: "12 steps of Chocolate"


Jocey and the Peanut M&M


Mommy and Jocey at Ethel M's (again, one of the few pregger photos of me)


Jocey at the park, getting ready to shoot out of the big slide on her cardboard sled.

Happy 3rd birthday, my baby girl! We love you!

2 comments:

The Hansen's said...

Happy 3rd Birthday Jocey! Time goes by so fast. Darci turns 3 at the end of October. Crazy!!!! You sure are a cute prego girl. Love the pictures. Hope you are doing great!!!

NAT said...

Happy Birthday, Jocey! You're adorable! It looks like you had a good time. Love the prego pics! You should post more. It's always good to have those memories, right?