Kaye made this beautiful cake. We celebrated all of the April birthdays in the Palmer family the week before Easter.
Then my parents came in, and we went to Stonebriar to have lunch, play, and ride the carousel.
Over the weekend, we had a friend birthday party for Grayson. He chose a PJ Masks theme, and he loved every minute of it.
We had breakfast food, coloring, a mask craft, a pin the tail on Gekko game, and we threw water balloons at the night ninja AKA Eva. She was a great sport!
FOUR! Grayson's getting so big, but it's fun to watch him learn and grow. He has such a tender heart and is the best brother (but that doesn't mean he doesn't occasionally get in a few jabs at his older sister). At his 4 year check up, he was brave for his shots, and the doc said he'd be a big boy. He seems pretty athletic and coordinated, and we're pretty impressed that he's already learning to read. I think he'll love 2 day preschool this fall. Jada and I will miss him though. Grayson is the greatest, and we're so grateful he came to our home.
Baby Jada turned ONE on April 12th. She has truly been a joy all 12 months (only minus some sleepless nights in the beginning). I don't regret holding her in my arms to sleep for the first several months and then sleeping in the guest bed next to her for a few after that. It seems to have worked out okay since she now loves her crib and puts herself to sleep for naps and nighttime. She has the perfect little head, cutest little bob, cutest little brick feet, squishiest thighs, best giggle when Daddy tickles her neck, and just the cutest personality. I only ever get frustrated at meal time when she constantly yells at me and demands another bite. She definitely knows what she wants. I also love how she tackles her siblings, points at everything, loves water and sand, blows kisses by smacking her face, conquers the stairs 100x a day, absorbs everything she sees us do and tries to mimic us, calls everything round a "ball", eats anything I give her, puts on everyone's shoes, crawls in and out of the Barbie Jeep, loves our fish "Oscar" and does the fish mouth, and gets ready to launch with her arms up when she wants me to pick her up. Best of all, I love that she's a mama's girl for now. It may not last long, so I'm savoring that special relationship.
This wasn't the first time we've caught her silently eating candy in a room alone.
Gotta start flossing early!
Everyone loved her bday gift.
But we love her even more!
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