HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY JENNA

You mean it is OK for me to rip this paper??? Are you sure!! So.. I am NOT going to get in trouble.. Dad...is this a trick!! Jenna was soo nervous about opening the wrapping paper.. we are always trying to get her to stop ripping paper...
Tada... strawberry shortcake doll!!!! Yes.. the theme even went through to her gifts. She got a big strawberry shortcake doll.. she does smell sooo good. She also got a small barbie like doll that is one of Strawberry Shortcakes friends, a book about monkeys that comes with the dress up ears (see picture below) and some strawberry shortcake bubble bath. We do a BIG birthday party.. but just like any other "holiday" we don't focus on the presents... but more the reason for celebration!
BUT I DONT WANT TO WEAR THESE EARS... Hey.. don't you remember I was the one throwing up a few short hours ago.... fever.... cranky.. You STILL expect me to wear these dumb things!!
By Sunday night Jenna was smiling again.. not eating or drinking much but smiling.. that was a welcome change by Mom and Dad. Every year I take a picture of the kids by this tree in our front yard. Don't know what kind of tree it is.. but when it blooms it is BEAUTIFUL... for a bout a week... it is the shortest bloom on EARTH! I need to get a picture of Jackson today... it is our tradition. I love this tree!!! All in all Jenna's ACTUAL birthday was better. She is feeling better. We hung out for a while, went to visit grandma and bumpa at their RV... it is this BEAUTIFUL HUGE 5th wheel... (they parked one and a half miles from our home at the camp site. It was fun. We had a camp out in winds I am pretty sure are classified as tornato force winds.. went on a few hikes, put our feet in the ocean (that is what Jackson called it.. it is just a river) and Jackson even had a sleep over. I will post those pictures next. Happy first birthday Jenna... as I have tears in my eyes thinking of our decision to have another child... the moment that I sat on the deck praying that we could have another one and asking the Lord for a healthy girl... I know I know... you ask for healthy babies.. I DONT CARE what sex it is.. and I didn't, but I read a book that stated .... ask the Lord for the desires in your heart. I desired to have a girl. I asked for a beautiful baby girl, with curly red hair, blue eyes and an easy personallity (jackson doesn't have an "easy" personallity.. so I hoped to have a little easier going child this go round). So.. God DID hear me... the desires in my heart (except for the red hair and blue eyes... but those are just the small details :) He is a good Lord... I still don't feel deserving of all the blessings he has given us. We are blessed beyond belief!