Move over Beiber...

Jaden is in love with Justin Beiber. I don't know why or how it happened but if you ask her what she thinks of Justin she will say he is hot! But I think Beiber may have competition now! Ryan!
Our neighborhood is a very new one and we were one of the first homes back in our part. We bought this house thinking it would be a great place to raise kids and she would have tons of friends. Well for the past 4 years we have watched and waited as they have built new homes and new neighbors move in. We decided that they must have put our neighborhood in a retirement magazine because we were being surrounded by older couples. Of course our neighbors are not all retired(but ALOT are)! Don't get me wrong we love our neighbors but we really wanted Jaden to have some friends around here. And then something amazing happened! Three houses were built and when the people moved in they had KIDS!!! And to make it even better the kids are all 4 and under!!! It started with Andrew, who came to her birthday party and later he was joined by his new brother Matthew. Then our neighbors had their sweet baby girl. And finally Ryan and Emma joined our little crew. Because of this crazy nice weather we have had lately the kids have been getting to know one another and of course the mommies are too. We decided to take the kids to the zoo yesterday(along with everyone else in Ohio).
So Jaden got to spend the day with Emma and Ryan. They had a blast! For some reason Jaden kept calling him Andrew but that didn't seem to phase Ryan one bit. Before we knew it I looked down and saw this...

WTH! Is that my daughter holding a boy's hand? Yes! And it just kept happening!

It was pretty funny! They held hands the whole time we were walking!

When they were not holding hands there was a little tickle fest going on...

The sweetest part of the whole day was in the playground. You see Jaden is like her mommy and does not like heights. So when she climbed up on the playset she was to scared to cross the bridge. But sweet Ryan held her hand and helped her and told her she was almost to the other side! Once she crossed the first bridge it was on! She and Ryan ran all over that thing. She even went to the tip top, which made this mommy cringe!

Once we were home and she was telling Rusty about her day she told him she really loved her Ryan! So I guess Justin Beiber has been replaced!
And she is already excited because we have another playdate set up! Hopefully she is well by then because she has a fierce cough and her nose is like a faucet!

A future singing star...

Jaden LOVES to sing! She seranades me just about everyday. And her favorite song is the ABC song! I have heard it a million times. When she calls my parents she always has to sing it to them. And please do not dare mess up her song because then she will start over and do the whole thing again!
Today we went to the Firefly cafe which has pretty much become our Tuesday hangout. On Tuesday it is singing day. I have tried to coax Jaden up to the mike every week and she pretty much just hangs in the back of the room on the slide. Today I noticed that she was getting closer to the front. She even walked up front while her buddies were singing!

I kept asking her to sing but she wouldn't do it. Then I came up with a great idea! I got Audrey to make a song request, you know the ABC song! I knew my girl would feel the need to sing. After a little coaxing she did it! She was singing into that mike in front of everyone! Of course until that little punk boy came and took the mike! But don't worry she got it back and she finished her tune like I knew she could! I am thinking maybe she can do the Voice in a few years!

After her big singing debut we headed to meet daddy for lunch!

And we ended our day with a trip to get Jaden's passport pictures done! And yes I took a picture of Jaden getting her picture made! It was a must!

And now it's time for a public service announcement...

Ok I know that Jaden is going to hate me a few years from now when she looks back and sees that I posted this but it just has to be put out there! Thanks to another blogger mom I found this out so now I am passing it own to all those who have adopted children from China.
First before we get to the pictures I will say that I had always hears that people of Asian decent had different ear wax than did the rest of the population. I never thought it was true, just old wives tales you know. But I now know it is so true!
My friend posted on her blog about a Chinese ear pick. I had seen them before and thought about ordering them, not for Jaden but for myself. I will tell a little secret about myself. I like to scratch the inside of my ears! There ya go, so it was going to be for me.
So I ordered these lovely little picks and decided to just see what I got out of Jaden's ear by using them. Holy crap! Here it is...

Yes all that came out of my wonderful daughter's ears! The daughter who when I asked the doctor, I was told she had clean ears. She has never had an earache that I know of. And it is different then our ear wax. It is more flaky! Jaden actually stayed still and let me do it and just said it tickled!
So you should all run, not walk to the computer and go to Amazon and order these bad boys! Just put in Chinese ear pick. I ordered 12 for $5 but I also ordered a lighted one for $2.60 and I LOVE it! You can all thank me later!
And now to get that wonderful picture of Jaden's ear wax out of your head here is a cuter picture!

Catch up!

Well I can finally catch up on Jaden's blog. For some reason I was not able to post to the blog unless I sent it by email and then you can only add so many pics and you know I love pics. Plus I have been working on two lifebooks for some special little girls and I am glad to say I am almost done with the last one!
I am going to back it up and post all the way back to Valentines because I never got to post it. The main reason I want to post the pics is because Jaden looks so dang tall to me in the pictures! It makes me sad to see how fast she is growing up!

I don't know if it was the jeans or what but she looks so big! Funny story though, Jaden and I had gone to target the day before to get her presents. I know I suck I just threw the stuff in the basket and kept telling it is was not for her when she said she wanted it. I guess in her mind if it wasn't for her then it must be for brother Warren! So after I told her for the 10th time it was not for her she said "But mommy I know that brother Warren wants to share with me!" He may want to share with her but I don't think she wants to share with him! And yes she calls him brother Warren, I feel like we are adopting a preacher every time I hear it!
Also since I have posted Jaden has spent alot of time in her new favorite place! Time Out! She also has a new buddy who watches over her while she is in trouble!

And please disregard her mis matched clothes. Jaden has taken to dressing herself lately! Which leads to this picture...

It never fails that when Jaden dresses herself she puts her shirt on backwards, her pants on backwards and one sock upside down and one inside out. It never fails that she does it the same way. When we are going somewhere I fix it but otherwise and just let her go! Rusty says he doesn't have to worry about her being asked out on a date if she keeps dressing like this!
Other big news is that she has wanted to sleep in her room a few nights in the past two weeks. We moved the crib that was never slept in to Warren's room and a daybed into Jaden's room. She decided this was a fun idea and has slept in there 3 nights. Now Rusty was in there with her because she wanted him in there but this meant I got three nights of good sleep since 8/2/2009! I am pretty happy about it!

(ignore the pacy, that is a battle I feel like I will never win, along with potty training!)
Jaden has also decided that she is big enough to drink out of a real cup and not a sippy cup. I give into her please every now and then but I still feel better with the sippy myself!

I have also decided that even though Jaden is as cute as they come she is just not going to be able to be a model.

She loves to make these faces when I ask her to pose for a picture! Thank God for digital camera's or I would never get a good picture!
Other than that Jaden has been keeping up with her gymnastics and being pretty good since I have been spending hour after hour on the computer doing lifebooks! We did get to meet up with her buddy Sophie and go to Cosi for some fun!

And finally this week Jaden and I took a quick solo trip to the zoo because it was 50 degrees outside! It was great because the animals that were out were very active and there was hardly anyone there!

Pics from the park today!

I took Jaden to the little playground in the neighborhood today for some sunshine and to wear her out!  Enjoy the pics!