It's hard to believe, but Jada is 3 years old already! Here are some great pictures from her birthday!
We all know that Jada LOVES to go and eat Pho (a Vietnamese noodle soup). She can eat an adult sized bowl, and she often tries to eat from other people's bowls when she has finished her own.
Getting ready to eat...
Eating her favorite food! It's also a tradition to eat long noodles on your birthday to celebrate a "long life"!
And, it's GONE!
The night before her birthday - Jada is still 2 in this picture!
Taking her final 2 year old picture with Grover!
And let the birthday fiesta begin! Here is Aunt Marie, and 1-year old Nina and Jorge
Lolo with Baby Evan
Lola with Baby Evan (he's much more awake these days, and Jada likes to call him "Mr. Big Eyes!")
Throwin' out the 3 sign! Jada getting ready to blow out the candle on her cake.
Gavin - full after a delicious meal (that I cooked!)
Tita Grace with Evan (left) and Kainoa (KY-NOH-uh)
Jada with her birthday present from Tita....yes, it's a potato. Jada has named it "Dolly Doll". She carried it around with her all night and kept whispering to it, "I love you, Dolly Doll. I will always take care of you."
Baby Nina!
Mia and Lil' eating cake
It's been a fun filled year with Jada! Let's see -- some highlights and memories from this year?
- Jada learned to use the potty
- When we went to stay at a hotel, Jada loved going to the "hot pool" (aka hot tub)
- We've often referred to her as "sassy" because she always has a witty one-liner to give you when you talk to her.
- Jada is definitely a social and confident kid - if you put her in a room with people, she's often off-and-running and making friends
- She loves to eat in restaurants, and often asks people to take her to Pho, the 99 (where she orders a hot dog and mac/cheese), Friendlies, or Taco Bell - which she swears Tita Mari has taken her.
- On dates with Gavin and Uncle JP, Target is their favorite place to go. Although, Uncle JP has also added "Chuck E. Cheese" (which Jada calls "Chuck E. New Year")
- When Jada is mad, she'll turn to the first person she sees and begins yelling at them. Most recently, Jorge was the target of Jada's anger where she kept screaming, "I do NOT love you, Daddy" ... even though Jorge was about 15 feet away from her and had no idea what was wrong.
- "I am NOT cute" is her favorite reason to get mad at you.
- She loves to dance and do dance routines.
- Sometime half way through the year, the older girls finally let Jada play with them, and now she is fully immersed in the doll games the girls play.
- Her favorite things are The Cheetah Girls (she is Chanel and likes to wear her hair down), High School Musical (she says "Sharpay is NOT nice because she is popular"), and Dora
- We call her the iPod addict because it's the first thing she asks for when she wakes up
- She just loves to give hugs -- Jada is the best hugger ever, and when you're feeling down, she knows just how to cheer you up.
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