Jayna is (finally) 4!

Since we decided to go camping instead of having a party for Jayna's birthday this year, I thought it would be a little more low key, but it ended up being a week long celebration instead. All her friends have already turned 4 so this has been a highly anticipated day.

Having cupcakes with Grandma & Grandpa the night before

and opening her gift from them

On her actual birthday we had breakfast with our friends the Lows in the morning

Then swimming at Servus Place in St. Albert (it has the best pool I've ever been to) before driving back home to Fort Mac

Opening presents from the family once we got home
and putting them to good use

The next week-end we were back in Edmonton again and since most of the Fitzner cousins were there we decided we would wait and have cake then

According to Jayna being 4 is SO much better than being 3 already. She has decided that she is now practically a grown up. And a big part of being a grown up is to stop sucking her thumb!! And best of all it was her idea.
2 days after Jayna's birthday she told Gibb "Daddy, I'm a big girl now that I'm 4, so I don't suck my thumb anymore and I don't need my blankie anymore either. You can throw it in the garbage." For any of you that know Jayna, this was HUGE! She had been very attached to her pink blankie since she was a baby and I thought we would have to pry it away from her if she was ever going to stop sucking her thumb. I never dreamed she would stop sucking her thumb before she was 6 or 7 and I thought it would be a battle, since she can be very stubborn. So we just went with it. We put away her blankie and she has gone to bed without it for a week now with no problems, no crying and NO thumb sucking! Wow, when this girl makes up her mind to something there's no stopping her. The only downside to this is that her naps are also gone now too, but I'll take it.