New Picture

I went to the doctors on Wednesday for my normal check-up and to get an ultrasound video of the baby made. We decided to do some 3-D pictures as well. This one was just too cute...she looks a lot like Jordyn with those little lips and button nose!

Funny Story

This was too cute of a story not to share. The other day I was making dinner and Jordyn always loves to get in the kitchen and "help". Pulling things out of the refrigerator is one of her most favorite things to do so a lot of times I let her. We were having cantaloupe for dinner and we had half of the melon wrapped in plastic wrap in the fridge. I gave that to her to hold so she could feel like she was helping. She brought it into the play room and began to roll it around and just play. I was happy to have her out from under my feet so I let her continue to play with it, checking on her every few minutes. After a while I realized it was just too quite and went in to look on her. Of course, at the same time, Wayne walked in from work and looked at me and Jordyn like we were crazy. That's because she had pulled off the plastic wrap and was sitting in the middle of the floor eating the cantaloupe, rind and all. Of course, she was then spitting out the rind all over the floor to get to the good insides. It was very cute and I couldn't help but take some pictures. She loves cantaloupe!

The Mommy of a 1 Year Old

I can't believe it's here but Jordyn is 1 year old! It seems so hard to imagine that we've only known her one year...it seems I've been her mom forever. She has grown up tremendously and is nothing like the person she was a year ago. Wayne and I look back at the pictures and just laugh saying "that doesn't even look like her, can you remember when she was that little?" Time flies by so fast. Oddly enough, as her b-day was approaching I wasn't quite as excited as I thought I would be. Wayne will testify to the fact that I had a few meltdowns (maybe due to the pregnancy, maybe not). I know those of you with children my age will just laugh at me and say "just wait", but she has grown up way to fast! I know she's only 1 but already I want to turn back the clock and have her be my little cuddle-bug again, to sleep in bed with us at night and be a lot less independent. While I know this is such a small step compared to what's coming I am not ready for her to grow up...I wan't her to be my baby forever. Already she is our big girl. We tell her that mommy has a baby and it isn't her, she's the big sister now. But despite the thoughts of sadness and longing to what things were I am so looking forward to what is to come this next year. She is changing every day and I can't even begin to imagine what she will be like on her second birthday, or how crazy I will be going by then. I'm the mommy of a 1 year old....how crazy.

Happy Birthday Jordyn!

Jordyn is 1!! I can't believe it. We went to the doctors the day after her birthday and in the last 3 months she hasn't even gained a pound! Man has she slowed down a lot but she's still growing taller...2 inches taller. The doctor said she looks great and is doing everything she should be. We also got to turn her carseat around so now she can see out the front window and she loves it. Now, I know everyone wants to here about her party so here it is.

My mom and Wayne's mom were able to come for the party which was a lot of fun. They both slept over, my mom 4 nights and wayne's mom just 1. It was a lot of fun though and Jordyn loved having so much attention. On Sunday we had her party at the park right down the street. We rented a pavilion and invited friends from school, work and our small group. There was a playground right next to the pavilion that was great for all the kids to play on. Jordyn had a great time. She spent some time on the swings at the play ground but most of her time was spent playing with all different people at the party. A few of the girls from our small group just love her and latched onto her throughout the day, giving her lots of distraction and fun.

The party had a duck theme, since Jordyn loves ducks. She can say both "duck" and "quack" and has a lot of books, stuffed animals and toys involving ducks. The picture above shows some of the things that brought the theme together. There were duck cups (yes, my mom and I cut, glued and drew on every one!), there were rubber ducks floating as center pieces on all of the tables. There were duck chocolates and duck cakes as well as table clothes with duck footprints through the middle (I didn't get a picture of that). Presents was a lot of fun too. Though Jordyn was tired she enjoyed opening everything and wanted to pull things out and play. She would've been happy with just one and was annoyed we kept taking them away to open more but she did enjoy it a lot. We put the presents in a closet and are taking one out every day or so to keep the toys special, and thats been great.

Finally, the cake. Everyone always wants to know how that goes. She did great and ate it just as messy as you would hope a child does on their first b-day. While the first bite was tentative and had to be fed to her by mommy, after that it was full of fun. The cake was choclate with a layer of chocolate pudding in the middle and vanilla frosting dyed blue. All that put together is a great cake for a mess! And it was. But instead of telling you all about it I thought I would post a video to show you...enjoy!

It's a Girl!

Well, if you haven't already heard, we are having another girl! I am very excited that Jordyn will have a sister and hope that as they grow up they will be very close. Wayne was hoping for a boy but don't worry everyone...God-willing there will be more babies in our future. He is happy too though and loves being the man of the house to his girls. She doesn't have a name yet but even when she does that will be kept a secret until she's born. We are thrilled to be able to talk about "our baby" as a "she" and we will definitely keep you posted on more news about her and Jordyn as well.

A Video Update

Here's the video I promised filled with fun insight into the big girl Jordyn is becoming. Hope you enjoy it.

Sorry...

It has been absolutely forever since I last posted on the blog and I know a lot of you have been sending me messages asking me to update. I promise I'm not getting lazy or just getting over the excitement of Jordyn, the reason is that we moved and it just took about three weeks to get Internet in our new house. That's right, I just said it. Wayne and I are proud home owners and loving it all, even the bills! We had wanted something bigger when we found out about the new baby and this is a great 3 bedroom 1700 sq ft town home. We will definitely be posting pictures soon. Now on to the more important stuff.Our new baby is growing wildly although oddly enough, I'm not. When I was pregnant with Jordyn I had already gained about 10 pounds by my 20th week but with this baby I haven't gained even one. My belly still continues to grow though and Jordyn steps on it more and more as it gets bigger and in her way. The crazy thing is that this baby is even more active than Jordyn was so Wayne and I might really be in for it. At 20 weeks this baby is already constantly kicking and making me uncomfortable, something Jordyn wasn't even doing this early on. We don't know what we're having yet, our appointment is set for July 28th and we will let all of know as soon as we do. Just keep praying for a healthy pregnancy!Now, news about our big girl! You might say that she's only 10.5 mos but she is definitely a big girl! There really is just too much to post about her. She is now eating almost all adult food, chopped up really small of course. At lunch and every once in a while at another meal we can sneak baby food into her but most of the time she refuses it. She hold her lips shut really tight and covers her mouth until we give her some big girl food. It's unbelievable how much of a stubborn will she already has. She is full of energy that often gets her into trouble but the great thing is she is really learning how to obey as well. Many times just a stern look and a "no" will send her on to something else although sometimes it takes a few hand smacks to encourage her to do the right thing. She is talking up a storm and actually says quite a few recognizable words. Of course she says "Mama" and "Daddy" but she also likes to say "uh-oh" and her favorite one right now is "ow." She will throw her stuffed animal across the room and then say "ow" as if she was the one that was just thrown. Also, if you show her a duck she will begin to quack and if she sees a puppy she'll start barking. Those are the only two animal sounds she knows right now but she's very good at them. We've been giving her a lot of new experiences lately as well. On July 5th she got to go play at the park on the slides and swings and swim in the big pool. She loved it and much to my thrill (sarcasm) she really enjoys holding her breathe and putting her face in the water. We've have also been out walking and exploring almost every day since moving into our new house.Finally, the craziest thing is that she is walking. We kept saying she was going to walk by the time she was 9 mos and though she took a few steps at the end of that month she has really blossomed in her 10th month. She can walk an average of 15 steps without even wobbling and sometimes she can even run a little. She loves to put her shoes on and walk down the sidewalk to go get the mail. It is just unbelievable how well she has picked it up. One day it was two steps at a time and week later she's just walking like crazy. We will definitely put video up of that soon. So hopefully I have got you all up to date and I will try to get back on track for posting video and pictures but look for a video in the next few days!