Day One-Hundred and Ten: Apron!

I have been in quite the crafty mood lately. My dear friend Chantel and her husband were moving out of the ward after a very long wait for a house. We were Young Women advisors together. I decided to make an apron for her gift from the presidency. Jadyn patiently bounced in her bouncer while I sewed. At times, she got a little restless, so I would rock her bouncer with one foot while I pushed on the sewing machine pedal with the other. A couple times I forgot which foot was on which so I would stop bouncing and keep sewing when it should have been the other way around.

Day One-Hundred and Nine: Pool Day!...sorta

We were all geared up to go to the pool while Daddy was at work!

It ended up being too cold for Jadyn's liking. 

Day One Hundred and Four- One Hundred and Eight: Anniversary Weekend Extravaganza!

Melissa, Mom and Dad left on Thursday to spend a week in Utah before sending Moose off to school. Since Jace and I had the house to ourselves, we decided to start celebrating early.

On thursday, I filled the fridge with drinks of all kinds, treats galore, and made a yummy dinner. 

Jace came home with no surprise. It was one of those times I expected when I shouldn't have. Long story short, he made a relaxing bath for me to soak in while he ran to the store to get flowers and movies. All was forgiven. 

On Friday, I made him a lunch filled with love. Everything was cut into the shape of a heart. Carrot slices, a roast beef sandwich, and cranberry muffins. The carrots took a LONG time. But every individual heart shaped carrot was made with love. Jace showed it off to his class. He came home with a surprise present: Toms! Saturday we went shopping and got him Toms too...and a couple other things. The Stake carnival was also on Saturday, so we made our way over there to help with the young men and young women at their booths and to get some dinner. 

On Sunday, I was in charge of planning out the day. We had a picnic in the park for lunch. We had to run to a couple meetings after that, so things were a little off schedule (terrible, I know) so we had to push "gaze into eachother's eyes" back a bit. We made dinner together, star gazed, and finished the night with a movie. I also gave him the present I had been working on for about a month. It was a very fancy card/photo album. Each page had one of the pictures we took a very long time ago when we tried to be creative with our wedding thank you cards. Didn't work out, but it made for a nice card! And the grand finale was a song I had written him. Can I take a moment and be mushy? Jace is the best person I know. And he has always been so romantic. I he wooed me with songs. His first one was his way of telling me he loved me. He sang that same song for me when he proposed, along with half a dozen other ones he wrote me while on his mission. He may not be the best at telling me what is going on in his head, but he can always sing what's in his heart. And I never could reciprocate quite as well. I have played the piano and sang for ages, but I never composed. I worked really hard on this song. I wanted him to feel what I felt when he wrote all those beautiful songs for me. His songs have so many stories. One of first love, of missing me, of wishing we hadn't fought that night, of looking to the future. Here are the words to mine:

I never wrote you a love song;

Nothing just me and the keys. 

How could there be, 

No melody?

When I love you so much

So here goes. 

I'll take my chances. 

I'll be the one this time, 

To do the Serenading. 

It may not flow

Quite as I'd like. 

But at least you'll know

That I'm desperately, deeply so very completely

In love with you. 

Life is not quite as we planned;

And we're growing up too fast. 

Our dreams sometimes seem

So far away

But if we give up now,

We can never say we tried. 

So here goes...(repeat chorus)

Monday was our actual Anniversary, so we went to dinner and a movie. I ended our week with so much love I could barely handle it! It has been a beautiful two years. I look forward to a hundred more!

Day One Hundred and Three: Wazzup!

This girl's got style. 

Day One Hundred and two: Mommy rule #1

ALWAYS bring a onesie when you go out with baby. I have learned. We were at the dollar store, picking out things for Melissa to take to college, when I heard an eruption coming from the little specimen in the car seat. We went into the bathroom to view the damage. It was a doozy. Onesie number one didn't make it. Good thing I know Rule #1! I was lucky this time. Other instances have not panned out so beautifully. Once at church she shot right on to my skirt! Another time she smelled like spit up all day because I had nothing to change her into. Yet another time she had to hang out in a poopy diaper for quite an extended period of time because I had forgotten Rule #2: ALWAYS bring way more wipes than you think you will need. I should write a book.

Day One Hundred and One: Physique

My baby has a beautiful, plump body and I can't help but show it off. I was in the middle of changing her clothes when Melissa came in and started playing with her on the bed so I seized the opportunity.

Day One Hundred!: Wow

One hundred days have gone by. How amazing! It doesn't take long to feel like you've been a mother your whole life. After 100 days of Jadyn I feel like I really can handle anything. She makes me feel so confident. Every little thing she does makes me proud. There are a million interpretations for the name "Jadyn" but I stick with these: "God has heard" and "God has healed you". She was an answer to prayer. Even before I saw her face, I knew she was special. She changed me all through my pregnancy. Now, in just four short months of life on earth, this little being has healed, humbled and transformed my heart. She is a gift, that's for sure.

These are some of the newborn pictures cousin Elizabeth took for us. It's so surreal to look back and see how much she has grown!

And here is from actual day 100. Moose was leaving for school in a couple of days, so she held Jadyn as much as she possibly could. 

Day Ninety-Nine: Gettin back into the swing of things

It had been a week since we did our daily routine of Baby Einstein, breakfast, scriptures, then a nap in the morning. Jadyn certainly missed her Einstein...or completely forgot about it...whatever the case, she was extremely excited to see it again.

Day Ninety-Eight: 16th Street Mall

The day after we got back, Jace had to go back to school. We were a bit tired from the traveling, so Jace ditched his first class. Since he would only be downtown for a few hours, I decided to take him and have an adventure with Jadyn. We went to the 16th Street Mall! It was so fun to walk around. I forgot to bring the stroller, so we had to go the baby carrier route. My back was hurting so bad by the end of the day. But oh the things we saw....

Day Ninety-Two to Ninety-Seven: Arizona

We had a wonderful visit with the Harmer clan.  A movie is in the process, but for the meantime, here are some pictures to hold the grandparents over.