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Expect Delays

Announcement.

I have decided to go private with this blog. If you would still like to read about Jadyn please send me your email address. Don't be shy. I love hearing that people read the blog, even people I don't know very well. I would imagine that it is especially entertaining for mothers of much greater experience than me reminisce about the "new mom" days. I get people coming up to me all the time saying "I follow your blog". That's awesome. I just want to avoid bumping into some creeper I've never met saying "I follow your blog...hehe" Get my drift?

...you have one hour.

JK...you have like a week.

Day One-Hundred and Forty Seven: High Rolla!

Day One-Hundred and Forty Six: The Smile

Jadyn and I were sitting outside, enjoying the pre-fall weather. I pulled out the camera and said "Smile Jady." I have accepted the fact that I am just a little crazy when I do things like give my daughter a command because she doesn't have a clue what I am saying. Apparently I'm not though! Who woulda thought? I got this precious face.

Day One-Hundred and Forty Five: Officially Official

Today was a day of wonderful accomplishments. I had been saying for nearly 6 months that I was "Officially" graduated. When I finished my classes I thought to myself, " Ok! This must be official." When they said they would be sending me my cap and gown I thought, "Ok! Now this is really official." When I called to figure out what the deal was with no diploma in my hands and they said they would take care of it I thought "This better be official!" When I spent the day crying in the academic advising center, marching to the head of department's office, and using my cute baby as leverage to waive a mysterious one credit delinquency I was not aware of I thought, " Meh, Official is overrated."


But it happened. 

The most official of all official signs of graduating college finally came out of my mail box and snuggled in my bosom. I received my Diploma. I am a college graduate!

Also, I finished my mother-in law's Birthday Present. My dear, sweet, beautiful Mamma Harmer is one of my greatest idols. Naturally, I whooped my bum into oblivion trying to make the perfect apron (she had requested it for her present after I gave one to her Jenedy). There it is...in all it's glory.... I hope she doesn't make any sudden movements in it...It may fall apart haha.

Day One-Hundred and Forty Four: Our Baked Goods' first stop

We made enough broomstick goodies for me to bring them to mutual. We were having a Halloween party at one of the young woman's homes where we would be watching "The Corpse Bride". I was just glad I talked them out of watching "Coraline".  I thought Jadyn should be a little festive. Jace claims her shoulder buttons resembled something Michael Jackson would wear, but I see no such connection.

Day One-Hundred and Forty Three: Family Night, Bake Night

It was my turn again! I tend to get so excited when it's my turn that I try to cram all the ideas I have into one night, making it a mega long activity. This activity took about a week to complete.

My idea was for us to make some Halloween-y treats for people we wanted to get to know better or that we thought could really use a little sweet something. We were going to deliver them that night, but I have a horrible concept of time with baking. I suppose it would have been frowned upon if we showed up at people's doorsteps (people we didn't know very well, hence wanting to get to know them better) at 11:00 at night. 

They eventually got finished and delivered. As always, Jace surprised me with his enthusiasm with this activity. He particularly liked putting stickers on the boxes. It made it look like we had five year olds decorate them. Jadyn enjoyed the commotion from the Bumbo. I seriously don't know how cavewomen survived without Bumbos. But then again, they probably didn't have countertops. 

Day One-Hundred and Forty Two: High Chairs are for fun, not food

Jadyn has embraced the IDEA of food. She really likes sitting in her high chair while we all sit down to dinner. She gawks at my food and tries with all her might to convince me to put a little in her bird face. When I feed her baby food instead she always seems so disappointed. She holds her spoon and bangs it on the table, sucks on her bib, but refuses to enjoy a little bit of mush!

This is the face I get most often. 

Day One-Hundred and Forty One: Flowers from Grandpa

My dad came home tonight and handed me a bushel of carnations. He said the handful was for me because I was a wonderful mom and one of them was for Jadyn because she was a wonderful Granddaughter. There may be days that I get a little fed up with living at my parents' house as a "grown up", but today was a day I was grateful to have my dad under the same roof.

Jadyn also learned some new tricks with her feet tonight.

Day One-Hundred and Forty: Rice Cereal

My girl is just about a week shy of 5 months and finally showing some interest in what I'm putting in my mouth. The Gerber Baby face is actually quite accurate as to what a hungry, curious baby looks like. So we have been trying Rice cereal with her. This is a picture of the very first attempt. She was fascinated, but not enough to swallow much. She prefers it all over her bib. Notice how her cheeks look especially chubby? It's because she has some chipmunk instincts so instead of swallowing what I put in her mouth, she stores it in her cheeks and waits for me to turn around. She then proceeds to spit it all out. She also finds it polite to get a big bite in her mouth and then sneeze all over mommy.
It's a work in progress.

Day One-Hundred and Thirty- Nine: Jenny Jump-Up

The memories of me at this age are quite slim, but I do remember jumping in the "Jonny Jumper" in the doorway of our kitchen while my mom made dinner. Apparently they needed to make the product more gender aware, so this is a "Jenny Jump-up"...point is, this is the one thing I vowed to get for my children because I remember it was just so much fun. I thought I had died an gone to heaven when I put Jadyn in it. It was the cutest thing I have ever seen before. Her entire body fits in that little pouch. She just looks like a head with limbs. And she loves it! I do remember bouncing a bit more in mine. Hmm. Either I was fatter than her or lighter. Physics lesson anyone?

Day One-Hundred and Thirty- Eight: Big girl in a high chair

When Jadyn was just a little newborn I would imagine what it would be like for her to do "big baby" things. I was so excited for the day I had a busy little scientist in my arms that wanted to touch and taste everything. I imagined how fun it would be to see her sit up in a high chair with toys all around her. I thought of how nice it would be for her to hold her own head up so that we could just play on the ground together and I wouldn't have to prop her up and try to convince her that having a wobbly head wasn't so bad. Again, I find myself looking at her now realizing that time really does vanish. She is a grown up kind of baby now. New things are happening left and right and I haven't blogged for two months! Oh the things I probably have forgotten.

Luckily, Jadyn is still cuddly like a newborn. She still likes to take naps next to me in bed. She still thinks I am all that matters in this world even though I am so undeserving of such a title. I don't think it will ever stop being amazing having moments with your children when you find they have learned something new and it had nothing to do with you. All her milestones blow me away right now but I can only imagine it doesn't stop there.

Someday she will learn how to tie her shoes.

Someday she will go to school all on her own.

She will make friends.

She will learn how to drive a car (Ahh!)

She will learn that boys don't have cooties.

...But there will be times that she wished they did.

She will fall in love.

She will grow and learn and discover how to live and sure, I could take credit. It seems appropriate since I gave birth to her. But I really haven't done much. I just get to enjoy it.

My busy bug. 

Day One-Hundred and Thirty- Seven: More Tummy time

She's a little rolling machine. We're still working on the back to the belly roll, though. She just hates that tummy. We have discovered that one of the best motivators is to put someone she likes in front of her. She is bound to try and grab them!