Happy 2009!

Here we are in a new year... already! I can't believe that Jaydan will turn 1 in just a couple months. It's CRAZY how time flies.

So the holiday season was a mess around here - literally a white, wet, icy, transportation nightmare. We were basically snowed in at my parents for a couple weeks. Karly and Carlos made it in just in time. Once they were here, the airports and the roads were too bad to deal with. Christmas was quiet - we weren't able to get out of my parents' neighborhood to get to Dirk's parents as usual so they ventured here. It was nice to be able to see them on Christmas day. We were able to make it to Federal Way for the annual Boxing Day celebration - it's always a good time. We then spent the night at Dirk's parents and then spent the following Saturday at Doug and Amy's for a belated Christmas celebration. All in all, the holiday went well and we were fortunate enough to spend all the time with family.

New Year's came quickly - snow still on the ground - and we spent the evening with the Malmbergs. Jaydan and Ava happily hugged and kissed all night long and were good to play nicely with one another. We're keeping our fingers crossed that we can keep them good friends... it should be for their benefit, but I think it's more for the parents. ;)

Anyway, we're looking forward to the new year. It's time for a fresh start and we're ready to keep moving forward. Happy 2009 and we wish all of our loved ones the very best!!

Cabo

In November we were fortunate enough to vacation in Cabo. We had a GREAT time! My parents, Karly and Carlos, cousins from Utah - Kathy, Chad and Brittani, and Braedon all came to enjoy the sun.

Jaydan had his first pool experience and he LOVED it. He was very tentative of the water at first, but after a few minutes he was hooked. He stayed mostly at the wall of the pool but sometimes ventured out into the 1' deep to play.

Halloween 2008

Jaydan the dalmation puppy! :) Seriously, he was the cutest dog EVER thanks to aunt Karly and uncle Carlos' shopping expertise.

We didn't do a whole lot since he's so young. Early in the week we went to Remlinger Farms to take these pictures. On Halloween we went to a party at the Malmbergs. It was fun and Jaydan was a trooper with the whole costume thing.

I know I'm super late... yay for baths to start fresh!

So I let all of Fall pass by without any updates. Oh well, I suppose being a mom can excuse me? ;) What has happened since September...?

Jaydan is 10 months old today!! He is growing SO fast and so big - almost 20 pounds now and is about 29" tall. Crazy kid is into EVERYTHING - he walks with push toys, baskets, boxes, whatever he can get a hold of. He can crawl super fast too so it makes it tough to beat him to the things he's not supposed to get into. He is learning to play ball - he sits and "throws" and pushes the ball back and forth. He is also learning to feed himself - I know, he's a little delayed on the self-feeding. ;)

I'll write up some separate posts regarding other things that have happened over the past few months.

Time...

Wow... hopefully no one is paying too close attention to this blog because they would see how little attention I've been paying it lately.

SO much has happened over all this time. Jaydan started scooting at 6 months and officially crawling at 7. During the same week that he began crawling, we began finding him standing in his crib when he awoke each morning. Now he climbs to a stand at the sofa's edge all the time. Crazy kid!

Perhaps the most adorable thing that he does now is give kisses. He started doing that around 6 1/2 months - he opens his mouth and leans in to give you a slobbery smooch. Everyone who has been able to experience it loves it!

Regarding us: Dirk is planning on having some surgery after our trip to Mexico in November. We're hoping that his recovery will be quick and as painless as can be. From what we understand, he'll be laid up for nearly 3 weeks. I know that he's not looking forward to the experience, but we both know that it's for the best in the long run. He'll definitely be happier once he isn't in so much pain.

Other than Dirk's impending surgery, our first family vacation to Mexico and Jaydan's progress, nothing really new and exciting with us! We go through our day to day and week to week just like everyone else. We're happy and that's really the most important thing.

Toesies and Cereal

On top of the rolling over, Jaydan has now discovered his toes! He loves to play with his feet and roll around on the floor. It's so cute to watch him try to get his toes in his mouth!

Last Friday night Jaydan had his first taste of rice cereal! He LOVED it!! In fact, he loved it so much that he began reaching for the spoon to get it to his mouth faster! So much fun!! He's also had small licks of watermelon, orange popsicles and whipped cream... all the good sweet stuff... oops! ;)

Rollin' Rollin' Rollin'

Wow... so a lot has happened since my last post.

We went on vacation to Sun Cove on June 28 for the week. It was H-O-T... about 110 every day!! Jaydan and I stayed indoors with the air conditioning most of the time, though we DEFINITELY enjoyed the evening warmth each night. We stayed at the cabin through the 4th of July for the fireworks. It was really nice and Jaydan did really well - the noise didn't seem to affect him at all actually.

During our stay Jaydan learned how to roll over (finally)!! Now, he's rolling around like crazy and can't seem to lay still for more than 1 minute at a time. This has turned diaper changes into a race against time, free peeing fountains AND rolling over. It's okay though - has been so fun to watch him learn new things!!

We also have new tuxedo pictures that I'll get posted ASAP. For now, I have to get him ready for bed... the late night fussing begins! ;)

BIG boy!

Jaydan had his 4 month checkup on Thursday. We discovered that he is now in the 75th percentile in both height and weight!! He is our BIG boy at 16 lbs. and 26.5" long!! Jaydan is developing exactly as he should be - he is holding his head up great, ready to roll over any day and is extremely social. Unfortunately, amongst all the good news with the doc, he had to get 4 more immunizations. I felt so bad!! He was all smiles for the nurse as she was playing with him and as soon as she poked him with the first needle he got this shocked look on his face and started crying! It's so hard to watch your baby feel pain and not be able to do ANYTHING about it! So, we just cuddled and laid around lazy the rest of the day.

Now that summer is here and we FINALLY had a nice day yesterday, Jaydan got to sit out and enjoy some sun at Grandma and Grandpa Ob's house. We think he enjoyed it... and starting next weekend we'll be in Sun Cove enjoying more!! It'll be fun to see what he does for his first fireworks show... or it'll scare him. We'll see!

The Thumb

Jaydan has found his thumb! He still doesn't get it every time and therefore still tries to fit his entire fist in his mouth, but he has found it nonetheless. He has been so great lately - entertaining himself for short bouts and taking some naps throughout the day. He has been so happy and smiley and LOVES laughing!

CRANKY pants!

Been awhile since I posted but not a whole lot has been happening... nothing new anyway.

Jaydan is a major cranky pants today! He has been crying ALL day and I can't figure out what's wrong with him. We're trying to get through our normal day-to-day things but he's so fussy that we're definitely having a rough time.

One thing that's been on the schedule forever is a trip to Verizon... I've been trying to get my phone changed for almost a month - Karly sent me her old one when her new boss told her that he'd pay for her. Of course, now Dirk and I "qualify" for "free" phones so we'll see what happens there.

So, looks like we're staying in for the rest of the day and Jaydan will continue to cry... hopefully he'll be happier for Mother's Day weekend.