Water Bug

water bug: n; any of a family of very large predatory aquatic bugs capable of inflicting a painful bite.

Last Friday we had a nice rain storm pass through our area. Once the storm had left, it warmed up outside and we decided to go out and play in the puddles. Jordyn saw the water and ran to it and we had a fight to get her out. As you can see by the last few pictures, she didn't want to leave. This girl is quite the water bug. If she sees water, she wants to play in it. She'll play in the sprinklers when we're watering the lawn and she knows exactly where the dogs water bowl is at Grandma Wilson's house. She goes swimming almost daily (the only time she doesn't is if it's storming outside). When it's bathtime she crawls up the stairs as fast as her chubby legs will let her and then she pushes the drain back down when you try to get her out. What can I say... she's our little water bug.

Things that Make Me Smile

It is so much fun to watch Jordyn as her little personality is starting to shine. I am discovering that I have a very silly little girl. Here are a few of the silly things she does...

She will eat anything that you give her (including the steak bone Erik handed her last Sunday) She likes to stand on the seat of her rocking chair, hold on to the back of it and rock back and forth She thinks that she's pretty cool because she can hold her bottle with one hand She knows how to wiggle her way out of any lap belt (ie high chair, shopping cart, etc.) She will dump her food off the plate and eat it off the high chair/ floor (yes, we occasionally set her on the floor to eat, see item above for reasons why) She'll wave at all the planes that fly over our house (which is a TON because we live under the flight path for all planes landing at the Bush Intercontinental Airport) Lately, when she's on a bed, or see's pillows on the floor, she'll stand up and fall flat onto them, over and over again And my favorite, is now that she's walking a little, she'll stand up and make sure you're watching and then she'll walk a few feet to a near by object and then turn and look at you with a very proud look on her face.

First Hair Cut

Last week Erik and I decided that Jordyn needed a hair cut. Her hair was growing in an odd pattern (it was getting long on the sides, but was still very short in the back). We decided to even things out so it looked a little better, and maybe it'll grow in a little thicker and a little more even. Here's how things went...

Needless to say, it wasn't as even as we would have liked, but it does look better than before the haircut. Here's proof that we were able to trim a little off the sides and top.

9 Months 1 Week

So, I'm a little behind on doing Jordyn's 9 month post, and I really don't have any excuse other than, I've been busy enjoying my time with my little one. Jordyn is growing by leaps and bounds, and she's had an exciting month. On the down side, she's had two ear infections, and she's teething again (her top teeth are wanting to come in, and she is grumpy when she's teething). However, on the up side, she waves bye-bye (but only to people she knows, she gets shy around strangers), she claps her hands, she can stand on her own, and tonight, she took her first steps. Jordyn's loves to play with balls,my canning lids, measuring cups and spoons, and anything she can take off a shelf (she loves to pull all the DVDs off their shelves). She also enjoys climbing up the stairs (though she hasn't quite figured out how to get down yet.) Jordyn has made friends with the two boys who live across the street. They're a bit older (3 & 4), but none of them seem to care. Jordyn likes having friends that are her size, and the boys love to help Jordyn "walk." Jordyn loves to swim, and loves having her icees. Her favorite foods are hot dogs, mandarin oranges, corn-on-the-cob and soda crackers. To wash this all down, she enjoys ice water and watered down kool-aid.

Overview of the Month of May

Since we were without the internet for most of the month of May, I wasn't able to write about all of our adventures (not that I had a lot of time to post anyway). Instead of writing posts about everything we did, I'm just going to do a quick over view.

We experienced the goodness of pudding cups shared with Daddy, we discovered the joys of playing in the cupboards, We found that food tastes much better when we feed ourselves (our faces, our highchair, and the floor), We went to the moon and back (well, to the space center anyway), we've enjoyed the vastness of our playroom, we've put miles (okay, maybe feet) on our shoes while learning to walk behind Mr. Lion and we've beat the heat by swimming in our pool and enjoying popcicles in our rocking chair on the front porch.

New House

This post is mainly for my Mom who has yet to see our new house. Our house is two stories, it is aproximately 2600 square feet, has 4 bedrooms and 2.5 baths. It sits on a corner lot, and has a pretty good sized yard, especially since Erik moved the fence (you can see the posts from the old fence in the background).

Here is a sketch of the layout of our house, and following are pictures of each of the rooms (except the bathrooms and closets, I didn't think anyone really needed pictures of those, however, if you really want to see what the hall closet looks like leave me a note and I'll send you a picture.)

Study/Library

Diningroom (sorry for the mess, we're in the process of going through our clothes)

Hallway looking into the livingroom/kitchen area

Kitchen

Living room

Master Bedroom (Erik painted the walls the first weekend we were in the house, don't they look great!)

Playroom

Jordyn's bedroom

Guest bedroom

Office/Craftroom/Exercise room

Mother's Day

This year I was able to celebrate being a mom. I got to celebrate the joys of having experiences like this... as well as ones like this... and everything in between. This mother's day was also special for reasons other than being a new mom. Erik got me the best gift that money could buy (in my opinion anyway). On Friday, May 9th, we signed the papers on our house and by Saturday night we were living there (we were roughing it since nothing was unpacked, but we were still living there). I am very grateful for my little family, and look forward to many more Mother's Days.