Jayne - 5 months

So she's put another month down in the books. 5 months today. Miss Jayne is so much fun, so cute, patient, interactive and did I mention cute!? I melt every time her sweet eyes meet mine and she gives me her little chubby cheeked grin.  

It is so fun to see her growing right before our eyes...but then I want to just stop time and spend every minute with my little buddy. We hang out every day together. Me and my girl. Jeez, she just melts my heart.

Jayne's 5 month stats

• Jayne can roll from her stomach to her back. She's almost got the back-to-stomach move down but not yet!
• She loves to "dance". She often is rocking herself back and forth while we hold her. People ask us if we're doing it, but its all her! We can get her to do it by saying "dancing, dancing, dancing". (in movie)
• Still sleeping like a champ. She loves her sleep so much and has become very efficient in telling us she wants to go to sleep. She'll continually rub her eyes and nuzzle into her blanket or mom's hair. She knows what she wants!
• She loves to snuggle her face right into her blanket while sleeping. We put her in bed, give her her binky and she immediately turns her head the the side and snuggles right in.
• Jayne loves to grab things...anything! She loves hands/fingers, mommy's hair, iPods, her blanket and well just about anything we're holding.
• She's a growing girl! This is bittersweet for mom and dad ;). She weighed 15.6 lbs last month at her appointment and was 25.25 in long. That keeps her in the 79% for weight and 83% for height. She's getting big!
• She is very vocal. She loves to squeal and giggle. She has a little chuckle that she'll often give us but when she really giggles it always results in hiccups. Haha. Poor girl got the hiccup gene from momma!

Here's a bit of her dancing...

Happy 5 months baby girl! We love you more than you'll ever know.

Jayne - 4 months

Our little munchkin is 4 months old today!

She's growing up so fast :( I'm happy to see her healthy and strong but I loved the newborn stage. She is very interactive now though and we have so much fun with her.

Jayne's 4 month stats

• She's sitting in her Bumbo chair like a pro. This girl has got some strong core and neck muscles. She loves to sit and watch mommy cook in the kitchen

• She loves to grab things, especially mommy's hands and her toys. She also has found hair...which sometimes is a trick to get out of her grip. When we show her her binky she grabs for it and brings it to her mouth. She knows her binky!
• Speaking of binky, she'll take the one and only newborn Soothie. Try a 3m+ Super Soothie? No thank you! :)
• She loves any type of screen and is often distracted by the TV

• Jayne is giggling! We love to make her laugh, even if we look ridiculous doing it. We're never quite sure what will make her giggle, but when she does, it melts our hearts! (hear her giggle in the video)
• She rolled over for the first time today! Phil and I were both lucky enough to be there for it and caught it on film. She's only done it twice but its a sign of things to come.
• She's become a lot more vocal these days, sometimes just making noise to let us know she's around. She makes a clicking noise when sucking her fingers and when she goes to suck anything she usually makes a breathy "haaaaaa" sound like she can't get it into her mouth quick enough. (hear her noise/sounds in the video)
• She loves watching people (and Koda) and is super alert. She'll follow them around the room with her eyes. Every time Koda is around she puts out her hands to touch him/have him lick them. She loves Koda!

And to finish off, here's a few last pictures and for the really invested, a video of her giggles, "new" voice, interacting with Koda and rolling over

Tummy Time!

(ps. we didn't put her into position to roll over-she was on her stomach and got there all on her own before the camera started rolling...gah, she's going to be rolling now!)

December 2013

January already eh? I'm not sure I'm ready to let go of the holiday season.Its so fun and exciting, especially with a new little kid around. I loved every single minute of it!

We started off December by putting up our Christmas decorations. Ok, who are we kidding? We put them up the day after Thanksgiving :) Jayne's swing was right next to the tree. She loved watching the lights while swinging.

 We've had some epic snow storms this year which has made Mr. B. really happy. (the past winters we have been in town for have been dismal) We've loved having snow outside-makes the holidays so cozy :) Koda loves the snow. He'd whine to be let outside so he could play.

It seemed like for a bit there, the snow just wasn't going to stop! We got a lot of snow over the span of a couple days.

Jayne has started to watch Koda everywhere he goes. We let him lick her hands and she really loves it. Koda even lets her grab his ears/face. He's really tolerant of his new friend!

This year I made our new favorite ornament to celebrate Jayne joining our family. Her hospital beanie is on the bottom with one of her hospital bands and the little bow she wore for her first week of life. I get sentimental just looking at this picture of it. I'm definitely a mom! :)

And of course December was filled with days spent with my little friend. I love my girl! 

 Then came Christmas. Jayne made her debut in our annual family nativity enactment as the star of the show, baby Jesus. We put her to sleep on the hay in her "manger" and she went right to sleep. :)

We opened our traditional Christmas pj's on Christmas Eve 

and then celebrated Christmas morning as a new little family. 

Merry first Christmas Jayne!

Mom's voice brings the pouts

This movie is from the beginning of October. I yawned and made a small noise (similar to what you'll hear in the movie but shorter) and Jayne didn't like it. I tried again and well, you'll see...

I can't get enough of that pouty face! Sorry Miss J, you're just too cute! :)

Jayne - 3 months

Jayne is 3 months old!!

"Who me?"

Wow, we have a 3 month old! I had a moment last week when I just looked at Jayne and couldn't believe how big she's gotten. I want to stop time and just soak up her yummy cuteness. We love Miss J and can't imagine life without her.

Jayne's 3 month stats

• She is smiles all around. She'll smile at you when you smile at her. She knows when someone is smiling at her. Jayne is one happy camper.
• We've got a routine going and its really helpful! It helps to know when she's a little fussy what she most likely wants.
• Jayne is a talker. Her vocabulary has expanded and she has a lot of different sounds now. We love interacting with her.
• Let me just tell you about this girl and sleep...she sleeps 10-11 hours at night! She loves her sleep, and we love her for it. She'll wake up around 6-7am, eat and then sleep again for a few hours. Mommy and daddy love it. We've been told to enjoy it and we are-every minute of it!
• When she's drowsy she snuggles her face into the crevice between you shoulder and neck 
• I tried to weigh her myself last week and she was around 13 1/2 lbs...so for whatever that's worth, she's still growing
• She's started grabbing at things, our hands, sometimes her binky and some toys from over her bouncer. Sometimes she moves her arms/hands around and looks at them like she's figuring out that it's her that's moving them.

Grabbed that binky and slowly pulled it out...

This girl has got some spunk. We love you Miss J. Happy 3 months!

Thanksgiving 2013

I love food Thanksgiving! I've always been in school this time of year so I've been too busy with exams, papers and class to really think about much else. This year I found myself counting down the days until I could devour some turkey, mashed potatoes and of course pie. Ha! 

Just thinking about it makes me want to go back again. MmmmMmm!

This year my mom hosted-my immediate family and my aunt & uncle's family. We had a lot of fun eating, visiting, eating, playing games, eating, entertaining Jayne and eating. :) 

Ok, ok-we really didn't eat that much but slowly but surely we made our way through all the yummy food!

 And of course it was our little minnie's first Thanksgiving. She loved it!

 

She decided to celebrate by sleeping through the whole afternoon and let mom & dad enjoy their meal. She knows how to spend a holiday...and how to melt hearts!

Twas a day well spent. Now I'm off to eat. Just thinking about Thanksgiving does that to you :)

Kaylee = 25

I am a quarter of a century old. How did that happen? I feel like just yesterday I was dancing to Backstreet Boys and Britney Spears in my pink bedroom. Ah, those were the days! Back when texting didn't exist, twerking wasn't even a word, let alone a dance move and it took 5 minutes to connect to the "world wide web". Dang, now I really feel old. 

Anyway, this year we did the usual dinner with the fam and presents with cake afterwards. I feel so spoiled. This 25th birthday of mine did not disappoint! Of course, having our little munchkin around this time made it special too :) 

Braden wraps his presents really well...

 

And Phil made me an ice cream cake (I don't really like normal cake). He's so culinary, and crafty with the chocolate syrup too. Thanks babe!

Thanks everyone for spoiling me rotten! It was great to celebrate one of my best years. On to the next!