A Busy Weekend

Jadyn worked hard this weekend pulling herself to standing, then letting herself back down on her knees, and then standing again, and then resting on her knees, and.... She also began crawling -- really crawling, not scooting -- for a few paces at a time. We have noticed she crawls on surfaces where scooting is more difficult, such as on a rug where there is more friction on her belly. Then, once she gets on the wood or tile floor, it's back down onto her belly, scooting as she has been for the past 2+ months.

Here are some photos from our weekly coffee shop visit, hanging out at home, and a short video of Jadyn being her usual BUSY self. Enjoy!

Tooth Factory

Since our last post, Jadyn's cold got worse before it got better. After tugging on her ears one night and again the next morning, we took her to the doctor, and she was diagnosed with a mild ear infection. She's about half-way through her antibiotics, and she's not tugging on her ears anymore. Yay! Plus her cold is almost gone now, having run its course. (Notably, her new playmates at daycare have lost their runny noses as well.) In the peak of her cold, she was waking some at night, and we thought she was just having trouble breathing. But NO! It turns out Jadyn is a little tooth factory. !!! She's getting three top teeth right now; one broke through last Friday, one broke through today, and a third is close behind. As if a cold, an ear infection, and new teeth aren't enough.... She is now pulling herself to standing with all sorts of objects -- tables, chairs, stereo equipment, the legs of a parent -- and then spending quite a bit of time in that standing position, bouncing a little and exclaiming with glee. She can also climb up on to the couch on her own. She's a complete joy, and her parents are barely one step ahead of her these days....



The bonus to having an unexpected doctor visit is that we got a weight update a little early. She was over 15 pounds! They weighed her fully clothed, though, so we aren't exactly sure how much she gained since her 6-mo check up. It's somewhere between 1.5 and 2 pounds over the last two months. We think her healthy appetite for solid food is really helping her grow, even though she is insanely active.

Jadyn is still attending yoga classes with Jenny once a week. Now that she is mobile, she can keep herself busy while the yogis are practicing, as you can see below.



When we get a chance to capture the new teeth in a photo, we'll post it here!

8 month posting....

So Jadyn turns 8 months in about 48 hours, and she amazes us every week with more changes and developments. At the end of her second full day at BC's daycare, Jenny entered the infant room to see Jadyn standing on her own two feet, having pulled herself upright by using the bars of a crib. Now she does that at home as well.... She also got her first real cold this week, and then promptly gave it to Daddy. Isn't that sweet? Jadyn weathered the bug in stride, sleeping pretty well at night and not being too crabby. She is now eating solids about 3 times a day, hasn't rejected a single food we've introduced her to, and seems to be growing like a weed. Our next appointment with the pediatrician is for her 9-month check-up, so we have another month to keep guessing about her weight.

Below you'll see Jadyn snoozing in her backpack on the way back from this morning's trek to our favorite coffeeshop, as well as hanging with some of her relatives at the Burgermaster. Uncle Harvey, Jenny's great uncle, will turn 103 tomorrow, and so Jenny and Jadyn spent some time with him this afternoon to say 'happy birthday' and enjoy the company of family.

Busy Busy Jadyn

Jadyn is a busy little girl who keeps her parents very busy these days -- her scooting (army-crawl, with belly in full contact with the floor) has become more of an inchworm-crawl (butt high in the air while belly comes off the floor briefly) and she can get pretty much wherever she's interested in going much faster than her parents would like. She has up-ended the cats' water dish all over herself twice already, and she naively tries to roll off the bed and changing table most times she's on them. Her sitting muscles have matured so that we feel we can safely strap her into the stroller for walks (rather than strapping her into her car seat and then to the stroller). In the past week she has regularly pulled herself up on to her knees using a stationary object (see photos below) and we've transitioned her from her first daycare set up to the child care center on Jenny's campus. She is taking all these changes in stride. We can't believe we've been blessed with such an angelic child! Also below you'll find photos of Jadyn at her second Mariners game ever, the last one of this season. It was bright and sunny but the wind was chilly, and we got to enjoy a nice win against the Rangers. Go M's!