At the end of November we geared up for our Thanksgiving trip to Denver. Jadyn had a little cold, but was an angel on the plane, just as she was back in May for her very first plane trip. She had her eyes wide open for all the new sights and sounds: the shuttle bus ride from the parking lot to the airport, airport security lines (she even took a shoe off for the x-tay machine), the train between terminals, and the airplane cabin. She played peek-a-boo with the passengers in the row behind us, and she flirted with the woman in the window seat in our row. She went back and forth between Mommy and Daddy's lap for the first 1+ hour, and then slept the rest of the way to Denver. Once we arrived at Joe and Deva's house, she fought sleep for another couple of hours until she finally succumbed to exhaustion.
Unfortunately, Thanksgiving Day brought a 24-hour flu bug to quite a few of us. Jeff and Jenny got hit, but Jadyn thankfully avoided the GI troubles. Her cold did get worse, though, and a fever kicked in, and then she started waking a lot at night. Even though she was sick, she was still active, social, and engaged much of the waking day. She loved climbing up the stairs in Joe and Deva's home. We were surprised she took to the stairs so quickly, because she doesn't have access to any in our house. It took only a couple of tries before she learned to back down them as well -- Daddy coached her well. Because we were all under the weather, we didn't take as many photos as we would have liked to. All we can post here is a shot of Jadyn riding Maxine and Enzo's rocking horse. Thanks to Joe, Deva, Maxine, and Enzo for a wonderful visit in spite of it all!
The return flight was almost as smooth; Jadyn was not feeling well, but she wasn't very fussy. We were looking forward to getting her settled into her regular routine at home and hoped she'd return to her usual sleeping pattern (soundly, through the night), but we were not so lucky. Her fever continued long enough that we made another visit to the pediatrician to find she had ear infections in both ears. At the same visit, we discovered that her 7th tooth had emerged. !!! How she was so well-behaved on the plane while teething with ear infections is an eternal mystery. We continue to be amazed by her resilience! Unfortunately, we also continue to be amazed at her nights with multiple wakings -- they are still happening. Through all of these disruptions, Jenny got her cold, and everyone in the house is tired and has shorter tempers than usual. We know this is a phase, but it's a rough one to ride out.
The photos below have been taken around the house and neighborhood over the past month. She is a very busy girl and very interested in pretty much everything. She LOVES the trackball on Mom's cell phone. She's not officially walking yet, but she cruises using furniture and walks pushing a stool around on the wood floors. She's been drinking water from a sippy cup and eating o's like a champ. We've tried a few other new foods with Jadyn -- salmon, chicken, bananas, bits of Mommy's scone while hanging at the coffee shop. She even chose to taste Cosmo's food the other day (that didn't go over very well with anyone). And she has discovered Mommy and Daddy's Sonicare toothbrushes. She's good at mimicking what she sees us do with them!
Our next posting is likely to include Christmas photos from our trip back East. Stay tuned!
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