Spring has sprung!

With more daylight hours, we're finding little J waking a little earlier in the morning, and we have also begun to realize that she is much more fun to be with if she gets to spend more time outside. So spring has definitely sprung, and she's learning the names of spring flowers like daffodils and tulips. She is also able to identify several different kinds of birds we see around the neighborhood.

Jadyn has tired of her puzzles (they are now pretty easy for her -- we need to get some new ones) and has taken to climbing. At the end of March, after climbing out of her crib 3 nights in a row, we took off a side and she is now in what we call a big girl bed. She hasn't fallen out too often, and there are a few mornings where she played contently in her room for a bit after waking while Mommy and Daddy dozed through the din. Nice! Here is Jadyn enjoying her big girl bed the first evening she could climb into it by herself.

She often falls asleep with books nearby. This night, we left the room with her reading this book, and it appears she got tired and just dropped it.

(One night we checked on her found she had fallen asleep with a book open across her face -- !!! -- but were unable to capture it before she stirred, and the image was forever lost. We'll keep trying!)

Here she is climbing on a ladder. Who knew she was particularly adept at climbing ladders? We had to pull back hard to keep her from going up any further, as she had every intention to ascend to the very top, fearlessly!


Jadyn is also intrigued by new experiences around the house. A cracked fastener required we install a new toilet seat, and she was ready to pitch in immediately.



Drawing with pens and pencils is another favorite activity. She makes pretty good circles now as well as designs with broad sweeping strokes; then she also concentrates to make smaller, controlled scrawls and declares, "This is Jadyn's name!" Do you agree from these photos that she is probably right-handed?




Huge theme over the past couple of months: "I do it all myself!" She prefers to dress herself (when she is good and ready, mind you!) with clothes she chooses herself. We have plenty of evidence of her unique sense of style.


Most days, she is cute most of the time. The occasional age-appropriate tantrum is easier to overlook when she smiles like this!


With family coming to visit next week, there will be more photos posted again soon. Stay tuned!