Breakfast On Pluto

Our first week is nearly over. Jordan's been a real champion, they all love her over at the baby house. She almost never cries, she plays games, has sung for them, impressed them with her standing skills and incredibly strong neck, and has (SHOCK) taken to drinking three bottles a day with no problem! I still feed her once before I drop her off and during my lunch break. Now that I have a better idea of how much she eats, its no wonder she's a chunk! I've been doing my best to stay focused at work and to not keep popping in. The first day I think I went over there 4 times, but the last few days I only go over to feed her.

First 4th of July!

Can't believe she is going to be three months tomorrow! And she is 13 weeks today. You don't realize how fast time goes really until you have a kid.


Even though I've been trumpeting on about living in the moment and trying not to look too far ahead or back with Jordan, to enjoy her as she is while I can, it was brought to my attention all the big first holidays are coming up. Jordan had her first fourth of July last month. She was just over a month old (can you believe how different she looks???) But as much as I love that holiday, it kind of faded since we didn't really do anything. Jordan was still too little to go out and we were terrified of doing anything with her. The next few holidays, Jordan is at least big enough to do things with, even though she won't have any idea what is going on. We'll have fun. And she will have fun because she loves being with us and being included.


Halloween: Really the next big holiday to look forward to. My goal is to dress Jordan up as



and to take her to Disneyworld for their Not So Scary Halloween party to trick or treat, take pictures with characters, and to give Rob an opportunity to get to Disney with less of a crowd and when its not burning hot outside. Plus we get to eat her candy. lol. I also want to find an enormous pumpkin, carve it into a sweet design, and put Jordan inside it. Halloween is definitely one of my favorite holidays.

Thanksgiving: Not on the top five holidays list but definitely a legitimate holiday, this one will be a lot better if we get to spend it with family or friends this year. Last Thanksgiving was technically Jordan's first holiday with us that we were really aware of her. I have pictures making the food, my belly getting bigger. She probably enjoyed the flavors of my delicious turkey :-) And of course, this year I have twice as much to be thankful for.

Christmas: This year of course, she won't be waking us up begging for presents, or eating candy canes off the tree. But she sure will enjoy our tradition of driving around looking at Christmas lights. I get to make her a

Soon there will be three...

and buy her a baby's first christmas ornament, and go through all the toys we were given to wrap up a few for her (LOL why not) and buy more presents. We get the fun of opening them for her and seeing if any make her excited. And she may even get her first experience with snow. 

This is the dot dot dot blog...I'm writing this quickly because Jordan Hanna is wailing in Rob's face in the bedroom and it's been too long since an update. I've been kept busy with family here which explains the lack of posting, and also because Beanie is in the process of teething which leaves little time for anything but baby comforting and having her gnaw on some part of my body...
 


She's now screaming in my ear while being held by Rob. We are blasting her favorite songs. To no avail. One moment please...

 Ok I'm back and typing one handed. Jordan is feeling out of sorts and I can tell. Her patterns are off, sometimes she cries for no reason (SO not like her) and I feel horrible that she isn't feeling well and there's nothing I can do. I love this stage but the day I can explain something and she can comprehend it will be a great one. This won't be the best time to introduce her to daycare AND try to force gently coerce her into using a bottle during the day, but that's the way it has to be...


Other than her crankiness she is great. Super smiley and she discovered that she can makes sounds come out of her mouth. She spends at least half the day holding conversations with anything she can get her eyes on- me, daddy, the dog, the cat, her mobile, the light, bugs, shadows on the wall...

She also, is HUGE. Overnight she grew out of all her newborn outfits and most of her 0-3 month clothes and I'm staring into a sea of 3-6 month clothing, thinking that even if she wears a new outfit every day we may not be able to have her wear them all before she grows too much. Definitely not a bad problem for us to have, but those poor neglected clothes that have been tucked away in a dark drawer just waiting to be taken out and put on her chubby little body...

I have a quick reprieve while Jordan Hanna fell asleep...I'm happy and excited and terrified and tentative about this continual march into motherhood, depressed that I'm sending her off, looking forward to possibly getting her used to new people and new feeding techniques that might provide a bit of a break for me, and bewildered as to where the last 3 months have gone. I don't dare blink in case I open my eyes and find Robert and I to be old and Jordan completely grown...