Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Jaycee is Crawling Crawling!



Jaycee is crawling! She has been doing the "soldier crawl" for some time now and we thought she would never make the leap into crawling on the knees. We were very wrong about skipping the traditional knee crawling stage. Jaycee is enjoying moving around and is now trying to walk and stand whenever possible. We cannot believe that she is going to be eight months soon! Crazy!!!

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Jaycee- The Wild Child




Jaycee seems to be changing by the minute. It seemed only a few weeks ago there weren't any crazy new developments; now that has all changed. She is now a semi-crawling, soldier creeping maniac that cannot sit still. She is climbing, standing, laughing, babbling, and grinning from ear to ear everyday now. Mommy gets loads of kisses, while Daddy gets loads of smiles and laughs. She is one happy baby!

Jaycee has been more active and we have even moved to Stage 2 foods this week. She enjoys a morning breakfast of any oatmeal mixture and has larger quantities of fruits and veggies. Milk is still a daily requirement, but it much less needed now that big girl food is in the picture. 

It seems as though last weekend Jaycee was just Jaycee, meanwhile while we were sleeping, she rapidly changed into an even bigger kid. How does this happen right under our nose??? She can go over eight hours without a nap and usually once sleeps once to twice per day, usually no more than two hours per day. When she is awake (which is often) she is running around in circles in her walker, playing with complex toys, sitting up, climbing, walking while holding on to things. .  . This must be why everyone said "Sorry" to us after the first sonogram. She has been an active wild child since she was in her mommy's belly. Looks like nothing has changed since then. .  . Oh, except for the temper tantrums that she throws when she doesn't get her way or if her daddy takes something out of her reach. This kid can throw herself backwards and scream like a wild woman in a matter of .2 seconds. Everyone says she looks like her daddy, but the truth is leaking out. . . She is a little more like Mommy than we all thought. . . 

And did we mention that this kid loves the camera? You absolutely, positively cannot get a candid shot of her. The moment she hears the click, she is into automatic pose mode. And just last night, she fell asleep while her Mommy was holding her. She refused to go to bed (when it was bedtime) and forced her parents to hold her. Within a few moments, Jaycee was face forward, dead asleep. Now it that determination, or what?

Monday, September 08, 2008

The adventures of Jaycee and her monkey





Jaycee has a new best friend in the form of a stuffed animal. Her lovely Auntie Linda gave it to her a few weeks ago and she has suddenly taken a huge interest in it. He/she does not have a name yet, but we are sure that as soon as Jaycee can talk, she'll name it. The pictures are too funny. First, he daddy caught her laying with her monkey and using it as a pillow. Then, just a few days later, Jaycee was caught. . . face down passed out in her monkey. We have already said that this kid does not like to sleep much and that she fights it every step of the way, so it is no surprise that she ended up falling flat on her face. Luckily the monkey is soft and cuddly and didn't mind too much. You should have seen her face when she woke up. It was as if we had suddenly dropped her there and she just couldn't figure out what had happened to her last thirty seconds or so. Crazy kid!

Other than her new passion for her stuffed friend, nothing much has been changing. She now using a tooth brush at night to nibble on before bed. She won't exactly allow us to brush her teeth for her, so we allow her to bite and suck on it as much as she likes. She is now crawling over the edge of her crib is she decides to get out. Supervision is a must now until we lower the level of the mattress. What is this kid going to get herself into next? 

Oh, and by the way. . . Jaycee is going to be 7 months this week! Who took our baby and where did the time go???