December06
She can eat cake!
Birthday Cake!!! Originally uploaded by Jen Reeves. It took a little extra effort, but today Jordan ate her birthday cake. She wasn’t interested at first. She was exhausted from all of the fun gift opening. (Her favorite gift: a bucket of blocks) So I sat Jordan into my lap and started eating my own slice.…
Read More +Happy Birthday Jordan!!!!
Today may not have been the most fun of birthdays… We spent the day driving home from Florida. I think we made up for it by going to Disney the day before Jordan’s official day. The moment we got there, Jordan was treated like a princess. She was wearing a birthday girl shirt… Someone noticed…
Read More +Working so hard
Jordan had to run off to school early with her brother the last two mornings because I’ve been leading the morning meeting in the newsroom… And that means scurrying the kids to school right after they wake up. It’s no fun for any of us… And I miss my mornings with Jordan. She’s been a…
Read More +Bulging gums
I’m wrapping presents tonight. I was tired of doing that so I thought I’d drop a few thoughts about Jordan’s life. I know Jordan isn’t really one to complain… I mean her first teeth showed up with no change in her personality. But I keep thinking about teeth when I’m around her because her upper…
Read More +Time is ticking
The holidays are roaring into my calendar and I feel totally lost. I have a ton of wrapping, packing, mailing, sorting, cooking… everything to do. But I have to clean my house. It’s terrible and it’s starting to bother me. It doesn’t help that our backyard is muddy and the dogs keep tracking mud into…
Read More +Baby's first stage performance
Jordan got to perform in her school’s Nutcracker show… And she was sweet and happy and waved at the crowd at the end of the show. My camera didn’t do a good job capturing her very brisk time on the stage. But she got to sit in the front of the sage at the end…
Read More +New trick
Today, I found out that Jordan drank her own bottle at school! I was thrilled to hear this, and decided I’d try to push those lessons further with travel sippy cups. I’ve read on some limb difference boards that those cups are the easiest for one-handed kids because they’re so light weight. Apparently, that advice…
Read More +Breaking news
When Randy and I weren’t looking, Jordan pulled up into standing all by herself onto a big block toy. This is a picture of the toy. I bought it for Cam when he was little… And he never really took a serious liking to it. But Jordan digs it… And here’s a funny thing: Cameron…
Read More +The holidays are here
After the big storm, we’ve been delayed on decorating… But yesterday we turned on the holiday music, put up the tree and turned on all kinds of lights outside in the front yard. Jordan seemed to have a lot of fun pulling ornaments off the tree. She won’t keep a santa hat on… But I…
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