Jayden's Visit to Aunt Lynne and Uncle Mark (plus Auntie Gertie)

Mommy was on call Saturday night and Daddy had to teach a class on Sunday morning so Jayden got to visit with Aunt Lynne and Uncle Mark. During her couple of hours at their house, Jayden showed Aunt Lynne and Uncle Mark her full spectrum of temperaments. They got to see smiley, fun Jayden, poopey Jayden, sleeping Jayden, content, quiet Jayden and the dreaded I'm going to cry real loud and break your heart Jayden. Luckily she gave them good smiles and happy faces at the end of the visit, so Mark an Lynne are looking forward to spending time with Jayden again soon. Mark took some great pictures of Jayden during the visit, here are a few for your enjoyment.

Play Hard, Sleep Hard

Jayden has really enjoyed playing on her activity mat lately. While she used to only play for a few minutes before getting a little cranky, the last week or so she has been playing for about 30 minutes at a time if we let her. She is starting to play with the toys on the mat a lot more and she has also taking to telling us how much funny she is having with lots of coos and other assorted baby noises. As you can see above, yesterday she played so hard that she put herself to sleep. Daddy couldn't resist taking a picture.

Jayden in her Bumbo Chair

Here is a video of Jayden in her Bumbo chair that Grandmom Nancy got her. She isn't quite ready to use it full time yet, but you can see how strong she is getting. She can hold her head up really well for a short period of time and it seems like she is getting a little better with her balance every day.

Back to Reality

It has been more than 2 weeks since we've been back to reality. Mommy is working her usual 80 hours a week, and we made it through a weekend being on-call. Despite the difficulty she has had in eating lunch or drinking any water during the day, the milk factory is still running. Daddy is continuing his amazing parenting job and does a fantastic job of getting Jayden ready for school when she goes. Jay-Binks continues to excel at school - high marks in smiling and diaper filling.

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Grandmom Nancy Comes To Visit

Jayden had a lot of fun with Grandmom Nancy this past week. They got to spend Friday and Monday together while Mommy and Daddy were at work. Jayden also got to experience Mommy being on call for the first time...twice in the same weekend. Notice how tired Mommy looks in the picture above. Jayden decided she like it better when Mommy isn't on call and decided she will make some phone calls and see what she can do. Here are some pictures so you can see the good times. The highlight is Grandmom Nancy somehow capturing a picture of Jayden mid-sneeze.

More videos and pics

At 11 weeks, Jayden is more and more active. After she eats, we like to do playtime with her propped up on a pillow. Best time to catch her smiling at you.

And here she is in her monkey towel after a bath. Cheeky Monkey!

First day at Daycare

Since Mommy went back to work for real this time, Jayden had her first day at daycare. Daddy did a great job of getting her ready in the morning and off to school. Good thing he did it because Mommy would be a crying mess all morning.

Here she is getting ready. Jayden didn't want to go to school.

Arriving at school...not quite sure what to make of it.

Happy to see her Daddy at the end of the day.

At the end of the day, Jayden had a fine first day at school. Her 'teacher', Ms Kathy, said she got straight A's in eating, pooping and sleeping. Next stop...the Ivy League.