Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Easter... Giving Back to the Community

This Easter was the first Easter I actually did something productive! I usually do community service once a month and really something big in December and for Back to School but this year, we (My Sorors and I) decided to do something special for some less fortunate kids...

Although Easter is not about the Easter Bunny, we decided to do an Easter Egg Hunt for the Orlando Rescue Mission, a transitional shelter that helps about 250 families a year! We donated stockings filled w/ toys for Christmas and again thought, wow, the kids would have a great time! So to also pass the message of Christ's resurrection, we got plastic eggs filled w/ religious toys and stationary (necklaces w/ crosses, stickers that had religious sayings and other stuff) and of course, candy filled eggs! We had over 450 eggs!!! We also had the kids decorate their Easter bags and make Easter cards for their parents, it was a great time!

Here are some pics...















Sunday, April 01, 2007

Kayla Joi....

Since Jayden has been born, I've bragged about him left and right and not given much light to Ms. Kayla. She was our little princess long before Jayden was even thought of.

Well let me share some things and brag about Ms. Kayla.
> She is 7 yrs old and in the 1st grade.
> She is a GREAT Reader, she is reading on a 4th grade reading level.
> She is currently reading the Katie Kazoo Switcheroo series and is on book #5
> She rarely has to study for her spelling tests on Friday; she usually may have to study one out of 18 words! (she takes after her momma!!)
> Her favorite TV shows are Raven, Hanna Montana and Sponge Bob.
> She is the BEST BIG SISTER EVER!!! SHE LOVES HER Baby Brother and they play together great!

Here's my big girl....

April 1st.... Six and a HALF months...

My baby boy is 6 1/2 months old, at his last doctor visit (3/19) he weighed in at 18lbs 10 ozs and 27 inches long. That's exactly ten pounds more than his original birth weight. He is doing GREAT! He's scooting along, trying his best to crawl, it will be a matter of days at this point. He is standing up with support very well. He can stand up in his crib and hold on to the bars (he loves doing that) and he is sitting up, but best of all he is saying DADA DADA!!! I have snapped some photos of him standing up and sitting up and a video of him trying to crawl.


Scooting along, trying to get the hang of it...


A day at the park w/ Mom and Big Sis... Am I not the cutest thing!
"What are you looking at?"


I drink juice out of a sippy cup!


Look at those pearly whites!!


That's my duck face...


Look I'm standing up in my crib...


Look I'm playing with my Little Einstein Turtle..


Look NO HANDS!!!







Thanks for visiting!! See ya next time.

Monday, March 12, 2007

Jayden is SIX MONTHS!!!!

Wow has time flown by or what! My baby is SIX MONTHS old today!

Let's see what things Jayden has accomplished.

He is rolling in both directions (stomach to back and back to stomach). He is scooting around, not really crawling yet, but will get up on his knees and throw hiself forward. I caught him yesterday trying to get his toy that as a few feet away on the floor (purposely placed to get him to crawl over ot it) Well instead, he grabbed onto his play mat and pulled hiself over enough to scoot up and grab the toy! I couldn't beleive it! He often gets frustrated when he tries to crawl, not really knowing what to do! lol So I'm giving him much more floor time to make sure he gets the crawling thing down to a science.

He's almost sitting up on his own, I haven't really given him much of a chance, so I'm working on that more, sitting him in his bumbo more and sitting him on the floor w/ me, in between my legs, so he can sit up. He gets a good 10 secs of sitting up and then ususally slumps over or to the side. He seems to want to STAND more than sit..

He has TWO teeth (you saw the pics below)but boy is he irritable. We have a fight each night trying to get him asleep, but he just wants some loving and cuddling. He loves to have his hair scratched/massaged (gets that from his momma) and loves to lay on my chest and hear my heart beat, he usually falls right asleep, even after daddy has tried a million and one things! Nothing like momma's boob and a good head massage! lol

He has PERSONALITY! whewww he gets mad when he doesn't get something he wants, he get's EXCITED when he sees his Big Sis or when he's awake and you go to get him. He'll lay on his back staring up at you smiling as big as he can smile! A real charmer!!

So we sort of put Jayden through his 6 months Rites of Passage... Sleeping in his own room, in his crib... We did it a few times last week because his room is smaller and we needed to put the vaporizer on so he could get rid of his nasty cough and cold. Well he sleep GREAT, but I didn't like it.. I missed my baby in his pack n play right next to me, last night I laid him down in our room, but I'm sure we need to get him used to his own room :-(

So we tried to go for the 6 months / spring photos yesterday and after waiting 2 hrs (long story that I dont want to re-live for fear of getting pissed off again) he was sooo patient up until picture time! He was tired and fell asleep after fussing! Got one OK photo in there, so instead after he was well rested and we got home, mom opened up Renee's Photos and took some good shots.



Here are some pics of him and his Big Sister








This morning, look at his pose.. lol He is tooo adorable!

Thursday, March 08, 2007

Jayden vs Sweet Potatoes....

So today we experimented w/ Sweet Potatoes... I'm not quite sure Jayden liked them, although he did finish them, he took forever to eat them and made the BIGGEST mess ever! lol




I was finally able to get teeth shots, however, he was crying and upset that I was cleaning his face! .


Monday, March 05, 2007

Sunday, February 25, 2007

Day at Ormond Beach




We went to the beach for a little today! Funny thing, we didn't get in the water, it was too breezy for that, but we went and hung out fora few and then had some dinner. Here are some pics...


NEWS FLASH....NEWS FLASH....
Jayden has TWO TEETH coming up in the bottom front! yaaayyyyy... I tried to get some photos but if you put aything near his mouth, he thinks it's EATING TIME!!! So I'll keep trying and if I get a shot, I'll post...


In the meanwhile, here are a few fun photos from today!!


Father and Son....



Having Fun w/ Dad...


Hay Guys!!!!





Feeding Time!!



Look at My Big Sister!!!
She is the BEST!!!








Saturday, February 24, 2007

Silly miscellaneous photos

So instead of finalizing my weekly paper for class, I'm being silly w/ Jayden and taking photos...

Now that I can roll over, I don't sleep on my stomach anymore!!!



Dang Mom, can I wake up???


You guys are sooo silly (I have an audience when I wake up)


I love my Big Sister!!! She's sooo silly...


I love that Mommy of Mine!!