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This morning was a normal morning. Before I went upstairs to take care of my baby, I put my vitamins on the counter so that later I won’t forget to take them. I proceded to go upstairs and feed the baby. Then I played with Jadon for a while until I put him in his room for a nap. As usual Ronald was in his office working and the cat was going a little stir crazy in the morning. She “rips” up the stairs and then down again with demons in her eyes!

After Jadon went to sleep I went down stairs. Glancing at the counter I noticed that the vitamins I had left there earlier were gone. I don’t remember taking them. hmmm. But with all the lost sleep, I could have taken them and not remembered. Oh well.

I poured myself some juice and walked away. Kitty was meowing. I looked down at her food. I guess I better fill the food. Ewww, there is something in her water. She always puts everything she finds around the house in her water. Gross I do not know what it is and I do not care to know, but it is water logged. It looks red and round. Yuck! I’ll get it out later. Putting my juice down to think about what I’ll do next I look over to the counter and remember my vitamins. I really don’t remember taking them…..where could they have gone? hmmmmm……..Wait, that thing in the kitty water sure looks a lot like my vitamin. *picking it out* yep, it is.

Guilty until proven innocent.

(At least she is getting her vitamins)

Every parent can’t wait for the next developmental milestone in their child. Its hard to imagine that you are growing a REAL person when you first find out you’re pregnant. Even when your baby is born they resemble more of a pet than a human…(you can hate me for saying that). But as each month passes, it begins to dawn on you that you have an actual person in your care! Yikes! No parent can deny that each phase is exciting and brings new joy. I cried when Jadon smiled at me at 2 months. We’ve been enjoying the cooing and smiling a lot while we patiently wait for the next development. Earlier this week I thought Jadon giggled at me, but then I thought it must have been my imagination as he did not repeat the sound. Today he giggled at Ronald and then at me for some time. I cried again. Yes, he is a little person. Oh wow.

Okay so now what do I do? I have a little person in my house? May God help me!!!

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I keep wishing that I could write more about Jadon’s new developments because I know I’ll forget them later, or when we have our next child. So that’s what I’ll do. Write.

This month flew by. It all started with lots of frustration with Jadon’s sleeping…or lack thereof. He wouldn’t sleep more than 4 hours at a time by the time he had completed his 2nd month. I thought he was supposed to be sleeping at least 7 hours by that time. I was afraid of having so much company with a baby that keeps me up all night. But slowly through the month he lengthened his sleeping to be about 6-7 hours at a time, which pretty much extended through the holidays. However there were a couple of random nights that he slept 10 hours which I thought was because of over-stimulation. Then as the holidays drew to a close and we drew near to completing his 3rd month he starting sleeping from 10:00 pm until 7:30 am. I was afraid it was just a fluke or a tired spell, but its been fairly consistent for about 2 weeks now. I do think it will last but I’m prepared that there might be a few hiccups along the way. All I can say is “Yeah” and “Praise God”! God knows that I need my sleep so badly.

Our next project is to get Jadon to extend the time between feedings and take fewer but longer naps during the day. I expect that these things will take time and patience.

I’m so happy with Jadon’s progress. I’ve been so wrapped up in his growing and maturing that I think I’ve pretty much missed the world go around me. I feel bad if I’ve not paid attention to friends or kept in touch. Also I was told by my dear and favorite sister-in-law to write about something other than my baby…… There’s not really much to write!  I started painting again and I hope to learn to sew some basic things this year too. Ronald and I have started to talk about activities to include into our family time. Other than that we went ice-skating once and hope to go again soon. There’s not very much to do around Lincoln this time of year unless you go to the movies or have a gym membership. We’ll keep you updated though if we do anything else exciting.

Until then, we hope you are having an exciting New Year and come closer to Jesus this year. Pray for us as we continue to strive to be good parents and children of God.