Frustrated

Jaden was being so charming and entertaining this evening and I got a bunch of videos, but I can't get most of them to load. I'm going to keep trying to get them on here, but here are some pictures for you to enjoy in the meantime.

Wow

It's amazing when you realize that your baby is no longer a baby! This morning I dropped Jaden off at daycare. I put him on the floor and let him run around with the boys. I was talking to Laura for a few minutes before heading off to work and I guess he was done with me because he stopped what he was doing, looked across the room at me, waved and said "BYE!" It was like "Okay Mom! I'm ready for you to go now!"

`Guess it's about time to starting thinking about a baby #2....LOL

Growing Up So Fast!

Jaden is really just doing it all at once! He just started to walk all over (although he looks like he just got off a horse!) Here's a video of that.

He's been saying "hi" a lot, but now it seems like he's starting the whole copycat thing. Today, we were sitting on the floor playing with his blocks and the cat came over. I said "Hi Patches!" and Jaden said "Hi PaPa!" Then at bathtime he handed me one of his toys. I said "thank you!", Jaden said "tay-doo!" over and over again! It was cute! This kid is such a sponge!

Big Boy Is Getting Bigger!

Can you belive that our little munchkin started walking this weekend?! He's been taking a few steps here and there, but this weekend Jeremy and I were actually able to get him to go back and forth between us. Before you know it, he's going to be running everywhere!

Geez!

I'm sorry that all of my posts lately have been of a sleeping Jaden! It appears as though he is cutting teeth!

Don't you wish you could get as comfortable at he looks! I'm jealous!

By the way, he took about 8 steps towards me today. he's standing really well, very steady. He can walk, it's just a matter of confidence, but he'll get there soon

Man in the Making

He must be learning early! Last night he was watching Happy Feet. Notice that he has the remote in his hand. They start so young....

That Boy Can Sleep!

Jaden must be hitting a growth spurt because he has been SLEEPING!

Last night I gave him a bath and he was playing in his room. He likes to make the door stopper "boing" so I could hear him doing that in his room, then it stopped suddenly. I went into his room and found him wedged behind the door like alseep on top of the leopard that Grammi just bought him.

Tonight I put him in his high chair to eat dinner. Shortly after that, Jeremy left for work. I looked in the kitchen and he was passed out in his high chair! LOL! This poor little guy must really just need some sleep!

Jaden's First Birthday

So Jaden woke up this morning at 7:45, destroyed his room, and I found him like this...

We went over to Aunt Melani's house for the festivities. These are the decorations...

Jeremy fixed burgers and hot dogs, while he did that, the boys played in the swimming pool -- and around the back yard.

We had dinner...
Opened gifts...
Sang Happy Birthday (a few times)...

And ate chocolate cake with Grammi's homemade Butterfinger ice cream...YUM!!!

Corbin liked it, too -- even got some cake up his nose! :-)

We had a great day, but after we got home and Jaden destroyed his room again, I found him like this -- he passed out a few minutes later! I think we'll clean his room tomorrow!

I'm Back!

I know it's been forever since my last post! We've had a CRAZY few months full of change! We've also just moved into a new house that is MUCH closer to my mom and my sister. We're really still trying to get settled in. It's amazing how much easier it was to settle in to a new house when it was just Jeremy and me! Adding Jaden to the mix has made the process REALLY slow!

Jeremy
He got off active duty in February, but is still in the Reserves. He is currently in a unit of educators. Since he went to the teaching school while he was on active duty, he is certified as an instructor, so that's what he'll be doing. He's really excited about that! He got a job offer at Fort Sill, OK for the sleep lab, but we decided not to take it after we took a trip up there. Shortly after that he was offered a job back at BAMC, so he's doing the same thing, just as a civilian. He's currently working nights, which kind of stinks, but they're in the process of hiring a new RT who will be on nights so that he can move to days.


Jaden
Jaden is getting SO big! He'll be 1 in a week. He's really getting around and is on the verge of walking. He loves to dance, clap and wave at EVERYONE! He has been saying "hi," "bye" and the other night I think he accidentally said "uh, oh" when he dropped something! LOL He's got EIGHT teeth and more on the way. Overall he's just a happy, chunky baby!

Lynette
As for me, I've started a new job at Trinity University. I just started a week ago, but I think it's going to be an awesome job! I'm working as the Senior Secretary for the Dean of Students. He seems like he's going to be a lot of fun to work for, so I'm really excited for this change! My boss from the health clinic moved to Trinity as well, so at least I already have a friend there!

So that's what's going on for our family! I hope you are are doing well! And I'm really going to try to keep this updated!

Happy Valentine's Day!

I just wanted to wish you all a great one! I know I am blessed with two wonderful valentines this year! Have a great day, everyone!

Love you all!,
Lynette

MMM, MMM, GOOD!

That boy loves his sweet potatoes! These were from Saturday evening. I'm attempting to load a video for the first time, so please bear with me! I hope it works!

And here is a picture from that night -- that boy is a mess!!!

Zoo Time!

We checked out the new Africa exhibit at the San Antonio Zoo this weekend. It's really neat! Not much new to report this week! He still acts like he's ready to crawl, he just needs to figure out going forward instead of backwards! Here are some pictures of little man!

YAY FOR TEETH!

Jaden's first tooth came in! And it looks like the one next to it will poke through any time now!

YAY FOR JADEN!

6 Month Check Up

Jaden had his six month check up yesterday. He weighed in at 15.5 lbs and is 25.5" long. For the most part, everything looks great! She did say that he has atopic dermititis, so we just have to figure out what's causing our little guy to rash up, but he should be fine. I'm posting some pictures of him from the past few days. Enjoy!

Family Photo

My aunt is working on a collage for my grandfather and we realized that there is not a single picture of the three of us together. SO, we dolled ourselves up a little and Mommy set the timer on the camera so we could get a picture -- it only took SIX months!

HALF-BIRTHDAY

Today Jaden is six months old, so we're celebrating his "half-birthday!"

When I was in kindergarten, kids who had birthdays in the summer didn't get to celebrate their birthdays at school, so my teacher let us celebrate our half birthdays!

HAPPY HALF-BIRTHDAY, JADEN!

Trip to Round Rock

Hey all! We went to Round Rock today to check out the IKEA store, see some family and check out the outlet mall. We had a great day, but we are all TIRED. Little Man passed out in the car and was only awake long enough to get a diaper change and put on jammies when we got home.

This picture was taken today outside of the IKEA store. By the way, if you haven't been, that's one place you HAVE to check out ! It was really neat!

The Latest...

I just wanted to give you all an update on Jaden. Although I don't have any pictures to share today, I wanted to tell you all about how well he is beginning to get around! Sunday afternoon I was laying on the floor with him, watching a movie. He was right beside me and the next thing I knew, he was all the way over by the entertainment center -- okay, so those of you who have been in my living room know it's not very big, but I was amazed anyway! So now he is rolling himself around.

He will lay on his stomach and kick and move his arms a lot, so I think we are VERY close to having a crawling boy! I will try to capture that on video to share!

`Hope you're all having a great week!

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to you all! We've been on the go so much for the past few days! Surprisingly, Jaden slept through all the fireworks on Monday night. In fact, the only ones in our house who were freaking out were Mustang and Mia (our dogs).

I thought I'd attach a picture of little man from today. I haven't seen him do much more than sleep today (I was at work, though.) What an angel he is! I can't believe he'll be 6 months old next week!!!

We are blessed! I hope 2008 brings you all wonderful blessings!