Crazy little girl!

Tuesday Little Miss Jadyn didn't feel like taking an afternoon nap. Aunt Kathy rocked Jadyn for 45 minutes until I got home from school and then I took over for another 20. I finally gave in and let her get up to play again thinking she would go back down. At one point during our attempt to get JAdyn down I tried just putting her in the crib to see if she would go to sleep on her own. She played for a few minutes and then I heard a drumming sound. I got up to see what was going on and she was playing a nice little rhythm on the crib :)


Later that night we got Jadyn ready for her bath. She loves sitting on top of Greg, in fact, she normally uses his head as her bongo drum!

I took some cutie pics of Jadyn in the bath tub but decided that I shouldn't paste them all over her blog :)

Wednesday is her day with Nana. She had fun playing and shopping all morning with Nana and then when Nana goes to be with Alex and Carter, Jadyn goes down for a nap. When Jadyn got up she was very happy! I took a few pictures of her playing...although she moves so fast now I don't always get the best shots!



I have wanted a particular hat for Jadyn from Children's Place for quite some time and it finally went on sale! Of course once it went on sale I couldn't find it in the stores...but I was successful online. It came the other day and we took come modeling pictures... I'm not sure why I wanted the hat so badly because she won't leave it on her head...but if I can get her to she will look SO CUTE!!


We are approaching Jadyn's first birthday, and I just want to thank the people who are actively involved in Jadyn's life! She is such a special girl and I am so thankful for the influence each one of you have. We are blessed to have a circle of close friends and family who support us through the good and the bad and who love us unconditionally!

Alex's birthday was on Labor Day and so was his party. We partied hard at Mom and Dad's house and it was a gorgeous day! The boys love the swimming pool and ended up getting in the freezing cold water, but I wouldn't let Jadyn get wet! Instead we took her over to the new swing set and let her go down the slide for the first time! Needless to say, she loved it! I, of course, snapped a ton of pictures...here are a few of my favorites!

Joy

Friday morning before school in our staff devotions we had a reminder from the book of Nehemiah that "The Joy of the Lord is my Strength". I've been trying to focus in on this verse during the "rough patches" of the school day. I also got to thinking about how much joy my family brings! Greg is such an amazing husband and God blessed us with a truly joyful daughter! I snapped several pictures over the past few days...nothing specific just a few candids. Enjoy :)

She is laughing because she is not supposed to be in the kitchen

She has started covering her face to play "where's Jadyn?...There she is" (Not peek-a-boo...she cries when we play peek-a-boo)
Her eyes look super blue on the computer at our house...

This is Daddy getting Jadyn:

This is Jadyn getting Daddy!!
She loves to sit at the door and watch the cars drive by. Yesterday she figured out how to stand up at the door and she started playing with Daddy
Little Sleeping Beauty!