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| June 9, 2012 |
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| 1 Week Old |
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| 1 month |
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| 2 months |
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| 3 months |
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| 4 months |
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| 5 months |
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| 6 months |
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| 7 months |
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| 8 months |
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| 9 months |
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| 10 months |
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| 11 months |
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| 12 months |
Saturday, June 15, 2013
12 Months in Picture Review
1 Year Old!
It is so crazy how fast the past year has gone by. I can hardly believe that my little girl is already 12 months old!
It has been so much fun watching Jade transform into the cute little person she is now. She tends to be a little mischievous. She loves to start to do something she knows is naughty (like step on the laptop) but she'll stop mid action to look back at us and see if we're looking. Then she'll run away just so she can turn around and do it again.
Jade enjoys poking at Lance's many scabs and scars (eww). She likes to help me sweep the floor and she loves being chased. It is fun to watch her imitate things we do, such as funny stretches or putting keys in the door. Jade insists on eating with utensils and she must taste anything she sees us eating. She especially likes peanut butter and BBQ sauce.
We have had so much fun this past year. I feel I have developed more patience! I'd be lying if I said it never gets challenging...but with those few challenges we are feeling 1000 times the amount of joy!
We are so happy Jade is part of our lives.
For Jade's birthday we had a few things planned...like a party. But sadly those things didn't happen because Jade was sick on her birthday!! It turned out she had a cold and the beginnings of an ear infection. We ended up spending the day snuggling (which I enjoyed very much!) Then, once Jade was getting better, I got sick. So we really didn't do any birthday celebrating except for a cupcake with 1 candle in it, the birthday song and some presents scattered throughout the week.
It has been so much fun watching Jade transform into the cute little person she is now. She tends to be a little mischievous. She loves to start to do something she knows is naughty (like step on the laptop) but she'll stop mid action to look back at us and see if we're looking. Then she'll run away just so she can turn around and do it again.
Jade enjoys poking at Lance's many scabs and scars (eww). She likes to help me sweep the floor and she loves being chased. It is fun to watch her imitate things we do, such as funny stretches or putting keys in the door. Jade insists on eating with utensils and she must taste anything she sees us eating. She especially likes peanut butter and BBQ sauce.
We have had so much fun this past year. I feel I have developed more patience! I'd be lying if I said it never gets challenging...but with those few challenges we are feeling 1000 times the amount of joy!
We are so happy Jade is part of our lives.
For Jade's birthday we had a few things planned...like a party. But sadly those things didn't happen because Jade was sick on her birthday!! It turned out she had a cold and the beginnings of an ear infection. We ended up spending the day snuggling (which I enjoyed very much!) Then, once Jade was getting better, I got sick. So we really didn't do any birthday celebrating except for a cupcake with 1 candle in it, the birthday song and some presents scattered throughout the week.
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| eating her first sucker |
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| mid somersault |
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| mom Nielsen sent us the decorations for Jade's birthday theme: bumblebees |
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| daddy and baby |
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| running away |
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| this cracks me up every time. |
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| she rolled herself up in the pillow and fell asleep |
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| tech baby |
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| our family |
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| I think she was eating a cookie. |
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| 12 months old! |
Monday, June 10, 2013
Disneyland Adventure
Jade and I got really lucky and had an opportunity to spend some time with the Nielsen family in Disneyland! Lance had to work, so just us girls ventured up to Anaheim all on our own. This was quite an accomplishment for me because I had to drive Lance's car...which has a manual transmission.
I was really nervous about driving a stick, so before I left I asked Lance for advice about freeway driving. He told me not to worry about shifting on the freeway because there would be no reason to have to down shift unless for some reason the freeway became a parking lot. Well guess what. Border patrol happened to be out and about on this day and everyone on the freeway had to stop briefly for them while they checked how suspicious you looked or something.
Despite that unexpected event, we made it safe and sound! We were so spoiled. We got to stay at the Disneyland Resort and ate lots of free food. Jade's favorite ride was "It's a Small World". She clapped her hands and danced throughout the ride. She also enjoyed a couple rides in the Bug's Life area and the Little Mermaid ride. She wasn't too happy on the Peter Pan ride, but it was probably because she was tired.
On one of the days, I really wanted to go swimming with Jade. I got her all ready in her swim diaper, her swimming suit, filled up her belly, and then she fell asleep! I really wanted to go to the pool, so I carefully loaded her into her stroller and went to the pool anyway. I found a shady spot to park the stroller in, then lounged next to my sleeping baby and read a book until she was done with her nap. Then we did some swimming and it was a lot of fun. :)
I was really nervous about driving a stick, so before I left I asked Lance for advice about freeway driving. He told me not to worry about shifting on the freeway because there would be no reason to have to down shift unless for some reason the freeway became a parking lot. Well guess what. Border patrol happened to be out and about on this day and everyone on the freeway had to stop briefly for them while they checked how suspicious you looked or something.
Despite that unexpected event, we made it safe and sound! We were so spoiled. We got to stay at the Disneyland Resort and ate lots of free food. Jade's favorite ride was "It's a Small World". She clapped her hands and danced throughout the ride. She also enjoyed a couple rides in the Bug's Life area and the Little Mermaid ride. She wasn't too happy on the Peter Pan ride, but it was probably because she was tired.
On one of the days, I really wanted to go swimming with Jade. I got her all ready in her swim diaper, her swimming suit, filled up her belly, and then she fell asleep! I really wanted to go to the pool, so I carefully loaded her into her stroller and went to the pool anyway. I found a shady spot to park the stroller in, then lounged next to my sleeping baby and read a book until she was done with her nap. Then we did some swimming and it was a lot of fun. :)
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| outside Jade's 1st Disney ride Little Mermaid |
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| 1st time at Disneyland |
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| is this not the cutest sight ever? |
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| on It's a Small World |
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| I forgot Jade's hoodie in the hotel, so she had to wear Grandma's! |
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