What if that had been poop!?!

I have absolutely HATED not having the Internet and the chance to write on our blog and keep up with everyone Else's. Not having the Internet at our apartment was fine but then my boss decides that work is really for work and absolutely nothing else and then I am left stuck in the 1900's with no Internet. So when we moved into our new home we tried to get our Internet hooked up again. Who knew it would be such a difficult process? It took another month to get everything worked out. Apparently we have "fiber optic" Internet connections. Sounds fancy doesn't it? Looks the same to me. We just had to buy a new modem. All grumbling aside, we are so happy to be all moved in and settled. We will hopefully be here for a good 5 to 7 years which will surpass my record of living in one place by a about 2-4 years.

Today is Sunday and for the first month we lived here, I took Jayda to church by myself because it started at 1 and Bryce has to be to work by 1. When we entered 2010 the time changed to 9 which I was really excited about because I wouldn't have to be a loner anymore. So he had a chance to come to church last week but this week he got a phone call and they needed him to come in early which means sucks for you, you're going by yourself again. Trying to keep Jayda happy and most of all quiet for 3 ours isn't the easiest thing but we made it through just fine and it is definitely worth it because there are some AMAZING teachers in our ward. Love, Love, Love them. After church Jayda was pretty ornery and I tried for a while to calm her down. Then I assumed it was because she hadn't really taken a nap. She usually doesn't on Sundays because of everything going on around her. So I put her in her crib which just fired her up even more. Ok, maybe she was hungry. I picked her up, made her a little bottle and rocked her to sleep within minutes. Then when I went to lay her back down in her crib I got something gooey on my finger. I looked down and there was a big chunk of green goo on my finger. (I will let you use your imagination with that one) It iwas also on her dress and her blanket that I had her wrapped up in. Gross. So now that she was asleep I had to change her sheets, her outfit and her blanket and then feed her a little more and luckily she went back to sleep. Stressful as the crying and poop and trying to figure out what was wrong was, it made me think of the movie Baby Mama. I highly recommend it, it is hilarious. The mom asks her kid "Is that chocolate or is that poop?" and then she licks it to find out. So her sister says "What if that had been poop!?!" She just shrugs and says, "I told you parenting is messy." So incredibly true. :) But a little poop never killed anyone right?

K-updating this blog is a little overwhelming in thinking about all of the things I need to catch up on so I am not even going to try. I am just going to post a few pics that highlight some of the things that have happened since I last wrote.

Jayda's cousins came to visit and you would think that first thing in the morning she would be afraid of all these little faces so close but she was just eating it up. She loves them!

Grandpa schow gave her a big flower, a tutu and some cute ballet socks so we had a little photo session.

Jayda has found her feet and loves to roll over. She can only roll in one direction so she just keeps going until she runs into something

Jayda's first Christmas was a blast. We definitely had a lot more of the Christmas spirit with a little baby around.

Tell me about it

This is a video of Jayda telling me about her day. I don't even have to talk back to her, she is content just talking away. She just started doing this about a day ago and it is so funny how she will all of a sudden start doing something. Each week she is doing something new and I am amazed.

Yeah to Holiday Blogging

Let me just say that I was really happy today when I was able to look at all of the holiday blogging people did. It gave me something to do to pass the time at work. Keep them coming!

We had a fun Halloween. It started off with a little b-ball at the church. Since Jason is leaving on Wednesday we thought this would be a fun family activity.
The cheerleaders

It is tradition for my two little cousins to come over and visit us on Halloween. I love this tradition. It is so fun to see them every year. I will be sad when they get too old for this tradition.

Cute little Louie came over too.

Jayda's first snow

As everyone knows Tuesday was our first snow of the season and as it was Jayda's very first snow ever so I had to get a picture. This happened the day before she turned 3 months.

As much as I hate the cold and snow, I am excited for next year when she will be old enough to play in it and get excited about it. It makes me remember when I was a little kid and how much I loved sledding in our backyard on the little hill that my dad had made a jump on. We always thought that was so cool.

Taggies and Snuggies

Jayda bug is smiling more and more each day. It is so much fun! Last night I was feeding her a bottle and decided to try singing to her. She stopped eating and just looked at me and smiled the whole time. That will probably be one of those moments I will always remember.

Saturday we went to Orchard Lanes Bowling to celebrate Jason's and Landon's birthday. We had a blast and so did Jayda, but I think she was totally overstimulated and didn't go to bed until after midnight.

Lets play a game..... In the next three pictures try to find the person or persons that weren't intended to be in the picture. Hint: in the first two there is only one extra person but in the second two there are two extra people.

Yes, this is the face of a mesmerized, overstimulated little girl, but then again she looks like this a lot. :) I think she is just trying to take everything in.

And yes, Bryce had played 18 holes of golf earlier and did not wear sunscreen.

After bowling we went to my parents' house to open presents and have pie. This is Jason and his new snuggie. It was his favorite gift he got from Landon.

Landon doesn't have a snuggie. He has a regular blanket and therefore can't use his arms.

This last picture is of Jayda and her Taggie. My aunt Rachel gave it to her and it is awesome! She doesn't love pacifiers and so I rarely even try to give them to her but she loves this Taggie. It has all sorts of different textures and ribons on the sides and is gorgeous. She grabs onto it and puts the whole thing in her face. Love it!

Conference weekend we went up with my parents and took family photos. Here is one of just our little family.
This is Jayda all tuckered out afterwards.

Jayda (and I) is lucky to have some beautiful women in her life. They are beautiful on the inside and the outside. The following three pictures are pictures of her Grandma West, Great Grandma Kinnear and Great Grandma West.

Sunday October 11th we blessed her in the Oak Hills Ward. I couldn't have asked for anything better. We were both worried about everything going smoothly, but Jayda was a little sweetheart and didn't cry through her blessing at all. I was pretty convinced that she would. My dad and I both bet on that one being a garauntee. Bryce gave her a beautiful blessing. We also had lots of people come to support us and we were really grateful for that.

2 Months

Jayda bug is 2 months old now :) Here are her stats-

Height: 23 1/2 inches (95%)

Weight: 11 pounds 4 ounces (65-70%)

Head: 15 inches (35%)

We moved into an apartment in NSL for a few months until we can find a house to move into. We didn't want to rush into anything. It is not a bad little place despite the lack of dishwasher, microwave and washer & dryer. It will be another one of those time we will look back on and laugh about. The first one was when we first got married and lived in Chad's basement (Bryce's friend). Chad didn't turn on the heat and it was march so the temp was about 55 degrees upstairs. We borrowed a little space heater from my parents that... struggled, I'll just put it that way. We also borrowed an air mattress to sleep on which developed a slow leak and would be deflated by the time we woke up in the morning. The other thing was that Chad only had the bunny ears on his TV which if you were lucky picked up one or two stations. I love looking back on those two months in spite of the insane cold and hard floor. We were newly weds which was fun and we spent a lot of time together without the TV and we read our scriptures nightly (we aren't that good right now). Hopefully living in this apartment will be another one of those experiences.

This is Bryce dancing with his little girl. I think we are in trouble cause she is already enjoying the rap music. We have ruined her already.

Bath time has become one of my favorite times now that she is not so fragile. She lets her little foot dangle in the water and just sits and enjoys the warm water.
I am not a believer in butt or other private part pictures so there is a strategically placed wash cloth in this pic. Bet you thought that was just a coincidence huh? JK Jayda will thank me one day for that. :)

This is one of her favorite positions to hang out in and sleep. I can usually get her calmed down if I hold her like this.