Firsts

It feels like everything Bryce and I do together is more exciting now that we have Jayda. Not only are they "firsts" for her, but for us also. This past month has been FULL of "firsts".


Jayda went to her first funeral for her great Grandpa Schow.....

Where she let her first balloon float into the sky for him.



She went on her first road trip up to Idaho to see her cousins....

Where she had her first Easter egg hunt. It was freezing cold with fierce winds and she slept through the whole thing, but we still did it. :)

Her first Easter basket. (The Easter bunny i.e. Londi added two more adorable outfits to the basket on Easter morning. Thank you Londi!)

She loves, loves, loves her cousins. I would love to have a family just like theirs someday.

She crawled for the first time and I am loving it. She is so independent and you can just see her little mind taking everything in, learning what everything is around her; vents, tables, door stops, etc. I had little hand prints on my stove for the first time and I loved it. I almost took a picture :)

She has also said her first words. The first one was "mama" and her second one was "baby". She can wave to you now and pull herself up on things.

I guess when you are brand new to this world everything is a "first" but these were some fun ones. We are looking forward to the first time we can put her in a swing, take her fishing and camping, take her to the zoo, and all the fun things that come with summer time. They all seem that much more exciting because we get to experience them for our first time together as the 3 of us.

Happy Anniversary

This is where we were 3 years ago. March 23, 2007 marked the beginning of our lives as an eternal family. The past 3 years have been amazing and I have been so blessed to be married to such a caring, sweet, fun man.

Quick update:

I started a new job two weeks ago. (I know again, right?) Getting cut back to part time was the best thing that could have happened to me. I will post later about that, right now I am exhausted trying to learn everything and keep up. I work with very intelligent people which is a bit intimidating but they are all extremely fun to work with and I am loving it so far.

Jayda is 7 1/2 months old and can get around anywhere by rolling and scooting around. She pushes up on her hands but isn't quite to the getting up on her hands and knees part. The picture below is when she finagled her way underneath our tables.
She loves spending Thursdays and Fridays at home with daddy. Looks like she will probably be a little blondie like Bryce was when he was little.

We have started her on solids. So far she is exactly like her dad. She likes grapefruit, lemons, limes, cucumbers in vinegar, and sweet potatoes. (Not your usual starter foods) If it were up to me she would have never tasted those things in her life. She also HATES carrots. It is the only thing she has absolutely hated so far.

I get to teach her the fine art of shopping. The two of us go out a lot to see what we can find.

Friday night we took her swimming for her first time with grandma and grandpa and my two little cousins. Since it is an indoor pool it was pretty loud and she was clinging on to me for dear life. My dad got her to loosen up and soon she was kicking all over the place and loving it!

Our happy little swimmer when we took her home.

Blog Luvin

I wanted to show my love to all of my family, friends and neighbors by making them sugar cookies to fatten them up. So I made a double batch of dough, cooked them all up and decorated them with pink and white frosting and red and pink sprinkles. I had to taste test them to make sure they were safe for all of you and you're lucky I did. I have a garbage can full of sugar cookies. They were dry and not that great. Looks like you are all safe and can stay skinny for now. Maybe for the next holiday. Hope you have a happy Valentines! Love you.

P.S. The above cookies in no way resemble the ones I made. Mine were a lot more first grade style than that. I like to keep it simple.

6 Month check-up

Jayda turned 6 months last Thursday and had her check up today. She is 27 inches long-still in the 95% for height, 16 pounds 6 ounces- 55% for weight and her head circumference is 16.75 inches- 50%. So she is still on track to being tall and skinny like her cousin Ashtyn. Can anyone tell me why the head measurement is so important? If her head is tiny does that mean there is only a tiny brain inside? If her head were bigger would she be smarter? Ha Jk! But really, I should have asked why that is such an important one.

A little bit about the bug at 6 months:
Jayda is now sitting up by herself and is getting more and more vocal. This can be difficult in church but is a lot of fun at home where we don't have to worry about the noise level. We also have the go-ahead to start feeding her rice cereal which we are really excited about. We will do that tomorrow morning when all three of us are together. She can scoot herself around in a little circle but isn't really trying to get up on her knees yet. There are also no teeth coming in yet, but my friend Brittney felt in her mouth and could feel two that should be coming in a little while. She is also extremely social and smiles at everyone. She does however have "stranger danger" already and is perfectly content as long as she is in mine or Bryce's arms. I am told that this will only get worse before it gets better.

Below are her 6 month pictures. I decided to try my hand at photography instead of going to the expense to pay one.

Today was Bryce's off Saturday so he didn't have to work his normal job but he signed up to work the Jazz game and so it was just us girls hanging out today. I had a fun day hanging out with my little one. I honestly am so amazed at what a sweet, happy baby she is.

When I have time alone it makes me think about things going on in my life. As of Thursday I am officially part-time at King's Medical. This was not my idea and makes me a little nervous because we just bought a house and are paying a babysitter 2 days a week on top of other expenses. It is also a decision that in my mind does not make a whole lot of sense. When they let my boss go and decided have our boss be a woman that works out of her home clear across the country in Florida it didn't make any sense to me either. Most of the decisions that this company has made have not made any sense to me but I am hoping that something good comes out of this and it will be a chance for me to spend less time away from my family. My last 15 months at King's has been a bumpy road to say the least but it has enabled me to learn a few things.


1. I want to be a positive person.
2. It is so extremely easy to find other peoples' faults. The more you practice the better you are at it. However, it is harder to recognize my own and to try to be forgiving and understanding rather than griping. I don't feel any better about myself or the situation after I have complained.
3. People may seem angry and rude but are mostly just scared and in pain. 99% of the time I can talk someone out of their bad mood and their fear of the unknown. I used to be afraid of the mean, ornery people that came into our clinic but now I understand them a little better.
4. Good things can come out of bad situations
5. At the end of the day it doesn't matter what sort of crap I went through at work, I am blessed to be able to come home to the two sweetest faces in the world.


I'm not quite sure where this little bump will take me. Maybe to another job, maybe not, but hopefully it will be for the better.

This is one of the faces I have been coming home to lately. I think she learned it from Bryce and I. It is my favorite. She does it when she is focusing on something, when she is trying to get our attention and sometimes she will mimic us when we do it.

Here are the two of them together. I always knew Bryce would be a good dad and so far he has done nothing but prove me right. He loves to play with Jayda and is still such a little kid at heart.

I took this today when we were hanging out.

Today she was playing on the floor and she grabbed her blanket and rolled over like this!

On Wednesday after I got off work the three of us went to the mall. We went into a few stores and then went into Icing by Claire's to check out what they had since I can't wear any earrings that hang down at all or they will be yanked out fiercely by the munchkin. We also checked out the two girls working there to see if they seemed competent enough to pierce Jayda's ears. After sizing them up we ended up letting the manager go ahead and do it. It was nerve-wracking but we are glad that we did it. She looks adorable with them in and doesn't even notice that they are there.

Long live the mudflap

Jayda was born with a mullet. However when she was younger she had dark hair on the top to balance it out. Now it is thinner and coming in blond but the mudflap keeps getting bigger and badder. So sad to say-with the help of my mom, it is gone. Her first official haircut.

This is after. I do not claim to cut hair as a profession. She will be wearing a headband for the next few days.

She is also rolling from front to back and can roll both ways now.

And we are working on sitting up! Yeah!