10 Months!

Jaydon is very mobile - I have been calling him Constant Motion Baby almost since he was born and it is still holding true. He gets around everywhere in our apartment and it will be nice to move back to our house and really be able to baby proof stuff (not to mention easily block off the cat food and litter boxes with a gate). He enjoys rolling balls with you, drumming with wooden spoons and swinging his golf club around. It is a fun time.

I guess he is taking after his grandma (my mom) by always having his tongue hanging out. My grandma (Jaydon's Great-Grandma), who passed away in '08, would have continually been trying to get him to pull his tongue back in his mouth as she did with my mom.

Still loving playing with the cats and he is getting better at it so he can actually get them to go after the feather and he doesn't just poke them with the stick (see video below).

"Thanks Aunt Megan for my first college t-shirt!" ~Jaydon
He has been playing with an old Peter Rabbit bowl and plate that were mine when I was a young kid, I loved them.

He is pretty proud of himself for a couple reasons; 1 - he gets the cat pedestal turned over all the time (he is pretty good about not pulling it down on himself), 2- he can walk behind it and around it and it rolls sometimes making life even more fun, 3 - Lily was playing inside so life couldn't get any better.


A view that shows Lily.

He continues to also be a very intent baby. He has big eyes and stares at people and things a lot. I imagine that here he wants the camera cord that is hanging down.

I am glad that the bottle people make a sippy cup attachment because goodness knows he never used the actual bottle. He is having some water with Auntie after playing at the park, he is pretty good at drinking water and will often get a drink by himself.

I will say that the videos don't really do justice to how excting the event really seemed to be, but here is one where Lily is playing with him.

Daddy is home!

Two weeks was a really long time to be gone but at least we were all so super busy that it didn't feel even longer. We are sad Jeremy missed his first Father's Day but Jaydon sent him a nice room service cheesecake to his room.

Higgins always misses Jeremy so much - he was immediately on him and didn't want to leave. Here Jeremy is opening his goodie basket from his company.

Reading a bedtime story to Jaydon when he returned.

Another playdate with Sophie

For once our kiddos really synced their schedule and they got to have a fun play date. They live in a new cool house that was tons of fun, we will miss them when we move :-(

Sophie knows how much Jaydon loves cats so she made sure to have out the two cat sticks for him upon arrival.

Playing with both sticks - be careful not to get too close. The cats did enjoy when he got them near the baby gate and played safely on the other side.

Dance party, they both enjoyed dancing though the video doesn't quite capture the best moments.

Cute pict - still dancing.

They played together pretty well a couple times! No sharing fights yet.

Visit with Granny and Grandpa

We got to enjoy a wonderful visit from Grandpa Paul and Granny Angie, the only bummer was Jeremy was still in trainig in PA so he missed almost their entire stay.

Jaydon's first trip to our zoo!

In the petting zoo with the goats, he was really happy the whole time except for one small moment when looking at the goats and sheep sitting on a rail. The animals were making a lot of noise so Jaydon made noise too (the crying kind); however, once the animals got their food Jaydon was content.

Walking with Grandpa while waiting for Mom and Granny.

Funny face watching the Elk, rabbits and wolves (though he probably only saw the Elk).

It was one of our first and only warm days. The bears were tired and hot so they didn't provide too much entertainment but there was a great river otter in the next area and Jaydon enjoyed watching him swim.

The next day we went around Greenlake and out to lunch.

After riding in his stroller most of the way around he convinced Grandpa to carry him for the remainder of the trip. Notice the car keys in his hand, he loves carrying keys.

Playing in the park.

Practicing his walking.

More proof: Higgins can be sweet. However, he is still in charge, he may jump on your lap to cuddle but he will still growl at you and not want to be pet.

(Side note, Water for Elephants = good book)

He enjoyed playing the piano (on Granny's I-pad) and dancing along.

We also made it to Jaydon's first Mariner's game but Granny and Grandpa have all the photos for that. Traffic was insane and we were late getting there but it went into extra innings so we got to enjoy plenty of time at the park. If I get some photos I will post them. Jaydon spent a lot of time walking around with Grandpa and getting free baseball cards that the stadium staff handed out.

Thanks for coming Granny and Grandpa, we enjoyed your visit and look forward to coming to you next month!

Happy Father's Day!

It was sad that daddy had to miss his first Father's Day but Jaydon and I went to celebrate with Great-Grandpa. We took our first ferry ride and ate pizza toppings - life was good.

Saying hello to Great Aunt Mary

I am really bummed that he wasn't very happy in this picture (a bit of over stimulation and lots going on). He is sitting with our family member Ed (100 years old), Grandma is trying to make him feel better by hugging Ed - it didn't really work.

In need of sun...will travel.

With Jeremy being out of town for two weeks I was a bit desperate to not just be home alone for the entire time, not to mention I was going a bit crazy with our gray undecided weather. So...I bought a plane ticket, packed up Jaydon and headed to CA to visit Grandpa and Nana. I was a little nervous about making the flight all by myself with a 9 month old but it went pretty well. It was great to get away for even just a couple days and get some sunshine. I was a terrible photographer and only got a handful of not very exciting pictures.

We had just set up his Pack n Play and Jaydon really enjoyed standing and playing with the 'baby' in the mirror.

Grandpa and Nana were having built-ins installed in their office so everything was in the dining room, Jaydon enjoyed the address label stickers until he got them stuck all over his hands and couldn't get them off.

Troy (the poodle) was a bit weary of Jaydon though they both did a great job.

Jaydon really enjoyed swimming in the neighbors pool and the new golf club that Grandpa got for him. The flight back started out a bit harrowing with Jaydon being very tired and the two women next to me being very anti-baby. Jaydon settled down and did an AMAZING job and even the Cruella type woman on the end of our row came around and commented on how great he was. Now, we can hope that our flight to Kodiak goes as well later in the summer.

"Going on a lion hunt..."

"...I'm not scared, but I sure don't like this hat very much mom!"

With traveling to Yakima and CA and it starting to maybe get nice here I thought Jaydon needed a sun hat - it is a bit big and he sure isn't a huge fan. We will keep trying.