Jordan's First Birthday Party

We had a great time at Jordan's first birthday party. We did a Winnie The Pooh theme, thanks to my husband buying me the Wilton 3D Bear cake pan. I think it all turned out really cute.

We invited our family and close friends and it was a small party which was nice. Jordan got a lot of nice things as gifts - including new carseats for our cars {okay, this was more for us than for him ;-) } He was getting a bit overwhelmed with all the new things but he didn't have any meltdowns or anything. Jacob was slightly jealous of his new things but they ahve been good about sharing them.

The cake turned out pretty cute but I didn't think it tasted the greatest. We didn't take too many pictures of Jordan eating it since he already had his first taste of cake on his actual birthday. But he still enjoyed it!

Now on with the pictures from the party!

pooh cake

birthday banner

all set up

the highchair balloons

yummy fruit salad

plates, napkins, utensils all set up

opening his first present

"WOW!!!" - Jacob, he decided to open this one himself

Jordan checking out the weebles tree house from Marcy, Bob, Stella, and Anthony

opening presents

rocking horse from Grandma Joan (GG)

If there's something to climb on, Jordan is on it

opening presents

xylophone from Uncle Buddy

showing him how it works

he likes it!

opening  more presents

car track from Mom and Dad

he was not a fan of the birthday hat

Jordan and his cake

playing with the balloon strings

digging in

he likes it

Jordan with Lolo and Papa

Jordan with Aunt Minnie

Jordan with Grandpa and Grandma

our family

eating the balloon ribbons

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Jordan Matthew: Three Months

Yesterday Jordan turned three months old. He weighs 13 lbs 3 oz and is 24 inches long. His head circumference is 40cm. These measurements were taken at home so they may not be 100% accurate, especially his weight. He still has blue eyes and red hair. He is getting a little more hair but he is also getting a little bald spot on the back of his head from sleeping on his back. He still has a little bit of fuzz on his ears. He is wearing mostly 0-3 month clothes, with some newborn still and some 3 month or 3-6 month.

Jordan sleeps ten hours most nights. He usually goes down between 10-10.30pm and he usually gets up between 8-8.30am. He sleeps swaddled in the bassinet in our bedroom with the NICU frog on his chest. Although the frog usually slides off during the night. When Jordan wakes up, he lays calmly in his bassinet cooing to himself until someone comes to get him. Rarely does he cry when he wakes up. Once he sees us come over to him, he gets the biggest smile on his face. It's a great way to start the morning.

Jordan is still 100% breastfed. He's also been taking bottles of pumped breastmilk since I went back to work. He does well taking these. He still goes through phases where he is a terrible nurser but he's getting better. He usually goes 4-6 hours between feedings but will occasionally nurse after 2 hours. He still never spits up (polar opposite of how Jacob was) but he has started bubbling and drooling.

He coos a lot and smiles a lot. He squeals in excitement. He smiles on command. If I say "Can you smile?" or "Do you have smiles for Mama" he will smile. So cute! Weird. But cute. He makes laughing sounding coos but no giggles that I would consider to be real laughing yet.

Jordan usually enjoys tummy time. His favorite thing, though, is to snuggle. He likes to be held constantly. He is getting better about being put down without crying. He spends some time in his swing or his bouncer or his tummy time mat. He also likes sitting in his bebepod for a few minutes. He's getting really good at holding his head up. He can sit supported.

Now that Jordan is getting bigger and can fit into more of his diapers, he wears cloth almost 100% of the time now. This makes me very happy. We still put an occasional paper diaper on him though. Now I am trying to get back in the habit of using cloth wipes instead of disposable wipes. They are much nicer on his bum.

This past month we celebrated Jordan's first Christmas. Between our families, we had 5 Christmas celebrations. Jordan did really well with everything. Of course, he has no idea what is going on yet. Santa brought Jordan a tummy time mat, an inflatable penguin (both of which Jacob had lol), a Lil Shoppers fill and spill toy, a crawl along snail toy, new pacifiers and new bottle nipples. None of the toys he can really use yet but he enjoys laying on his mat and looking at his snail. The rest he'll enjoy in another few months.

Well I will leave with some pictures from the last month.

Jordan & Mommy

Jordan & Uncle Seany

milk coma

Jacob, Jordan, and their best friend June

three months old!

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15 month update

Okay, okay, I need to update this. I am getting really bad at remembering to do it. So now that we're almost 16 months, it's time for the 15 month update.

Doctor Appt: Jake went to the doctor for his 15 month check up on Wednesday, March 17th. He weighed 27 lbs 10 oz and was 31 inches long. His head circumference was I think 47.5 cm. He checked out perfectly healthy and normal and received 3 shots (HIB, DTaP, H1N1) He doesn't go back to the doctor until he is 2 years old.

Activity: He is walking up a storm and even running now. He enjoys climbing on everything. In fact, just today he climbed up on a kitchen chair and then up on the kitchen table!!! He's sure a troublemaker!!! We bought him a climber with a slide and he loves it. He still falls a lot, especially when he's running, but it's quite entertaining to just let him go and watch what he does.

Food: He's been completely off of baby food for awhile now which we realize now how much we miss! It was much more convenient! He eats pretty much anything now. His very favorite foods are bananas, yogurt, and cheese sticks. He also really enjoys frozen peas, graham crackers, and apples. He's been fussy lately with food and refuses some of his favorites sometimes. It's frustrating, but totally normal behavior.

Body Parts: We started working on naming body parts a few months ago (starting with nose, which is STILL can't get haha) He can point to the following body parts: head, ears, mouth, belly, feet.

Animal Sounds: We've also been working on animal sounds and he can say the following animal sounds, in his own version of course: dog, cat, cow, lion, sheep, duck.

Talking: He's really not talking yet but he babbles constantly. He does say "yeah" almost any time you ask him a question (so agreeable!) He also says "Mom" "Dada" and "Daddy" but not really in context. He can point to a picture of Matt and label it as "Dada" but he's clueless about who Mom is :-) He mostly makes "tt" and "ch" sounds and points to everything. He is absolutely in love with his dog and his cat. We think that's where the "ch" sound came from, in reference to Charlie.

Toys: His favorite toys right now are phones (we gave him Matt's old working but no longer activated cell phone to play with), blocks (mega blocks), books (though he can't usually sit still long enough to listen to a full story), and containers (tupperware, etc) He also loves listening to music and dancing. And of course loves it when we, on rare occasion, turn on the TV or Wii. He's also been real into his old teething toys lately -- the big thick rings, the bracelets he gets from his doctor's visits, and his two little teething fish. We've been enjoying trips to the park lately too now that the weather is getting nicer. He loves the swings and climbing up and going down the slides.

Bath: Jacob loves taking baths now. His eyes light up every night when we say "do you want to take a bath?" and you've never seen a kid run so fast as he does to get in there. He plays with his fish and ducks and stacking cups in the tub and I think he'd be content in there until his whole body was a prune. He never wants to get out.

Sleep: We went through a long phase where sleeping suddenly became a problem and we made some mistakes during this time to perpetuate the problem (brining him into bed with us, sleeping on the floor of his nursery with him, etc) He is finally back to sleeping all night most nights and going to bed without a problem. We are so thankful for that!

Teeth: As of 15 months, Jake has 12 teeth. He has his four top, four bottom, and four molars. He appears to be teething again but it seems too soon for any others to come in so who knows.

Haircut: Jacob had his first haircut in February. He went from looking like a baby to looking like a toddler. I guess it's official now!

Well I suppose that's all the update we have this time. I will post a few of my favorite pictures from his birthday until now below.

Naughty boy climbing up on the coffee table!

Dr. Jake in his scrubs, so cute!

This is when he was just figuring out how to use this.

First haircut

Right after his first haircut

precious boy all snuggled up to his lovies

at the park

at the park