Christmas!

Jordyn's fourth month brought every child dream... Christmas. Although she is still a bit young to understand the concept of Santa Clause, she relished in all the gifts she recieved! It was our first year together as a family which really made it special! Jake and I even got our first "mommy" and daddy" stockings!

We spent Christmas Eve at Grandma Loni's house. We feasted on a roast and opened gifts with Jordyn's older cousins Kota and Caeden. Jake dressed up as Santa and brought in a bag full of goodies for all the kids.

On Chirstmas day, I cooked a holiday feast. Oma, Opa, and Aunt Kasey once again headed on down from the mountains to celebrate. (Next year, we will go over the river and through the woods to Oma's house!) The day was filled with gifts, games and laughter. Jordyn had many gifts to open from relatives near and far. She even got dressed up for the occasion! She recieved a tummy time toy that she liked...

But decided she liked her Aunt Kasey's Elmo doll more...

December also brought new adventures for Jordyn. She had her first taste of peas....(I think she likes them!)

She learned how to roll over, and even learned to play with her feet. Daddy got to see her roll over first...

She spent some time in her 'baby einstein chair'

but at times it bored her....

And Jake and I found new places to hide baby J while we visited Oma and Opa... who knew ottamans could double as cribs?

All in all it was a great month! We hope everyone else had a fantastic holiday season!

month 3

This month, Jordyn is continue to grow.
Unfortunatly, she also got her first cold/ear infection. She was not a happy baby for a few days, but she quickly bounced back. Her new favorite activity is to "talk" to people... usually at 6 or 7 in the morning! It is amazing how much she has to say!

She also gets very excited over her favorite toys. She squeals and waves when she sees them!

Jordyn's hand-eye cordination is getting better. She can reach for things and hold on to them, and just about everything is headed for her mouth. She still smacks herself in the head alot, but sometimes it makes it to her mouth!

And as always, Jordyn is perfecting those facial expressions as well as her sleeping habits.

Jake and I hosted Thankgiving dinner at our home this year. Oma, Opa, Aunt Kasey and Gros Opa all came for the gathering. It was great to have the family at the house and spend the day together. Jordyn even dressed up for the occasion! Well for a few hours anyway!

We also hosted a reunion for our Lamaze class. It was fun to see all the babies together. Jordyn was the oldest of the group( yeah first born!) and the youngest was only 7 weeks old. All the moms and dads gushed over the babies.

2nd Month

Lots of exciting things in happened during Jordyn's second month. She got to meet one of her many out of state relatives, great Granny.




Granny and Jordyn hit it off immediately! They sung to each other, played games and Granny told Jordyn the family history (and secrets!).









Granny held tight to Jordyn and wouldn't let go. Jordyn was extremely content with this arrangement and spent her days snuggling in and taking naps in Granny's loving arms.










Jordyn was quick to learn how to smile. She found out very quickly that mommy and daddy would do just about anything to see that precious smile of hers.

Once we saw that smile, we were quick to have some professional pictures taken to capture it!

Jordyn also found her thumb this month. It is her favorite thing to do!

Jordyn also let us know that although she loved her play mat, She was not fond of tummy time!

It seemed Uno loved her play mat as well!

Uno quickly became her animal guardian, watching over her and coming quickly at the smallest squeak she made.

Mommy's favorite holiday fell in Jordyn's second month...Halloween. I took every chance i could to dress up my little lion and show her off! ROAR!

Jordyn's arrival

Welcome Jordyn Marie Jefferson-Erdman! She weighed in at 5 pounds 15 ounces, 18 1/2 inches long. She was warmly welcomed by her family. Jordyn's Grandfather, Grandmom Loni, Oma, Opa and Aunt Kasey patiently waited in the waiting room for over 12 hours for her arrival.


Daddy finally gets to meet Jordyn after a long 9 months. I have never seen a man melt so quickly! It was love at first sight!

"Dreams are more then just idle wishes or powerless thoughts, for as a father dreams, so will he teach, encourage, nuture and guide.

Many friends and family came to help us get settled in after we brought Jordyn home from the hospital.

Grandpop

Aunt Brenda

Aunt Becca

Aunt Kasey







Opa and Oma

After catching up on much needed sleep, Jake and I tackled on of our first adventures...Baby J's first bath. Babies are slippery when wet!

Jordyn kept us on our toes. Although she quickly slipped into a sleeping schedule ( or guidlines anyway) it did not coincide with our sleeping schedules! The upcoming days were full of growth spurts, extra feedings , LOTS of dirty diapers and of middle of the night wake ups. Ahh the life of parenthood.

Jordyn's 1st month was full of learning facial expressions...