Growing Up!

I cannot believe how fast our little girl has grown! She is now 13 1/2 months old going on 13! She wants to do everything we do. It has been getting colder here so we have been putting shoes on her even though she can't walk yet. She is fascinated by them and will pick at the laces, and it so cute to watch her take steps in them.

Here she is with Daddy getting ready for the day!

We took a trip up the canyon so we could enjoy the fall leaves and have a picnic...I thought this picture was great, what a loving Daddy to make sure she doesn't fall into the river, look at that grip!

Below are some attempts at walking, she still will only walk if we hold both of her hands. She is getting a little more adventurous by standing by herself as long as she has something right by her to grab on to if she feels shaky!

I think these pictures are just precious, Daddy and Jade!

Now that she can actually enjoy the park a little more she goes almost every day. Ben loves letting her climb on everything. Here she is taking a breather on the swings. Look at how she is so relaxed against her Dad.

Again she loves crawling through tunnels, this is one of her favorites. Ben and I will sit at opposite ends and talk to her and she will crawl back and forth forever!

She loves the slide. She will even climb up it with her bare feet, then go down on her belly. She gets lots of exercise this way!

Messes and Popsicles

I made the fun mistake of giving Jade peanut butter on a spoon. This was the result and then I had to scrub every inch of her arms and face! It was so funny to watch her eat it, she absolutely loved it and kept licking the spoon to get more. Then she would open and close her hands over and over because they would stick together, must of felt so weird to her!

This is usually what her chair looks like after she eats, just imagine the floor being ten times messier! Oh well, at least she enjoys her meals (or maybe not since they all end up in her chair or on the floor???!)

I just had to put this funny picture of her eating a popsicle on here. She apparently thought it was way too cold and made this awesome face. She also let out a big scream of delight, I think it was delight, maybe it was madness because it was so cold! She loves popsicles though and they feel so good on her new teeth coming in.

Our Happy, Adventurous Baby

Sorry it has been so long since I have posted but I seem to lose track of time now that I am back at work. I come home and play with Jadee and then the day is over. Here are some fun pics that really show our little girl's personality!

This was a great shot where I got both her top and bottom teeth! She has 5, she used to have 7 but the top two eye teeth went back in her gums!

This is Jade's favorite spot in the living room, she just plops herself down in the love sac and watches her movie or whatever we are doing out there.

Jade love climbing on EVERYTHING!! She loves this little tunnel she got for her birthday. We set up obstacle courses for her and she'll crawl until she gets so tired she just plops face down on the floor!

Funny Girl

This is one of Jade's favorite places to play, she takes out all of her books and then climbs in. However, it makes her really mad if she gets stuck and can't get out.

Another of her favorite places..."hmmm, what shall I eat today?"

"How about chocolate syrup?!"

This cute silly girl loves to watch her Baby Einstein videos, but this is how close she stands, right up in the action I guess!!

Having fun in the Provo River water with Daddy. He stuck her feet in and she did not like that, but she sure wanted to stick her hands in and splash all over, I guess that was okay!

Jade has definitely started to develop a personality all of her own lately. She wakes up each morning with a smile and usually plays in her crib for a little while until I go get her. When I go in her room she is sitting up talking to her animals, it is so sweet and cute. Then when she sees me, it is big smiles, she stands up and wants out of course. I love our time in the mornings before I go to work!

She is still gritting her bottom and top teeth together, I guess she likes the sound! But it drives me crazy, it's like the sound of nails scratching on a chalkboard! She now almost has 8 teeth! Two more on top and two more on bottom are just on the verge of popping out, any day now!

She loves playing peek-a-boo with us and with herself. It is so cute because she will cover her eyes (or usually just one eye) whenever we say "peek" or "where's Jade?" Then she gets a huge grin on her face when we "find" her. She has started putting boxes, crates, and anything she can turn upside down or crawl into on her head to play this game!

She really loves playing with her daddy. It is so cute to watch the two of them together because they just rough house and she loves it! I think she is not going to be a girly girl, she loves getting dirty and playing rough way too much! If Ben leaves the room or is not home she goes around saying, "daddy, or papa" in every room. She is an adventurous little soul. Often I find her climbing up the love sac onto the couch and then half-way standing on the couch she "jumps" and propels herself onto the love sac and then just laughs and laughs and does it again!

Jade can now say these words: mom, mama, daddy, papa, me, me, me, no-no, ruff-ruff (for the puppies), and milk (well its sounds more like me-ah, but she says it when she does the sign for milk), and she can make the sign for eat, bye-bye, more, and milk. I cannot believe how fast she picked up on them, we have been using them since she was 6 months old but I really did not expect her to use so many so soon. I love it though because I can always tell when she is really hungry because she will hit her mouth with the eat sign really fast over and over until we feed her! However, we quickly know when she is full or doesn't like what we give her to eat because she will immediately throw it all on the floor. I sweep and mop almost every day and my floor is never clean!

She is in the imitating stage and imitates everything we say and do. My favorite is when she hears people laughing, she laughs too! It is the cutest little fake laugh ever!

We sure love this sweet little girl!!!