Jade's First Portraits & the Super-Busy Weekend

Our kid is so freakin cute... she was tired and not too happy at her pictures this weekend, but as soon as she saw a flash, she was all smiles. Total diva--I love it! We got some Christmas pictures (in the ADORABLE dress that her PaPa/Grandpa Bear picked out) and a family picture... I put the tiny, pixelated copies below from the website--the best I can do without purchasing the CD for $99.99 (not gonna happen)!

Busy weekend for all of us... Friday night Susan watched Jade for us so we could go out on our first real date since she was born. We went to dinner at Applebee's and saw Beowulf (it was okay). While we were waiting for the movie to start, we stopped in to El Gitano's for a drink--perfect timing, as the owner and a small mariachi band were singing right next to us, so we were serenaded over our drinks! I couldn't understand it, but they sounded like love songs, so I thought it was romantic. We got home to a sleeping Jade and slept good for once!

We got to have a REAL date night!

Courtney, my friend from H.S., and her husband Ron came up to visit us in the Ham on Saturday. We went to lunch at Busara (where Ron attempted to eat 4-star soup--funny to watch!) and then had coffee at Starbucks. It was GREAT to see them, especially since they are moving to Atlanta soon. Jade did pretty well in both places and enjoyed hanging out with Court & Ron (she was pretty mellow though). Then we stopped by Josh's mom's place to feed Jade and catch the latest episode of Las Vegas that we missed--so good! If you're into LV and you missed it, you need to see it! Finally, we visited Josh's brother Chris and his wife Toby for dinner... and had some homemade Thai food that Chris made! It was delicious, but I think we've had our Thai-food fix for awhile :)

Smiling with Mom after her long day

Smiling with Dad after her long day

Sunday was picture day... but we couldn't just go get pictures--oh no, we had to jam-pack the weekend! I got my make-up done at the Clinique counter (I was buying moisturizer anyway--all the ladies thought Jade was "precious" and "just like a little doll!") while Josh shopped around with Jade (he is apparently a chick-magnet when carrying our daughter--women will flirt with him even if I am standing there! Not that he wasn't handsome before, but now I practically have to beat women off with a stick). Jade spit-up on my shirt (as she loves to do) and I didn't have another one, so we shopped for another black shirt (found a cute one for CHEAP!). And Josh needed a beanie because he'd got his hair cut the day before and now his head gets cold. So, long weekend short--we are broke now, but had lots of fun and got some great pictures out of it! Thank goodness we get paid weekly...

I don't know if you can see it or not, but she is drooling, and there is a small pool of drool on the mat below her--too funny!

She was pretty upset by this time, but her smile still came out with that flash!

Too freakin adorable...

The family pic that actually turned out!

We Survived the Weather...

Miss Jade seems to have received her daddy's laid-back nature... last Wednesday taking her to day care a large gust of wind blew in her face--I freaked out thinking she was freezing and going to hate it and start crying and screaming... she giggled and blew spit bubbles :)

Despite the weather, got out of the house and took her to Cornwall park to see some new things... doggies, other kids, and the frisbees flying by seemed to catch her attention the most, though not a lot really did other than mom & dad!

She has recently discovered her hands, and LOVES them! She likes to slobber all over them and try to fit her whole hand in her mouth (which she usually gags on). Josh generally worries when she does it--I just say "cause & effect sweetie--you'll figure it out soon!" Sometimes I'm the laid-back one! Needless to say, we have been going through more clothes and bibs now that she loves slobbering :) Funny how even slobber is cute on a baby!

Eating her hands at dinner... I guess she was hungry too!

Family photo in the parking lot at Cornwall

Jade & Josh "playing"

Just so cute, I had to include it...

Bellingham is the new Chicago

For those of you not living in this area, we had a CRAZY windstorm today! While the highest official Bellingham gust was only 74 MPH, we had an un-official gust of 97 MPH and Clallam Bay had an official recording of 92 MPH. I called the daycare several times today to check on Jade--the home that her child care provider lives and works out of is surrounded by TONS of tall, TALL trees. Needless to say, she is safe. I checked on Josh several times too--he was fine and getting to do a lot of NOT working :) I am still at work, but heard that power is out in several areas in Bellingham... crossing my fingers that we still have power when we get home (to an area also surrounded by tons of tall trees)!

"Power outages and gusts to 92 mph as windstorm hits region"

This picture is a gas station down the hill from WWU, I think ;)

Short Note for the Day

This has been a long week for all of us--Jade is finally starting to get on a schedule, but every time she strays from it, I get really frustrated (and tired!); then I have to remind myself she's only 2 1/2 months old--be patient! And she's doing really great sleeping for her age, so I shouldn't complain. She LOVES daycare, and smiles big everytime she sees Ivana (her childcare lady)... my heart is at ease knowing that!!! Josh had to work an extra shift on Friday, so she got to spend one extra day with Ivana... Ivana was happy too, since Jade is the only one who still likes to cuddle :)

We are going to try to get some professional pictures done this weekend--we'll see if we make it this time! Hope everyone has a great weekend.

Here are two pictures of her going to daycare in the morning:

I think she's already got attitude in this picture...
She can finally face forward in the carrier! But it looks like hard work...

Stephanie is a smart lady... with a lot more time than me!

My friend Stephanie pointed out that I should create a blog for all my friends and relatives to see pictures of whats going on in my life (okay--I know you all just want to see Jade!), so I'm going to ATTEMPT to do that :) I'm not very good at keeping things like this updated, but here we go anyhow...

Last weekend was the Childbirth class reunion--6 of the 10 babies (and their parents of course) came to meet for the first time and have a potluck dinner... I was the only one not breastfeeding! :( While I was a tiny bit jealous, I was happy and proud that the other moms were using the "natural" food for thier babies. GO BREASTFEEDING!

Here is a picture of the group - Jade is 3rd from the right:

Halloween was pretty uneventful for Jade, Josh & I--although we visited Jade's gramma up here, we mostly just dressed her up for pictures and we didn't have any trick-or-treaters! She wasn't too fond of the Chili Pepper costume, but the pictures sure turned out cute!

Jade started childcare last week, so our lives have been a bit topsy-turvy trying to get on a schedule--luckily my boss is great and doesn't bat an eye when I call to say I am running late AGAIN. Once we are a little more straightened out, I will try to keep this blog updated regularly! Til then, hopefully I'll get around to posting again this week(end)!