One of the sweetest sounds is the sound of Jessica’s laughter. Her daddy is extremely good at making her giggle. See how she laughs as she gets ready for bed.
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3 Months Old Today!
Jessica has reached a pivotal point in her short life. She is a quarter of a year old today. Time has truly flown by. It seems like only yesterday she was born, but the speed at which she has grown makes it seem like the three months it is.
She now has excellent neck control. This comes from sitting up in her super seat and tummy time. We haven’t made it to 10 minutes of continuous tummy time, but Jessica enjoys tummy time for 5 minutes or so at a time and she gets tummy time 5 or 6 times a day. She can push herself up and stay up (i.e. no face in the activity mat) and this has definitely increased her enjoyment of tummy time.
12/29/2009 - Jessica in her Super Seat
I still haven’t been able to catch her on video rolling from tummy to back, but stay tuned as I’m sure I will eventually.
Jessica has quite the grasp. She will consciously hold onto something as well as grip something placed in her hands. This is where lots of hair isn’t always a good thing. Once, she grabbed a hold of her hair and pulled it making her upset. The more upset she got, the tighter her grasp. It took some effort for James and I to uncurl her fingers from around her hair. Fortunately, there has not been a repeat of this situation, at least not yet and hopefully there won’t be.
12/30/2009 - Jessica Grasping a Rattle
1/4/2010 - Jessica Holding her Bear
She smiles a lot and has recently started laughing. It is adorable how she will laugh and then you will laugh and then she’ll laugh more and this back-and-forth laughter is a lot of fun. Jessica also “talks” to us and her cooing and babbling is just too cute.
We’re starting to get into a routine. She sleeps really well at night. Our pediatrician currently doesn’t want her to sleep more than 8 or 9 hours between feedings, so I wake her up before I go to bed to feed her. I really don’t think this is necessary, but it’s convenient for me so it’s not really too big a deal. I figure if I didn’t wake her up to nurse her, she’d wake up around 7:30-8:00 AM instead of 9 AM and I wouldn’t get as much sleep, since I try to get ready for the day before she wakes up in the morning. Daytime naps are bit trickier, but we’re getting there.
She is quite accomplished in moving around in her sleep. You can see she turned herself almost ninety degrees from her initial bedtime starting position. In this way, she’s very much like her Daddy. Her Mommy sleeps in one position almost the entire night, while Daddy moves around a fair amount in his sleep.
1/8/2010 - Sleeping Jessica
12/20/2009 - Jessica Sucking her Thumb
1/11/2010 - Jessica Napping in her Swing
Shortly after Christmas, we went ahead and started putting her in 3-6 month sleepers since her night-time diaper and her long legs made it difficult to change her diaper in the middle of the night. This last week, I started packing away her newborn and 0-3 month clothes, more for length than girth. Her pants no longer look like capris. It was a little sad packing away the clothes since some outfits she only wore once, but she doesn’t have quite as many 3-6 months cloths so they should get a lot more use.
1/7/2010 - Jessica in Overalls
Jessica enjoys meeting and interacting with new people, although the last hour or so before bed time usually finds her not so open to people other than Mommy and Daddy. Last week while Jason, Julia and Aspen were in Park City, Utah, Bella stayed with us and they got along great.
1/11/2010 - Bella and Jessica
WoW Baby
The title of this post could be interpreted two different ways. One: Wow, baby! Or two: World of Warcraft baby. The following pictures make the second choice more correct. Will, our friend and former guildie, gave Jessica this adorable onesie for Christmas. In World of Warcraft, BOP stands for bind on pick-up. It refers to gear or items that drop and bind to you on pick-up, meaning you cannot sell it to another player in the game. I think it is rather fitting onesie, because Jessica is definitely bound to us as we are to her. Thanks Will for giving two gamers untold amount of laughter as we watched Jessica in her little onesie on Saturday.
BOP Jessica
BOP Jessica
Being a WoW Baby is Tiring
WoW Family
Go Longhorns!
I can’t say that I’ve been a Longhorn football fan my whole life. I’ve really only been one since 1999 (prior to that I didn’t really care). However, we’re starting Jessica off young. Look at her in her GDU (Jason vernacular for game day uniform). Her daddy is so proud. Hook ’em Horns! Beat Crimson Tide.
Little Longhorn
Christmas 2009
Wednesday, December 23rd
For Jessica’s first Christmas, we traveled to Midland. The trip was about 7.5 hours, which normally takes us about 6 hours (when we stop for lunch). We stopped in Eden for lunch and to feed Jessica. We stopped again in San Angelo so Jessica could meet her Great-Uncle Chuck. About 20 minutes from my parent’s house, we had to stop again, because Jessica didn’t want to sit in her wet diaper any longer. Except for the strong winds and rain the last hour of the trip, it went relatively smooth for Jessica’s first long car trip. After arriving and meeting her Aunt Sarah, Uncle Brian and cousins Cameron and Trevor for the first time, she went down for bed.
Thursday, December 24th
What do 8 adults, 1 toddler and 3 babies equal? A chaotic but wonderful Christmas Eve. The day was spent enjoying each other. The guys and Aspen put together a puzzle. My Dad, Sarah, Julia and I ate lunch at Taco Villa (nacho fries, yum!) and then took lunch back to the house for everyone else. Some naps were taken and not just by babies.
Puzzle Time
Everyone except my Dad, James, Jessica and I went to the children’s service at St. Ann’s. We then ate dinner and my Dad left for choir practice before the 8 o’clock and midnight masses. Normally, we would have opened all the gifts together Christmas Eve, but with my Dad in the choir, the little ones going to bed and an over-abundance of gifts under the tree, the adults opened most of their presents and some of the babies’ presents after dinner. My Mom and I then went to midnight mass (held at 11 o’clock with 30 minutes of music beforehand) to watch my Dad sing in the choir. James was going to go with us, but since Jessica had been fussy being put to bed, we didn’t want anyone to have to get up to soothe her should she wake up. Of course, she didn’t wake up.
Midnight Mass Choir
Friday, December 25th
The morning started out with all the babies in the matching sleepers my sister got for them. Jessica (10 weeks old), Aspen (4.5 months old), and Trevor (7 weeks old) looked so cute. Cameron (21 months old) had to of course join Papa and the babies for some photos.
Jessica, Papa, Aspen and Trevor
Jessica, Papa, Aspen, Cameron and Trevor
We also took a number of photos with just the 2009 cousins. It is quite difficult to get 3 babies to smile at the camera. I think Aspen wanted more room.
2009 Cousins
How Many Pictures are You Going to Take?
Jessica got some great presents: clothes, books and toys. Daddy opened most of them for her as Mommy was busy photographing the opening of gifts.
Daddy Helping Me Open Presents
Even though she didn’t technically open any of her presents herself, she decided that opening presents was tiring and decided a nap in Papa’s arm was in order. See that little headband with the red bow? That goes with the cutest little sailor outfit she received and will be wearing this summer.
Opening Presents Wears Me Out
Cameron Opening Gift from Santa
After getting Jessica dressed in her Christmas outfit, we went over to James’ parents’ house to have lunch and open gifts. Jessica got to meet her great-grandparents and Aunt Tami for the first time.
Pawpaw and Jessica
Jessica and Granny
Dawson and Tami
Siblings: James and Tami
Nana and Jessica
Saturday, December 26th
After breakfast, Cameron convinced his Uncle James to take him for a walk in the new wagon Santa brought him. Of course, it didn’t take much convincing since it was James’ idea. His wagon is pretty deluxe. It seats two with cupholders for each and one of the seats opens up to hide some toys.
Cameron and his Uncle James
After lunch, Sarah and her family left to return home. Jason, Julia and Aspen had left before James, Jessica and I woke up. They are early risers. I’m so thankful that Jessica is not an early riser. Of course, it helps that we put her to bed 1-1.5 hours after Aspen goes to bed allowing her to sleep 1-1.5 hours later.
Sisters: Jennifer and Sarah
Jennifer and Mary Ann
Sunday, December 27th
We went to church with my Mom (Dad left early to sing in the choir). After lunch, I went with my parents to visit my grandmother, who is in the later stage Alzheimer’s unit at Manor Park. I’m so glad my Grandma has such a nice place to live. After that, we went to visit at James’ parents’ house.
Grandpa and Jessica
Monday, December 28th
After breakfast we hit the road. Jessica did fabulously in the car.
Traveling Baby
Sleeping Baby