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Sweet Pea Portraits

Posted on December 15, 2009 by Jennifer

When Jessica was a mere 8 days old, she had a portrait session at the Sweet Pea Studio. She was awake and alert the entire portrait session (~45 minutes) and only got fussy once. The photographer was surprised she was so calm since she was awake. We received the link to the photos after a few days, but it took us a week and a half to decide which prints we wanted and then almost 5 weeks to receive them. Finally, here they are for you to view.

Favorite Image 1

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It’s amazing how much she has grown in the 7 weeks since the portraits were taken.

Observant Jessica

Posted on December 7, 2009 by Jennifer

Jessica has started to be more observant. In her crib, she will watch her mobile rotate. This is great since it will allow upwards to 10 or 15 minutes after changing her diaper for me to rinse it out or go start a load of laundry or even go prepare my lunch (reheated leftovers or a sandwich) so that I can eat my lunch while she eats hers.

Jessica Watching the Mobile, 11/30/09

On a fabulous side note, Jessica slept through the night for the first time Saturday. She slept from 9 to 7 for a total of 10 straight hours. It was awesome, but last night she was back to waking at 4, so I’ll wait to be super excited when it becomes an everyday thing. I estimate she weighs about 12 or 12.5 pounds and they say 11 pounds is the size needed to be able to sleep through the night.

She also really loves her Daddy flying her around. It is a very calming technique for her, because if she is a little upset or if we’re too slow in getting her to her dinner, it will quiet her cries and get her ready to eat. I still should get a video of the flying in action, but in the meantime, you’ll have to settle for this photo of James and Jessica before flying.

Daddy and Jessica, 12/1/09

Jessica is pretty good at keeping herself occupied. She even tries to stick her whole hand in her mouth. She hasn’t succeeded yet, but she continues to try.

Jessica Sucking on her Hand, 12/2/09

My parents came into town Thursday night after their tax conference ended. They babysat Jessica while I went into the office on Friday for a few hours. When I got home, they said she was an easy baby to care for, any parent’s hope.

Papa and Jessica, 12/4/09

As many people have commented, Jessica has a lot of hair. I finally remembered to put a bow in it yesterday. I initially was going to use a headband, because I thought it might stay in better, but her head is a tad too small for the headband. So instead I clipped it directly to her hair and it stayed beautifully. I can’t wait until it gets a little longer and I can put it in pigtails. Order some finery for your little girl at my friend Jillan’s Etsy shop.

Jessica in her Finery, 12/6/09

Jessica is truly a happy baby and we are very blessed.

Happy Jessica, 12/7/09

*** If you like any of the pictures I post and would like a copy, please let me know and I will email you the full-size version. I resize my pictures for the blog to 600 pixels wide to save memory and allow you to open without having to scroll to see the whole thing.

Family Time at Thanksgiving

Posted on December 2, 2009 by Jennifer

Last year for Thanksgiving, we were in Tahiti and didn’t celebrate. This year, we had a newborn and didn’t want to travel so we invited James’ parents to visit. We enjoyed their visit.

Jessica enjoyed taking a nap with her Grandpa while Thanksgiving lunch was being prepared. See Monday’s post about what was prepared for lunch.

Jessica and her Grandpa Snoozing

About to Eat Thanksgiving Lunch

Friday morning, I made pancakes (see tomorrow’s post for the recipe). Dawson enjoyed talking to Jessica while the rest of us finished eating.

Dawson Talking to Jessica

Jessica Snoozing in Nana's Lap

In the afternoon, James’ Mom and I went to a craft store, which wasn’t too crowded. Afterward, we all went to Dick Nichols Park, where James and Dawson threw a ball back and forth.

"Hmmm, I think I like this park outing."

Was Dawson throwing or catching?

Saturday morning, James and I put up Christmas lights outside. We (well, I) then held a mini photo shoot of Jessica and her grandparents and some with her cousin Dawson.

Granpa, Jessica, Nana, and Dawson

Nana, Jessica and Grandpa

This last one was taken after Jessica sneezed and had a wet fart while changing her diaper that caused me to select different pants for her to wear. Who would think a wet fart could shoot a foot away?

Jessica, Jennifer, and James

Jessica’s Enjoying her Bath

Posted on November 27, 2009 by Jennifer

Jessica has begun to enjoy her bath time, or at least not hate it. We discovered the reason she hated bath time. Her parents are noobs. We were so concerned that the water would be too hot, the water was not warm enough and Jessica cried so much because she didn’t like taking a cold bath. I don’t blame her. I don’t care for cold baths, unless I’m really hot, which occasionally occurred when I was pregnant with Jessica.

Jessica in the Bath Tub

Mommy and Jessica After Bath Time

Jessica All Ready for Bed

Look How Curly My Hair is When Wet

Note: All photos taken 11/21/09.

Jessica’s Baby Quilt

Posted on November 22, 2009 by Jennifer

Jessica’s baby quilt has a long history. I started it in September 2006 with the intention of giving it my friend who had a baby in February 2007, but I didn’t finish in time for her baby shower and got her something else. Then I intended to finish in time for the birth of my nephew in March 2008, but I didn’t finish in time and got him a different baby gift. At that point James told me I should just plan on finishing it for whenever we were going to have a baby. Now, keep in mind, he told me this before we even starting trying. So I’d work on here and there. A lot of the time spent working on it was long car trips to Midland. Then we found out we were pregnant in February and I kicked my butt into high gear. I finished it in June. But I put the finishing touch of Jessica’s name, birthday, and birth weight at the bottom of the quilt this week.

Jessica's Baby Quilt

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