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Jordan may have interesting fashion sense, but at least she is a true WVU fan!

Mother's day 2009

Yeah, I'm behind yet again. I hadn't loaded pictures onto the computer in forever, and Jordan is with Nana and Bo bo right now, so I actually have time to get a few things done. After an afternoon of planting flowers and painting, I'm hiding from the rain indoors with Maddie napping on the couch beside me.

We started Mother's day by opening presents at home and then going to Berry Hills for brunch. Isn't the expression on Jordan's face lovely?

And Jordan with Nana.

A better view of how adorable Jordan looked in her dress. With a room full of tons of good food, all Jordan wanted were grapes. Dave and I had tons of good food to make up for how little Jordan ate though ;)

Then we went home and changed into more comfortable clothes to go to Ma Maw's house. We hung out with Ma Maw for a couple of hours and then went to Dave's sister's house where Jordan and Zach played on Zach's swingset for a while. Unfortunately, there were ticks playing on the swingset as well, so I got 1 tick off of Jordan's shirt and another off of her leg where it was headed north. Dave killed 2 or 3 others on the swingset itself. Be warned, according to several people this is supposed to be a bad year for ticks. If the afternoon of Mother's day is any indication, I think they're right!

Jordan's 1st trip to the circus

A couple of weeks ago we took Jordan to the circus for the first time. On the advice of a friend, we made sure to take her to the pre-show, so we got to go down on the floor and watch and elephant paint a picture, see the clown on stilts and lots of other things. I think it also made her a bit more comfortable once the show started because we had been in there checking things out for so long.

Here is Dave holding her while we were watching the elephant paint with a paintbrush.

Still the pre-show checking out juggling clowns.

During the circus she kept clapping with the music. Whenever I tried to snap a picture, the red eye reduction thing on the camera would light her hands up red and she would stop to try to figure out why her hands were suddenly red.

Since the whole experience was new to Jordan, she didn't point at any of the crazy priced items or food or ask for anything. Since we had animal crackers, raisins and juice in the diaper bag, we made it out of there spending only $3.50 for a Diet Coke Dave and I split (and Jordan had a few sips of). I'm guessing this is the only year we're getting away with that.

So, after the first place on Jordan's behind started healing, another one popped up a couple of inches over. We saw the pediatrician on Wednesday who got an appointment for us with a surgeon on Thursday. Thursday morning things were looking much better, but we wanted to take her in for the appointment to be sure. After waiting about an hour and a half in the waiting room and another 10 or 15 minutes in a room, we got in to see the surgeon who said it looked like things were healing just fine. Thankfully, it looks like that is continuing (knock on wood). Jordan seems to be fine, so she is going back to daycare tomorrow.

I'll post pictures later, but we got to do a wonderful brunch this morning with Nana and Bobo where the only thing Jordan would eat were grapes. Dave and I definitely ate enough to make up for Jordan's lack of appetite. We came back to the house and changed clothes before going to Dave's mom's for a couple of hours and then to Dave's sister's house to play on Zach's swing set. Unfortunately, there were an abundance of ticks at Dave's sister's house, so we had to pull one off of Jordan's shirt and another off of her leg.

For all of the mothers, I hope you had a wonderful Mother's Day!

What a difference a few months makes

Last fall, sometime in late September or early October (I think), we went with Kim, Jenny, Andrea, Carrie and all of the kids to a great little park. Dave and I took Jordan back to that same park last weekend, and it was amazing how much more stuff Jordan could and would do on her own.

Here is Jordan with Dave on the swings in the fall.

And last weekend.

Since she was afraid of the slides last time, this was probably her favorite thing.

Last weekend she checked it out as she wizzed by. She looks so much taller and older now- it is crazy!

We didn't let her climb very far on her own, but that sure didn't stop Jordan from trying to climb almost everything at the park.

We will definitely be headed back to that park again this summer.

So, the bad news is that Jordan probably has MRSA again- this time on her behind. The good news is it doesn't seem to bother her too much, though that could change as it gets bigger. She is hit and miss on whether sitting hurts, but we hope this will open and drain on its own like the last one did so no one has to open it surgically. Dave was supposed to leave town Monday and be 4 hours away until Friday, but he thankfully cancelled the trip because things with Jordan are a bit unpredictable at the moment. Please keep your fingers crossed that this passes quickly and with as little pain as possible!