100 posts- first time playing in the snow

So, according to blogger, this is my 100th post. That seems like a lot when you stop to think about it. I hate to disappoint you, but unlike shows that have a big party and cake to celebrate the 100th episode, I just have some cute pictures of Jordan checking out real snow for the first time.

As most of you reading this know, in late January we had a couple of decent snowfalls resulting in enough snow to actually play in. Unfortunately, we didn't get Jordan's sled blown up. She did, however, get to check out real snow for the first time. We let her play outside for a little bit after we got home from work/daycare, so she didn't get into her snowsuit or gloves.


Snow is much more fun with a friend. Maddie was happy to help.


And when Jordan fell on her butt...

...Daddy was there to pick her up and warm her cold hands.

Of course, then he followed up by hitting her with a snowball! She thought it was funny, so it was all good.

We hope all is well with everyone and wish each of you a Happy Valentine's Day. On that note, a quick story about the flowers Dave sent me at work yesterday. He ordered a vase of lilies to be delivered yesterday, and they arrived looking beautiful. When I opened the card, I found a heartfelt greeting about eternal love and how much ALEX appreciated me standing by him. I cracked up since I don't know any Alex and the message was not at all anything Dave would write. I called the company so they could try to get a new card to the Lindsey who was supposed to get the card I got, and they read Dave's card to me. I'm telling you, these things only happen to us (and apparently Alex and Lindsey). At least it gave several of us a laugh.

Very belated Christmas eve pictures

I finally got the Christmas eve pictures from Robert's camera about 2 weeks ago but then forgot to post them. For past few years, we've spent Christmas eve at Robert's house. Dave and I both had to work until noon on Christmas eve, so Jordan went to daycare and then we ended up rushing around to get ready for dinner, which is why we forgot either of our cameras.

Here Jordan is hanging out in the kitchen before dinner in one of her Christmas dresses.


And enjoying her ride on bouncy toy from Nana and Bo bo.


Yeah, this look seems completely rotten and self-explanatory.

And when Jordan was done for the evening, she started whining for her Be Be, laid down in the floor with the presents and played with her shoes.

We don't have too much excitement around here these days. We are still working on the basement. I have gotten in 3 of the 4 adorable pictures I want to frame and hang in the playroom portion of the basement, though I still need to find reasonably priced frames for them. I think we're going to go check out Kim's new house soon, which I'm dying to do. Other than that, we are just doing our day to day stuff.

1 thing I want opinions on is that I'm seriously thinking of becoming a sales rep for Kelly's Kids. I got the stuff in the mail today and am probably going to sign up. It seems to be the kids clothing version of tupperware that you host parties, get a commission, etc. Some of the clothes are adorable though. If you get a chance, check out the stuff at www.kellyskids.com and tell me what you think. Am I crazy? (Wow- that is a loaded question)

New favorite accessory

Jordan used to love picking up my purse (and most bags), putting them on her arm and waving "bye, bye". While she still does this on occasion, she has a new favorite accessory- my scarves. I promise neither of us ever put one on her. She just started picking them up and putting them on. Some are so long she trips over them, but it only slows her down temporarily.

This picture cracks me up because it looks like she a homeless baby model.

Now she just looks homeless.

It's a good thing this homeless baby still has toys.

Jordan claimed ownership of the plastic Halloween candy bowl/bucket a long time ago, so it stays with her toys. It also works like a purse.

Yesterday I ran errands while Dave and Jordan had some quality time together at the house, Circuit City and Dick's. Jordan acted like she may take a nap, and then that glimmer of hope faded. At 2pm we went to Chuck E Cheese for the first time- sans nap. Jordan was terrified of every ride and wouldn't even get on the slide, but she loved the singing mouse. She and her friends Jacob and Cameron got a sketch done by one of the machines, and she liked it so much that she screamed bloody murder as I pulled her away from the machine when our turn was over. She continued screaming, arching her back and smacking me until we got outside where she went home with MaMaw. Of course, once she was in the car with MaMaw, she went almost straight to sleep. My view on Chuck E Cheese- not again for quite a while! It really wasn't that bad except for the fact the place was completely and totally packed and hotter than the depths of hell made worse by the fact I had to carry Jordan around most of the time. When we pulled up, there was a line out the door of more than 10 people. When we were leaving, I think there were more like 20 people waiting outside in the 30 degree weather waiting to get in. A friend at the party told me that he and his family go there about every 3 weeks and that there are usually about 20% of the people there as what we experienced yesterday. I'm not sure I'm buying it!

Miss Independent

Lately Jordan is becoming more insistent about feeding herself. With some foods that is fine while others, like ravioli, not so much. While I was getting my hair cut on Saturday, Jordan and Dave did lunch. Actually, I guess Jordan did lunch while Dave took pictures. This bib has obviously seen better days.

A spoon isn't really a necessity for pasta- right?

And then Dave took a picture of the poor child chewing and talking at the same time and cutting the top of her head off in the picture.

So, the pulmonologist didn't really tell us much this visit except the usual- keep doing what you're doing. He agreed with us that Jordan probably had a cold rather than RSV, but we definitely weren't asking for a q-tip to be rammed up her nose to tell whether it was actually RSV. Considering how unhappy she is to have her head measured at well baby visits, I can't imagine the q-tip thing would go over well. She came back to day care yesterday and both mornings has seemed more clingy when I was leaving. Some of the kids in her class have left recently, so I figure that is part of it.

We plan to work on our basement again this weekend, so Jordan will spend Saturday night with Nana and Bo Bo. I love when one of the grandmothers calls "dibs" early in the week!

What is your definition of uh, oh?

Around our house Jordan's current definition of "uh, oh" seems to be "I did something on purpose, but now I don't know how to fix it/get the item back." Jordan was diagnosed with the beginning stages of RSV during her "well baby" visit on Thursday. The visit was perfect timing because she had developed a nasty little cough on Tuesday evening. Dave kept her at home on Friday, and they had a pretty good day together while I did trial prep with our client and then participated in a 3 hour pre-trial conference in Huntington. Then, shortly after we got back to the office, Plaintiffs' counsel called and asked if an offer from February 2008 (and mediation last month) was still on the table. Long story short, the case settled at 6:30 on Friday evening. But I digress...

On Saturday Jordan walked over to an area of the living room where several of her toys are and started repeatedly saying, "uh, oh". Dave told me that on Friday she had done the same thing in the same place, so I went to investigate. I quickly realized what the problem was.

That is the recently named Be Be in the ball popper tube. Upon further examination, we realized why she had been saying "uh, oh" on Friday, as well. 2 Be Be's were in the toy.

Jordan tried to retrieve them, but her little arm wasn't long enough.

We ended up turning the thing upside down and shaking it until the Be Be's came out. We turned the toy on, but it apparently wasn't powerful enough to blow them out. After the Be Be's were freed, we turned the toy on and the balls flew every direction. Jordan then had to look down in the tube to see if anything else would come out. Check out the hair!

After I came in from a long overdue haircut on Saturday, I tried to get Jordan to pose for a picture with me. It didn't work out well, so this is the best picture we ended up with. While it looks like Jordan is being sweet, that is only partially true since she was really interested in the buckles on my sweater. Of course, part of the reason for this picture is because the hairdresser always goes through all the effort of straightening my hair and no one ends up seeing it.

Dave and I went to Lowe's last night and bought paint to try to tackle the basement that we've been putting off since we moved in. For anyone who hasn't been in our basement, I'll tell you that we bought 3 gallons of paint and are hoping that will be enough, so it isn't a small space. Jordan is with her Ma maw, so we won't be getting her high on paint fumes. It hit me when we were at Lowe's that Martin Luther King weekend 2007 we painted our basement in St. Albans. Dave asked the obvious question of how I remembered that. The answer is that that Monday morning I had off work, so I took a pregnancy test and found out that we were expecting Jordan. I felt badly we had painted an unventilated basement that weekend, so I will always remember that Martin Luther King weekend.

Jordan where's your...

nose?

ear?

toes? (yes, she is saying toes while pointing them out)

And what could be cuter than a heart on Jordan's butt?!?

We've just been plugging away here. It looks like I'm going to my second trial beginning on January 20. Then, a week after that I think I'm going to a site inspection at the Sago Mine- yes, the one where the big explosion occurred on January 2, 2006. I don't plan to go all the way down to the area where the explosion occurred, but I won't know the complete details for a little while.

Jordan has her 15 month well baby visit this week (1 month late), and I'm keeping my fingers crossed that her last ear infection has cleared up and no new ones have appeared. Then, the week after that we have a follow up with the pulmonologist, which Dave gets to take her to due to my trial. Jordan is spending tonight with her Nana so Dave and I can get some stuff done around the house and possibly have dinner together where we both get to eat at the same time- a truly novel concept.

More, more Christmas

After opening presents and eating a messy breakfast of cinnamon rolls, we headed for Dave's sister's house for the next round of Christmas. Our nephew Zach had gotten a Wii from Santa, so the whole family was playing with it and trying to figure out all of the different stuff. Jordan didn't pay a bit of attention to the Wii, despite the fact that the TV it was hooked up to is much taller than Jordan. Oh, well. She liked the book, the vacuum and some of the other toys she got to play with there.

Zach was more willing to smile for the camera than Jordan. As a side note, Zach was given some money to spend at school when the kids got to do their own shopping for whoever they wanted to buy for. Maddie and I received presents from Zach, which was very nice. He was so excited to hand out the presents he picked out by himself. It was so cute.

Then we ventured to Dave's aunt's house right across from Dave's sister's house where Jordan got more presents, and we visited for a little bit.

Then, the last stop before home was Nana's house. Mom had a family friend repaint a very old rocking toy that her father (who was born in 1899) gave her. Jordan loved rocking in it, though we were afraid she was going to bust her face on the front bar because she was rocking so hard.

Jordan got her first American Girl doll from Nana which is a bitty baby. She had to carry it over to Nana for her to check out.

And like any good Nana, Jordan's Nana got her several books as part of her Christmas presents. This book has pictures of babies, which makes Jordan repeatedly say, "baby, baby, baby..." which is very funny coming from a "baby".

And Bo Bo was also present for Christmas at Nana's, but both pictures I took of Jordan on Bo Bo's lap were pretty bad. Hopefully some of the Christmas eve pictures taken with his camera (that I need to load onto my computer) turned out better.