June ~ 2002

This is me in my exersaucer. I am playing with my toy named Mr. Frog! Mommy's friend Aimee sent it to me all the way from California and I just LOVE HIM! I give him BIG hugs and I even cuddle with him to put myself to sleep ... THANKS AIMEE!
Mommy says she doesn't know why I look SO sad in this picture

Mommy says I need some tummy time. I don't really like it much but as long as I can eat my fingers I guess I'll do it for a little while.

We don't have any pictures of today ... (ooopppsss) but me and mommy DID go shopping for daddy and he was SO surprised when he opened his Minnesota Vikings presents ... he LOVES the Vikings so me and mommy bought him a new light, some coasters and some stickers!! He was VERY happy about that!! HAPPY 1st FATHER'S DAY DADDY!!

I have a favorite toy frog rattle ... but we were in Wal-Mart one day and mommy dropped it and lost it so we had to "try" and find another one ... we didn't until about a month later!! Here I am with my frog toy in this picture ...

My cousin Zachary LOVES me too. He is so nice to me. When I was in the jolly jumper my feet wouldn't touch the floor so he built a stack of pillows so I could "try" to bounce. Thanks Zachary!

Tiny hands and little fingers. Poppy likes rubbing my little hands and my nanny likes to rub my chubby knuckles. I get showered with LOVE everywhere I go!

KISSES - KISSES - KISSES! Hey do I have any skin left on that cheek? I think my Aunt Niki should switch side don't you?

SO SAD ... because today we leave to go back home to Minnesota. My nanny doesn't like it when I leave her. She said mommy and daddy need to move closer ... (psst I agree nan!)

My Aunt Jenny love me ... can't you tell? I think she would like to steal me from my mommy and daddy so she could cuddle with me forever but I think her "baby" Justyn would be a little sad, not to mention so would mommy and daddy!

WHAT!! My mom is trying to marry me off already! Actually this is mommy's best friend Alyssa's son Ryan. He was born in July 2001 and was pretty fun to play with. Mommy and "Aunt" Alyssa wanted to get our pictures taken together and this is how it turned out! I am 3 months old in this picture and Ryan is 10 months!

Just 'hanging around' at my nanny and poppy's house. This Jolly jumper was my cousin Justyn's when he was a baby and now I get to use it. I am not quite sure how to bounce yet but it sure is weird just "hanging" here ...

My poppy loves to cuddle with me even when I am sleeping. He has very strong arms and makes me feel safe and warm ... I could get used to this, I think he could too!

This is my cousin Justyn. The last time he came to visit me and he fed me a bottle I was SO much smaller. Now I almost cover his whole lap. Boy those bottles sure are helping me grow BIG and STRONG!!

In June my mommy's "baby" brother UNCLE Harry got married to my Aunt Amanda. There wedding was on June 8th so mommy and daddy and me flew out before the wedding so we could be there to celebrate. It was my very first trip on an airplane and mommy said I was SO good. I slept the whole time to New York and back to my house. I can't wait to go back and visit ...

May ~ 2002

I'm pooped ... is it time to go home yet or can I just sleep here
always smile like this ... a BIG wide open grin ... maybe I am trying to catch flies huh? This is one of mommy's favorite pictures because I am wearing my new hat she bought for me to keep the sun out of my eyes!

HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY! This was the first time I was ever at the beach. It was a beautiful day so mommy and daddy decided to walk down to the beach with me. Mommy put my feet in the sand and then dipped them in the water. The water was still cold but it was fun. Then we walked back home and had a BBQ with friends and then a fire in the fire pit in my backyard. What a tiring day huh?

when my nanny flew out to visit me two weeks ago her and mommy went out shopping for flowers to plant outside. Well nanny bought me a climbing rose bush and this is a picture of it ... mommy calls it Jaden's Rose ... isn't it beautiful?

This is my daddy's sister Adrienne. She came up with Grandma for a food party mommy was having. They had a lot of fun and of course I got a lot of LOVIN' and CUDDLES ... I love my Aunt Adrienne

I laughed out loud for the first time when I looked up and saw these little animals floating above my head, well wouldn't that make you laugh too

this is me sticking my tongue out at mommy. Mommy likes this picture because it REALLY shows how HUGE my eyes are ... and of course she likes the tongue thing I am doing too

Old MacDonald had a farm ... E I E I O ... time to go out and tend to my garden

Is it time for bed yet? Well even if it isn't I think I will go ahead and sleep anyway, what about you guys hanging above my head? Are you guys tired too

These are the Bears daddy and I got for mommy on her very 1st Mother's Day ... it is a mommy bear holding a baby bear and the baby bear's T-shirt says "Beary Best Mom" ... it made her cry! I also "made" her a present at daycare ... it is a little baby food jar full of potpourri and it has a little saying on it that reads ... "Though I am still very small I still wanted you to have something to remember your first Mother's Day!"

This is a picture of me wearing my very first pair of jeans. My Aunt Niki bought these for me before I was born and NOW I finally fit in them!! Yeah, don't I look cute?

Mommy took me all by herself and she cried almost as hard as I did, she said next time she isn't going alone ... "You mean there's a NEXT TIME?"

This is the last one of my room ... this one shows my Giant talking Tigger that my Aunt Adrienne bought me for Christmas before I was even born!! Thanks Aunt Adrienne ... You're Squeezing my stuffin'

This is another picture of my bedroom! It looks like Winnie the Pooh exploded into little ones ALL over the place ... Do you think Mommy went nuts? My crib is even decked out in Winnie the Pooh ...

My room is finally finished and we are all moved in (mommy and daddy closed on the house in February BUT we didn't move in until the last weekend in April because daddy didn't want to have to move while mommy was recovering and I was still itty bitty) ... but either way, doesn't my room look nice and cozy ... my kitty thinks so TOO ... see her sleeping on the back of mommy's glider?

I tried my first taste of cereal when my nanny came from New York to visit ... I didn't like it too much and wouldn't eat it but at least I tried, I REALLY started eating solid food in June ... YUM ... here is a picture of me ENJOYING my food VERY much

Me and my daddy! What else do I need to say about him? He loves me!

My nanny flew all the way from New York again just to visit me ... she almost made it when I was sick but she got here just afterward which was good because I wanted to see her when I was feeling better!!! She came all alone so she got to cuddle me all to herself, she even babysat me while mommy and daddy went to work!

April ~ 2002

Just need lots of rest to make me all better ... Hard for mommy to sit in the hospital and watch me being hooked up to all these tubes. My little hand hurt from the IV but my Grandma bought me some musical toys that she hung on the IV rack for me ... that made me smile :0)

Well it turns out that all I had was my very FIRST cold ... and boy oh boy was that a relief for my mommy. I had to stay in the hospital for 2 days to make sure my fever didn't go back up and to make sure I was breathing ok ... (ended up being diagnosed as RSV later on down the road!)

mommy left work and met daddy at home and then all three of us went to the hospital. Mommy called Grandma on the way and asked her to come up too because Grandma is a nurse and that makes mommy feel better. Well since I was under 2 months old the Doctors had to do a whole bunch of stuff to rule out everything. I had to have an IV, a spinal tap and I had to be cathaterized ... it all hurt SO much!! It made my mommy cry so hard but we both turned out to be trooper ... except I got the neat band-aids, there wasn't a band-aid big enough for mommy' heart ...

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Mommy took my temperature when we got back from the Baby Shower. It was 102.4, she got very nervous but it was too late and a Sunday to call the Doctor. She decided that daddy would stay home with me the next day and take me to see Dr. Marshall while mommy went back to work. Well while I was at the doctors they decided that since I still had a fever and it was rising that I should be admitted to Children's Hospital to make sure I didn't have meningitis ... uh-oh!

at the baby shower. I was very cranky and when I wasn't cranky I was sleeping way too much!! Mommy thought something was wrong because I wasn't acting myself ... she was right!

On April 27th my Grandma and Aunt Adrienne threw a Baby Shower for me. Here are some of the gifts mommy got! Thanks Aunt Adrienne and Grandma!

swinging on the big swing all by myself ... "Hey mom, you can use mine if you want!"

I think she loves me ...

Does this guy adore me or what? Can you say "Wrapped around my tiny finger?" "Hey Dad when can I have a car?"

I want to be a Ballet Dancer ... but first I need a hair dresser!!

am not too sure about this stringy green stuff...it tickles my tiny toes ...

I could get used to this outside stuff. Well it was 95 degrees outside today and it is only April 14th. Next week mommy said it will probably snow...what's snow?

This is me sleeping in my daddy's lap, believe it or not it is only April 13th and I am wearing shorts in Minnesota. Well it was actually 90 degrees outside today...last week we had snow! If you don't like the weather just wait a minute I guess!!

Mommy likes this picture because I have the "Nanny Mary" face on, Nanny Mary is my Great Grandma (my mommy's Nanny) and she always makes this face and says ooh ooh when she does it ... she is very funny!

This is my very first smile (well the first one NOT caused by gas), Mommy thinks I am smiling at the little animals above my head on my swing. Either way this smile thing is FUN...

This is my daddy getting ready to take me for my very first walk in my stroller ... I should be going 3 wheeling huh?

I slept through the WHOLE night when I was just 1 month old, I stayed downstairs with daddy the whole night ... except I didn't sleep in my crib, I slept in the swing!!! (Mommy says that doesn't count though!!!)

This is a picture of me (on the left) and my cousin Justyn (on the right). Mommy thinks it is very funny how we are being held the EXACT same way ...