Santa Claus is Coming to Town

We took Jordyn to the mall so she could sit on Santa's lap and tell him EVERYTHING a six week old wants for their first Christmas. She was very content in his lap and looked right at the camera! We are so excited to go home on Wednesday and be able to spend this holiday with our families.

Are You Ready For Some Football?

Thursday Night Football

Chicago Bears vs. New Orleans Saints

The cutest Bears fan you have ever seen

Our family sporting our Bears gear

Cory holding Jordyn like a football and doing the "Heisman Pose"

Jordyn and Daddy are ready for the big game
GO BEARS!!

Oh no, it looks like Jordyn feels the same as mom;

Games are boring and the Bears stink!

She Did It!

This morning, after feeding Jordyn, reading a story, and swinging, I noticed Jordyn was getting sleepy. So I decided I would give the crib a try; thinking that I would be going in and out of the room trying several times to get her to sleep. Much to my suprise, I put her in her crib at 10:42 she whined for three or four minutes and here it is 11:16 and she is asleep in her crib! Good job Jordyn!

**Not even five minutes after posting this she woke up! I totally jinxed myself!**

Late Night Feedings

Jordyn is growing so fast. She is eating and sleeping well. I usually feed her around 8:30 PM and she wakes up at 2:30 AM and 6:30 AM and then we are up for the day around 8:30 AM. Jordyn definitely has a hard time waking herself up. She never cries but grunts and squirms instead. I have to pick her up and change her diaper to get her fully awake.

Some nights when she wakes up I am fine to wake up and don't feel very tired; but there are other times that I feel so exhausted and can't believe we are up again... sometimes it feels like we just laid down. Last night was one of those nights!

I woke up and started feeding her and kept feeling my head bob as I dozed off. I decided it was time to really wake up and pay attention to what I was doing.

I just watched her and was overwhelmed with how precious she is and the joy she brings to my life. As I was watching her she smiled up at me and my heart melted. I am grateful for our late night feedings together where we can share these moments.

A New Christmas Tradition

Today we woke up to snow! It wasn't enough to stick to the ground but just enough to get you in the Christmas spirit. Growing up my family had tons of traditions that I want to carry on; but I would also like to make some of our own. So tonight, while Cory was at school, Jordyn and I started a new tradition.

Each December I am going to buy a new Christmas Children's Book to add to my collection and our family can spend the whole month reading Christmas stories. I went through one of my bins (I have six) of books from teaching and found that we have a pretty good collection already!

Jordyn and I got ready to make cookies

and enjoy a story by the tree.

I showed Jordyn how to lick the cookie dough off the mixers...
Look at her eyeing them!

We put them in the oven and ten minutes later we had...

COOKIES!!

So what if they are too close together, they still taste good!

Then we snuggled up by the tree,

turned on the Christmas lights,

and enjoyed One Winters Day.

I love Christmastime and I love my new little family

that I can start and carry on traditions with.

Is there Anything Cuter...

Than a

baby

in their

feetsie jammies!

I'm A BIG Kid Now...

From the minute Jordyn was born we knew she was advanced. At about one week we noticed that she could roll over to her tummy, however she can't get herself back over which leads to crying. If you stand her up tall she will put her weight on her legs and push up. She has already started to "coo" and smile. So like I said we knew she was ahead of the rest of the infants out there.

Little did we know she was this advanced...

"Look everybody, I can DRIVE!!!"

(Don't worry Grandma and Grandpa we are parked in a parking lot :)

Hooray for Jordyn!!

Since Jordyn was born I have done something that I NEVER said I would do as a mother.

1. Let her sleep in our bed

2. Let her sleep in my arms for naps.

Well Jordyn and I have been working on breaking #2 for the past couple days. It has been quite the battle and we have learned that our little girl is VERY stubborn.

Today Jordyn slept in her pack 'n' play for 1 1/2 hours. This is definetly a reason to celebrate. HOORAY FOR JORDYN!!

P.S. I will work on #1 when #2 has been resolved. Any suggestions?!?!

Happy Turkey Day

For Thanksgiving we stayed in New Mexico, but we were very excited to have Cory's older brother, Stevie, come to visit. I was even more excited when he said he wanted to do most of the cooking! It was just the three of us and little Jordyn but we had a good time and ate a lot!

Here are some things I am grateful for this Thanksgiving

My new little family

Gospel

Motherhood

The fact that I have all the necessities in life: food, shelter, etc.

Friends

Education

Loving Parents

Siblings that have become my best friends

My In-Laws

Health

Our family realizes how blessed we are and know that it comes from Heavenly Father. We know that if we continue to strive to live like him we will be blessed with the things that truly matter in this world. Happy Thanksgiving!!

Jordyn and Uncle Stevie...right before she spit up on him!

Our Thanksgiving Feast


Jordyn is one month old today! Happy Birthday Jordyn. We love you and are so grateful for your sweet spirit!

I can't go without mentioning that we go home in 20 days!!! I CAN'T WAIT:)

Cute Pictures of Jordyn

A lady in the ward came and took Jordyn's pictures. Before she came I thought I would try my hand at photography. I think I actually got some good shots. Jordyn will be a month old this coming week; I can't believe how fast time has gone. She truly brings us so much joy.

I wanted to get her better situated in this picture and take more but she peed right when I snapped this shot!

We are Thankful for Grandmas and Grandpas

Even though we don't live very close to our families, we have been very blessed to have both sets of Grandparents come and meet our new addition. Grandma Olsen came the day after Jordyn was born and spent a week with us. Grandpa Olsen joined us later in the week. We enjoyed their company; eating good home cooked meals by my sweet mom, playing games, and holding and kissing Jordyn. Grandma and Grandpa Judd also were able to come and spend a week with us. Jordyn loved staring up at Grandpa Judd and stayed pretty content in his lap. The weather has been nice enough that we were able to take Jordyn in her stroller and walk around Old Town. Jordyn loves her car seat and stroller and she loves to sleep in them!

We have enjoyed all the company and we can't wait to come home for Christmas in four weeks. It is going to be such a fun holiday season, spending tons of time with our families. Jordyn is excited to spend time with her grandparents, and meet her aunts and uncles. But most of all she is excited to meet all of her fun cousins!

So Big... So Fast

Why oh why does she have to grow so fast? She is almost three weeks old and she has grown so much. Her little cheeks are getting a little chubbier, but she still has major bird legs! Jordyn is such a good baby and hardly ever cries. When she does cry though she has a raspy little shriek that will break your heart. She has been smiling a lot when she falls asleep and we are happy to find that she definitely got mom and dad's dimple on the right side and we think there could be one on the left too! We love you sweet Jordyn.

Seriously mom?! Another picture of me sleeping!

These last two pictures are my favorite of her so far!

Friday Family Fun

When Cory got home from work on Friday we decided we wanted to watch a movie. So we blew up our air mattress, got in our comfy jammies, made some yummy apple crisp, put Jordyn in the middle of us, and enjoyed our new little family. This just might have to become a tradition of Friday Family Fun!

A cute picture of daddy and Jordyn!