does she actually sleep??

So, Jadeyn has been sleeping through the night since she was about 2-3 weeks old. Of course I'm thrilled with this and Jimmy and I can't complain because we're getting so much rest. On the other hand, she's not as great at taking naps in the day. She's a tricky little thing though because I'll put her down for naps and she's wide-eyed and awake. But then I turn on her music and shut the door and I don't hear a peep from her. "Cool", I think. "She's learning to put herself to sleep". So I'll go in and check on her 10 minutes later - nope, still wide-eyed awake and just playing by herself. So, I'll check again in 15 minutes - same thing. 10 more minutes - no change. I'll wait maybe 20 minutes - STILL AWAKE! Seriously??? All this time and not one peep or cry from her, but no nap! I've started testing this and the only time I can be fairly certain she's asleep is her late afternoon nap - probably because she's so exhausted for being up almost the entire day with no napping. What a stinker! So, we have a little possum on our hands. At least she is quiet during her fake hour long naps throughout the day. And I must say for the most part, she remains in a pretty good mood for being a 2 month old who doesn't nap.

...on a side note, she had her 2 month doctors appointment on Monday. She weighs 9lbs, 8 oz (25 percantile), 22 1/2 inches long (50 percantile) and I don't remember her head measurements, but she's at the 60 percantile. She had her shots too, but did wonderfully. Just cried a little, but calmed down when it was done. Mom and Mimi did good too : )

The smiles have started!

Jadeyn has been smiling for a few weeks now, since about 4 1/2 weeks, but just last Sunday we finally got a few great pictures of it! She's so stinkin cute!

Is she growing???

My friend Daysha (www.behymerbusiness.blogspot.com) had a sweet little baby boy last May and she took monthly growing pictures of him and it was so fun to see how much he has grown. I know I can't tell that's Jadeyn's getting bigger b/c I'm with her everyday. So, here's my attempt to capture her growth through pictures.

at 1 week

at 1 month

First photo shoot

I couldn't upload our baby annoucement we sent to family, so here's a few pictures we had taken for it! We used the first picture for the announcement. One of our college students took these! She did a great job! Jadeyn was 2 weeks old here

Wedding Festivities

Jadeyn went to her first wedding last weekend! She had a ball. She actually missed the ceremony because her parents forgot to pack a bottle and when 6pm hit, daddy had to take her and find the closest Wal-Mart. But they made it back in time for the reception for some good country style food and dancing : ) My cousin Bethany got married and it was beautiful! It was sorta a "cowboy with class" style wedding. My mom and I found this little outfit for Jadeyn to wear and then a friend made the bow and my mom found the boots too! Outside of the bride and groom of course, she was the hit of the night! (at least in moms opinion)

The beautiful bride!

Jadeyn's second dance (but first with dad - I think it was the chicken dance). Uncle Don stole the first dance

It's been awhile since we've blogged. It's hard finding time in the day to do things outside of Jadeyn! I hope it gets a little easier once we've established a routine. We're still working on that.

Our days are great! We get visitors ever so often, Jimmy comes home for lunch usually and my mom makes almost a daily appearance to help out in case I haven't been able to shower or eat breakfast.

On a typical day, Jadeyn wakes up once during the night to eat (whether that's midnight or 3am - we haven't quite got down a good system yet) and then Jimmy gets up with her about 6 to do another feeding. She either falls back asleep or rests until about 9am. I try and get out of bed while Jimmy's still here to give me time to shower and get ready, but it's so hard sometimes!

Jadeyn does not like to take morning naps! Her naps are only about 30-45 minutes in the mornings, but hopefully we can get those to be a little longer. So normally, we'll play on her gym or go water the lawn, see our neighbors or just chill and watch some tv. However, there's nothing interesting on in the morning except Cash in the Attic on HGTV. After lunch, she's really ready for a nap, so she can sleep for a solid 3 hours in the afternoon. Sometimes we'll stay around the house, but it's also a good time for me to get out and run some errands while toting her along. It's a nice break in the day.

Today we strollered on over to Academy by our house and picked up some shorts for me. It was fun just being outside and walking around. Jadeyn looked adorable in her lady bug dress and her big wide-brimmed sun bonnet. She can definitely get most anyone's attention with her big blue eyes and long dark hair!

Jimmy and I are off to help with our church's middle school camp next week, so Jadeyn gets to spend time with both sets of grandparents for the week! She'll be with her Grandma and Grandpa Quinn the first two days and Mimi and Grrrpa will have the last part of the week. And if we can't go a full week without seeing her, my mom is able to bring her by camp on Wednesday for some cuddly time.

Camp will be a blast. I'm excited to be able to go. Jimmy and I are co-leading a group together. Rumor has it we're team Jamaica. Can't wait for Monday to come!!

C-U-T-E!!!

isn't she the cutest??

and 4 generations! Jadeyn loves her mamaw, mimi and mommy!