Family Update

Finally, I'm back with an update on our family!! We had family pictures done January 7th. I thought it was about time to show off our awesome girls! I think they turned out quite well. It was pretty fun to get them done. Even Cody was on board with doing them!

 Cody and I are great! Cody is still working graveyard shift. We have adjusted ok, but it's still super hard when he has to go back after having 3 days off. We really enjoy those days & nights he has off. It's a great job, and he's learning a lot. He does have the opportunity to take it as far as he wants to. I'm finally adjusted to life with 2 kids. We have a schedule figured out, as far as bath times for both kids,  what I can and can't get done while Jordyn is in school. Just normal day to day stuff. I've figured out times that I can finally get a workout in. It's not the time I really want to work out, but it's worked so far! I had a personal trainer tell me once, that 6 months after you have a baby, you can no longer use that as an excuse as to why you are still "fluffy". So, I am doing my best to not look "fluffy" when Aspyn reaches 6 months!!

 Jordyn started taking a dance class January 14th. She's been asking to take ballet since we first moved here. Well, I couldn't find a ballet dance class close to our small town, so she had to take Jazz! She loves it!  Her 1st day she was kind of nervous right at the start, but after meeting her teacher she just jumped right in to the funny dances they learned.  It's a 10 week class, followed by a concert. The teacher asked each girl what their favorite color was (so she could get an idea on costumes), well each girl had a different color. So I think their costumes are going to be rainbow!! She learned the dances so quick. She's such a natural! I think everything she does, she does well. I can't think of anything that she's done lately that she hasn't enjoyed and had a good time at. I still wonder what she's going to want to do in high school. I wouldn't mind if she did everything there is to do. She's just so happy when she's doing some sort of activity. Just seeing her having so much fun and learning and socializing, is so great. She's a lot less grouchy and moody too!

She also moved up to a different class in Primary this year. She is now in CTR class. There aren't a lot of kids in the ward her age, so a couple of classes are combined. She loves it! I think she knows more people (young and old) than we do! There is one girl that no matter where we see her, whether it's the store, or church will just run up to her, pick her up and just hug her. Everybody that Jordyn meets really, really likes her. She's got such a great personality! She's beautiful, and so so so creative!!

Her 5th Birthday is coming up. I'm getting nervous about the bowling party that she wants to have. I'm sure it will go just fine, I'm just stressing a little about it! I can't believe she's almost 5! Wow!!

Aspyn is now 2 months old! She had her 2 month checkup and shots on January 13th. She did awesome. The shots barely bothered her. By the time the needles were out she was back to smiling at the nurses! She weighs 11 lbs 1 oz and is 22 1/4" tall. That puts her in the 50% for both height and weight. Dr Moore is very pleased with her growth and says that she is hitting all the milestones for her age and then some!  Around Christmas we switched her to Soy formula after several weeks of her being colicky, and super mad at the end of the day. We tried other formulas like sensitive formula, gas & colic formula and nothing seemed to make her happy. Soy formula seems to have helped a ton! She is less gassy, and less colicky. At her 2 month checkup, I was telling Dr Moore about her still spitting up a lot, not letting us put her down for at least 30-45 minutes after eating, and sometimes still crying while eating. She determined that she may have a bit of Reflux. So we now have her on Zantac twice daily. Having her on that medication has been such a huge help.  She is now more content to be put down on her blanket to play after eating, the crying while eating is no more and is so much more smiley!!

She is liking tummy time a little bit more, as long as her diaper is OFF. Once it's off she'll play, lift her head up and all around and will be okay for quite awhile. If her diaper is ON, forget about it! She will just be super mad.  She loves, loves to stand up. If she's a bit fussy, if you stand her up she'll smile and everything will be great again. We play a little game where we hold on to her hands and have her sit down. We'll tell her to stand up and she'll pull herself up. She'll stand for quite sometime, we'll tell her to sit down and she'll sit herself down. She knows what's going on and is quite a strong little girl! It's so much fun watching her learn new things! She's been sleeping in her crib upstairs since New Year's Day and it's been great. She will sleep from around 10-11pm to 6:00-7:30am. During the day she'll just catnap, but I am loving the night time!

Everyone is happy and healthy and doing great! We are trying to stay busy and involved with activities and fun. We are getting back on track with things financially and personally. It's such a great feeling!!  So far it seems like 2011 is off to a great start!!