Tuesday, March 17, 2009

All About Jordyn

Jordyn is growing up so fast! She is 19 months already. She is in this stage where she just wants to help. She helps with everything from loading the dishwasher, putting her shoes away, dusting, scrubbing floors, bathing Jace, putting trash in the garbage and dirty dishes in the sink, and changing Jace. It is so cute to watch her concentrate so hard on these chores!!

She is also starting to say a lot of words. Some of her favorites are "Hiiieeee" (Hi), "Nigh-nigh" (blanket), "Bah" (Barney), "BeBe" (baby), and "cheez" (which causes her to pull a really funny Jace). The list could go on forever.

Today I told Jordyn I had to put Jace to bed for his nap. I guess she knows my routine quite well, because she ran to his room, pointed to the fan for me to turn it on, and then patted on the rocking chair for me to sit down. She then held her finger to her lips, said "Shhhhh" and walked out of the room closing the door behind her. After I put Jace down, I opened the door to find her dusting the house with her toy duster. How cute!

She also gets frustrated quite easily when she can't do something or if something is different than usual. She noticed after her shower (yes, shower) the other day that her fingers were wrinkled. She walked around looking at her hands saying "Uh-ohhh" over and over again.

She had a tantrum Tuesday afternoon after lunch because something was different. I always push up her sleeves when I put her in her highchair for lunch. When I take her out of her high chair, she makes a point of helping me pull her sleeves down. Today, she wore short sleeves for the first time this year. She pulled and pulled on her short sleeves trying to get them down. She cried and cried saying "deeves, deeves" (sleeves, sleeves). She did this over and over. I finally had to give her some strawberries to calm her down.

Last, I tried to do some finger painting with Jordyn this morning. I thought I had a great idea and that she would love it. Well, it lasted for about five minutes. Apparently, Jordyn does not like dirty hands. She wanted her wash rag and wanted nothing to do with the paints. She was finally happy once I had her hands washed off. I think she must have gotten this from Uncle Andy.

Enjoy some pics of Jordyn! (Don't worry...I'll do a Jace update soon also!)



Still lovin' her box


Having cake with Kendal at Jace's baptism


Loving her baby brother


Say "Cheez"


Her beautiful finger painting that she hated doing. I think I did most of it trying to get her to help!

2 comments:

Tiffany Kraker said...

I love that "Cheez" face! She is growing up so fast it makes me sad... :( Everytime she is over, I always say "Andrew come here, come see what Jordyn is doing/saying!" He gets annoyes because I am amazed at everything she knows already.

Steve and Heather Sanders said...

Awww Tam she is so cute! It's exciting when they are growing up, but also sad at the same time. What a sweet little girl!