A great weekend

We had a great weekend here!  The heat broke a little and went from scorching to hot, so we played in the pool both days and took a nice walk sat. morning.  Saturday, G and I went to a ’hairbow party’ where I ordered her some burnt orange and white bows to get ready for game  day… '”hook ‘em horns!”  Saturday afternoon/evening we had my co-workers and their families over to hang out in/by the pool and then for dinner.  Geneva and her buddy Taylor (5 months) both enjoyed the water.  Sunday- Geneva was an angel during mass and then my 1/2 siblings came over to swim and for dinner.  Geneva has been a lot of  fun—smiling a ton and enjoying her exersaucer and jumper.

one outfit, two cuties…. photo shoot!!

 

This was one of my baby dresses.

Sitting Forward

We’ve been noticing lately that Geneva does not like to lay down on her back much.  Her neck and tummy muscles are getting stronger everyday and she is now sitting “forward” for brief periods before she topples over.  It is really cute and her big budda belly looks hilarious hanging over her diaper. 

You’ll be amazed how “developmentally appropriate” Geneva is.

The end of the tight swaddle?

At 3 1/2 months, Geneva might be starting to resist the super-tight baby straightjacket pajamas. 

She let us know this evening that instead of arms down tightly, she preferred her gauzy blanket wrapped loosely around her.  So indeed, the blanket lived up to its nickname as “the magic blanket,” instantly putting her to sleep.

Here is a picture of her (and her cute cousin Nick) in this “magic blanket” made by www.adenandanais.com  Thank you again, cousin Alison for introducing us to this wonder wrap.  I have started giving these as gifts to my pregnant friends so they too may know the joy.

 

Beach Babies! . . .Beach Babies! They're on the sand from July to the end of September

Today, our little girl made her first attempt at swimming. While hesitant at first she quickly grew to love the water and rapidly started kicking and cooing happily. Tori and I suspect that today was not her last day in the pool.

Here are pics of her first aquatic aclimation attempt. Please note the large hat and sunscreen for protection from harmful UV rays.

3 month pictures

While we were in Mt. Carmel, we had family pictures taken.  Here is a link to the website. 

http://photographybyamanda.smugmug.com/Jackson-Family

Just a quote

“I wouldn’t mind the lizards if they would eat the roaches.” – Greg

This pretty much sums up my experience of home ownership in the wild and wooly state of Texas.

Tummy Time and Rolling Over

For a little girl that hated tummy time, Geneva has come leaps and bounds!  In Illinois, she started lifting her head much higher and hating it less (Greg credits this to her observing Lyla, Bonnie’s daughter) and after our trip she rolled over onto her back for the first time.  She has now rolled over 5 times but each time she does it she is naked (after a diaper change).  I’ll post video if/when she does it with clothes on.

For now, here is a video of her on her belly.  It is kind of long at about 2 minutes, but there are some cute close-ups of her face.

Here she is 1/2 way over.

You know you live in a small town…

When the person behind an anonymous craigslist ad is a disgruntled parent from the school district.  And darn, I really wanted that $20 exersaucer!  I’m still thinking of just having Greg go pick it up.

Great Grandparents and Aunts and Uncles

In Illinois, Geneva met more of her great grandparents and other aunts, uncles, and family.

Here are some photos.

with Cousin Michael.  Michael seemed about as comfortable holding Geneva as he would be with a rattlesnake but my mother was very insistent.

With Great-Grandpa Fred

With Great-Grandma Audra

With great-aunt Sonya and cousin Audra

With great-grandpa Marshall

 

With uncle Wade and cousin Audra (see post from January when he came to visit us and helped to paint the kitchen and bookshelves.

With Cousin Marshal and her sweet kiddos, Ryan and Olivia

With great-aunt Jana

With our great family friends, Mona and Alice Jean

Am I a bad mom?

Has anyone else let their baby sleep 1/2 the night in their swing?

Geneva is to the point where any nighttime wakeups seem to be out of/form a habit, so I am reluctant to feed her when she wakes up in the middle of the night if she is otherwise easily soothed.  When I would hold her last night at 2am, she was fine and would fall back into a light sleep, but each time I laid her back in the crib, she began to fuss after a brief period.  We did this 4 or 5 times before I put her into the swing and let her sleep until 6:45.

Be honest- what do you think?