A Burst of Jadyn

I don't get around to blogging much lately. Hopefully I can get a hang of the mother thing and start being part of the world again soon. :) It is amazing how much time this little girl takes. She just loves to be held a little too much. It seems most days go like this:

Our little princess wakes up sometime between 4:30 and 7:00 a.m. and is wide awake (yes, we have a morning person in the family-- I have no idea where those genes came from!! Grandma Lemon???) Jadyn demands to eat immediately, then she wants to play. So we have play time: peek-a-boo, sing songs, follow the rattle, tummy time, etc. After a while Jadyn starts to lose interest and get cranky, so I have to cuddle her and rock her to sleep. If I'm lucky, I can put her down and get something to eat, and maybe, just maybe, get a shower. But more often than not, it is no longer than a minute after she is put down that she wakes up and starts screaming until she is held and cuddled again! I have been told many times and read in many places that you cannot spoil a newborn. I just keep telling myself this every time I fly to her every beck and call. Anyway, as I am sure you well know, babies eat about every three hours, so the above routine is basically a cycle that repeats every three hours or so... all day long. Like right now, Jadyn is sleeping on my lap while I type this because as soon as I laid her down for her nap, she was wide awake and crying for me to come back! Funny girl. Good thing I love her so much... it just makes it hard to get anything done! :)

The other day I mentioned how behind I am on the blog to my good friend, Shannon. I told her I have a ton of pictures, so she suggested I just name the post with the above title and put all the pictures in it. So, here you are. A big, long slide show of Jadyn's first month of life. Enjoy... I'm sure at least the grandparents will. :)