She's 9 months and counting...

Jade had her 9 month appt. last week. Here are her current stats: she's 17lbs. 2oz. now and 26 3/4" long. She sits at the 25th percentile so she's still on the tail end of the spectrum. By no means is she a chunky baby or ever will be. However, the cheeks do speak for themselves.




I am continually amazed at how well we have it with her. She's such an easy baby, all things considered. She naps regularly without having to rock her to sleep. All we have to do is put her down in her crib with her trusty blanky and pacifier and a few minutes she's off to dream land. She's been easy to transition to sippy cups and food. It wasn't a struggle to take away the bottle. And she almost always seems to be happy despite the reflux problem. I love her smile and it inevitably makes my day a better one.



After hearing several stories from friends, I am so grateful and even more aware of how good she is. In fact, I think Kaz is now prepared to deal with another 9 months of terrible pregnancy and 3 months of parasite baby again- not that we are even thinking about that right now. It is just nice to know that he's on the bandwagon again.



We are gearing up for our trip to England. We are still planning on military hops and hopefully I'll have some internet access to post some pics.

So much to do, so little time

Isn't that always the case. It seems we've done it again- trying to do a million things at once. So, here's the new news:

England here we come! Yes, we will be going to visit Kaz's family in England and yes, we have planned to leave in a little over a week. Jade received her passport a couple of days ago and I have to say it is a little weird that she has one. We've planned on taking military hops most of the way. I know, I know. We said we would never do that again (for those of you who know about our last trip). However, we've decided that we are now a little wiser and can make better decisions when it comes to military travel (which is why we have allowed ourselves 3 weeks of vacation).

Kaz is still submitting resumes like crazy in the hopes to find another job before we leave so that he has something when he gets out. I do have to say that this has proved to be a little more difficult than we anticipated. We knew it wouldn't be easy but some things have fallen through recently. Kaz was planning on joining the guard band in order to keep his GI Bill (free college money) and receive a sign-on bonus. To our surprise, he found out that he would get neither if he leaves active duty. This has put quite a wrench into the cogs. He had anticipated being able to go to school for whatever he wanted to do next and do it for free. So, now he's not sure what he should do.

Jade is doing great. She has her 9 mo. appointment in the morning so I'll be sure to let everyone know how she measures up. Still no teeth and still no crawling. Her crawling consists of leaning over as far as she can when sitting up but she won't put her feet behind her. I don't think it will be long though. She doing a lot of self feeding now. Her favorites are chunks of banana and Joe O's (Trader Joe's version of cheerios).

I'll post some photos of her in a couple of days.

The next month should prove to be very interesting and life changing.

More to come...

Once again, I have failed to keep my blog updated. Oh, well. I guess that is the nature of the beast.

Kaz and I have been working hard at getting our taxes ready to send. We think we may just finish this weekend. Yay!! Reconciling books at the end of the year is no fun. I suppose if I kept better track of things it wouldn't be so bad but looking back on this past year I can see why it may be a little mucky; pregnancy, baby, deployment.

What are we up to? Of course, it has been March madness! My family is big into college basketball and all the hoopla surrounding it. This year has been interesting with the changes at Indiana University and coaching.

Our next biggest plan is our trip to England. We've decided (at the last minute) that we should visit Kaz's family in England and the only time to do it would be in the next few weeks. So, we are scurrying to get things together. Jade needs a passport and we need plane tickets. Right now our plan is to go for 3 weeks.

Kaz will be "getting out" of the Air Force May 17th. His last concert is that day, the Glenn Miller concert. He's still looking for a job to go to and still planning on being a stay at home dad during the day.

More updates and photos to come.

Too long...

It's been too long since I've posted on this blog- sorry. It seems the business, Jade, and everyday life has started to catch up to me- oh, and taxes. Yuck! That's the one thing I really don't like about owning my own business- tax time. It reminds me every year that I need to be more organized.

On a better note, I thought I would post some more photos of Jade.

This one, every mother would be proud. At least it is caffeine free, right?









And who could forget about our faithful friends. Charlie has had a difficult time sharing his mom and dad with the baby who grabs his fur. Ever since she got a handful he won't let her near him. He's sees or feels a hand and he's out of there. However, he has figured out that there may be spit-up or the small bit of food in it for him so sometimes, Charlie is close- but not too close. Maybe he'll get as close as her feet, maybe that won't be too bad.





In other news, Jade has started eating some finger foods- chunks of bananas, pieces of waffles and the like. She is still going to my Chiropractor to help with the reflux (and it is helping) and still dislikes her tummy time. I think crawling may be another month away. That's okay since Kaz will be leaving the Air Force in a couple of months so the timing may work out well.

Kaz's parents will be in this weekend so I had better get back to my house. Oh, and probably working.