Life of a 13 Month Old......

The life of a 13 month old is rather busy...so much to discover...so much to see and do! Who has time to eat?

This morning started out with Baby Einsteins "baby shakespeare", while dining on Cherrios (most of which are all over the living room floor). Justin likes to call this the Cherrios land mine! We had a watermelon left over from Rogue Camp, so we cut that up and jordyn soon became a sticky ball of watermelon goo! She loves watermelon soo much, that she will eat the rind if given the chance! She probably ate 6 pieces...several bits of it being sacrificed to the Cherrios land mine, before we decided to go outside. It was an absolutely gorgeous morning, so we decided to take a swim in the river....Jordyn opted for nudity, while i spared the wildlife and wore a swimsuit :) It was much colder than it looked, so once our bodies became numb we decided to hop in a warm bath, complete with bubbles and rubber ducks! After being dried off and dressed in soft warm sweats, jordyn drifted off to the world of dreams.

An hour and a half later she woke up renewed and ready for action! We read several books, but "Danny the Duck" had several encores...followed by "big and little"....and then a Squeak Squeak book! Her nesting blocks were dragged out numerous times...each time i stacked them up and she knocked them down....never tiring of the result! She ate some more watermelon, and then we decided we should have lunch.....cheese bits...raspberries...and applesauce....followed by chicken alfredo.....hmmmmm! After a lunch like that we decided to stretch our legs, so we headed outside with the bubble wand and ball and played in the meadow. I blew bubbles, while Jordyn chased Lump (our cat)...climbed in and out of her kiddie pool(which was empty)....climbed on the playset...stomped thru my garden...tossed the ball around...and basically caused complete mayhem wherever she roamed!

I had chores to do inside, so we finally came in to wind down a bit and relax. While trying to eat my lunch, Jordyn decided she was hungry again, so i put some fish sticks in the toaster oven for her and set her up in her high chair. Again, she snacked on more watermelon while waiting for her dinner. Beep Beep Beep.....the fish sticks were done! Cut up and asembled on her tweety bird plate, she began to devour her crispy morsels. The plate was considered useless and tossed to the floor! While i was washing her dishes, i glanced over to see how her feast was going...well...with fish sticks still in hand and ketchup smeared on her lips, she had finally tired out and fell asleep on the spot! This is the first time she has ever fallen asleep at the dinner table....must have been a great day indeed!

What a great way to end the summer!

cheers!
lisajo