Finally, an Update...

Yesterday I went back to work full time and it was so hard to leave my little girl. It seems like I haven’t had much time with her; I guess if you stop and think about it I haven’t. We didn’t get to meet her until one week after we left for China so that was one week into my 6-week leave. Then, she really only wanted Jerry for the first five days or so that we had her. It took a lot of holding time and patience to get her to trust and bond with me. I feel like her personality was really coming out in the last 10 days or so, but I guess I’ve been seeing a little more of it each and every day. I truly enjoyed being home with her and would have loved to have more time, but unfortunately, bills have to be paid:)

Jadyn has become so mobile and is so much fun to watch as she explores every nook and cranny in the house and outdoors. She has an eye for detail; she will find any little piece of dirt, fuzz, grass, or who-knows-what that is lying around and will pick it up to view it close up and after a minute or so she tries to put it in her mouth to get a deeper sense of what it is – too funny! We have to be watching her so closely all the time, but what else is there to do, right?

Last night she had a taste of blueberries for the first time and my gosh did she like them! She kept grabbing at the dish wanting more. She has no problem with table food even though she has no teeth and she has thoroughly enjoyed each item she has tasted!

We continue to work on naps in the crib which are getting better and she isn’t screaming at the top of her lungs when she wakes up, but she doesn’t nap for very long. She sleeps a good stretch at night, but is still sleeping with us; however, we want to try to transition her to either the pack-and-play in our room or her crib very soon since she is so mobile. Some nights she can be very restless and I just worry too much about her, but when she does roll over she looks to see if we are there with her and she also likes to feel our skin. She will squeeze our arms or a part of our body as she falls asleep so I am just not sure how long the transition will take. We’ll see how it goes.