Category: Cute-Babays

She grows up so quick and yet it has felt like six months. Let’s see what she can do now:

• She bounces and dances in the door jumper.
• She laughs to funny sounds her mom makes with her lips.
• She hugs our necks when we hold her tight.
• She squeals and chirps to tell us what she thinks.
• She has two cute teeth she won’t let you see. Instead she shows off her tongue.
• She shows her two cute teeth as consolation prizes when she cries.
• She grabs our face when we hold her close.
• She doesn’t want to go to bed just like her daddy.
• She likes to suck in her lower lip and let her drool waterfall.
• She sucks loudly on her pacifier, whichever end she gets in her mouth.
• She discovers her appendages everyday, and they are remarkable to her.

The previous video was too short. Watching her bounce is too much fun to watch just once.

While we were on a photo job, there was an seven-month-old boy having a blast on a door jumper. I couldn’t help but smile watching him just bounce himself silly. We received a door jumper from a friend of a friend before Kadie was born. Seeing the door jumper in action reminded us of ours, so we got it out of the closet and spent an hour smiling at Kadie bouncing around in circles.

Rumor has it that in China it’s special for a baby to reach 100 days old. So in honor of that, I have created a video of Kadence’s 1st month. I wanted to do all three months, but here’s the 1st with more to follow.

The first time Kadence laughed was when I gave her a bath. I had put her ears underwater and the Lord inspired me (which must’ve been the Lord because who else would think of crazy things to do) to snap my fingers underwater. She chuckled briefly and I laughed in amazement. I always thought that I would miss out on so many of Kadence’s firsts because I’m at work most of the day. I’m sure I’ll miss things in the future, but I’ve been blessed to been the first to experience some things.

The video above of yours truly performing raspberries on Kadie’s belly was a few days after her first chuckle. Again, out of the blue, I decided to lift her up and blow on her tummy. Her laughter was adorable. I love watching her learn how to do all these simple things I’ve taken for granted—and to live life anew through the eyes of someone experience everything for the first time.

Here’s a of Kadence’s facial expressions self-check: going through as many facial expressions as possible under 90 seconds. Sometimes I wonder what is in that baby brain of her’s.

Kadence has started using her voice more. We laid her on a mat with Mr. Incredible and we’re certain she has some very important things to say to him.

Now, if we could only get her to tell us what she wants instead of crying…

As we were writing our Christmas letter this evening, our creativity got the best of us. We had our own version of ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas,’ appropriately themed around Jenni’s pregnancy.

All my life I’ve dreamed of becoming a wife and mother. I confess that when I got out of high school, all I really wanted to do was get married and have a family. But there were no prospects, and I didn’t want to sit around and wait for who knows how long till that happened. So off to college I went and I discovered life after high school was good after all.