shoes, shoes, shoes

Jordan's most recent obsession is with shoes. "Shews" is ususally the first word out of her little mouth each time she wakes up these days. She has learned to take off her own shoes, so we spend a good part of the day putting her shoes back on, only to have her remove them again and bring them to us saying, "Oh no! Shoes!" (meaning put them back on so we can do it again!). She also loves to wear other people's shoes, pictured here.

fun with daddy

Here is Jordan having fun with her Daddy!

sidewalk chalk

A favorite activity these days is drawing with sidewalk chalk. Jordan's canvas is our patio/porch area. She likes to make lines and say "J-O." We are not so proud of her that we actually think she is spelling, but it is what she says over & over when she is drawing. The other thing she likes to do is find an unfortunate ant, who she draws over with a bold stroke or two, sending the ant to a quick and colorful end. Its fairly cruel. ;)

p.s. JoJo is one of her nicknames and what she calls herself.

pigtails

Jordan's hair is long enough now to start experimenting with some new hair dos. Here is a day with pigtails. She is especially happy here, having swiped one of mommy's granola bars. She thinks she is slick.

just cute

we just love this little girl!

zippers and more!

One of Jordan's favorite things lately is zippers. Zippers on her coat, zippers on your coat, zippers on pillows...here she is working the zipper on a lunchbox.

We know that we have been delinquent in posting lately. However, Jordan has been pretty much refusing to pose for any pictures lately, so we end up with a lot of closed eyes, turned heads, etc. Let us know if you want to see any of those award winning shots. :)

Since we last posted, Jordan turned 1 1/2, had her 18 month check up, and survived her last shots until age 4. She was 25 lbs. 12 oz. and doing well. Her ears were given the all clear (yeah!). She is talking a lot (new words include "help," "birds," "night-night," "truck," and several animal sounds). Yesterday while Jamie was napping she insisted on standing outside our bedroom door saying "He seeping" (sleeping) over & over. She also continues to love her slide and teasing the dogs. She is refusing to eat most everything but cheese, applesauce, greenbeans, and yogurt. The pediatrician says this is fine. If she says so... :)

fun with Gramms

Jordan had a blast this weekend with her Gramms! These first two pics are from our trip to the Lazy 5 Ranch. While there we saw lots of animals...rhinos, buffalo, emus, potbellied pigs. The one that really scared Jordan, however, was the calf...she started crying and shaking when she heard it moo. In her defense, it was pretty loud. Jordan loved being with her Gramms and misses her!