Jordan Learning to Crawl with Big Smiles and Giggles

Jordan is in the beginning stages of crawling. He started rolling over and becoming mobile in late April at around 5 months. By my friends Mary and Jim's visit on May 3, 2008, we could no longer just plop Jordan down on the carpet surrounded by toys, leave the room and expect him to be in the same place when we came back.

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He has been teething over the last couple of weeks, sometimes with a fever. His first tooth broke through this month on July 16. Below are a few videos for fun to see Jordan's progress.

Jordan's First Four Months

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Jordan Learning to Crawl with Some Big Smiles and Giggles

Summer Fun in July 2008

This past weekend we walked over to the beach with Jordan in his bright red Radio Flyer for the first time. Usually we put him in the stroller, but his balance and strength sitting up has greatly improved in the past few weeks. He is extra cute in the wetsuit that Aunt Emily and Uncle Luke bought for him. Thanks Emily and Luke :)

Guacamole Recipe Coming Soon



During Uncle Jon's visit we had some fun meals, which included my new favorite guacamole recipe. I will update soon with the recipe.

On the 4th of July Jordan was in his first parade. All the kids and parents gathered together in the neighborhood and went around the neighborhood, then there was a picnic in the grassy area complete with live Reggae Music.

Also, on July 4th Uncle Jon visited. Jordan was very pleased and gave uncle Jon quite a few big smiles and giggles.

We then went to the first day of church in the new building on July 5th. We sat in the tent as usual, which was great because it was cooler in the tent then it was inside. Plus the tent had nice new chairs and the sanctuary which is in the gym for now still had the older small chairs.

Michael and Jon went surfing every day Jon was here. Here are some pictures and video from the day they went surfing at La Jolla Shores. It was a beautiful day !!

Unfortunately, Jon had to leave before the Switchfoot concert - he also missed the Switchfoot concert the last time he visited in July. Next year, we are going to check the concert schedule before the flight is booked:) After the concert I got my picture taken with the lead signer Jon Foreman.

Jordan is now 8 months old. I would like to end this blog post with a sweet smile from Jordan. He misses you.

Baby Toys Are So Yesterday

Recently Jordan has figured out which toys are meant for babies, and has decided baby toys are oh so passe. If he can get a hold of a household plant, he is over the moon.



With his new found walker freedom he is very content exploring the house and playing with nontoys I tried to master the technique of my brother-in-law with the photos-made-into-a-video. He has some great ones you should check out at: http://www.youtube.com/user/lukeandemily

Here is my poor attempt. Check out Jordan and the laundry basket. It's less than a minute and it's a hoot.

Jordan's Scooter Trouble