No, we have not forgotten about Jordyn's blog. We finally got it together enough to create a book from all these posts and therefore have decided that any new posts for Jordyn will be on our family blog. The link is on the side bar - Miller Family Blog. Enjoy!

If Jordyn could say more, we are sure she'd be telling us "I'm a big girl!" Last week she was out of daycare practically all week with a fever. It was probably a virus as she had cold symptoms. But she also has had all four eye teeth come in significantly in the past week so we are sure that has not helped. A few kids at daycare are being potty trained and Jordyn, not one to feel left out, has begun telling us she "wants to go potty". Its pretty funny because we are pretty sure she is just saying it because she hears it a lot at daycare. The biggest news is that she is ready to go to sleep in her own bed. Our nightly routine has been to get her in our bed with her bottle and cuddle bear where she falls asleep and then we take her to her bed. Lately she has not wanted to go to sleep on our bed and instead needs to be taken to her bed where after about two minutes she falls directly asleep. We can't believe our baby is growing up - and letting us know its time! At least we are listening...
Other than that, Jordyn's vocabulary is increasing daily. When we ask her who she played with at daycare she tells us 'Rana' (Ariana) and Jake-ee (Jake). Pretty darn cute. She repeats some words now like milk. Her new favorite song is the Itsy Bitsy Spider, and she will do the hand motions for the spider and the sun. She will go find her toy that sings it and cycles through its songs until it gets to Itsy Bitsy Spider. She also still enjoys Ring Around the Rosy and even demands we do it with her. She comes up and says "Rody" ("Rosy"). She holds our hands and walks around and then falls down at the end. She also enjoys sitting at the kitchen table on the big chairs. She will pull the chair out and climb up and sit there at the table. So big!

Our Jordyn. You will notice she is getting so big, and her hair is due for a trim already. Its so hard now to keep up with everything she is doing. She is trying to eat with utensils. She loves to jump, picks up her baby to give it a kiss or to feed it its bottle, and has added 'ready' to her vocabulary. Jordyn also knows when she is ready for 'night night' and tells us as she leads us to her room so she can lay down on her 'pillow' (which sounds like pedow from her but we know what she is saying). In the bottom photo you will notice another bruise. Yep, daddy was out of town and Jordyn ran into a playhouse and ended up with a nice bruise on her cheek. We are also adding photos of her room with her new ceiling fan (yep, its a Tinkerbell fan!).

Teeth, teeth, teeth.
Jordyn's upper and lower molars have come in and now she is actively getting all the teeth in between the molars and the 4 front ones she's got on the top and bottom, and on both sides. She is taking it really well but chewing on everything and drooling tons. Hopefully by the end of the month they will have cut through so she can be more comfortable.
I also forgot to mention in the last post that Jordyn sleep talks. Its pretty cute. While on our trip she would start talking - and she doesn't have that many words yet - but she would say 'daddy' and 'hi' or 'boppy'. She does it at home a bit, too, though we don't hear her too often since we are not sharing a room. :)

Jordyn has added another stamp to her passport - and she's barely 1 year old! As we posted on our famiy site, we went to Cozumel (across from Cancun) just after Christmas through New Years. This trip was a little more difficult because Jordyn is walking and wants to explore. Dangerous in an unfamiliar place and around water, but we survived. Her new word is 'water' and she loved looking at it. She enjoyed being around the water and the ocean but was not keen on having the water come up to touch her feet. She did splash in the pool a bit but the pool water was very cold. She also liked to walk along the beach and pick up shells. We also had a bit of an issue with Jordy's eating because she was so distracted by everything around her she was not paying attention to what she was putting in her mouth and at so much she threw up twice! Jordyn ended up with a nice tan despite the fact that we tried very hard to keep her sunscreened. She had a great time playing with Boppy (Lauren's dad), Grandma, Auntie Pammie and Uncle Scotty. Now she sees photos of them at home and points to them and calls them by name! Another first, Jordyn went on her first boat ride - and did quite well! Here are just a few photos from our camera. We have 2 cd's of photos from Lauren's parents and brother and sister to go through, too.



It occurs to me we should also mention Jordyn's Christmas. She still doesn't quite get the whole phenomenon and loved the paper and boxes and bows. She has had more fun with her presents this week than she did the day of but again she gets so distracted when lots of stuff is going on that it is hard for her to focus on anything, at least not for long. Her Grandma Ellen and Grandpa LD gave her a horsie that she can sit on and make it sing or talk and she loves it. Santa brough her an Elmo chair which she also likes sitting in. Grandma Anita and Boppy gave Jordyn a baby doll that she has taken to picking up and giving kisses to. It is very sweet. She got lots of other presents, each of which are great. Jordyn got lots of books which she likes looking at - not being read to, she'd rather go at her own pace :)