Miscellaneous Updates

In this post I will try to update our followers on various topics regarding baby Jordan.

New Foods: Jordan has tried several new foods since my last update. She enjoys applesauce, bananas, green beans, prunes, pears, and the Gerber sweet potato puffs. She hates peas, and still is not a big fan of rice cereal, though she will eat a few bites if it is mixed with apple juice instead of milk. Speaking of juice, she has had quite a bit of apple juice to aid her digestion. She has sampled an apple/prune juice mixture but didn't like it.

New Teeth: Jordan officially has 2 teeth! The second tooth "erupted" this week and is still working on emerging fully from her gums. This most likely explains her recent trend of waking up very unhappy several times each night. If this is how some babies are all the time I would hate being their mother!

New clothes: Jordan is growing out of her 6-month gear and now wearing mostly 6 to 9-month or larger clothing. This is worrysome because her 9-month clothes are all made to be worn in a Summer climate...not in this October-esk weather we've been experiencing lately. Here's hoping it warms up soon!

New Viruses: We took Jordan to the doctor this week after suffering a two-day, low grade fever. Based on her history, we suspected she might have another ear infection. Fortunately, the doctor told us her ears looked fine and that her fever was most likely the result of some kind of virus and wasn't something to be too worried about.

New Weight: Jordan now measures 16 lbs, 11 oz at just a few days shy of 8 months old.

Jordan Goes for a Swim

Jordan took her first trip to the aquatics center to try her hand at swimming. The water was a little chilly, especially with the wind, so we mostly walked around and had fun watching the other kids play in the water. If you look closely at the picture, you can kind of see Jordan's first teeth in her lower gums!

Roughing it

This last weekend Jordan was privy to her first camping experience.  Our friends Corey and Jen and their two month old Jake and 1 year old Charlie gave us a call about a month ago asking if we would like to head up the St. Joe river with them for memorial weekend.  My first thought was camping with a 7 month old could be interesting and possibly a pain.  Then I thought about the fact that my parents spend summers in logging camp with my newborn brother and me in a small camper and did just fine, not to mention Corey and Jen were taking on this task with two kids one who was only two months old.  We decided it would be a bit too cold to truly "rough" it in the tents so we grabbed the old camper (same one I spent my first months in) and headed up the river.

It was your normal Memorial weekend.... RAIN, RAIN, oh look the sun is starting to come out.....BAM downpour.  We headed up Friday afternoon and got everything set up, Jordan had her wide eyed stare on for a while as she took in her new surroundings.  That evening was pretty usual, Corey and I headed out to find the biggest dead tree we could cut down for firewood (where we also had a wolf howling over the ridge at us and chased a black bear down the road) and Jen and Jamie stayed in camp with the kids.  Jordan just happened to be getting over a cold and cutting teeth so she was very moody to say the least.  Jamie spent a lot of time in the camper with her feeding and trying to rock her to sleep but she wasn't having it.  Saturday was filled with a lot of rain and sitting around the fire, again Jordan was slightly agitated and Jamie was a trooper spending time with her in the camper trying to console her.  Sunday brought some better weather and Grandpa and Grandma Femreite showed up to hang out with us for the day.  We drove up to Avery to get some supplies at Sheffy's and Jamie loaded Jordan into the packer and walked around a bit.  Jordan loved watching everything around her and seeing this "big" world that was out there.  That evening Jordan got to experience how mesmerizing staring at a camp fire can be, and took her first atv (or rather side by side Yamaha rhino) ride, most of the time she seemed a little confused by the wind hitting her face and this loud motor noise.

I would say overall the trip was a success.  Once the weather gets warmer and Jordan is not as cranky from teething we will be heading out again.  I want my little girl to grow up appreciating the outdoors and what it has to offer, and I think camping is one of the best ways to do this.  Check out the photo album for some updated pictures from our camping trip and below is a short video of Jordan relaxing by the fire.

Jordan Cuts a Tooth

It was May 28th, officially, that we could see the first small bit of Jordan's lower-left front tooth poking its pearlescent, knobby head through her gums. That explained all the crankiness, finger gnawing and restless nights that occured earlier in the week. Oh and there was drool as well, but that's been at a constant dribble since she was about 3 months old. Whatever you do, don't ask her to let you see her new tooth; it's a sore subject, no pun intended.

While sightings of this new tooth are rare, i'm fairly certain that i've spotted it's mate erupting through her gums now as well--or at least dang close to doing so.

We're both pretty sure that baby Jordan is milking our empathy every night when she wakes up from the pain. You see this is how it goes: she cries; dad gets her out of her crib; mom nurses her back to sleep in their bed; neither mom nor dad want to put her back in the crib; she winds up sleeping the remainder of the night snuggled between mom and dad. We're hoping this does not become a habit. We liked when she slept all night and thus we slept all night.