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Playing with Kaya

Published by Gabe, Amber, Jada and Micah Carter under on 11:50 AM
Jada loves playing with Kaya. Yesterday, when Jada was playing on the floor in her bedroom, practicing her rolling skills, Kaya ran in the room then proceeded to stare at Jada then run down the hall. She then ran back in the room and did the same thing. Jada thought it was hilarious and would laugh really hard every time Kaya ran back into the room. What good friends they are!









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Going to Parties, Singing, & Rolling onto Her Tummy

Published by Gabe, Amber, Jada and Micah Carter under on 11:28 AM
Jada was invited to her first birthday party! Her friend, Brooklyn Shearer, turned one and her party was this past Saturday. Here's a picture of Jada with her friends, Ella, Brooklyn & Sophee and their mommies (Robin, Tiana, & Ashley). Also pictured are Amy (far left), Christina (pregnant with Baby Tymon), & April (far right & pregnant with "Baby Peanut"). :-)



Jada is totally dominating her bouncy chair these days. I remember when she used to just lay back and stare at the hanging toys. Now she attacks them. Ha ha.


Jada loves her Daddy time before bedtime. Here's Daddy and Jada playing before she goes to bed.


Jada has not only enjoyed her rice cearal and sweet potatoes, but has now added brocolli and applesauce to her plate! How exciting! She especially loves applesauce. She had two ice-cube size servings yesterday instead of her usual one. Here's a picture of her first few bites of brocolli.



Jada has been rolling from her tummy to back for a few weeks now, but has recently started rolling from her back to her tummy! It was tough for her to figure out what to do with that other arm after the roll (that gets stuck under her tummy), but she figured it out on Tuesday! Here's a picture of her at Daddy's Ultimate Frisbee game on Tuesday night when she rolled from her back to her tummy all by herself for the first time. She realized that if she grabs on to the turf while she pulls out her other arm, she can successfully make it all the way on her tummy. What a smart girl!

After which, she had a conversation with that pretty little flower she's holding!


Speaking of talking, I'm pretty sure I caught her singing along to the radio the other day. I was driving, and had the volume up as I was singing along to whatever song happened to be playing. I heard something from the back seat. I then turned down the music and heard this cute little voice behind me singing, "Na na na na na". It was SO cute. I guess she really does listen to what Mommy does and follows along!
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Sweet Potatoes for Our Sweet Girl

Published by Gabe, Amber, Jada and Micah Carter under on 4:57 PM

On Tuesday, June 9th, Jada tried her first solid baby food (besides rice cereal). We decided that sweet potato puree would be a great first food. Here's a brief synopsis of her experience...

"Hmmm... this recipe doesn't look too hard...







"I'm all prepared to create my first masterpiece...









"Ta da! Nothing to it! Now I wonder how it's going to taste...








"Um...I'm not quite sure what I think yet. Do I like this stuff?








"MMM...yeah I do like sweet potatoes. They're pretty good!"







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Fun Times with Grandma & Aunt Katelynn

Published by Gabe, Amber, Jada and Micah Carter under on 11:33 AM
Grandma & Aunt Katelynn came up from Eugene recently and visited with us for the day while Grandpa raced at Portland International Raceway. We had a great time. Jada had so much fun playing with Katelynn. We baked some chocolate chip cookies together, colored on the sidewalk with some sidewalk chalk, and watched Jada eat rice cereal. Here are some cute shots of Katelynn holding Jada followed by Gabe holding both Katelynn & Jada, then my mom with Jada.


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Eating Breakfast is Tiring!

Published by Gabe, Amber, Jada and Micah Carter under on 10:19 AM
Jada fell asleep while eating her rice cereal this morning! Here she is starting to nod off...





And... She's out!





Ha ha. We had a busy morning going for a run, getting ready for the day, saying goodbye to Daddy as he left for work, that by the time eating breakfast came around, Jada was ready to take a nap.

Here's a cute picture of Jada sleeping on Daddy after church on Wednesday night. Notice the time... 8:25... She knew it was bedtime and didn't care that she wasn't in her bed...it was time to sleep!



I love this next picture because Jada's nickname is "Baby Bear". Notice the shirt. :-)




Okay, just one more picture! Doesn't she look so grown up sitting in her Bumbo? I can't believe how fast she's growing right now!


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Rice Cereal

Published by Gabe, Amber, Jada and Micah Carter under on 2:11 PM
Jada started eating her first solid foods (well, solid as in mushy rice cereal!) on Sunday! I was going to wait until she was 6 months old, but was just so excited, that I reasoned that 5 months & 4 days was close enough. :-)

She's been watching us eat & reaching out to grab our food lately; it's like she was saying, "Please, Mommy, let me try to eat from a big-girl spoon! I can do it!".

She loves her rice cereal (it's pretty bland & not so yummy to me...yes, I tried the tiniest little bit just to see what I was feeding my child)! She dives for the spoon and smiles while she's eating. Sometimes, she attempts talking & eating at the same time which results in a spray of rice cereal in Mommy's direction. She has always been quite the multi-tasker. :-)

Here are some pictures of our sweet baby enjoying her first bites of solid (ish) food.








































And just for fun, here's one of my current favorite pics of Jada... I call it the "Air Guitar". :-)











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Lookin' Good

Published by Gabe, Amber, Jada and Micah Carter under on 8:15 PM


We just wanted to capture what Jada does best...spitting up and looking good doing it. She's also really into trying to talk or at least she thinks she's talking. She's learning all about volume and thinks it's fun to talk really loudly. She even sighs loudly. We will hopefully have a video soon.
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Playing Outside

Published by Gabe, Amber, Jada and Micah Carter under on 3:27 PM
Today is sunny and 77 degrees outside; I am SO excited that summer is here! Jada & I went outside to play for a little while this afternoon. Here are some pictures of our beautiful girl enjoying the outdoors.





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My First Mother's Day!

Published by Gabe, Amber, Jada and Micah Carter under on 7:00 AM


Today is my first official Mother's Day, although, personally, I consider it my second Mother's Day because I found out that I was pregnant one week before Mother's Day last year. In church last year, Pastor Brett asked the women in the church who were mothers to raise their hands. I did. I loved it. This past year has been one of the best in my life. My little family is such a blessing to me. My Gabe & Jada are just incredible. God is amazing.

Here are some fun pictures of our family:





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Jada's Sleeping on Her Back!

Published by Gabe, Amber, Jada and Micah Carter under on 2:21 PM

Okay, so it's a little embarrasing to admit that Jada has been sleeping in her carseat since she's been 4 days old up until 2 days ago. Her acid reflux was causing her to spit up many times at night and she would start making scary choking noises when she was first born, so it made sense to have her sleep in a more upright position.

When she was 3 months old, I tried transitioning her from the carseat to sleeping on her back, but she woke up every 2 hours screaming. I don't know if it hurt her tummy when she was flat on her back or if she just didn't like it. That lasted 3 nights then I switched her right back to her carseat where she would sleep 8-9 hours straight. Yeah, I know... Mommy wanted to sleep.

Well, two days ago we decided to try again, after all, she is 4 1/2 months old & can't sleep in a carseat forever. I was so nervous & prepared myself to wake up every 2 hours again. On Tuesday night, I laid her on her back in her crib at 9:30pm & didn't hear from her until 5am! She woke up hungry, but went back to sleep at 5:45 until 8:15am! Not bad! Last night was night #2, and she slept straight from 10:30 - 8:00! Success! I'm so proud of how she's handling this new big-girl transition.

Her doctor recommended that we raise one side of the mattress so that her head's elevated (to help with reflux). Jada starts off in the right position, but then wakes up sleeping horizontally where the incline ends! It's quite funny...





Here she is stretching... Enjoying all the extra room that the carseat can no longer offer her...




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