Happy Thoughts

So lets have some happy thoughts - there is too much GOOD in my life to focus on sad things! I turned 31 yesterday - and it was a pretty crummy birthday... :( BJ had a stomach bug, and he slept pretty much all day - so we didn't get to go get my present, or go to dinner... Oh well - we'll make up for it next weekend, I keep reminding him! Seriously, a birthday should be at least a little bit better than your average day... ?

Jordan is still not crawling quite yet, but she gets around just fine when she is really motivated, by dragging herself along on her tummy. I try to make sure that she doesn't wear white, so that I don't have to be disghusted by the probable reality of my dirty floors... The things that motivate her to move most especially are the refrigerator door being open, the garbage can basket being pulled out of the cabinet, and Cobey's food (or any bone that Cobey may be enjoying). I snapped this picture moments before relocating Cobey's food and water bowl to the laundry room, which will be an effective deterrant for Jordan only until she figures out how to pull herself up over the one step to get into the laundry room...

Poor Cobey attracts more attention from Jordan than he wants to these days. He will be lying on the living room floor, enjoying a bone, until Jordan grabs the bone from his grasp (with authority, I might add), and proceeds to try and stick this ooey gooey slimy dog slobbery rawhide into her own mouth... (mommy becomes motivated to move before this happens when at all possible). She simply can not resist playing this game - she will give poor Cobey NO peace - she steals it over and over and over again. But that's okay, he retaliates when I give her a biter biscuit - he hovers and has stolen these from her on numerous occasions. They are almost like siblings. Jordan squeals with delight every time she sees Cobey, I think that he is her favorite family member. :) When she finally does really get on the move, we are going to be in for it. She is very curious, very persistent, and very FOCUSED on what she wants when she wants it. Distraction isn't always possible... I like to think that she is very much like DADDY in these regards, since mommy doesn't ever display any of those traits, never has, and never will. She is like daddy in lots of ways, and this picture of her "plugged in to" the keyboard reminds me of him as well.

And the last new picture I have of her - with her daddy, doing what they do best together, SLEEPING. And what mommy can resist snapping a shot of the two people she loves most, snuggled up in a blissful slumber. :)