Jayden's Journal

I realize that the ideal time for starting a blog or a journal for a baby would be either before or right after they are born, but I unfortunately jumped on the band-wagon a little late *sigh*... So here it is... Jayden’s Journal’s FIRST OFFICIAL entry!!! 

Now, I wondered, should I be trying to go back in time and fill in everything Jayden has done in the past nine months that I can possibly remember, with rough estimates as dates and vague descriptions of events, or should I just start with what’s going on now?? After careful consideration, I decided to opt out on hours of trying to remember ever minute detail of my son's first 8 months of life, and just start with what we've been up to lately!

So, just for the sake of starting with something that is exciting, I will back-track *just a bit* to this past week-end! We brought Jayden to the ZOO!!! Yay!! Ok, so it would have been much better during the summer time, but it was fun none the less! I had an old friend of mine come down for the week end with her b/f, and to be honest, it was her idea so I can't really take the credit for the "great idea". It was pretty cold (-16 or so, I believe), so we all got bundled up, and off to the zoo we went! You may be thinking, "Ok, Jayden is 8 months old, can he really appreciate a trip to the zoo?", and I can't blame you because I thought the same thing, but knowing my baby, I knew he would just be happy for the change of scenery! He was pretty content in his stroller, seeing the sights, and probably checking out the random people and children at the zoo rather than the animals, but hey, whatever makes the little guy happy! We were there for probably about 3 hours, and he was a champ! Besides, made for some great photo ops, and gave us all the chance to get out of the house and do something different! 

It was great to have some company this week end. I realized I really like hosting! I was excited all week! Of course, I was mostly excited to see my friend, which I had not seen since February LAST year. She brought Jayden a nice new toy! He was a little standoffish with our company at first, but by the second night, he was sitting on my friend's lap and having a grand ol' time! Hopefully they will come back and see us soon! Here is a picture of Jayden with his new toy and of him with his new buddy *my friend Stephanie!*