Actve Boy!

So, within the past 2 weeks, Chris and I have had an eye opener of how fast babies learn how to do things. So far he has gone from just moving in a circle on his belly to doing everything. He isn't all the way up crawling, but he can snake crawl, go from belly to sitting, roll tummy to back and back to tummy, and he is starting to try to pull himself up to standing. He has also gotten the strong willed attitude of doing everything himself if he can. He hardly ever lets you control his sippy cup, except for a little if he's really thirsty, he has his own terms on drinking from his bottle, he has to hold it and let you know how much he wants. He tries to share his milk too, which is pretty cute. I should've baby proofed months ago, but I thought i had plenty of time. Well, now it's here and i got one room baby proofed with hiding cords, and making sure everything harmful is out of reach, and the house has plugs in all the electrical outlets. We are trying to figure out where to put the laptop since he loves the computer and always goes near it whenever there is a chance. I just cant believe how much energy he has.

He still takes 2 naps a day, but somedays i wish he would just do one so he could nap for 2-3 hours in a big chunk of time so i can get lots of things done. Some days he only naps for 45 minutes in the morning(i've left him in their for a good 1/2 hour or more, he never goes back to sleep) and an hour in the afternoon. But somedays he does suprise me and sleeps a good 2 hours in one nap. Being a new mom is so difficult sometimes, right now i'm trying to figure out portion sizes of milk/solids to help him drink the milk he needs. He loves his solids but he fills up too much on it i'm afraid he's not getting enough dairy in his diet and other vitamins/minerals he needs. Any suggestions are welcome. I know that they are supposed to go to solids more, but it seems weird when at night he only drinks 3 oz before bed. sometimes he drinks more, last night Chris could only do 1 oz, and then he woke up at 6 starving for milk. Simple craziness.

Things are going well, Chris and I are plugging along doing our church callings and work and keeping up with the demands of parenthood. We sure enjoy having Jordon in our family. Even if he's teething 4 teeth right now(that's right 4, one has already cut, and the other 3 are coming soon.) i think he's trying to get all his teeth by his first birthday, anyway to slow it down? Probably not, he's an Alleman boy.

Well, we love reading everyone's blogs, i think i like blogging too much, i guess it's one of my hobbies, and plus it helps keep track of what happens each week. We love everyone's updates, keep it up!

Crazy Bath Days!

So here are some funny pictures we took after Jordon's bath one night. He has grown so much hair up on top that someday i want to put gel in it!

What a cute little Boy!

Great News!

So we finally have some great news about Jordon from the Chiropractor. Still keep him in all of your prayers. We have a trial period of 2-3 weeks without treatment. Yesterday Chris and I went for Jordon's weekly chiropractor visit, and she said his head is great, the shape is back to normal ranges and the spot we always think is flat actually isn't because there is a shadow there with his hair making it appear flat when in reality it isn't. I still need to keep massaging it a bit for the next 3 weeks, so we'll see how it goes. She showed us how to know if it shifts or not by palpating down from the front to the back to make sure everything all lines up. It's kindof hard to explain but pretty much you just make sure the two bones are right in the middle. I told her the way i've been having to do the massages so well is by rocking him to sleep every nap time and bedtime and massaging for 15-20 minutes at a time. I am trying to sleep train him, so these past few months he's been really spoiled with a lot of snuggling time with mommy and daddy. So now i'm introducing him to little einstein throughout the day, so he can focus on that so i can massage his head for a few minutes.

We are so excited that after 4 months of treatment, it's almost completed. We will really miss her, she's been such a great dr for our family. Has really worked hard with us with hardly any fuss over the financial part. we pretty much only paid for 1 month of treatment. She didn't want to see him in a helmet and she promised she could fix the shape as long as we stuck it out with her. And she has kept that promise. And now he is even a cuter kid with a great looking head! We are so proud of our little Jor Jor! He went in with a head tilt(torticollis), a bad range of motion, and a pretty flat head(plagiocephaly). Now he has no head tilt, a great range of motion, and a good shaped head. What a great present for the year for our family.

He actually had it back in shape at the end of December, but then it shifted one more time before we got it back for good hopefully, cross your fingers. We feel that we have been greatly blessed since Christmas, we sure missed all of you in Denver, but now i know that we were meant to stay home in order for the treatments to go this well. We hope to be able to have another get to gether down the road. We love all of you and thank you so much for all your prayers and concerns. We are truly blessed. Thanks again!

Here are his head picture now!

The Jordon Cuteness!

So Jordon these days is trying oh so hard to learn how to crawl. He still loves to crawl backwards and pivot around on his belly. But this week he's been trying to get those legs up underneath him, so far he's doing really good. One leg always seems to get stuck, but this morning he was up and at it, working his little body!

This is him making his favorite sound in the world! Ooh! It's very cute! He also likes to go mmm! Especially while eating bread!

HE's trying to become more and more independent by trying to figure out how to hold his sippy cup and bottle. He only has formula three times a day now. When I would try to give him some for his morning nap and for dinner he would only drink a couple of ounces. So now he has milk first thing in the morning, right before his afternoon nap, and right at bedtime. He still gets about 24 ounces a day. I actually had to go buy another bottle for him. The 4 oz ones werent cutting it, i would wash so many bottles it was crazy. Now he has a 9 oz bottle, i just wash three times a day. The avent bottles are a bit expensive, so he just has one bottle to his name. Pretty soon he'll be done with formula, thank goodness, formula can become a bit expensive, but no regrets! He has some sharp teeth! I hope Gavin doesnt cut teeth as fast as Jordon and Beth! (how was Eric?)

Patches sure loves Jordon. She bonds with him a bit by sniffing around him and playing with his toys!

Lately Jordon has been rolling a bit, which i normally wouldn't mind if it wasn't for the fact that his occipital bone is prone to shifting. At night time i have to watch him before Chris and I go to sleep, last night he flipped over on his back, sleeping on his flat side! What to do with this kid!

Pomegranite Jam

So I was quite adventurous early this morning. I decided to try to make jam for the first time by myself. Those of you that remember the house, there is a pomegranite tree here that blooms every year with tons of pomegranites. Chris was really wanting to use them this year, so we got a few of them that were good, next year we will pick them earlier. We were only able to get 2 cups of juice out of them which was kindof sad. Next year will be better, i hope the ones i canned sealed properly. But i thought i would share a picture of our piece of work.

We were only able to get 3 jars made. Not bad for my first experiment. Wish me luck on my next adventure!

9 month checkup

Today Jordon had his 9 month checkup which went really well. He said he's such a good looking kid, of course, and he's developing just fine. He weighed in at 20 lbs 10 oz and is 29 inches long. Chris and I thought he was 30 inches but we were a little off. He is moving up on his growth curve and in the 75th percentile for height and 50th percentile for weight. He didn't have to have any shots this time, just a prick of the finger for a blood sample to check his iron level. And he was such a good boy, no crying at all. His chiropractic visits are going well too, he is almost all done. We go in once a week, to check to see that his head bone hasn't shifted. It is almost perfectly rounded out, just one small spot we're trying to work on. She said that his head shape could be classified as normal, but since his soft spot is still open we can still round it out all the way, and me being the perfectionist, i'm trying to get it that way. I will notice it all my life if it's not rounded completely. But we are all doing well. Jordon is such a good kid, a joy to be around and have fun with and see all his accomplishments. He is drinking out of a cup ok now, on a sippy cup for his meals. He loves table food even if he's already had his meal he wants to sample what i am eating. What a kid! Here are some recent pictures!

This first picture, he was a bit said because i got an ouchy on my finger. I cut it with a knife while cutting pomegranites. He was oh so worried about me. Such a sensitive guy!

I love food, i can grab my own spoon! Check out my concentration too!