Amazing

Life has gotten better so far this year. I am temping- and have been placed in a great company doing export documentation which has lasted almost 3 months now. Jordyn is a happy, healthy kid. Ryan has a good paying job, the bad part is that he is only home on weekends and we miss him dearly. Jordyn is becoming an astounding little girl. Yes I am biased because I am her mom, but I would really like to know how many other kids at 1.5 yrs old do the following: put their dirty clothes in the hamper, put their shoes in the shoe bin, pick up daddy's dirty socks off the floor, walk them down the hall and put them in the hamper, pick up any object that belongs in the trash, including leaves, mud chunks, hair, paper bits, and put them in the trash, puts her toys away, goes to grandma and grandpas house and picks up after grandpa, throwing his napkins in the trash from the coffee table, .... anyways, I think my toddler is a neat freak. I have to admit, I get great joy from this- she probably is taking after me, since I can't walk through a room without fixing it up on my way through. We converted her crib to a big girl bed around Easter and she does very well sleeping in it by herself, usually coming to bed with me around 6am for 10 minutes of snuggle time before we get up for the day. She still walks herself to bed each night. She has gotten in the habit of kissing owies thanks to grandma. She says Mommie regularly now which melts me every time I hear it. She is very good with doing her puzzles, can now climb into her high chair on her own, which freaks me out. She even tried to put her diaper in the toilet the other night. I have a feeling potty training is not too far away. We are working on enunciation lately as a lot of her words sound pretty similar. It amazes me how much she understands what is being said or asked of her, and how enthusiastic she is to help with anything she can. She has a soft heart too- we got a flying monkey from a store in Caldwell. The store owner gave it to her cuz she is so cute- anyways... the monkey is a slingshot and flies when launched and screams as he is flung. Jordyn gets very upset when the monkey screams and must immediately soothe her little friend. She is tough too, she hardly cries when she gets hurt. She got her first scraped knee the weekend after Easter and last week she cut her chin- she hardly let me know she was injured. She loves to swing in her swing daddy hung up in the backyard tree for her. I just love my little girl so much, and I am thankful everyday that she is my own gift from God.