Father’s Day, Fireworks…and Fever

Okay as you can tell by the title I’m just a little behind on posting, but I always say better late than never. So here goes…

Shane had his first Father’s Day. We bought him a pocket watch and had it engraved “My daddy forever Feb.17, 2007. Love, Jadyn” We also bought him a new wallet with Jadyn’s pictures tucked inside...handy for showing off to friends and family… which he does quite often.

We had a busy month going to aqua tots and baby signs… so much fun for both of us! It was a great opportunity to meet other moms and Jadyn made new friends too. Jadyn officially graduated from Baby Signs and is doing well using signs for eat, drink, more, blanket, banana, bath, diaper, and many more but my all time favorite sign she has used is stink… that’s right… stink! Stink is signed by putting the index finger on the nose. I teasingly called her a little stinker one day and she immediately looked at me and put that finger right on her cute little nose! I laughed and laughed. This sign is also used on many dirty diaper occasions:)

We also spent a few days with my Aunt Peggy and Cousin Teresa (Jadyn’s Godmother… better known as Teeta the Fairy God Mother) Thanks for a great time in Texas girls!!!

Our first Fourth of July together was so special. Jadyn can best be described as our little firework! She is full of energy and lights up our lives with a brilliance of colors and fun!
She seemed to like the fireworks… actually, mama was the scared one. Some of those stray sparks just get a little to close for my liking. Shane just laughs at me as I tuck my head and run for cover during big displays, and then sheepishly slip back to my seat after the big ones are over. Of course, Jadyn had to endure this too because I was holding her the whole time so she never actually saw an entire display uninterrupted. Better safe than sorry I always say (or is it better late than never?)

Miss Jadyn also had her first real illness recently too. She had a pretty high fever and vomiting. Being new parents, we didn’t waste any time getting her to the ER, as we feared she could quickly dehydrate since she wasn’t keeping down even a teaspoon of liquids. A quick peek at her throat from the doctor and he immediately announced “strep throat! But that’s an easy fix.” We breathed a little sigh of relief as he left the room to go and get the meds. It was indeed an easy fix… after the prescribed meds and a few popsicles she was feeling much better the next day and playing and laughing by the evening. I couldn’t help thinking about how blessed we were to have good medical care and medicines readily available to us for Jadyn. My heart just ached to see her feeling so badly even for a brief period of time. My thoughts turned to some of the mothers I had seen in India holding their tiny babies in such devastating poverty. How terrible to see your child hungry or sick and not have what is needed to comfort them.

I just want to add, once again, how blessed we feel to have Jadyn in our lives. It is truly amazing how one little person can bring such warmth and love to a home. She literally takes my breath away. I’m amazed at the miracle she is. As I look around our house at all the little clues that show there is a child here now (toys all over the floor, cheerios and goldfish crackers, little shoes here and there ),I just whisper yet another little praise of thanks for all that God has done in our lives over the past few months.

1 Samuel 1:27 (NIV) I prayed for this child, and the Lord has granted me what I asked of him. So now I give him to the Lord, For his whole life will be given over to the Lord.