Jordan's Walker and maybe a new puppy

We bought a walker for Jordan last week, and she has already figured out how to cruise. I think she loves being on the same level as the dogs. She just squeals, and tries to chase them around. When I put Jordan on the floor to play, Kasha will walk right on over, and lay down on the blanket next to her. I think she really does love Jordan, and is becoming protective of her. I took Jordan over to Grandma and Grandpa Ashcrafts house on Thursday, and they have a kitten. Not really sure of her name, some call her Boots, some call her Socks and some call her Mittens, but Jordan is scared to death of that cat. It blows me away, that she just loves Mousse and Kasha, 2 80 pound dogs, and she is so terrified of a little kitten, that weighs 4 pounds, tops. I was contemplating taking the kitten home, because as much as I know my mom reallly wants to keep her, she keeps trying to give her away to Misty or I, until I saw how scared Jordan is of her. No cats for me, at least for now. Also, the puppies were born yesterday. Misty used her miniature Schnauzer as a stud for her sister-in-laws mini Schnauzer. So, she gets pick of the litter as payment. Bryce and I have been contemplating taking the puppy. We even have a name picked out for her, Diva. If we do take one, I already have decided which one I want. Hailee had 3 puppies, all females. 2 black and 1 black and tan. With a name like Diva, she has to have cool hair, so the black and tan is the choice. Jordan can now say Lalalala as well as Dadada. As hard as I have been working on getting her to say Mama, it just isn't happening yet. Hopefully soon. She is so much fun, that I am actually kind of grateful my hours have been cut back at work, I get to spend all that much more time with her.

6 Month appointment

Here are the details, she is currently 16 lbs 5 oz and 27 inches long. 90% for height, 69% for weight and 66% for head size. She is tall! Wonder where she gets it from? She will probably be taller than I am by the time she is 12. He said she is healthy, and she got her first book. Dr. Montgomerie told me starting when they are 6 months, they get books with every vaccination. She got the routine 6 month vaccinations, as well as a flu shot, and we have to go back in a month for the booster. She took the shots pretty well, cried for about 10 seconds, and then I was able to distract her, and she was fine. Like the earlier video shows, she can now do the Army Crawl, sit unassisted but not sit herself up, and Bryce thinks she can say Dada. She will start babbling, saying dadadadadada, and apparently, that equals Dada. She is getting so much personality that I can hardly stand how cute she is. I really feel like I was blessed with such a good tempered, healthy, happy baby. Even with the cold she has had for the past week, she is still as happy as can be. When Ariane babysits her, she plays dress up, and takes pictures with my camera. She has gotten some cute pictures. I bought her some pajama's that have my work logo on them. Cute little BCI pajama's with a badge. Probably my favorite thing she has to wear right now.

Quick little Video

Here is a video of Jordan doing her newest trick. The Army Crawl. She can sit unassissted but she can't even sit herself up yet, and she is already on the move. I am taking her to her 6 month Dr appointment this afternoon, and I will post more pictures and make a good update after the appointment.

Jordan's pictures...

I took Jordan to Kidde Kandids today to have her pictures taken. It is really awful, when they take 13 or so pictures, and you can only choose 6 poses. So hard to choose. But here are a few of the cute cute pictures they took.

Jordan's temporary room

I have been waiting, a long time obviously, to be able to put Jordan in her own room. Technically, it is not finished yet, no carpet and a little more painting, but we bought a rug for temporary fix on the no carpet problem, and we are using the play yard with the bassinet top in it for her bed. (so we don't just have to take down the crib when we put carpet in) We also bought a glider/ottoman set. I have been WAITING for that part. I absolutely love sitting in it with her and rocking. It is so relaxing and it puts her right out, so she will actually cuddle with me. I am hoping my mother in law is right about that. She thinks Jordan won't cuddle with me because she can smell my milk, and that is what she thinks she should be getting if she is cuddling with me. Jordan will have her 6 month Dr appointment on the 22nd of this month, and I will be sure to let you all know the outcome. I am including a few new pictures, one of which is Jordan's victory hat from when Utah beat BYU. (We used her Utah cheerleader outfit to create it) And, so you all know, Mousse is doing soooooo much better. She is back to her puppy like self, bouncing around and playing. I love it, and even though I spent so much money to make sure she stayed alive, I still am grateful she is.

Mousse

Ok, I know some of you won't understand this, probably most of you. I just had one of the worst weekends of my life. As you all know, Kasha and Mousse were treated, and basically were my kids up until Jordan came along. I still feel as if they are, my love for them has not changed. It all started on Friday, I was at work and Danny called me. He said to me, that Ariane just called him to tell him that Mousse had been throwing up all morning, she would go outside and eat grass. Ok, I was worried, but not freaked out. Mousse has done this before. About 2 years ago, she did the exact same thing, I took her to the vet, they did xrays, and found something round. They kept her in a "hospital stay" for 4 hours, and did another xray. There was nothing there, and I got to take her home, only to give her a bland diet for a couple days, and slowly mix her regular food back in. I thought the same would happen this time. I was mistaken. Bryce took her to the Vet on Friday afternoon, she couldn't even hold down water. They took an xray, couldn't find anything, and said sometimes dogs just vomit. Gave her a shot to stop the vomiting, and sent her home with instructions that if she didn't start to get better, bring her back in the morning. I came home from work, and have never seen Mousse so Lethargic. Any of you who know her, know her as the very excitable, still like a puppy Mousse. She would lay on the dog bed, and just drool and stare at you. No wagging her tail, nothing. I was so worried about her. I would get up to check on her every couple of hours, and everytime, she was outside laying on the cold ground. I would call her back in the house, and try to get her to drink some water with no luck. Saturday morning, Bryce called the Vet, and let them know he was coming back in. Once he got there, they started some blood tests, and told him she had a bad infection and was very dehydrated. OK, I could deal with that. They were going to keep her for the weekend, and put her on an IV and antibiotics. Yes, it would cost $600 but, she was going to be ok, and I was happy. A couple hours after Bryce left, the vet Tracy called him, and told him Mousse had gotten much worse. Her potassium levels were extremely low, and despite the fact they were giving her the maximum potassium supplement they could, it was still dropping. Next step, Tracy wanted to do surgery to see if there were any blockages. We had about an hour to decide if it was financially feasable, and we wanted to. The main reason for wanting surgery, there are 3 principal reasons for low potassium levels. Vomiting, Diarhea and Intestinal Blockages. She had not vomited in almost 24 hours, and there wasn't anything in her body for diarhea to occur. Last resort. Bryce told me, it was my decision. I was not about to lose my dog for my birthday, so I told her to do the surgery, hoping, she would find her answer to what was wrong with Mousse. The call came just before 6:oo pm. They were done with surgery, and had found and removed 3 major blockages, plastic and cotton balls. (Damn dogs) We were told she would call us back when Mousse was in recovery, and could come and visit her. We did. She was still out, but I was able to sit with her, and talk to her for a few minutes, as I cried. Tracy told us that had we not done the surgery, she was sure Mousse would have been dead by Sunday morning. (Which also happened to be my birthday, wouldn't that have been a great birthday) Her potassium levels were back to normal but they needed to do a plasma transplant and keep her until minimum, Monday morning, but she would call us and keep us updated Sunday. She called us Sunday, and told us Mousse was up and using the bathroom, and running around. I was able to go pick her up Monday afternoon and bring her home. We have 4 different meds we are giving her twice a day for a week, and we have to keep an eye on her incision. That was the best late birthday present, to get my dog back, and back the way she was. Kasha was just as excited when Mousse walked in the door. I didn't take any pictures of her when she was so Lethargic, only because it would have depressed me far too much if those were the last pictures I took of her. But, here are some pictures of when she came home. And our invention to keep her from bugging the incision, since they forgot to send an E-collar with me. As far as the final price, lets put it this way, you really don't want to know.

A few pictures

Jordan is such a happy baby, most of the time. She loves her bouncer.

This picture is for you, Mom. No matter how hard you try to convince yourself otherwise, Jordan has BLUE eyes.

Jordan and Mousse sharing toys.

Jordan loves the dogs

and they love her too.

This is her playing in her little bouncer, I just had to get her cute expression.

We have started feeding her rice cereal. She absolutely loves it, and is pretty good about not pushing ALL of it out of her mouth.

Jordan fell asleep when we went to Cabela's with Grandpa, she woke up just long enough to adjust her arm, I had to get a picture.

This picture is from her first official day of snow, in her Elmo snow suit.

These are a pair of pajamas that Chari gave me for Jordan. I just had to show you the Boo on the butt, and the feet. Her nickname, so you all know, is Boo Boo.

So, some of these pictures are a little late, like the Halloween ones, but at least I am getting them on here. I know, Jordan looks more like a cow, but the costume was actually cat.