She's a character!

As I was going through recent pictures to post on the blog, I realized that there are many of Jayna that each represent a certain current quirk of hers. Here are a few...

Jayna is going through a phase where she always wants to be held. (This clearly presents a problem when I am out with all three kids). The mower kind of freaks her out, and yet she gets mad when I take her inside. So, Steve figured out a way to mow AND hold the girl at the same time...probably not the safest activity in the world, but it makes for a good picture!

She loves her new sunglasses, as evidenced by the many pictures I've posted with them on her face!

When trying to take pictures of Jayna, she'll sometimes cooperate, but often the first thing she does when I pull out the camera is yell "ot to tee, ot to tee" (want to see). What she's wanting is to see the pictures that I've already taken, so I usually have to let her see a couple, and then she'll cooperate. This is her reaching for the camera, asking to see.

She's always trying on my shoes, Steve's hats, etc. Here, she was "helping" Steve do some yardwork, and she tried on the gardening gloves, then realizing that she can't do much with them on!

I put both the kids down for naps at 1:00. Jayna falls asleep pretty quickly, but Travis (if he falls asleep at all) takes awhile. This often means that Jayna is up earlier than him. Fortunately, she has grown to really love books (yay!), and often, when she first wakes up after her nap, I can settle her in front of the bookshelf, and she'll spend a good 30 minutes reading book after book. In the end, every book will be on the ground, but that's okay...I'll always encourage reading!

Again, the sunglasses...I love this picture of her!