Jayden took his first plane flight last weekend! And his second, but that was to come home. The occasion you ask? We went to Walnut Creek to see Ryan, Brenda, Noah, and soon to be born Zachariah!! It was also Noah's 2nd birthday. Such a big boy! : )
Here's a cute one of Ryan and Jayden (note: Ryan's shirt says "Who's Your Daddy?" and Jayden's says "Y is for Yo Mama!"...this is what inspired the pictures!).


Here's one of the birthday boy with his super cool new train set!!!
And one of just the birthday boy!

And one of jayden and daddy at the party!

And a weird one of Ryan that for some reason makes me smile!!

Here are some of Jayden at home last week.

Hatching his master plan for world domination

Jayden says, "I'm teething...I'll bite on anything...even Mommy's hand!"
And two more cute blurry ones!

ANOTHER post...but the pics are just too cute!! :)

So we took some pics of Mommy and Jayden, since we have...well not a lot. :) These are some good ones...and here's a couple videos of Daddy and Mommy making Jayden laugh. It might just melt your heart. :)

not for the faint of heart

Ok so I got a lot of comments from people saying the spit-up picture back in July made them sick..if you were one of those people, don't watch this video!! But if you weren't, check it out. It makes me laugh out loud every time!

sitting up...kinda... :)

So..Jayden is sitting up!!! Not for very long and not very well but he can do it...so check out the video and the picture. In other news, he has started napping in his crib. This is HUGE progress. And he put himself to sleep last night in his crib for the first time!! AND he's getting his first tooth..so lots of stuff going on here at the Stephens house! We love you all. Thanks for reading and checking in with us and our little man!

all about my sweetie...and a quick update on Jayden

My dear friend Andrea likes to fill these things out on her blog and then "tag" me! But I love her so I do them. Check out her ADORABLE twins at poehlfamily.blogspot.com. And while you're at it, you can check out the two cutie pies I watch twice a week at miaandjacob.blogspot.com! Love you all!

Oh and since this IS Jayden's blog, a bit of news about him. We had his four month check -up and he weighed in at 13 pounds, 9 ounces (exactly 7 pounds above his birthweight!) and is 25 inches long. :)

tagged again... all about my man

1. Who is your man? Dan Stephens
2. How long have you been married? 2 years, 10 months, and 8 days
3. How long dated? dated 5 1/2 months, engaged for 9 months (but knew each other for 8 years before that!)
4. How old is your man? 26..
5. Who eats more? definitely Dan! I ate more when i was preggo though
6. Who said "I love you" first? Dan
7. Who is taller? Dan, 6'0
8. Who sings better? me..Dan has an amazing ear for music but can't hear his own voice well enough to stay on pitch. that said, I'm not so great either!
9. Who is smarter? oh gosh..I don't know how to answer this. we're both smart, but in different ways
10. Whose temper is worse? definitely mine!!
11. Who does the laundry? that would be me, me, and me some more
12. Who takes out the garbage? Dan
13. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? well if you're facing the bed, me.
14. Who pays the bills? we both do
15. Who is better with the computer? we're both pretty good, but are good at different things. Dan understands computers better, I know how to use more software
16. Who mows the lawn? ah, condo living..we don't have a lawn!
17. Who cooks dinner?mostly Dan these days..unless he gets home late..then me
18. Who drives when you are together? mostly Dan
19. Who pays when you go out? dan
20. Who is most stubborn? DAN, DAN, and DAN again. my wonderful brother and Dan are the two most stubborn people I have ever known
21. Who is the first to admit when they are wrong? I chuckle as I type this. neither of us are great at it but I probably will do it sooner
22. Whose parents do you see the most? that's a toss up. during the summer it was mine..but lately its pretty even
23. Who kissed who first? interesting question..we kind of just kissed each other but I think Dan made the final lean in
24. Who asked who out? we were friends for so long that it just kind of evolved into more...Dan definitely initiated the relationship defining conversation, though
25. Who proposed? he did.
26. Who is more sensitive? all told, me...but Dan definitely is more sensitive than one might think!!
27. Who has more friends?well if you go by entries in the cell phone, Dan. I keep in touch with more people regularly though
28. Who has more siblings? me..two brothers and a sister in law. Dan has one brother
29. Who wears the pants in the family? Dan..as it should be

4 months old, here we come!!

Well Jayden will be four months old on Monday, which we find hard to believe. (a side note: our nephew, Owen, also turns SIX that day...Amazing!). He is doing so well, growing like a weed. He's sleeping pretty well at night, and will start the night with a stretch of anywhere from 6-9 hours. Mommy loves the nine hour nights!! His reflux is about the same, maybe a little better. Still lots of puking and some fussiness during feedings here and there. He is such a happy little guy, though. He fills our days with joy and laughter!

Here are some recent pics of him. Such a cutie pie! :) Oh and also here's a video of him rolling. He's not very good at it yet! :)

finally..laughing (or at least a video of it!)

Ok so Sarah is getting a LITTLE obsessed with blogging, making videos of Jayden, and taking pictures. Oh well, its fun. Here's a video of Jayden laughing and some cute black and white shots of him, too. :) Oh and one normal picture..of tummy time again!

tummy time and laughing!

Hello all. Well as usual Jayden is growing like crazy and filling our lives with joy and laughter. He recently started doing really well with his "tummy time." He used to hate it and would lay there and cry but lately he picks his head up, looks around, smiles, and laughs. He is also working on rolling but isn't quite there yet. Here are some pics and a video to entertain everyone!!

cute outfit and bath time!!

Hey all. Here are some pictures we took last night. We dressed Jayden in his onesie that says "Firstborn" and then in matching pants. We thought he was so cute we had to take pictures. He wasn't super cooperative for the photo shoot but we got a few good ones. And there's one of him fresh out of the bath, all wrapped up in his towel. Too cute!!

THREE MONTHS OLD!!

Hey all. Well Jayden turned three months old this last Friday and we CANNOT believe it! :) Time flies, huh? Here are some more pics from when Jayden and Sarah were at Grandma's and some from home recently. We will try to be better about posting but thanks for reading!!! We love you all. :)

for my friend Andrea...

The Rules:
1. I have to post these rules before I give you the facts.
2. Each player starts with eight random facts/habits about themselves.
3. People who are tagged need to write their own blog (about their eight things) and post these rules.
4. At the end of your blog, choose eight people to get tagged and list their names.
5. Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.

My eight random facts and/or habits:

1. I LOVE chocolate milk. It is my favorite beverage. I will drink it till I die, not caring its a kid's drink!

2. I could eat a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for lunch everyday for the rest of my life and be happy.

3.My left foot is a 1/2 size bigger than my right (and both feet are bigger since I had Jayden!).

4.I have a problem with putting the caps back on things- toothpaste, shampoo, medicine, you name it. Just ask my husband.

5. I have over 10,000 baseball cards. They are worth somewhere around 10,000 cents. Ha ha. The baseball card market is not what it once was. My brilliant "investment" plan has backfired on me. If I had saved every cent I spent on baseball cards and put it in a savings account, Dan and I could own a home in Bel Air. Instead, I have 10,000 pictures on 10,000 pieces of cardboard, most of men who no longer play and were never famous. Sad.

6. I am OBSESSED with the Discovery Health Channel. This is what bedrest will do to you. I love it.

7. I have fallen in love all over again with The Cosby Show. Its on in the middle of the night. Bill Cosby is one of the funniest people alive. Love that show. Love the values, love the laughs, love it all.

8. I have a secret wish to be a super cool doctor or physician's assistant or something. For those of you who have known me a long time, you know I was once pre-med. God had other plans in mind but I still love medicine (maybe part of the reason for number 6?). Watch out. I may go to med school when all my kids are grown, when I might be too old to see the front of the classroom. Ha ha.

Jason, you're tagged. Mary, you probably already did this for Andrea but in case you didn't, do it. :) Karen and Joe, feel free. Those are all the blogging friends I have, I think. :)

Pictures galore!!!

Ok so Mommy and Grandma have been going a little crazy with the pics of Jayden..but here's some more cute ones!





We are halfway through Dan's time in Kenya now and very excited for him to be home. But we are enjoying our time in L.A, too. :) Keep checking back for more pics of the little one. And keep checking out the Kenya blog:
http://ccfr-kenya.blogspot.com

Love you all!!

Grandma loves to take pictures of Jayden!

So Dan is now in Kenya (you can check out their blog at ccfr-kenya.blogspot.com), which means Sarah and Jayden are at Grandma and Grandpa Adams' house! For those of you who know Grandma, you know that picture taking abounds in her presence! So here are a few good ones...we are catching the smile on camera these days...yay!








And yes, that IS spit up flying out of his mouth in the second pic. IT was not intentional to get it on film, just happened. :) Dan called from Kenya today and is doing well. Jayden even "talked" to him on the phone. Ha ha. Well its off to bed. Check out the Kenya blog!!

Hey everyone!! Sorry we're lame and its been a few weeks since we updated the blog. Jayden is now 7 1/2 weeks old. Can you believe it? We had his 8 week check up a bit early so Daddy could come before he heads off for Kenya. Jayden weighed in at a strapping 9 pounds, 10 ounces and is 21 1/2 inches long!!! That means he's gained 3 pounds and 7 ounces since coming home and grown 2 1/2 inches!! The doctor said he looks "just great"! He also had his first round of shots and screamed like crazy but recovered pretty quickly. His reflux is getting a little better. We have good days and bad days. He's sleeping like a champ some nights, even going 10-5:30 one night (Sarah thought she'd died and gone to heaven!). He is now on Prilosec for his reflux which is helping way more than the Zantac did. So yay for that. Here are a BUNCH of pictures since its been so long!!

This one is very exciting!!! We took Jayden to his first Dodger game and he met a Dodger, Wilson Betemit!! And after meeting Jayden and rubbing his head, Betemit went 3 for 4 with a double, single, and a home run. We think Jayden is good luck!!














Here's Jayden hanging out in his crib one day, watching his "birdies" (its a mobile with birds on it, we're just weird and call it his time with his birdies!).













Here's some from today of him sitting up against the couch cushions. He's become quite the little smiler but its hard to catch on film. And then here's one of him asleep on Daddy, his favorite place to sleep. Daddy doesn't mind too much either.













And then here's one Sarah caught of him crying. He really didn't cry very much for the first four or five weeks so we kind of think its cute still. I'm sure if he screamed a lot we wouldn't!! Thanks so much for checking in and reading. And any of you L.A. folk, Sarah will be around for two weeks so come by, call, come see Jayden!!

grrr...reflux!!!

Hey everyone!! Just thought we'd post a quick update on how our little guy is doing. He is now 4 weeks old, which is amazing! He weighed in at 7 pounds 14 ounces at the doctor yesterday. So he has gained 1 pound and 13 ounces since leaving the hospital. When you're as little as he is, that's a lot!! :) The bummer is that our little guy has really bad reflux. That basically means his food tries to come back up. So lots of spitting up, and lots of pain for him. :( He is having a hard time sleeping cause when he lays down it makes it worse. So we got a wedge for his crib to keep him inclined. It helps sometimes but he also like scoot down off of it! Silly guy. The doctor has started him on baby Zantac which will help with the pain and the sleeping, hopefully, but not the spitting up. Sleep has been difficult for Sarah since he grunts in pain even in his sleep. And with the monitor on, he might as well be grunting in her ear!! So please pray that the baby Zantac will help him sleep better and not be in so much pain. Here's one cute pic from recently! We have more to upload. This is him asleep on Daddy. :)

Hey everyone!!! Here are some more recent pics of our little guy. He looks so different to us these days..you'll have to see if you notice a difference!!













I'm one week old today!!!













My first bath!! I love it!!













Mom and Dad think I'm cute and take pictures of me all the time!!


I'm two weeks old today in this pic below....a little blurry, but cute nonetheless!!!


























And one more...asleep with Mommy!!

We can't believe Jayden will be three weeks old tomorrow. Time sure does fly!!! He has stopped his frequent visits to the pediatrician which is great. And at his check up last week, he was up to 7 pounds and 19 3/4 inches. So he's growing a lot and can finally fit into some of his newborn stuff and some of his preemie sized clothes are getting a little snug. Yay!! Thanks for checking in. We love it when you comment!!! And we love all of you.