"My mom has no idea how to make good cereal!"
First you take a big handful in each hand.
And you squeeze it together really hard.

Then you have to rub it together for a few seconds.

Finally you squeeze it just a little bit more.

Then you lick it off your hands, it's delicious!!

We decided it was time to let Jayna start feeding herself. Everyone tells us that the only way for her to get the hang of it is to make a mess, which is why we've waited so long. I pretty much had to put the bowl down on her tray and leave the room. This is what I came back to...

At least she managed to get a few bites in there with the spoon. But she loved feeding herself, she was so excited and proud of herself. I guess there's no turning back now.

Jayna found this soother in her room today and thought it was the funniest toy. We tired to give her a soother when she was a baby and she never really liked it, and then a month or so later she found her thumb and has never looked back.

"What is this funny looking thing?"

Not quite...

that's better!

Maybe we should try giving her this at night so she could stop sucking her thumb...I don't think she'd go for it.

Gibb keeps telling me to take Jayna outside to play in the snow, and I keep telling him that we're hibernating. So he got home from school early and decided to take her out himself.

She lasted about 20 minutes or so until she decided it was too cold and she couldn't really move around at all so they came back inside. I think it took us longer to bundle and un-bundle her than the time she was actually outside.

Jayna FINALLY took some real first steps at 16 1/2 months. She has been furniture walking and walking holding our hands for at least 5 months, and everyone kept telling us that she was so close to walking and would just take off any day...
Well 5 months later she finally got the courage to take some real steps!!

Jayna has been so scared of walking, anytime we tried to get her to take a step she would grab onto us for dear life or drop down to the ground. She's also really stubborn so once she realized we wanted her to walk there was no way she was going to try.
But for some reason this day she decided she would give it a try, but it had to be her idea!

Jayna coming to give me a huge hug!!

It's been over a week now since Jayna "started walking", but she really hasn't started walking at all. She will only walk to and from Gibb and I when she's in the right mood, never just around the house. She's such a funny girl, maybe she'll actually be walking in a few more months...

Jayna and I have been getting sooo spoiled while we've been at my parents. Not only have I not had to lift a finger to do any cooking, cleaning, dishes, laundry, etc., but we also have gone shopping, out to eat and basically just gotten pampered. Jayna has gotten so much attention I don't how she's going to handle being home alone with me again. I think the icing on the cake for me was a couple days ago when my mom sent me to the spa for a Facial and Massage!

I went to a spa called Elche, it's a Hungarian spa that uses all natural and organic products. The facial was 2 hours long and was so amazing. I had cucumber and avocado cleansers, apple, grape raspberry mask, a hot paprika mask for 15 minutes that is so hot on your face that they have to fan you the whole time it's on! Then I had a 20 minute face, neck, shoulder massage, another mask with steam, some more cleanser and finally moisturizer. It was so amazing, I don't even know how else to describe it. My face has never felt or looked so good. This is definitely something every girl should have done, ideally once a month!! Then I finished off with a relaxing back, neck, arm shoulder massage. It was such a relaxing morning, and a nice break. I think I might have to make this a tradition. Anyone up for a spa day when I get back to Cleveland?