Another Monday

I really do love my Mondays.  They aren't always easy, especially on days like today when the only way Jayden will nap is in my arms (don't tell Julia - it makes her life a whole lot harder).  But they are wonderful.  I get to spend all day with Jayden.  Today I didn't even have to get in the car.  We hung out upstairs for a while, and then we came downstairs and we've been playing on his play mat, with his blocks, with Sophie, of course (for those of you who don't know who Sophie is, check out the pictures below).
OH!  And we had Jayden's first earthquake.  Apparently it was a 3.9 or so.  I had left Jayden on our bed (since he's not moving much yet it's still safe) to run to the bathroom.  Everything started shaking.  I yelped and ran back into the room - not that anything would have happened to Jayden, but still.  Jasmine jumped up from her nap and was nervous.  We felt it pretty strongly.  No aftershocks or anything and no damage.  But a little excitement. 

Jayden is still sleeping great; usually 8 pm until about 6:15 am.  We'd love him to sleep until 7 am, and I think he could stand to sleep the extra 45 minutes or so, but he wakes up and sings to himself at 6:15 am, so we're just still working on it.  Today he was really tired.  It's only 4 pm and he's had about 2-1/2 hours of naps already.  He's about to go down for another one right now.  I swear I can feel teeth again, but who knows.  I've had so many false alarms I don't even believe myself anymore.  But he has these ridges in between where his two front teeth would go, on top and on bottom.  And I swear I felt teeth today.  But, yeah, I know.  I'll just tell you when it actually happens and stop guessing so much!

Carmen leaves tomorrow for New York City for the NFL draft.  It'll be four days of just me, Jayden and Jasmine.  I think we'll be okay, I just have to make sure I go to bed early and not schedule too many things at work. 

Yesterday Carmen and I moved some stuff to the new house - we're trying to move as much as we can prior to the big move, so that we start packing and also so that the big move isn't quite so big.  Right now it's looking like we'll move next Sunday/Monday or sometime that week.  I'm not excited about moving on a weekday, but if that's how it has to be then we'll figure it out. 

I don't have a ton of pictures, but here are a few from yesterday and today:

It was a little chilly in the morning (and we'd heard it might rain), so we had to make sure Jayden was bundled up!

A little blurry, but I caught a small smile.

We take our walks with Jasmine very seriously.  It's actually funny, he's just a serious kid.  He doesn't get scared or flustered, usually, he just takes it all in. 
Oh, and the giraffe is Sophie.  Whoever invented it is the smartest person ever.  It's this squeaky teething toy that every single baby ever loves.  I don't know why, but it's amazing.

My view from above.  I love his eyelashes.  They're so thick and perfectly spaced. 

Swinging.  Still serious.  And holding on tight with that front hand.

Since he wouldn't look at me, I had to move to the other side to try to catch his face.  He's got the back arm up like he's relaxing, but the front hand is still clamped tightly to the swing.