I am so sorry it has been so long since I posted... life in the Cristancho household has been busy to say the least. Nap times for the past four months have been used to study for university and other nap times have been used to cuddle Jessa in the fast fleeting moments as Jessa grows so quickly before our eyes. It has been amazing seeing Jessa's personality blossom every day as she grows older and becomes more and more aware of her surroundings. She is a quirky little girl that loves to laugh, although many people outside are home think she is very solemn but she just really loves to learn, watch and take it all in.
At the end of March, Jessa after lots of waiting and worrying started to crawl. It occurred when Jessa and I had gone to Calgary to visit my mom so she could look after her as I wrote one of my Spanish finals. Jessi, the beloved traveling cat, that we gave to my mom once I got pregnant was the only thing that encourage Baby J to be on the move. Nothing motivated her other than the silly Jessi cat who would run away just out of arm's reach of Jessa. I love that my mom has a cat that Jessa can call her own without us having to raise it. Way to go baby Jessa.
Jessa is very motivated also by family, she really likes when people cheer her on and so as we visited J's parents they would clap and cheer for Jessa. Little munchkin quickly caught on and now if you tella her, hooray! Applaudo! or Bravo! She will clap and smile.
Now that we have just hit Jessa's one year mark... we share in lots of giggles along the way.
Recently I have been trying to jump back on the band wagon of working out and so often I will take Jessa to be my personal cheerleader as I workout. J is very good about working out while watching Jessa so she sees often that man's way of working out. After my long hiatus I decided to do some turbosculpt which is a 40 minute work out with weights. Each time I would lift my weights, Jessa would groan and grunt as if she herself were lifting the weights. I had to giggle as she made the noises for me as if she herself was lifting those heavy weights.
Jessa is a bit of a vain baby and loves to look at herself in the mirror. She loves to make faces at herself in the mirror. Lately her favorite face has been the "kiss face". Now I am not familiar with the music of the band Kiss but I am familiar with the long tongues hanging out; and Jessa does just that. A blah face in the mirror. A cute head tilt to the side and a wave, a bang, and a giggle. Jessa loves to entertain herself with funny faces in the mirror. Jessa also loves to scrunch her nose up in the mirror and snort and shove her lips out where she touches them with her nose. It has become her classic Jessa face and makes everyone around her giggle.
Jessa also really is quite the flirt she loves boys and the more they seem to look like her dad the better. One day as we went to Walmart we had a cashier who was a boy with the same complexion, dark hair and eyes as J. As he paid attention to Jessa she was quick to act coy, turn her shoulder towards him and tilt her head in a smile. For some reason she just really was taken with this Cashier and really loved to make faces at him that brightened his day and made us laugh. J was joking with Jessa that she was being a flirt but she was so happy to flash this guy a smile.
Last night in the bath tub I really got a glimpse of how my baby's personality was going to be as she blossomed into a little girl. I was playing with Jessa as she was bathing and I kept making funny faces at her as I shot one of her baby doll bottles across the bath tub so it splashed her as it hit the water. Jessa squealed with laughter as the water splashed her and it got to the point where two times she flew under the water because she was laughing so hard. Her joy and delight in a simple game made motherhood worth it. It made those hard times of teething worth every minute and second, and I am so happy for that.
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