Madeline's first Easter.

Jacob's family is big on celebrating religious holidays with a family dinner, so this year for Easter, Jacob, Madeline and I went to the Larkin house for Easter dinner. Interestingly enough, last Easter was when we broke the news to Jacob's family about Madeline.

It was nice to get together with the family and eat, we had Turkey, mashed potatoes*, corn, cranberry sauce, and yam chips. It was like a light thanksgiving meal. We all hung out and bonded until it was time for us to go and stop by my family's house.

*Steamed and pureed cauliflower.

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In The Know Mom: Ex Libris Anonymous Giveaway!

Okay guys, I'm super excited because I found this Book Journal giveaway.

In The Know Mom is a great review blog and I'm super excited about the possibility of getting one of these Ex Libris Anonymous Book Journals, they're so versatile! Haha, if I don't win one, I definitely see myself trying to buy one.

Head on over to http://intheknowmom.net to check it out and enter for a chance to win one of these awesome books!

Madeline's 4 month checkup!

Madeline was wonderful at the doctor's today, while we waited, she was 'talking', smiling, and laughing her little heart out.

We got called back and the nurse took Madeline's temperature, weighed her, then measured her height and head circumference.

Shortly after that, Dr. V came in, and did his thing. He said that he wanted to re-measure her height because the nurse's numbers seemed off (according to her, Madeline was 25.25 inches, in the 85th percentile). Dr. V measured Madeline and corrected her sheet. We discussed our few minor concerns (poop things and such) and the doctor suggested that Madeline begin eating rice cereal in the mornings with a second feed of vegetables in the afternoon. (this is exciting because Maddle has been very interested in our food, and often mimics us when we eat. Jacob and I were going to ask the doctor about possibly starting her on solids as is!)

Madeline then had her 4 month shots, and we were good to go!

Madeline at 4 months:

Height: 24.25 inches (65th percentile)

Weight: 14 lbs, 3 oz (66th percentile)

Head Circumference: 16.25 inches (61st percentile)

Since the doctor's office is so close to our families, we stopped by Jacob's mother's house for a bit, you couldn't even tell that Madeline had just gotten two shots. She's so sweet.

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Young Mom Link-Up!

Seeing as I have very little in common with most women my age, I'm interested in connecting with other young (under 25) moms. If you wanna link up too, just visit Jazmyn over at The Sweetest Life or you could click the banner below!

Ultimate Blog Party!

Well, hi.

I'm Jessi, 21 year old mother/cat lady/artist/blogger and wife extraordinaire.
I've decided to join the UBP11, so if you're here because of that, thanks!

I'm terrible at this - I'd never really been into blogging. I've always found it difficult to keep up on.

 Once I got pregnant, though, I wanted to document everything so I started blogging on tumblr and eventually moved to posting mostly here.

Madeline!

 I guess my blog is mostly about my daughter, which is not exactly surprising because she's what my world revolves around. I'm working on trying to motivate myself to post daily, and I have some ideas up my sleeve to make this blog more interesting for my followers, but bear with me. My blog is not ENTIRELY about Madeline and myself, I often post about my pets or my husband if I'm not posting about Madeline. I enjoy cooking and photography, too, so my posts are usually photo-heavy and sometimes I post recipes (with pictures, ha).

Oh look; a cat, a baby and a husband.

I kind of consider myself a hippie, I'm very free spirited and all for love and peace.

I listen to almost any type of music, excluding most country.

I don't know what else to say... I guess I hope you enjoy my blog if you decide to follow it, and if you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact me. Thanks!