Baby Doll Record Book Printable for your Little Girl

So these days, our household is pretty much in complete baby mode.  So on that note, I have a free printable for those of you with little girls who love playing with baby dolls!

Do any of you remember the little Golden Book called "The New Baby"?  This was one of my absolute favorite books as a little girl.  I loved looking at all the pictures of the little baby and all the sweet baby things...  all illustrated by Eloise Wilkins.  So cute. Well, after reading this book to my girls... in honor of our new baby... we decided that we needed to make some Baby Doll Record Books for the girls to fill out for their baby dolls!

It is packed full of so much sweet baby girly goodness... with lots of pages for an imaginative little girl to fill out (or for her mommy to fill out)!  We have ours assembled, and have started to fill in the info... but we've yet to take pictures of our baby dolls.  It will be a fun project to work on for the next several weeks.  I'm actually going to use it for my oldest to practice her hand-writing and spelling for homeschool...  (much more fun than worksheets!).

To assemble the book you will need to download and print the pages below.  You will print two 81/2 x 11 pages front and back... then cut each sheet in half.  Then each half sheet will be folded and then all the pages stacked together. (I added pages numbers, to help you figure out the order!!)  The cover should be printed separately on a thicker paper, like card stock, then cut out.   I chose to bind our little books with twine... but they could be stapled as well.
 

Click on each link below to Download all the files...

PAGE 1 FRONT

PAGE 1 BACK


PAGE 2 FRONT

PAGE 2 BACK

COVER

*As always...File and finished product are not for resale or profit of any kind.  Please contact me if  you have any questions about usage.

Oh, and of course I can't post these days without showing you a couple pics of my sweet Lucy Lou!  She is 4 weeks today... can't believe it.

Blessings,

Playing house with my Baby Doll

The sun is shining today...  and that really helps this hormonal mamma face the day :)
It also allows me to take pictures! 

I felt like a little girl playing with her doll as I wrapped Lucy in a doll blanket and put her in a tiny toy cradle in the girls' room.  She fit perfectly and looked so sweet.  I even ended up rocking her a bit in it to keep her asleep.  So fun.

It all reminded me of something my Dad told me when he and my mom were here for Lucy's birth.  He said he would never forget a conversation he had with me as a young teenager...  During a daddy-daughter conversation, he had asked me what I wanted to "do."  He was referring to college plans, career interests, etc...  I simply told him that I wanted to be a wife and a mom. 

That's all I've ever really wanted... 
To love my husband, to love my babies, to create a home that honors Christ and allows all who enter into it to feel his love. 
....for me there is no greater joy.

Blessings,

Lucy Lou... awake.

You know how babies look completely different with their eyes open... well, I thought I'd show you the awake side of Lucy!

She reminds me so much of my other girls as newborns... this is the 4th Jordan girl and I can't believe how similar they all have looked at this age.  I keep having flashbacks to those early days with each of my other girls... especially my first, Alice.  There are just so many similarities.  crazy. weird. so fun.

This is also the point, after having a new baby, where I start to panic.  My mom is gone... my mom-in-law left yesterday... and tomorrow I will be all alone with my brood of 5.  We are doing pretty well, but there are still so many kinks to work out!  V is still struggling- naturally.  He is being extra "difficult" these days.  And when you combine that with the fact that my emotions are still quite raw... things can get intense quite quickly!  I dread being up alone at night, and the fatigue is setting in.  So as I dive into a unavoidably challenging week, I remind myself:

"The LORD is with me; he is my helper."
Psalm 118:7a

"His divine power has given us everything required for life and godliness through the knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and goodness."
2 Peter 1:3

^"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."
Philippians 4:13

"Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. "
Isaiah 40:30-31

 Blessings,

I'd like to introduce to you...

 

 

Lucy arrived on Wednesday April 3, as scheduled...  Everything went very well!

Unlike our other kiddos, we chose Lucy's name pretty much just because we really like it!  It isn't a family name or anything, but we love the meaning....  Lucille means "light."  Our prayer for her is that she will be a light in this dark world, reflecting the light of our Savior, Jesus Christ.  

"Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven."  Matthew 5:16

Off... I go for now!  I need to nurse :)

There are so many things I'd love to share with you already...  emotions, thoughts, pictures, stories... out the wazoo!  But they will have to wait... a tiny hungry squirmy person awaits me.  :)

Blessings,

2 Days till Baby.... no fooling :)

Hello Friends :)
I've been absent... trying to get ready for baby and keep my head above water!  But I wanted to post a few pics of my big ol' pregnant belly before we meet our sweetie in 2 days.  My dear husband stuck with me till we got a few shots that I liked... then he let me take a nap :)

Enjoy...
And I'll be back next with pics of our baby girl!  YAY!

 

 And the Kiddos in their Easter garb... :) 

Blessings,

V is wearing PINK today.

So my little boy... my freshly turned 2 year old... is wearing pink footies currently. 

Let me explain. 
Virgil is my only boy, and I am continually grateful for him and all his boy-ness.  But he has been testing me... exasperating me since he was 4 months old.  I have never been so challenged as a mother as I have been with #4. 

Jump to lately...
I've been trying really hard to get up each morning before the kids to have a little quiet time with the Lord in his word.  This is a real struggle for me because I am anything but a morning person.  It takes every ounce of determination that I have to get up even 30 minutes before my kids.  Well, Virgil is the first to wake up... and over the past month he has been waking up in the middle of my quiet time.  But it has been okay because I just let him play in his room... then open the door and let him out when I'm done.

Another issue we are currently dealing with is V sneaking into the bathroom and playing in the toilet.  Whenever he manages to succeed... when his sisters accidentally leave the door open.... he often plays with the toilet cleaning brush, splashing clean or often dirty water all over the bathroom.  The other favorite of his is to literally try and climb into the toilet.  (take a deep breath, Amy...).

Enter added complication #1.
Poo. 
A couple weeks ago I opened his bedroom door after my devo time to find a boy covered in poo and a mural of poo on the back of his door. 
I did not handle this well.
In response I started cutting my quiet time short and running to his room at the first sound of him being up... but that made me mad!  I need that quiet time!  So...  I got smart and decided I was going to buy him a whole stack of footie p.j.s and safety pin them shut so that he couldn't take his diaper off.

Enter added complication #2.
Ability to open doors.
Well, yesterday... after falsely accusing my oldest daughter of leaving the bathroom door open... we discovered that V can now open doors.  My life is over. 

So last night Virgil got his last clean pair of footie p.j.s soaked to the knees with toilet water after opening the bathroom door and trying to climb into the toilet... for the third time that day. 

I'll be honest.  It was bedtime... I was very tired.  And I yelled alot.  I may have thrown a few things.  Then I stormed into the garage and dug girl footies out of the clothes tubbies.  Hot pink ones.  (Jeremy asked if I was trying to shame him into obedience... )  There was no way on this earth that I was going to follow that evening with a morning of poo on the walls because I didn't have clean footies to put him in.   So pink it is.

So this morning my son, blasts into our room before we even had a chance to get out of bed.  No morning quiet time...
I strung together some metal measuring cups (couldn't find a bell) and tied them to the bathroom door.  20 minutes into the morning V was already pushing my buttons... and now at 9:20, I already feel exhausted from dealing with him.  

Okay Amy, take a deep breath and remember.  This is your portion.  Today is not random... it is not an unlucky compilation of events.  God is in control and will work good out of EVERYTHING... if I submit to him and allow him to be glorified through the events of my messy life. 

My brain... soggy with hormones... wants to really freak out right now.  How in the world am I going to handle Virgil and a newborn???  If he can open doors, how will I keep him from climbing into her crib and tossing her out!?  I feel like I'm losing those last little ounces of control over things...

So I will choose to remember....

"Yet those who wait for the LORD Will gain new strength; They will mount up with wings like eagles, They will run and not get tired, They will walk and not become weary." Isaiah 40:31

"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose."  Romans 8:28

"Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!  Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near.  Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.  And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.  Philippians 4:4-7


Grace to you as you allow God to be glorified through your portion today!

Blessings,

Little V

We switched Virgil into his youth bed last week...  He loves it.  But the first 2 nights he kept falling out of it.  It's not very far from the ground, but some how he managed to give himself a black eye one night :(  So sad!   

I've been especially enjoying him lately...  He's still a stinker.  He still exhausts me.  But he's just so cute and I'm so thankful for all the "boy" he adds to our home. 

Here are a few of his antics lately....  hope they make you smile like they make me smile :)

 

Jeremy captured this one on his phone the other day... We were both getting ready in our bedroom, and I noticed that I hadn't heard V in a while....  Yup.  into mischief.  

 

These last two are from right now...  I was editing the black/white pics and he came to "sleep" on my desk beside me :)  He pulled all of his favorite items out of his bed, and curled up!  (yes, my 2 year old still likes his pacifier...)

Blessings to you all!