Our Little Poser

In my opinion, babies can do ordinary things that strike us as quite extraordinary.

Mesa Falls

This past Sunday afternoon we took a trip to Mesa Falls with our good friends; Alex, Elise, and Ian Hart. Because Alex's parents own Hart's Tux and Gowns, he has unlimited access to many vans so we were all able to drive up together, despite having 2 carseats. Good thing too cuz I didn't realize it was such a long drive! When we got there it was more of a nature walk than a hike like I was expecting, but that turned out to be a good thing for Elise who is 7 months pregnant!

The mosquitos were atrocious so anybody planning on going up there I would advise bug spray... many, many coates of bugspray... it saved our lives! I was too paranoid to spray it on Jaedyn... hence the blanket. They were swarming so thick we didn't dare take it down even for a second to take the pictures so you'll just have to trust me that that bundle on Chad's chest is our little girl!


The Falls were gorgeous though and the excitement must have worn the kids out cuz this last picture is of them on the ride home. Cute huh? Ian held her hand all on his own, we had nothing to do with it!

First Package!!

Chad, having wonderful foresight, got the camera out to take pix when this package arrived in the mail last week (Gotta love Jaedyn's hair in them). It is Jaedyn's first package in the mail. It was from Grandma Tina and contained a wonderfully comfy "book blanket" and a welcome into Grandma's book club. It's this wonderful idea G-ma had to keep in touch with her grandchildren. She sends a book every so often as a gift to the kids. This was Jaedyn's first and is called, "I Loved You Before You Were Born". Thanks G-ma Tina!!

1 Month Growth Picture

This is Jaedyn at one month old. I put the teddy there so we can try and track her progress! Jaedyn is now 10 pounds (at 6 weeks) and almost outweighs our dog!

Rub-a-dub-dub

Jaedyn's umbilical cord fell off one day shy of 2 weeks old. So we were able to give her a bath for the first time in her little duck tub! What a relief too... those sponge baths were a bore! She was a little unsure of whether she liked this new development but after about her third bath she decided that the water wasn't that bad. Now I think she quite enjoys it and I can't wait for her to start splashing!

**All parts covered for children's viewing :)

Four Generations!!!

Grandma Boyd, Grandma Johnson, Jaedyn Faith, and MOM!

Trip to the Zoo

As many of you know, Chad has been drywalling to pass the time this summer. With the housing market being what it is his job is unreliable at best. But Jaedyn and I have come to appreciate the random days off that he gets. Yesterday we took advantage of one of these days and took a trip to the zoo. As you can see Jaedyn was thrilled about the trip! Haha. But Chad and I had a great time! (I only wish I could remember what this animal was called!)

All Smiles!!!

This is a snapshot of Jaedyn's first smile on Camera! Isn't our happy baby beautiful?? Thanks to a generous babyshower in my hometown of Robin, she is well-dressed too! Thanks Mom and Debbie for throwing it for me! I had a lot of fun! I only wish I would have thought to take pictures of the cake! (it had little booties on it!) It was great to see so many people I hadn't seen for so long and reminisce!

PRESENTING...

Tons of thanks to Stephenie Markham for making this possible! Didn't she do a fantastic job with the announcements? I just thought they were so cute I had to share them with everyone! (The "princess" comment is a tribute to my Dad. The little dress she is wearing was made by my Aunt Elaine for my baby blessing eons ago, so I'd also like to thank my mom for her foresight in preserving the heirloom!