Hilarious! Check it out!!

Now all of you can see how expressive Jaedyn can be. Apparently she likes the feel of her gums smacking together. I love her so much!!

DC?!?

So as many of you know, my brother Shawn has packed up his family and moved them to Peru of all places. So the week before they left I suddenly got the bright idea to go and see them before they left and also to hang out with my brother, Chris, who is also living there where he's attending Johns Hopkins. So last minute Jaedyn and I left the cold weather in Idaho and flew to Sterling, VA to enjoy some good ol fashioned family time.

I still haven't been able to figure out the slide shows on blogger so I have to publish all my pix separately so there won't be as many... just know we had a fabulous time! The pix to the left are of some of Jaedyn's cousins. When we were walking the memorials I got this great shot of Sam, hehehe.

We lucked out on the trip and got to go swimming one night for free! Well free for us. I guess Shawn and Kellie were paying for access to the pool with their hotel accomodations. Thanks guys! I love the pix of Brendan and Jeremy in the hot tub. What I want to know is how come there aren't any pix of my brothers showing such obvious brotherly love???

So besides going swimming and walking the monuments, we also went to Mount Vernon and saw the home of George Washington. The tour made me nostalgic for the days of long puffy dresses and lacey parasols. Everyone got a good laugh at how excited I was over the meadows surrounding the home but really... how often do you get to see real honest to goodness meadows in Idaho??? Sure there are lots of open spaces but they're all either grain fields or weed fields. It was beautiful.

We also went out to eat about a bazilion times and I would like to thank the generosity of my brothers and sisters-in-law, I did not have to pay for one single meal, which I'm sure Chad appreciated as he went over the expenses of the trip.

I really had a good time on the trip and would like to thank everyone for their generosity! And of course I long to go back and finish the touring. I want to see Arlington Cemetary, The Smithsonian, The Holocaust Museam, Chris, Laura, Landon, and Sam (and maybe someone else? hehe jk!).Thank you, thank you everyone for a fabulous trip!

BTW: We miss you Shawn, Kellie, Brendan, Jeremy and Andie!!!

Four Months! (A month late)

Sorry this is so late! I've had an unbelievable month... which I'll blog about in future posts. But here are Jaedyn's 4 month pix compared to her one month pix. Unbelievable how much she's grown. At her ped appt She weighed 12 lbs 11 oz, was 25 inches long and had a head circumference of 16.5 inches! She's got lots of room for her brains I guess! Her percentiles are:

Head Circ: 75th

Weight: 30th

Length: 75th

Weight to height: 5th

It has been so much fun watching her grow and discover new things. She is such a happy baby and her smile brings me such joy! Chad and I are getting a kick out of her giggle lately... and her snort that sometimes accompanies it! She has rolled over once but we have as of yet to see her repeat this new marvel.