Great Grandparents

Jayna and I took a road trip down to Barnwell, Alberta to go and visit my Grandma and Grandpa Jensen, Jayna's Great Grandparents. I hadn't seen my grandparents in 4 years. It was so good to see them again! Jayna was pretty shy and we were only there for 2 days, so she just started warming up to them by the time we were leaving. The second night we were there all my Aunts, Uncles and cousins came over for dinner. We have such a great family, I'm excited that once we move back to Edmonton we'll be able to see them more often.

Jayna loved playing in Grandma's basket

Jayna in the old red high chair, my grandparents got this high chair for my mom when she was a baby, and used for it every baby since then. I'm sure my mom probably used it for us too when we stayed at there.

On the way to and from Barnwell we stopped in Calgary to visit my old roomie and one of my best friends Jody. It was so fun to see her again and her 2 kids, Ella and Jack. Jayna had lots of fun playing there in the hottest play room ever! (I'm so sad we didn't take any pictures though!)

1st Birthday Party

We had Jayna's 1st Birthday Party this week-end in Edmonton. She invited: Mom, Dad, Grandma, Grandpa, Auntie Jo, Uncle Dave, Luke, Uncle Brett and Aunt Jenny. We had tacos and homemade salsa and of course birthday cake!

Jayna loved it when everyone was singing Happy Birthday to her!

Jayna's first taste of cake

I'm pretty sure she loved it

I want some more cake!

Jayna's One!

Today is Jayna's 1st Birthday! I can't believe it's actually here and that it came so fast. Our little baby girl is really going to grow up.
Jayna at one is:

• happy
• silly
• smart
• mischievous
• playful
• timid
• observant
• adorable!!
  

Gibb and I got her a few presents for her to open today, but we're waiting to have a party until this week-end with Gibb's family in Edmonton.

Jayna loves this book in the store so we had to get it for her. You get to feel all the animals fur.

Jayna loves her birthday presents!!

We had a fun day with our big girl! Jayna is such a good girl, I can't imagine our lives without her.

August 2007

Jayna is 11 months old!!! I cannot believe that she is going to be 1 next month! I really can't think about it too much or I'll get really sad. 1 seems so old, but she is also still my little baby. Jayna said her first word this month, and I'm proud to say that it was "Mama"!! She said it while we were in Montreal, but she actually was referring to me when she said it! Jayna got 3 more teeth this month, poor girl. She has 8 teeth now! She is all over the place, walking around furniture, crawling up the stairs and getting into mischief.

Jayna and Dean having fun as usual

Anybody want a baby?

Jayna having fun at the pool

Up to no good

Jayna loves eating "big" food now, pretty much anything that isn't baby food. She ate so much of this watermelon, I can't believe how much this girl can eat!

Summer at the Pool

This summer we got a pool pass with Caprice and Dean. It was the BEST! We went swimming at least a couple times a week all summer. Dean is such a little fish and he loved it right from the beginning. Jayna, of course, wasn't so sure about it at first. The first time we took them she clung to my bathing suit so tight the whole time and would barely stick her toe in the water, literally. She was so scared, she was snuggling with me and ended up falling asleep.

It was a long slow process getting her used to the water, but now she LOVES it!! Her and Dean crawl around and splash each other and play, and Caprice and I get to lay out every day. It doesn't get any better than that! We've had so much fun this summer, and we're going to be so sad when the pools close.

I have no idea how we got a picture this good, but it's my favourite!