June 2007

Jayna is 9 months old and still isn't crawling, which is just fine with me. I feel like that is the only question people ask me these days. I'm not really in a rush for her to start because then we'll be chasing her all over the place. But at the same time, it would be really cute, and Gibb is dying for her to crawl. Jayna isn't really getting that much bigger, she weighs 15 lbs. 11 oz., and is 26.25 inches tall, she is only the 5th percentile right now. Sometimes I think that Jayna just has her own different agenda for life, she likes to do things on her own time. The more we try to get her to do something the less likely she is to do it. But she did get 2 more teeth this month. Her top 2 front teeth! Now she'll be able to bite...I'm scared!

Tired from a hard day of playing

Gibb is so proud!

Jayna loves sitting out on the front porch and watching cars drive by. She watches every car, and we have a pretty busy street. Sometimes when I work on a Saturday, Gibb and Jayna will sit out on the porch waiting for me to come home. I love seeing them sitting there together when I pull into the driveway, and I love seeing Jayna's face light up when she sees me.

Hey Mona, what are you doing this week-end?

Want to come to Cleveland?


I found the best deal on plane tickets for Mona to come and visit, but it was only for this week-end and it just so happened that she could clear her schedule and come!! I swear we are each other's good luck charms for stuff like this. It was so fun to get to just hang out and relax and show her around our town. Jayna warmed up to her so fast, thanks to all her fancy jewelery! Mona and I always take trips together or go and visit each other, and we always have the best time! I love our little trips together, that's one tradition I really hope lasts a long time.

Cleveland Metroparks Zoo

Jayna loves her bottles

the Garfield monument

Lakeview Cemetary

A day at the beach

Gibb had 2 days off clinic this week so we decided to take a trip out to the beach. Headlands Beach is on Lake Erie and is only 25 minutes away. It was Jayna's first time going to the beach, and I don't think she was that crazy about it. It was too cold to go in the water and she didn't really like touching the sand. Jayna seems to be very timid and unsure about anything new. It really takes her a while to warm up to new things, and we definitely have to let her go at her own pace. But we still had a fun day enjoying the sun.

May 2007

Jayna turned 8 months old and we have noticed such a big difference. She really seems a lot older now, her personality is starting to show and she's forming her own opinions. She is such a good girl and loves being held, except by anyone besides me or Gibb.

We made a road trip to London this month to go to Todd McClenaghan and his beautiful new wife, Ashley's reception. It was so much fun, not only spending time with the Hill's, which I always love. But I got to see a lot of old friends that I haven't caught up with in a long time, like Aleccia, Janeth, Carissa and Jeff. It was such a trip down memory lane, we had so much fun together growing up and I have the best memories with them.

We also got to go and see Brett's first soccer game ever!

Cassandra and Nathan, what a great picture

Jesse's adorable smile, probably keeps him out of a lot of trouble

Jayna loves playing with her tongue and tries to twist it all around

Me and Aleccia (BFFE)

Nathan is such a cutie

Jayna's first cheerio

Jayna is so funny when she tries new foods, it takes her a while to warm up to new things sometimes, kind of like her mom...

Orlando!!

We went to Orlando, Florida for a week with Brett and Jenny during Gibb's break. It was one of the funnest and most relaxing vacations we've been on. This was our 3rd time going to Orlando, and I think it's becoming one of our favourite vacation spots. Our condo was right beside the pool this time so it was perfect with Jayna. We could put her down for a nap and then spend the afternoon in the pool swimming! We had great weather and it was so nice to be able to spend time with Brett and Jenny, Jayna seriously loves them!

First Mother's Day, this will be pretty tough to beat!

Brett and Jenny riding Kraken, the sweet roller coaster at Sea World

the Dolphin show

Jayna trying to fend off the paparazzi

Jayna was loving the show

Until she got splashed

Sting Rays!

The Shamu show is always one of my favourites!

Brett and Jenny were nice enough to watch Jayna for us one morning so we could go do a session at the temple.

I LOVE the Orlando Temple, it's so beautiful and it's surrounded by palm trees, it doesn't get any better than that, except for maybe the Hawaii temple...

Jayna loved swimming in the warm kiddie pool

Dreams really do come true...right Brett?

So stylish

This was the hottest day ever, poor Jayna

And of course that's the day we decide to go mini golfing

Jenny won, she was so proud!

Orlando has the coolest mini golf courses. We always go to the same Pirate's Cove Adventure Golf every time, it's so fun!

Arrr matey!

Jayna snuggling with Uncle Brett as usual, I wish she would snuggle with me like that!

Our last night in Orlando, *sniff, sniff*, we really need to make this a yearly tradition!