My little Diamondback

My dad sent Jade this cute Arizona Diamondbacks jersey. It says Gonzalez on the back (which is my maiden name). I wonder if Jade will want to play baseball when she gets older. Dan and I aren't really big on sports but I really enjoy watching baseball and I would love to be able to watch Jade play t-ball.

Jade is 9 months

Well, she has been since the 18th, but Jade is 9 months now and I just wanted to share pictures of how big she's getting. She is hilarious. She tries to roll away when you're changing her diaper and she always tries to take off her bib while she's eating. She loves to babble and is just a cutie pie.
She loves her books. We went to the library and checked out a few books for her, we usually read before each of her two naps and then also before bedtime. She can actually turn the pages for me (on the board books).
Today we went to Seven Peaks and Jade didn't get her first nap so she totally just crashed around 6:30. She fell asleep with her leg up in the TV stand.

Seven Peaks

Yesterday was our first trip to Seven Peaks this year. It was really fun, although we were only there for a couple of hours. We have the benefit of having lifetime passes though so we don't have to feel guilty if we're only there for a little while.

Happy Father's Day

So, it's a little late but I thought I'd still post this video of quality father/daughter time.

Jade's army crawl

Well, Jade is finally army crawling. It's been so fun to see her get stronger and stronger. She's getting pretty fast. I love her so much, she's so much fun to play with.

Smith Family Reunion

Every other year my mom's family gets together for a reunion. It's a ton of fun. At every reunion we have a race against my grandpa, who just turned 80. His time for the mile this year was 10 minutes 16 seconds. He's really fit. This is a picture of me and Jade with my younger brother Joshua (on the left) and our cousin Kameron.
Here's everyone warming up for the race. We did it super early, 7 am, Dan decided to skip the chance at earning 5 dollars and decided to sleep in.
Here is Jade getting her five dollars for her first grandpa race.
We went to the Tuachan theater in St. George, we saw The Sound of Music. It was done very well, great sets. It's an outdoor theater so they set off some fireworks at the end, Jade loved them!
We got to see so many cousins. These are my cousins kids, Bromley is in the back, he's my cousin Natalie's boy. Jade is in the middle there. Marley is in the front, she's my cousin Monique's girl.
We had such a good time catching up with everyone and celebrating my grandpa's 80th birthday.

Maddox and Jade

Yesterday I watched my friend Emily's little boy Maddox while she was at work. He is about a year and a half and so much fun. He kept Jade entertained, that's for sure. At one point I was making dinner and I looked in the living room and he was sitting on Jade's stomach! I guess he wanted to get a real good look at her. As I was trying to feed Jade dinner he was wandering around the kitchen totally distracting Jade. She could have cared less what was for dinner, she was more interested in where Maddox was. We had a lot of fun though.
For a few hours I got a glimpse of what it would be like to have another child. I hope I'm brave enough to go for another one someday.

Drinking from a cup

Jade is learning to drink from a cup. She's picked it up pretty quick. Maybe we'll just skip sippy cups all together.

Jade can sit by herself

We've been practicing sitting with Jade for a while now and last week while we were in Idaho she really got it. She hasn't gotten into a sitting position on her own yet but if we put sit her down she can stay sitting for quite a while, until she reaches for something way out to the side.