Jade and cousin Rylee. Rylee is tenderhearted and tends to cry easily, she is a sweetheart though and warmed up to Jade eventually. Toward the end of the trip she would even say "HI Jade!". It was so adorable.
Jade and Grandpa Chow
This was the view from our hotel room. This was taken the last day of our trip. It was rainy. Luckily the rest of our trip we had fair weather. Well, I know I took more pictures so prepare for a Chicago part two.
On Tuesday we went with our friends Brian and Melissa Barnett to Joe's Crab Shack and had a delicious meal. I had steak and the rest of them had a big bucket o' crab. Apparently, it was delicious.
On Thursday I met with some girls from our ward for a Mommy and Me playgroup. We went to Chuck E. Cheese. It was so much fun. They had the whole Chuck E. Cheese band. So I had to get a picture to remember her first time. I remember when I was little we used to beg my dad to take us to Chuck E. Cheese. That's even where we celebrated my 16th birthday! Good times.
Here's a picture of all the boys. (From top to bottom) Mike, Katrina's boyfriend, Michael, Dan, Nathanael, Paul, Joshua, Christopher, Matthew. All cuties.
Here, my mom is helping Jade crack an egg on Paul's head. :)
Jade got a chance to sit on Paprika's back. She grabbed on to her mane tight, although she seemed to like it.
Baby Jade loves her feet. It's that simple. So you can imagine my frustration trying to feed her messy baby food in her bouncy chair, meanwhile, food getting all over her feet, which she of course has put in her mouth. So.....we got her a booster chair.
She really seems to like it, and she can't put her feet in her mouth while she's eating, which is great!
Friday night we went with our friends the Saragers, the Shilligs, and Marlyse to Smokehouse. It's a barbeque place downtown, it was delicious. I had the pulled pork sandwich with a side of mac and cheese and Dan had the beef brisket with mac and cheese and mashed potatoes. All for under 20 bucks. Granted, they give you paper napkins and even plastic utensils but it was delish. Afterward, we went to Smart Cookie. Please, if you haven't been there, go! You can get an ice cream sandwich on homemade cookies for $2! Custom made with any cookies and any ice cream. So here is a family pic we took on the love sac at Smart Cookie.
This picture is just sort of random but as we were driving down University, toward the canyon I just realized how much I love the mountains in Utah. When we were in Minnesota the mountains were one of the things I missed most. I didn't realize how much I love them until they weren't there. I love how useful they are for finding your way around too. I always know the mountains are in the east.
My little brothers came to hang out with me Saturday. We had a fun but uneventful day just chillin' watching Saturday morning cartoons into the late afternoon. We snacked on pizza and watched Tom and Jerry. I forget how hilarious those cartoons are.
We took this picture of Jade when she was supposed to be napping. When I laid her down I turned on her glow worm, which plays songs and it's face lights up, and then put it on the side of her crib. But she was reaching for it and wanted to snuggle with it I guess.
Jade's first easter basket. We got her a baby einstein video for signing. It will help her learn baby sign language. We're hoping it works. Also she smiled at that flower when we found it at Wal-mart so.......we had to get it.Everyone came over tonight to have dinner. Dan made turkey and ham. I made potatoes au gratin. Katrina and mike brought jello salad and michael and jess brought green beans. It was a feast! We also had a cake for Michael's birthday, which will be Tuesday. Also, he's getting married!! We're really excited.
Dan and I are so excited! We're going to visit some friends in San Diego in about a week. Dave and Jen just moved there from Vegas so we've got to go check out their new pad. I'm hoping we might get a chance to go to the zoo. I haven't been since I was little.
Jade is now six months old! She has been so much fun and she's just becoming more fun (I was going to say funner, but that's not a word). To celebrate we went to Doc's pizza buffet and then over to Brian and Melissa's for cupcakes and to play Mario Party. We gave Jade a little taste of the cupcake frosting and she licked all she could off of her lips.
So Dan and I finally got a chance to go snowboarding together this season. It was a gorgeous day up Provo canyon. The sun was shining and I heard rumors that it was 66 degrees! It felt great! Dan even got a goggle tan. Grandma Lou came and watched Jade for us. We had a great time; our friend Brian came with us. He and Dan were quite a bit faster than me so I snowboarded solo (no, they didn't ditch me, it was fine). I took a pretty good tumble when we first started out but all in all I was pretty surprised at how quickly I remembered what I was doing. Too bad there are probably not too many days left in the season. Spring's right around the corner folks.
This is my uncle Chuckie, he came up from Tucson to meet Jade.
Jade and grandma Mary became good buddies. Everytime Jade saw her she just started smiling and kicking.
Here's Jade taking her first ride bareback on the cat.
Here we are going to Park 'n Swap. A big swapmeet in Phoenix. It's full of cool stuff. We're big fans, we go every Sunday.
Jade fell asleep at Park 'n Swap.
My grandma Armida and my cousin RJ came from California to see us.
Aunt Katrina made this beautiful blanket for Jade. Thanks!!
My Tia Darlene brought this beautiful doll back for Jade from her trip to Puerto Vallart. Isn't it neat? It reminded me of a doll my dad got me when I was a baby that he brought back from a trip to Peru. Thank you Tia.
