Jaclyn's 11th Week...Capturing Jaclyn's smile

Jaclyn's been smiling, giggling, and even shrieking quite a bit lately, and we finally caught it on camera. I swear she is the cutest baby EVER!!! (Not that I'm biased or anything) ;o)

Two Month Photos!

My Aunt Betty bought this dress for Jaclyn, and I think it's the cutest thing EVER! I was so excited to have Jaclyn's two month pictures taken in this dress (as well as Mother's Day pictures), but Jaclyn was NOT so cooperative that day. We spent the majority of the time trying to keep her from screaming and crying, which is why you can see my hand in all of the pictures. We were very close to leaving and coming back another day, but were fortunately able to manage a couple of cute pictures in-between fits. I hope this isn't a sign; I don't know what I'll do if I have a child who hates pictures! ;o)

My First Mother's Day

Since Jaclyn turned 2 months old on Mother's Day, I decided I wanted to take pictures with her and her Grandmothers to celebrate my first Mother's Day, and mine and John's mom's first Mother's Day as Grandmothers! I think these pictures turned out GREAT!!! It was a PERFECT Mother's Day (even if Jaclyn was a little cranky)!

Jaclyn's 10th Week

I saw this at Babies R Us and had to buy it for her!

Jaclyn's been smiling a lot lately...unfortunately, we still can't seem to get it on camera, no matter how hard we try!

...We get a lot of other funny looks though!

Half the time, I think she just wonders what in the world we are trying to do to her!

We went to my parents' house for a BBQ so that Jaclyn could meet her Great Grandma VanderWegen for the first time. Since we were all there, we decided to take a couple of 4 generation pictures. Here's Jaclyn with Mommy, Grandpa, and Great-Grandma Godfrey.

Here's Jaclyn with Mommy, Grandma, and Great-Grandma VanderWegen.

Here's Jaclyn tired of taking pictures already ;o)

Jaclyn has also discovered her thumb this week. She wakes up every morning with it in her mouth. We keep trying to trick her with a pacifier, but she definitely prefers her thumb; maybe we should've introduced the pacifier a little earlier.

Jaclyn and Grandma

The Baby Einstein Playmat is definitely Jaclyn's favorite right now. She LOVES the musical sun that lights up; she'll stare at it for hours.

Jaclyn with Zia Janell

Jaclyn cranky again

Here's a close-up of the onesie one of my mom's friends bought her

Jaclyn with my Uncle Rick, Grandma's brother

Jaclyn's first time meeting Great-Grandma Vander Wegen

Jaclyn's 9th Week

"Oh Boy! I get to go to Grandma and Grandpa's and meet the horses!"

I had a hair appointment in Sacramento, so my mom offered to watch Jaclyn. I got her dressed and ready to go to the ranch (my parents' home) for the first time, complete with the pink John Deere boots that her Grammy Tina bought her! She'll make a cute little "Weekend Cowgirl!"

Here's Jaclyn, Auntie Erin, and Foxy. Foxy was Mommy's competition Barrel Racing horse. Mommy won a lot of buckles off of her and now Grandma competes in "Mounted Shooting" on her. Grandma recently won, "Best All Around Cowgirl" on Foxy at her last shooting competition. Foxy's close to retirement though, which will make her a perfect first horse for Jaclyn!

Here's Foxy and Erin's Mustang Shoni checking Jaclyn out.

Shoni again, although Jaclyn looks a bit more interested in her thumb!

Here's Dixie, my dad's Paint. We've got 5 more horses at the house, but they didn't come out to visit in the little bit of time I would allow Jaclyn to be around them. Maybe next time, when she's a little older.

Grandma asked Grandpa to build Jaclyn a swingset at the house. Here's Jaclyn in the swing that they're going to use. I think it may be a while before she can sit on this on her own!

Jaclyn's been sleeping in her own room for the past month, but not in her crib. We've been puttin her bassinet inside the crib to get her used to it. We decided, this week, however to try her out in her actual crib, as she was getting too big for the bassinet. She did great!!! She looks so little in that big crib, but she actually sleeps better in it than she did in her bassinet. I think the extra room to move around makes her happy. She starts every night at the top of the crib, and scoots herself all the way down to the bottom before morning. It's the cutest thing to watch!

Mother's Day was this week as well. Jaclyn's turned two months old actually on Mother's Day, so we had the pictures taken professionally. We'll have those on the 20th to share with everyone; that'll be our next post!