Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Jaclyn's 4th Week

We're finally able to start capturing Jaclyn's beautiful blue eyes on camera. We can only hope they stay this way; they're gorgeous right now!
Jaclyn lounging on the floor. She always stretches out with her hands behind her head like this.

Mindy and Landon came to visit. He's 7 1/2 months and VERY active. I'm very excited for Jaclyn to get that age, but will make sure to enjoy the time I get to sit and cuddle with her now. He was exploring everything while he was here; Mindy was hardly able to turn her head for a second! It's amazing how much of a personality he has already and how much fun he is to watch as he investigates everything around him; especially our cats and Jaclyn. He's just beginning to try to stand and has only been crawling for a couple of weeks. I was very glad to be able to see what I have to look forward to; just don't want it to come too soon!

This one was blurry, but another great shot of her beautiful blue eyes!
Zia Janell took us grocery shopping. (I think it's Zia, maybe it's Tia; it's supposed to mean Aunt in Italian. Janell likes it better than Aunt)

Daddy time is Jaclyn's favorite time...

He tried to have some tummy time with her...

but she didn't do much...
except for try to root on her blanket...
so he turned her over...
and she was much happier!

I guess we'll have to keep trying at the "Tummy Time."

Jaclyn and Daddy still had a lot of fun together!

Monday, April 6, 2009

Daddy's 27th Birthday

Every year for Daddy's birthday, we've gone to the Oakland A's opening day game with our friends from college. This year, Daddy decided he'd stay home with Jaclyn and have a small party with family here. Grandma picked out the perfect cake and we were going to have our traditional taco night with the family. Well, our small little party turned into close to 20 people coming over, including our good friends from college! It ended up being the perfect birthday for him; we had a blast!!!

Daddy thought it would be funny for Jaclyn to put her hand in the cake. As cute as it was, I don't know if the green food coloring will come out of her birthday outfit that Grandma bought her. Oops!!!
Tommy, Uncle Chris, Uncle Jake, Daddy, Brian, and Randy all came over to meet Jaclyn and celebrate Daddy's birthday. It was a great surprise for him to have them all over here; even if some of them didn't know it was his birthday! ;o)

Uncle Chris and Raquel with Jaclyn on Daddy's chair. This shows you how big John's "Daddy Chair" is. As soon as we saw this recliner, we had to buy it!


We had to get a picture of Jaclyn in her Raider's outfit with Brian!


I LOVE Grandpa!

Uncle Jake and Katrina

And there's Uncle Jake showing off for the camera again! ;o)


Mommy and Grandpa

Jaclyn with Uncle Ken

Mommy took a lot of pictures today, it was the first day she had actually done her hair and make-up since she had Jaclyn, who knows when she'd get a chance to do it again? I don't know if Jaclyn was a fan of all of the pictures though!
She did better in this one!

Raquel and Ken


Mom cooking....a rare sight!!!

Katrina's a lot better in the kitchen than Mommy! She knows how to make Daddy's favorite pie; she and Jake made him a pecan pie for his birthday.

Isn't she gorgeous? We loved this picture of her!

Everybody was taking pictures!

Uncle Randy...

Uncle Brian and Becca...

Uncle Brian again...

And Uncle Tommy...

Jaclyn's very lucky to have so many "Uncles" who love her! She's going to learn to be one of the boys very quickly; Lord help her when she starts dating!

Monday was Cousin Rush's birthday. He is one of the cutest little boys in the world!

Grandma, Grandpa and Daddy

A close-up of the outfit Grandma bought her for Daddy's birthday.

Grandma and Jaclyn before everyone else came over. We love all these funny faces she makes...
...she almost looks like she's waving in this one!

A perfect ending to a perfect day... Once again, she's definitely a Daddy's girl!

Saturday, April 4, 2009

Auntie Erin's Birthday

Auntie Erin, Great Grandma Godfrey, Grandma and Grandpa all came up to celebrate Auntie Erin's birthday (and Daddy's). Auntie Erin bought Jaclyn this dress for her to wear for her birthday. She said that Jaclyn had too many pink dresses and needed a blue one (Erin's quite the tom-boy). We weren't sure how long the dress would last, so took all these pictures in a matter of minutes, so we could make sure to capture her in her party dress before it was soaked with spit-up! Enjoy, she looks adorable, as always!!!!!Before the party we got a couple of cute pictures in her night-gown...