9 months

Miss Janie turned 9 months last Wednesday, the 28th, but we didn't make it in for her check-up until yesterday.  She is weighing in at 18 pounds 5 ounces (50th percentile) and is 28.5 inches long (77th percentile).  She had to have her finger pricked and get two shots in her thigh.  I posted this first picture on Instagram.  I got a picture of her before her shots (our doctor had given her popsicle sticks to distract her) and after.  She's just as cute when she's crying.  Love her!

Showing off her sparkly bandaids at home :)

Here's what Jane Jane's been up to in the last month:

• Oh my goodness, she is into everything!!!  She keeps us on our toes ;)

Taking all of the silverware out of the dishwasher.

I have since moved that bowl..haha.

• She is also climbing ON everything.

Including Aiden..haha.

Look at her all proud on the dishwasher..ha.

I was surprised this day when I found her on the chair.

And another day on the hallway table.

• Her top front teeth are really coming through and I can feel more coming on the bottom.

You can see those goofy top teeth if you click on this pic ;)

• I've finally started putting Janie in the shopping cart instead of always hoisting her around in her car seat.  I don't know why I waited so long!

Her first time was in Costco.  She was very serious the entire time..haha.

Thank goodness big brother was right beside her :)

Then I tried out putting her in the car cart with Aiden at the grocery store.  I had to put up this pic because Aiden "roared" at the camera right as I was taking the pic..hahaha.

• Janie will pretty much eat anything and everything.  In fact, it seems like she's always on the hunt for food..haha.

Sometimes she gets so messy and it drives me nuts!  This night she kept grabbing onto the spoon when I'd bring it to her mouth..grrr!

Haha, I totally caught Janie with one of Aiden's chicken nuggets in her mouth and another in her hand!!  She found his plate on the bench.

And another day she found his crackers up on the coffee table!  I guess she's telling me she's ready for more solids..haha.

Here are some more pictures:

This was actually supposed to go in last month's post, but sometimes Janie will go missing for a little bit and we'll find her in Aiden's room..haha.  She knows where to find the toys ;)

This is just a little video of the kids.  I was washing our bedding and they were loving the bed in the meantime.  I love Janie's little cackle laugh at about 13 seconds.  You'd almost miss it. 

Love these stinkers.  Too bad Aiden blinked..haha.

Just her eyes peeking over :)

She's such a beauty :)

We were watching a movie.  Seriously, how cute is she??

She's always checking on Aiden during his bath ;)

I love that you can see Aiden's shark diving in this one..haha.

This cracked me up.  Janie didn't even mind because she could still see out of her one eye..haha.

She has really been cheesin' lately :)

These next two pictures make me laugh.  First this one.  I love that she was clenching her fists.

Then this.  It's all about her eyes..haha.

Posing.

Just one sleeping one.  Love that little hand.

Girl's Trip 2015: Midway/Park City

I got home Sunday evening (yes, I know, for the second time this month - Trent is a saint!) from our annual girl's trip with my sisters and cousins.  This year we kept it a little more low-key and my sister found us a cabin to stay in in Midway, Utah (thank you Amy!).  It's kind of funny because 8 of the 10 girls live in Utah anyway, so it was just me and Jordan that flew in.

I flew into Salt Lake Friday afternoon (the 23rd) and Jen picked me up right when she finished teaching.  We went back to her place so she could pack up and then picked up my sister Jill from her place and we headed to the cabin in Midway.

Jen and I were a little surprised to find that we were totally matching :)

We got settled in and headed to dinner at one of the few restaurants in Midway ;)  We kept trying to get a picture with all of us, but they kept coming out blurry, and then we asked the waiter and it still came out blurry..haha.  This will have to do.

Then we headed to the Midway Ice Castles.  It was absolutely frigid, but definitely fun to see them.  I was so glad I decided to cram my puffy winter coat into my suitcase at the last second that morning.

Everyone but Meg, who was in the bathroom.

There were 2 slides.  Here are Amy and Bryn.

And Jen and Melissa.

And Tori.

We'll call this the Wishing Well ;)

On our way back, we stopped at the grocery store to pick up some breakfast options before heading back to the cabin.

That evening we threw Meg and Amy a surprise baby shower. Thanks to Jordan for planning it all!  She had talked to each of us prior to the trip and we all pitched in for gifts.  We got each of them a pair of white Freshly Picked baby moccasins.

Meg, Jordan, and Amy - you can't even tell they're pregnant in this pic!

Jordan made all of the adorable decorations :)

The whole group :)

Pretend you're pregnant..haha.

I got this shot from the back deck the next morning.

I woke up Saturday feeling, what I imagine to be, hungover.  We hadn't gone to bed until like 2 and I woke up with a pounding headache :/  I'm getting too old for this..haha.  Luckily we leisurely got ready and then we thought we'd go into Park City and check out the Sundance Film Festival.  It was like 1:30 before we got out the door..haha.  I actually didn't realize the Sundance Festival would be going on, so this was news to me!  And we definitely weren't prepared for the craziness.  We kept thinking surely we'd be able to find somewhere to park in some neighborhood or something, but there was absolutely nothing!  As you can tell, we are complete amateurs.  We did see one parking garage asking $60 to park.  I guess if we had been real die-hards we would've forked out the money..haha..but we were just starting to feel really grumpy because we were so hungry..haha.

I only got one picture as we drove up Main Street.  At that point we still had hope we'd find a parking spot, so I thought we'd get to walk around and take more pictures ;)

We finally gave up and headed to the Park City shopping outlets to get some lunch.  I was so grateful when we found a Five Guys.  That burger tasted so good to me!  Then we did some shopping.  A group still wanted to try Sundance while the rest of us just wanted to go back to the cabin and get cozy.  I was among the latter group.  We stopped at the grocery store again and picked up some pizzas and cookie dough and headed back.  This was probably my favorite part of the trip. I know, I'm a total homebody!  I loved just being able to relax and chit chat with some of my very favorite people.

Dayna happened to be in town for the weekend as well, so she came by to see us all.  And the rest of the group got back from Sundance soon after that.  We had some girl talk and reminisced with the Lund girls about their dad in the bunk bed room.  I hope they felt of all of our love and support.  And then Dayna's boyfriend came over later so that we could all meet him.  He was a super nice guy and we were mostly happy to have him around to take a picture of our whole group ;)  We took it easy and turned on John Tucker Must Die and then Parent Trap after that, a classic.

Jen, Jill, Jordan, and I got the bunk bed room :)  The 3 other rooms had queen and king-size beds (Amy and Tori in the master, Bryn and Meg, and Amanda and Melissa).

The next morning, the Lund girls had to leave by 7:45 to get Jordan to the airport.  The rest of us were still asleep :/  It was such a short trip.  A whole day shorter than last year's girl's trip.  Amy called us from upstairs at 9:45 and said we were supposed to be checked out of the house by 10, so we all frantically threw all of our stuff into our suitcases and got dressed..haha.  The cleaning lady hadn't shown up yet so we actually didn't get out of there until almost 11, just chit chatting and what not.

I had to put up this picture just because it's too funny and awkward. We took this on the driveway as we were packing up the cars to head out ;)

Then we had brunch at Cheesecake Factory.  The sun was so bright!! My left eye was pretty much closed..haha.

And then Jen and Jill dropped me off at the airport.  It was a fun trip and I loved being with my sisters and cousins. How grateful I am that they are all my dearest friends :)