The Time is Flying!!!!

Okay, as my mom pointed out to me, I haven't updated this in a while! So, here it goes!!! Since the last post, Whitney had her very first big trip as we went to Idaho!!! It was her first plane ride and things couldn't have gone any better!!! She slept the whole time on each flight and was the perfect little angel that she is!!! HOwever, I did discover that traveling alone with a baby can be very difficult with going through security!!! NO FUN!!! I don't have the pictures from us arriving at the airport, but will get them from my mom and put them on here!! My parents were waiting for us with beautiful fake toy flowers and of course the AWESOME UTAH JAZZ JACKET she will be wearing when she grows into it (they don't make them for newborns!!!) She then got to experience being in her car seat for longer than an hour as we drove back to Idaho! She was very tired from the long day and had a very sad cry for the first part, but was able to finally fall asleep in the car. We were home for a day and quickly visited people before we took off for Boise. She did get to meet her older "brother" Gentry for the first time and let's just say that Gentry was a very jealous dog while we were home!!! He didn't not like the fact that he was not the center of attention!!! She also enjoyed a bath in her duck bathrobe that Grandpa and Grandma had gotten her. Bonneville was playing in the Girl's State Basketball Tournament and we had tickets to go skiing at Bogus Basin. Whitney did very good in the car ride over and loved the basketball game. She had two very cute Bee Outfits on (once again, I will have to get those pictures from my mom) to cheer on the girls. Although they took second, we had lots of fun! I also got to ski for the first time in a long time and had lots of fun. We each took turns watching Whitney as she slept most of the time in the lodge. However, we did get her out on the hill once for a cute picture! Once we got back from Boise, Grandma and Grandpa had to go back to work and Aunt Jerie had to return to school, so we would go down to my parents new house they are working on and hang out. Mom got to sheetrock a little while Grandma played and talked to Whitney. While we were out there, she really started talking back to you and became much more aware of things around her. She also discovered her hand and loves to suck on her WHOLE hand (always her left...so maybe she will be cool like her mom!!!) She also went to Jaker's for the first time as well as Aunt Jerie bring home some really cool rings for her to wear!!!

Whitney also got to meet some of my friends from when I was young. We had dinner at the Young's (a family who lived on the same block as us and Pam and I are a year apart). Pam had a baby boy five days after Whitney was born and his name is Carson (yeah...because we are cool!!). It was so cute because we were asking Whitney and Carson if they knew each other in heaven and Whitney reached over and grabbed his hand!!! Maybe a wedding will take place in 20 years!!! She also meet the Packs! We had dinner over at their place and she meet Darrel, Ellie and their son Mike (we were very good friends growing up and his wife Amanda. It was so nice to see everyone! Whitney also enjoyed watching the Olymics with us and in the picture is watching the Americans win their first ever Gold in Nordic Combine!! GO USA!!!!




The rest of the time was spent hanging out and relaxing with the family!!! We had lots of fun being out there!! We went shopping for lots of cute clothes and found so many cute things!!! Whitney has the cutest Easter Dress and everyone at church thought she was so cute!!! When Whitney was born, we did a very cute picture of her in my dad's hands, so did that again to see how much she had grown and oh had she grown!!! The trip came to an end and it was very sad to leave!! We tried not to cry at the airport, but it still happened. However, my dad wore his Grandpa shirt and Whiteny and him look so cute together!!!






When we came back, we arrived home to see Wade and although we were very sad to have left Idaho, we were very happy to see him again!!! It was a late night getting back to Osky around 1:30 and then had to get up early for shots!!! Whitney didn't think that was a lot of fun, but made it through like a champ!! She can also sit up in her twirl toy and loves smiling and talking to us!! She also experienced her first every thunderstorm!! (Although, there will be lots more of those!!!) Sine then, I have gone back to subbing, so she has been going to a friend of ours or hanging out with dad in his office. Everyone loves having Whitney around!! We have seen Wade's family as well and hopefully with her getting older and it getting warmer, will be able to see them more often. We love having Whitney in our life and wouldn't change anything about her!! Hope all is well and that Spring is around the corner as we will be spending most of our time at Grinnell Girl's soccer or Penn Softball and Baseball games!! We can't wait to get out and enjoy the sun!!! Love to all!!!