First airplane trip

Daniella's airplane trip went quite well. She had a short nap on the way up and made friends with people in the aisles while in the air. She fussed for only a few minutes, and also had a period of loud giggling, but overall was quite good for her first flight. She spent most of the flight in her seat but did get out for a few minutes to eat and stretch. By the time we were on the ground she was ready to be out of her car seat.


During most of the 30 min ride to the house, Dani just stared blankly at her Aunt. I've never seen her like this before or since. She seemed very intrigued by her.

Visiting Family

As this is posted we are on our way to Utah to visit my family. I hope to update this blog a little more frequently while away since Trent will not be able to come. He will be working ~80 hours a week at home and is not able to get time off to come with us. We will miss him VERY much, but we are excited to see the family.

A different kind of tag

I saw this on a few blogs. It's always fun to reminisce.

1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you. If you don't want to play on your blog, or if you don't have a blog, I'll leave my memory of you in my comments.

Five Year Anniversary

We were able to celebrate our fifth anniversary recently. We went to a nearby boardwalk. Since Dani is showing some signs of separation anxiety and we were celebrating on a week day we decided to take her with us during the day. She was fairly well behaved at the restaurant and the waitresses were often commenting on how cute she is.

"Hmmm... I want... this."

We then walked around the boardwalk and stopped to look at the catfish and ducks fighting over food.

Unfortunately, one walk around the boardwalk is a little too long for a baby. So we walked back to the car to cool off in airconditioning.

This sure perked Dani up. Within a few minutes she was smiling, laughing and playing again.

6-9 month outfits

Daniella is now big enough to wear 6-9 month outfits. Since I've been able to try on a lot of new outfits, I'm taking lots of pictures of her in the new clothes while they still look new and while she is still fairly stationary. I'll try to include some with a few unique facial expressions as well to keep it interesting.

I find that morning time I get the best facial expressions. There is the spaced look, sweet smiles, thoughtful look, poses, and giggles.

When you fall, make the best of it and enjoy your new perspective. Dani thought this outfit was cute too.

This past Sunday we were able to put Daniella's hair up with clips. She enjoyed playing with the brush.

Since we have been watching the olympics in Beijing this week, I thought it fitting to put Dani in the smaller of her Chinese outfits. She also found this outfit fascinating.

Switches and Dials

Daniella has a new favorite element to her play gym . . .

Since she discovered this switch, she will often try to roll to it to turn it off. She has not quite figured out how to turn it on yet, but I'm sure that is coming. She also loves to turn the dials on our ancient microwave.

She's a beauty, and she knows it!

Daniella loves my computer screen saver, so I printed it for the back of her book. The morning after I put together her book, this is her reaction as we flipped to her favorite picture.