Disneyland

For Spring Break at the beginning of April we headed to sunny California to spend 3 days at Disneyland and California Adventure. We drove down with Austin's parents and met up with Whitney and the boys in Anaheim.

Day 1: California Adventure

Up early and ready for lots of FUN!

Trying out the stroller for the 1st time!

So cute in her Minnie Mouse bow!
(My cute sister Alyson made it!)

Ready for a FUN day with cousins! Bryton, Teegan, Jenna, and Kayson

Grandpa and Bryton on the Carousel

Toy Story in 3D! This was such a fun ride! I tried hard to use my shooting skills to beat Austin, but he was the better shot.

Just chillin' in her stroller!

Jenna and Daddy

Jenna and Mommy
Jenna's 1st ride was Monsters Inc.

Teegan, Bryton, Kayson, and Jenna
These 3 boys LOVE their cousin Jenna.
They were constantly wanting to talk to her, touch her and just be near her.
She was a great little baby and let them!

In the Studio Back Lot of California Adventure

Waiting for the Electric Light Parade to start!

I LOVE this parade! I have loved it ever since I was a little girl. The music is the BEST! It was fun to see it again.

Day 2: Disneyland

Me and Mickey Mouse (Jenna is asleep in the stroller)

Going on Pirates of the Carribean

We did a lot more at Disneyland on this day. I just didn't get pictures of it. I didn't want to be the annoying one with the camera trying to get pictures of EVERYTHING!

Day 3: Disneyland and California Adventure

With Jenna at Pooh Bear's Honey Pots

Waiting for the Peter Pan ride. I don't think I'd ever been on this ride before this trip. It was a fun one!

What a cutie!

The Teacups

Whitney, and Mom and Dad Cowley
Going on It's a Small World

Jenna with Dad on It's a Small World
They added 28 Disney characters to the different scenes on the ride. It was fun to try to find them all!

Jenna's 1st time swimming!
She LOVED it!

She liked splashing the water the best.
It was nice being at a hotel that was walking distance from the park. We were able to leave the park in the afternoon and go nap and then head back over. I hope we can do it this way every time we come!

I love how it looks like she is making the same face as the caterpillar in the background!

A Bugs Life show back at California Adventure

This is a video of Jenna getting excited over the toys we bought her. It is really cute!

Jenna won the "Little Trooper" award for the trip. She was so laid back and easy going the whole time. She was always happy and would go right to sleep at night when we got back to the hotel. She made it easy to want to go another vacation!

School's Out!

Hooray! School is out for the summer! I can start blogging again. The month of May has been crazy busy! Between work and mommyhood I didn't have the time to do much else. It'll be so nice to have the next 3 months off to play! I look forward to the time we'll be able to spend as a family. It'll be nice to relax! Jenna is growing like a weed! I'll post more of her growings here soon!

6 Month Pictures

Since I didn't get newborn pictures done of Jenna like I wanted I went ahead and got professional ones done just before she turned 6 months. She has grown so much in the last 6 almost 7 months now. She is the light of our lives and we are so grateful to have her in our family!

We love those big blue eyes!

She is certainly her daddy's girl!

Jenna loves her toes!

She is getting SO big!

I love her little hands and feet!

Happy Easter!

Jenna in her Easter dress.

We are grateful for the Atonement
and the Resurrection of our Lord and Savior.
Happy Easter to all!

Jenna

Jenna wearing a dress that I wore when I was her age. She wore it her first time at church.

These are pics of Jenna rolling over from her stomach to her back and then back onto her stomach. I absolutely love her chubba legs!

This is a video of us trying to get Jenna to roll over. Unfortunately she only wanted to eat her toes. It's still cute!

Jenna enjoying her baby food!

Austin and I were getting ready so we could go run some errands. I had laid Jenna on our bed with a toy so she'd be happy. We had been in the bathroom and came back into our room to find Jenna just chillin' with her feet crossed. We both cracked up and had to get a picture of it.

Love those little feet!

The cutest little cow we know!

She really is a "Cow"ley!

Funny Of The Day...

So I love teaching 1st Graders. They say the funniest things. I mentioned something about one of my sisters.

Student #1: You have a sister!
Me: I have 4 sisters. And 4 brothers.
A bunch of students: That's 8 kids! You have 8 kids in your family? (I'm so glad they could figure out 4+4 was 8!)
Student #2: With Mrs. Cowley that's 9 kids. (And then add one more to get 9!)
Student #1: 9 kids! Your mom had 9 kids! She should have a TV show!

It totally cracked me up!

She has a tooth!

Jenna got her first tooth yesterday! I can't believe it! She's only 5 months old! Austin thought she might be teething because she has been going to town chewing on her pacifier. I dismissed it because she wasn't overly fussy and she didn't get a fever. Yesterday morning when Austin mentioned it, I put my finger in her mouth to check, but felt nothing. I did look at her gums and they did seem a little red and slightly swollen, but still I didn't think she was. Then, yesterday afternoon I was feeding her some Gerber puffs and she spit one out. I put it on my finger and stuck it back in her mouth. I used her bottoms gums to scrape off the puff and that's when I felt the little ridges of a tooth! It is the bottom front one on the right side. I'm sure the one next to it won't be far behind! Man, if all her teeth come in this easy teething will be a cinch!