I'm still here!

Yes, I haven't vanished off the face of the earth. Not entirely, anyway. I'm in Idaho visiting family and friends, which is still on the face of the earth, but just barely. It's like on the tip of the earth's nose...yeah, sleep-deprived mommy jokes are funny.

I have no pictures to share--shocker, I know--but we've been so crazy busy I don't even think I know where the camera is at this point. We've had a lot of firsts in the last couple of weeks, so I thought I ought to write them down before I forget:

1- Jane giggled! It was not two hours after my last post when I complained she hadn't giggled yet. She's not a big giggler, though. She's only giggled about six times total. But dang is it cute!

2- We had our first airplane flight. And it wasn't too bad. We drove out to this tiny airport that had a short and very personal security line, so that helped. And Jane was a doll and slept through 2 hours and 15 minutes of the three hour flight. We'll see how the return goes...

3- Jane met two of my brothers, their wives and kids. She's a fan of cousins.

4- Jane went to her first basketball game and loved the noise. That kid kills me, she's so much harder to handle when it's just the two of us. Throw in a couple of noisy cousins and she's golden.

5- Jane had her first fever.

6- Jane got her first ear infection.

7- Jane is teething like crazy and typically needs at least one dose of tylenol a day, poor thing. I can feel the tooth under her gums but it hasn't come out yet.

8- Jane is now in size 3 diapers!!! Ahhh!!! And she wears a 6M in Carter's. She's growing up too fast! Now I know what all those people meant...

9- I got to "pin" my sister (it's actually a piece of velcro these days) at her promotion ceremony. She's now a 1st Lieutenant. Twas pretty cool. I'm pretty proud of her. We spent several days with her and I got a slight dose of what military life is like on a base. Jane really took to her Aunt Holli, she has a way with her.

10- Jane visited Vegas, California, Utah, and Idaho for the first time. I told you we've been busy.

11- Jane gets toys. She'll actually play with them now. My sister let us borrow her excersaucer the day before we left. I can't wait to get home to it, she loves it. I bought her a little toy bar thing to strap to her carseat, since we've spent so much time in the car. She really likes it.

12- Jane tried out the johnny jump up thing. You know, that thing you hang in a door frame? She's not sure about it quite yet. Although I foresee plenty of future enjoyment.

13- Jane enjoyed tummy time last night! No Kidding! I even got a picture with my phone of her laughing.

14- Jane's hair is growing! I think it's doubled in length so it's like a whole quarter of an inch now. Except for these three inch and a half pieces on the crown of her head above her bald spot. They give me hope, and yet I'm just waiting for them to fall out.

Basically, Jane is turning into a real-life baby. One that can do stuff. One that grandpas like playing with. She's getting adorably round.