June Fun in the "sun" in San Fran and Sunnyvale

For Jaylee's 11th week of life, we took a family trip driving to San Jose/San Francisco for a long weekend. Jaylee was a good little traveler...thankfully...since we'll be taking another 9 hour drive next month for the Liden family vacation.

San Francisco was a great time--Lombard, Fisherman's Wharf, Alcatraz and Ghiradelli Square, then over the Golden Gate and up through Marin to meet with the Belleza's.

Sunday was a great day in Sunnyvale with family for a "welcome to the world party." The Carter house is coming along with their renovations...it looks fantastic.

The Carter cousins

Everyone enjoyed getting Jaylee to smile

4th of July

Jaylee celebrated her first 4th of July with some friends of ours at a BBQ. Everyone loved her cool sunglasses to help with the glare of the hot Vegas sun.

Jaylee's big adventure and photo shoot

Early June, Jaylee turned 5 weeks old and we decided to take a road trip. She was a good little traveler (thankfully) and we had a very busy weekend with a Dodger game (which she slept through), a photo shoot (which she was awake for) and a visit with her cousins, Auntie, Nonni and Papa as well as an additional road trip to Los Osos to meet her great grandmother, great aunt and uncle. Here are some of the pics from the trip. Auntie Darcy did a fantastic job taking the pictures and her cousins Tyler and Caleb love her and were so sweet with her. Full of kisses and entertainment for her. They were good helpers. And according to Tyler, she said her 1st word to him 'hi'. .....but "when can she play?"

Our first blog

With the few minutes I have, I thought I would get our blog started to keep in touch with family and friends as our relationship has transitioned from a couple to a family of three.

Jaylee Rae Carter was born on May 1st, 2008 at 7:57 PM by c-section weighing 5 lbs, 15 ounces and measuring 19 inches long. She was a long awaited answer to prayers and a true blessing to us.

I hope you enjoy this blog as we add pictures and stories of our family's adventures.