Video Clips

I can't for the life of me figure out how to put a slideshow directly on this blog, so I decided to put our photos in "Flickr." Here is the website to see a lot more photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jandtjones/
Most of them are of Brooklyn right now, but I hope to get more up soon. You'll want to see the photos--we have a little drama queen.

These video clips are pretty cute I think, but you know I'm pretty bias (I saved the best one for last).

This is her favorite place to be during the day. I'm getting pretty good at typing with one hand.

We woke up Sunday morning, and she was wide awake looking around. She got so excited when I rubbed her hand on the soft and fuzzy Winnie the Pooh on her bumper pad that she kept doing it.

The boys better watch out for her--she's got a mean right hook. I love how she goes across her nose first, waits for just the right time, and then makes her move. We may have a little boxer in the family.

President Hinckley Passes Away

While talking with my parents last night, we were informed that President Gordon B. Hinckley (age 97) passed away yesterday (Sun. 28th Jan) around 7pm. I have not read anything that explains exactly how he died but here are 4 websites that have lots to say about the legacy he left behind.

http://newsroom.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/eng/
news-releases-stories/beloved-church-
president-gordon-b-hinckley-dies-at-97
http://www.sltrib.com/
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/01/28/
gordon.hinckley.obit.cnn?iref=videosearch
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/01/27/obit.hinckley/
index.html?iref=newssearch

I am grateful to know that the work President Hinckley did while serving as the President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was the work of the Lord. He was a man called by God to be His Prophet and mouthpiece on the earth but has now been called back Home and another will be called to take his place. It saddens me that President Hinckley is gone, but it also makes me happy to know that not only has he been reunited with our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ, but he has also been reunited with his lovely wife who passed away back in 2004. May all of us (people of all faiths) be able to enjoy what President Gordon B. Hinckley left behind! I wish I had the time to tell you all the wonderful things he did in his life. The websites I listed above tell a lot about not only what he did for the Church but what he did for people all over the world so please take a few minutes to get to know what this great man did for us.

1 Month Old

I know this is a couple weeks behind, but I wanted to share with you all how cute and how much our baby girl is growing. Actually, on her one month mark (5th Jan), she had a cough and the sniffles which turned into RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus) by the next day. She had a number of apnea spells (stopped breathing) which hospitalized her (and me) for 6 days. That's another story that I will try and share with you more when I have a bit more time. Anyway, last week on Tues the 15th, we took Brooklyn into the doctor to check up on this RSV and how she is recovering. She weighed 6 lbs 9 1/2 oz which was really pretty good for being so sick for a week. We took her in again just yesterday (Thurs the 24th) for her regular 6 week check up, and she weighed 7 lbs 7 1/2 oz. She almost gained 1 pound in just over 1 week! So as you can see, she is doing much better and is as cute as ever! Have I told you how adorable she is? The pictures say it best!

We've been told she looks more like Dad but what they didn't know was that she's got her Mom's curls--yeah! Who do you say she looks like more? Place your vote on the poll posted on the side underneath our Christmas picture. The voting will be open until her 1st birthday so if you change your mind on who she looks like more as you see her grow up and change, vote again!

P.S. I'm trying to figure out how to put up a slideshow of Brooklyn's pictures so if anyone knows how, please let me know--Thanks!

2007 Highlights

One thing just kept happening after another until it has been over 2 months since I last posted anything--sorry about that. I hope that you haven't tired of checking our blog with no recent updates. Hopefully now, I will get back on track and write at least once a week. You can add comments to help me know people actually check it and this will keep me motivated to write.

Well, I believe where I left off would be Thanksgiving weekend. We had a great time in Washington with my family this year. The weather was great for driving, and we got to do a few extra things along the way to make the long drive bearable.

We made a stop in the Boise, Idaho, area and bought the biggest caramel apple you have ever seen. We had seen it in the store before but decided this time would be the time we would splurge and try it. It was a granny smith apple dipped in caramel and white chocolate and then covered with toffee and peanuts. It was sooooooooooooooo good!!!

Here are some scenery pictures of our drive through the mountains. It is beautiful!

Here is a picture just coming out of the mountains into the more flat part of Oregon.



It was nice to be with the whole Haworth family for Thanksgiving! Joe and I were in charge of the mashed potatoes. I made them and Joe displayed them.

It may be hard to see everyone, but we are all here except for Tony who had to work (he came later that night). Starting from the front left we have Christina (Tony's wife who is expecting a girl in Jan), and their daughter Riley and Alix. Next we have Ashlyn, Kamee, David, and Kayvri (this is David's family). Cassidy (another one of Tony's girls) is at the head of the table. Then Grandpa and Grandma Haworth and Darin. Lastly, we have my cute husband Joe and then me taking the picture (also expecting a girl in Jan).

So, Thanksgiving was the first highlight and the next highlight was a very unexpected event. It was the birth of our little angel.

Brooklyn Tena Jones
Born: 5 Dec '07 at 6:35 am
5 lbs 8 oz
18" long

You can see more pictures of her from the following website: http://web.mac.com/douglasjones2000/Site/Photos.html
These pictures were taken by my father-in-law. Some of them were taken the day after she was born and some were taken 3 days after she was born.

Our Birthday gift to Brooklyn!

With her being born 4 weeks early, I still had 2 weeks of school left to finish (1 week of classes and 1 week of finals). My mom was so kind and willing to come spend a week with us (or should I say Brooklyn) while Joe and I finished attending our classes. It really helped out a lot where mine and Joe's class schedule overlapped all the time. We were able to finish our classes, work it out with our teachers where we had conflicts with our finals, and finish out the semester strong. Both Joe and I ended up doing very well in all of our classes. We had a lot of outside help not only from friends and family but from our Heavenly Father!

Within that time frame of finishing up school was my 26th Birthday (16th Dec). My husband, mom, and in-laws were all there for me to make sure I knew that I wasn't forgotten or overlooked.

The day after all our finals were over we had to celebrate. No, not just because finals were over did we celebrate, but it was our 2 year Anniversary (23rd Dec)! Grandma and Grandpa Jones were willing to babysit little Brooklyn while Mom and Dad went out to see the new "National Treasure" movie. The first "National Treasure" movie has special meaning because that was the movie where Joe and I first held hands. I guess you could say that's were it all started for us, so we thought it would only be appropriate for our Anniversary to see the sequel.

Now, we finally get to Christmas Eve and Christmas Day! It was fun to start some of our own family traditions with our little addition.

Decorating the Christmas tree

Before & After

Taking family pictures



Reading a Christmas book and the Christmas story from
The Holy Bible and The Book of Mormon



Baby's first stocking and ornament



Building gingerbread houses


Last year's gingerbread Cottage . . .


. . . and this year's Gumdrop Fortress

And of course, opening gifts


present from Grandma & Grandpa Haworth


present from Grandma & Grandpa Jones


present from Mom & Dad


presents to each other

Christmas morning brings Santa Clause and a special breakfast. For breakfast, we had German Pancakes with mixed fruit topping, whip cream, and syrup. We also had orange juice specially made by Joe with little ice crystals, bacon, and homemade hash browns--Yum!!!