June Update

I know I've probably said this before, but I really want to get better at updating our blog more regularly. So my new goal is to post once a week. I'll make Wednesday my blog update day, so I'll remember to do it each week.

Gavin is now one month, one week, and two days old today! And already we've seen so many changes in him. Although it did take him three weeks to get back up to his original birth weight (7lb 8oz), Gavin is doing well and now weighs 8lb 13oz!

He's still not a fan of bath time or tummy time...

But loves cuddle time with Mommy & Daddy, and has just started smiling!

Jared got to celebrate his first Father's Day and was given some books from Gavin (they were more for Gavin than Jared though). I think the real Father's Day gift for Jared was being able to give his son a baby blessing in church that day.

Last weekend was a busy one, with Canada Day, family reunions, and Independence Day. July 1st we planned on going up Provo Canyon for a wiener roast, but had a last minute change of plans and went to Utah Lake with some friends instead. So we improvised our wiener roast slightly before heading over to Joel and Angie's. We set off fireworks and played with sparklers until the mosquitoes forced us to leave.

The 2nd was the Crookston Family Reunion up Provo Canyon. There's no real blood relation, but they're still considered 'family' and Jared's gone to lots of Crooskton Reunions. This was my second Crookston Reunion.

Saturday morning we drove up to Huntsville for my Hall Family Reunion. We had lunch in the backyard of the David O. McKay home, then went to the Huntsville Cemetery where family members are buried. I think I was able to figure out how I'm related to some of them, but I'll have to check with my Mom who's alot better with all the family history. Even though it was my family reunion, we randomly met some other Edgel's there! Another Edgel, somehow related to through Jared's Grandpa Max Edgel, had also married into the Hall family! So it ended up being a bit of an Edgel Family Reunion as well.

After dinner Jared and I headed for the airport to pick up my Dad. He had a one day layover in Utah before flying back to Saudi, so he spent the night at our place and got to see Gavin again before heading home. Because the 4th was on a Sunday this year, and we're in Utah, the big fireworks show was on the 3rd. So after picking my dad up from the airport, we headed home, fed Gavin, and were out again to watch the show. After such a long day Gavin pretty much slept through the show, and didn't even wake up for ice cream at Sub Zero!

This past Friday was National Cow Appreciation Day (thanks Allison for letting us know), so we all dressed up like cows and headed over to Chick-fil-A for a free meal. Even Gavin got a free kids meal, which he generously shared with Daddy, although he insisted on keep the toy all for himself!

Gavin has enjoyed meeting family and friends and can't wait to meet more family when we go on our trip to California in August! We're going with Jared's family, but I just found out this week that the Trousdales will be in California the same week visiting Mike's family, so we'll have to plan on meeting up with them since we'll only be a few hours away!

I've created a Picasa web album for Gavin that I'll keep updated, so if you want to see more pictures of this cutie here's the link! http://picasaweb.google.com/jennifer.edgel/Gavin?authkey=Gv1sRgCJnerKTbqKrDVQ#