Month doesn't get an "expanded" class on init.

If a month is expanded on initialization it doesn’t get an “expanded” class. This causes the jQuery class toggle function to assign the class name in the wrong state, so that the month gets the class “expanded” when it is actually minimized and vice versa.

In jquery-archive-list-widget.php:

add to line 427: $class = $expandMonth ? ‘expanded’ : ”;
change line 429 to include $class:

$html.= "\n\t<li class=\"jaw_months $class\" style=\"display:{$style};\">";

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