Jenna and her mobile

A few evenings ago Jenna was such a happy girl! We placed her in her crib and she was very content just laying there looking around. We turned her mobile on and near the end of the video you can see that she "found" the mobile and stared at it for a while.

Saturday evening Jenna slept through the night for us - a total of 7 1/2 hours!! Unfortunately, we haven't had the same luck since, although she's only been getting us up once a night. Actually we've never had trouble putting her to bed at night. She's usually already been asleep, but a few times she's been awake and just fallen asleep on her own. However, last night was the first time she cried when we put her down. So we let her cry for about 10 minutes, then she was quiet about 5 mins., and then she cried again for maybe another 5 mins (off and on). It was soo hard to let her cry and not "run to her rescue", but I know that's what's best for her.

Not a newborn anymore

Our little girl's growing up! She no longer can wear her newborn clothes and, in fact, 0-3 month sleepers are too short for her too. Such long legs! It seems like this growth spurt happened overnight. One day she's fitting into her newborn clothes and the next day I can no longer fit the shirts over her head or zip up her sleepers because her legs are too long. Will it continue to go this fast?!?

I'll leave you with some pictures of my GROWING girl...

(I have no idea why this picture turned sideways.)

Jenna has on her bear jacket...it reminds me of the little boy from "A Christmas Story" who has on his very thick snowsuit and can't keep his arms down by his side. Haha!

More Videos

Yep, we have some more videos to share.

In this first video Drew was trying to get Jenna to smile. She's been smiling for us more and more. I just love seeing her whole face light up when she does smile. It's precious!

In this next video, Jenna decided to use Drew's thumb as a pacifier.

We discovered that Jenna likes to listen to the piano being played. Drew decided to have her "play" it this time.

Lastly, here's a video of Jenna kick starting her motorcycle. (I guess we're going to have to start saving up for a CRF70...in pink of course!)

Lots of videos!

Jenna and I had a fun time playing together on Friday. She's not yet reaching for her toys, but once I pried her fingers open and placed the rattle in her hand, she held on to it for quite a while. I'm not quite she sure knew she was holding on to the rattle, but I was proud of her for holding on to it as long as she did.

In this next video, I was trying to have Jenna focus on her rattle and follow it with her eyes. She was doing it pretty well before I got it on video, but you'll notice her look towards it every so often. :) (Also notice the jealous dog at the end of the video who wants to play with Jenna's toy.)

And lastly, here's a video of Jenna getting a bath today. She LOVES getting baths. She just relaxes in her little hammock and enjoys feeling the warm water on her skin. Such a sweetie!

Ok and to follow up that video, I have a few post-bath pictures of her wrapped in her hooded towel.

Alumni Basketball and our Little Girl

This past Saturday Drew and I took Jenna to Cedarville for the alumni basketball game. It was exciting getting out and introducing her to our friends, but at the same time it was nerve racking for me - not knowing how she'd be behave, if she'd be tired and fussy, if she'd want to nurse every hour (as does sometimes), or if she'd be crying and inconsolable. However, she did marvelously! She slept through both the women's and men's alumni game (although I'm sure she was still rooting for her daddy in her sleep). We ended up staying longer than we anticipated, which was nice being able to spend more time with friends.

CU alumni that played in the game on Saturday

Curt Fleck, Eric Leininger, Drew, Anthony Delimpo

On another note, Drew and I gave Jenna a bath yesterday after she spit up all over herself (and Drew). When I had her in the tub, she just looked so cute - I had to take some pictures!

And since the temperature got up in the 40's on Sunday we decided to take Jenna for a walk in her stroller. I've already decided that (Lord willing) we'll be having our next child during warmer months! It's so difficult being "trapped" inside and not being able to take her out on walks to get some fresh air. So anyway we decided to take advantage of the warm(er) weather. And, knowing me, I had to take pictures of our first walk with Jenna.

Jenna in her stroller ready to go

And here's one more picture of Jenna that I just love...

My mom took this picture the other day when she was watching Jenna.

Drew and I think she has blue eyes. We're hoping they'll stay blue, although the pediatrician said blue eyes can change up to a year later.

The other day my mom gave me some pictures of when I was a baby to compare them with Jenna's baby pictures. There's no doubt that she's my little girl - the resemblance is almost scary! But don't worry...she definitely has her daddy's LONG fingers and BIG feet.

Here's a picture of me as a baby...

And here's a picture of Jenna...

Well, I hear my little girl grunting and groaning, so I think I'll go give her some attention.

On my own

This is the first day that I'm "on my own" with Jenna. Drew took 2 weeks off from work (which was such a blessing!) and since he works for the government, he also had yesterday off. So now after 2+ weeks of help from Drew, I am all alone. I really can't complain though - Jenna's such a laid back little girl. I know we'll have days that she's not a little angel, but, for the most part she is, which makes it really nice.

So far we've had a good day. I've fed her a few times, she stared at herself in the mirror (her pediatrician told us that babies love to look at human faces at her age), and now she's napping while mommy tries to get a few things done.

And with that I'll leave you with some pictures of our little girl that we took at home.