Green Beans Again...

Whenever I'd go over to my grandma's house for dinner when I was younger and we were having green beans for dinner, I'd say, "Green beans again..." Obviously I was not a fan of green beans. So that's become an inside joke in our family. Anyway, Jenna had her first taste of green beans last night. Again she seemed pretty indifferent about the whole thing. Here's a video of it...

Babble

Jenna's been babbling more recently. She's starting to say some vowels along with the consonants. In fact, it's sounded like she's said "dada" a few times (although she still has no idea what that means). Below is a picture of her razzing and making bubbles. Notice the huge amount of drool on her shirt!

Here's a video from today of Jenna babbling (and jibber jabbering) in her jumper. I was trying to get a video of her saying more of the vowel sounds, but once I get the camera out, she's mesmerized by it and stops what she's doing. Silly girl!

I found this robe at a garage sale. I couldn't resist getting it for her!This past weekend Drew and I drove to a family reunion in Indiana. Jenna did a great job, but was exhausted by the end of the day. I nursed Jenna in the car (in the parking lot) and she konked out afterwards. Drew held her while I brought the rest of our stuff out to the car to head home.

Here's another picture of Jenna asleep in Drew's arms. She's fallen asleep in his arms quite a few times. For some reason, she won't sleep in mine. I guess her daddy's arms are more comfortable!

BIG yawn

...and she's asleep.On a completely different note, we have a "guest" at our place. This dove made a nest in our hanging flower pot and laid 1 egg. If you know me, you know I'm very much an animal person and just couldn't tear down her nest. So I sacrificed my already dying flowers (I have a major black thumb) so she could lay her egg. She's been sitting on her egg for over a week now and she never leaves...no matter how close we get to her. It's amazing! I'm hoping we'll get to see the baby bird hatch.

Yummy Bananas

Squash anyone?

We have begun the adventure of starting solid foods on a regular basis. Jenna's had some rice cereal off and on for about a month, but now we're beginning to introduce the fruits and vegetables.


We had some family over this past weekend and I had some squash left over from a pasta salad I made. Since squash is one of the vegetables on the list as possible baby food items for Jenna's age, I decided to give the rest of it to her.


So I did my research and found out how to "make" our own baby food. I peeled and sliced the squash. Then I put it in a bowl with a little bit of water, covered it with plastic wrap (except one corner) and put it in the microwave for 7 mins. Then I dumped it in a blender and pureed it. Yummy!! She really seemed to like it, even though her face seems to disagree. She kept opening her mouth and lunging forward for more.


I think next we'll try smashed bananas! From what I hear, that's always a hit with babies.

6 month old

Jenna just turned 6 months old this past Thursday. At her doctor's appointment, we found out that she weighs almost 18 lbs and is 27 3/4 in. long. She's in the 100th percentile for height and the 95th for weight. She's definitely sitting up on her own now and has started to get on her knees and rock back and forth.

Drew put Jenna on our bed and apparently she found his wallet and decided to chew on it.
Jenna had her first experience in a real pool a week ago. She was pretty indifferent about it. She just laid in her floatie while Mommy pulled her around the pool.


Bath time has become more fun lately. Now that she's sitting up on her own (and with how long she is), she no longer fits in her infant tub. So she's graduated up to the big tub. She's done fine adjusting to the change. I decided to get her some "toys" since the tub looked so big and empty without any. Her favorite thing to do is "catch" a foam letter and chew on it and sometimes splash it in the water. We can tell already she has her Daddy's smarts - notice what letter she picked up on her own.

She found her toes!

She's flying

Bailey and Jenna hanging out

This is something new Jenna's been doing lately. She lays on her stomach with her arms stretched out and makes screeching sounds. Drew and I say she's "flying".

Jenna wanted to be in the kitchen with me while I was cooking dinner, so I brought her blanket and toys in and then propped the pillows around her in case she toppled over. She does a good job of sitting up on her own now, but she still loses her balance every once in a while.

We're pretty sure Jenna's teething because she ALWAYS wants to chew on things. Really anything that she can fit in her mouth, including our fingers. So we gave her this thing (I have no idea what it's called). It has a huge handle, which is great because Jenna can hold it herself and a mesh bag that you can put food in. So we put a banana in it for her to gum.

Last night we gave Jenna her first bath in the bathtub. She's pretty much outgrown the infant tub we have been using. She wasn't quite sure what to think of it.

Jenna's been talking a lot more lately. She's now making more consonant sounds and even some consonant blend sounds like "bleh". She's also started "razzing", which has been fun!

I'm amazed at how quickly Jenna's growing up! Everyone warned me that time flies and they were definitely right. :) I'm loving this stage with Jenna. It seems like everyday she's doing something new. The other day she started "creeping" - scooting around on her stomach. She's not crawling yet, but she is able to turn in place and move backwards. She also just started sitting up without us having to hold her. Of course she's still wobbly, but she's doing a good job of balancing. This morning she was sitting with her hands on the floor to help balance herself and then she slowly sat up. She looked so proud of herself (or maybe it was Mommy that was so proud!)...and then she toppled over backwards. :)


In this picture, I had set Jenna on her blanket in our bedroom while I was cleaning our bathroom. When I looked in to check on her, this is what I found. She had scooted herself halfway under the bed! (Look at that BIG smile on her face)