Trip to TX

Get ready for a lot of pictures... (not sure why the font is underlined - I can't seem to fix it)

First time Aunt Cathy met Jenna

First time Uncle Brian met Jenna

Jenna playing in the sink - a favorite pastime of Drew when he was a baby. :)

Uncle Brian playing with Jenna

Jenna loved Grandma B's tupperware cabinet

Aunt Cathy and Jenna having lots of fun

Uncle Chris and Jenna

Jenna having fun at the hotel pool

Drew and I put Jenna in her floatie and then into the 1 foot baby pool. She LOVED being able to touch the bottom and "walk" around the pool.



She enjoyed just sitting in the chair playing with her pacifier

Grandma B and Jenna

Jenna slept in the same crib that Drew slept in as a baby.
AND Drew's dad made the crib - very special!

Saying goodbye to Uncle Chris and Uncle Brian

1st airplane ride

Yesterday was Jenna's first airplane ride. Drew and I were both nervous that she would be one of those babies on the plane that everyone "hates", but she did a WONDERFUL job! A few people even commented afterwards how good she was.

She slept for the first 45 mins. of the flight

Her favorite toy was a bag of popcornPicture with the pilot.
Funny story: at one point during the flight we saw the pilot walk past us to the restroom in the back. Drew turned to me and said, "Umm...who's flying the plane?"
The pilot let us sit in the cockpitLastly, here's a video of Jenna on the plane. Such a happy girl!

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!