Two Month Check Up

Today was Jenna's check-up. She weighs 9 lbs 10 oz, is 23 inches long, and has a 39.5 cm circumference head. Her length and head size are above average and tracking well, but her weight is still low in ratio to her length. :( The doctor is going to have us feed her two bottles of formula a day and we will go back for another weight check at the end of the month. I asked if we should be waking her up during the night and he said that we may need to consider it if she doesn't gain as much as he would expect with the supplements, but for now he thinks we should let her sleep.
She had to get 3 shots and one oral vaccine. She did so great! She made a funny face at the first prick, but calmed down and started sucking on the binky. She did fine with the initial prick of the 2nd shot, but as the nurse started administering the medication, she got so upset. It was so sad! She screamed through it and the 3rd shot, but calmed down fairly quickly afterwards. When we were leaving there was a woman in the waiting room who asked if she was the baby that was crying and jokingly told me that it made her wonder if Dr. Widman is mean and that she thought about leaving!
After her appointment we went to Chapala's for lunch with Heather. She was treating me to a late birthday lunch. As usual, it was delicious and Jenna was fabulous. She usually does great at restaurants, but I was worried that she wouldn't be in a good mood after getting the shots, but she had a bottle and zonked out. She's been pretty tired the rest of this afternoon and evening.

Jenna is 2 Months Old!

Today Jenna turned 2 months old. She's now coo-ing like crazy, smiling a lot, and trying hard to hold her head up. She still doesn't care much for holding up her body and head when she's having tummy time, but she does hold it up great if she's being held. Since she doesn't show much interest in pushing up when she's on her tummy, it doesn't look like rolling over will happen any time soon, but you never know. We go to the doctor this Wednesday (Grandpa Mark and Kim's birthday!) for her 2 month check-up. I'm anxious to see if she is continuing to gain weight well. Uncle Brad told us that she looks like she's starting to get a cubby baby face, so maybe she is. I'll try to get an update posted after her appointment with the details.

Hope everyone enjoyed the Superbowl. I think that this year was the first year since Aaron and I have lived together that we didn't host a party, so it was quiet at our house (except for the occasional fussy baby). I'm not sure which commercial was my favorite. I liked the Conan O'Brien one, the Budweiser one with the Clydesdale 'fetching', and the crystal ball Doritos one. Seems like they were all on early during the game. Even though I could really care less who won, I decided to root for the Cardinals, just because they make me feel that there is slight hope for the Chiefs in the future. Aaron and I always pick opposite teams to root for, but this year we picked the same team, so we really didn't even get competitive about the game. I'm not sure what anyone else thinks, but I really have not been impressed with the halftime shows for the last few years. I know that there was all that hoopla with Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake a few years ago, but I liked the shows a lot better when they were a combination of lots of current (emphasis on current...) artists. Maybe it is a generational thing? Nuff about football, I know that you are really most intersted in Princess J, so here you go. The first picure I took last week one morning and I really like how it turned out, the second I took on her 2 month birthday, and the 3rd is just fitting because she looks like a little diva, hee hee.

8 Weeks Already

My little girl is growing so fast! We were at Wal-mart earlier this week and one of the cashiers was commenting about how tiny she is and I had just been thinking about how big she is getting! We packed away most of the Newborn sized clothes this week. Oh and for those of you wondering, yes her dresser is still organized. I really like it like this, but I don't think we'll be able to do it once she's in 3-6 month clothes because my bins are too small. Bummer!

Here's her 8 week picture. She was busy talking when I was trying to take picture, lol. She takes after Daddy in that area!

She's been sleeping even better than she had been. She has been sleeping 11-12 hours straight. I'm not kidding. She does stlll fight going to sleep, but we've been trying to put her down around 8, so she's asleep by the time we are getting into bed. Sometimes she's already almost asleep and it is easy to get her into a deep sleep, but other times she is just barely asleep and will wake up every 20 minutes fussing. Nothing too bad for an 8 week old baby.

We have our house on the market for those of you that don't know. We found a house in Spring Hill that we really like, but it got a contract on it the day we went to market. Go figure! We're going to check out a few other houses and see how things go with our house selling. If we don't have luck, we still like where we are, we'd just like a 3rd garage (for the boat) and another bedroom so we can have an office and a guest room. The market is great for a buying right now, just not so great for selling!

Fifth "Jenna"ration

On Thursday, me, my mom, Grammie, Jenna, and Brad went to Crane, MO to visit my great-grandma Mamaw. Mamaw is going to be 90 years old in March, but is still quite spunky. She lives on her own in a small apartment in Crane. We got there a little after lunch and surprised her. Brad went in first and told her that he was visiting now since he's leaving for South Korea for a year in February. Then he told her he forgot something in the car and brought Jenna in. Boy was she surprised! Then my mom and Grammie came in and she was even more surprised! We took a bunch of pictures of the 5 generations of women, but they were on Mom's camera, so I don't have them yet. I did snap a picture of Jenna with Mamaw though.

Six and Seven Week Pictures

Here is Jenna's 6 week picture. Aaron calls the face she is making her "smirker" face.

And here is her 7 week picture. She was teasing me and kept smiling right after I would take the picture -- ornery girl! We were in the mood for spring this day, hence the spring-like outfit.

Weight Check

Yesterday we went to the doctor to reweigh Jenna. She gained 11 oz and now weighs 9 lbs 1 oz! I was so excited to hear that news. He said that he was hoping she'd gain 10 oz. Everything else went great at the appointment, but after we left she's been making this little cough sound and sounds congested, so I think she might be coming down with her first cold. :(

On a completely un-baby related note. Thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes yesterday! I had a great day. Aaron bought me a beautiful blue topaz (Jenna's birthstone) necklace. I love it! Then he asked my parents to watch her while he took me to dinner. We went to a Japanese steakhouse, which is one of my favorite places to eat and somewhere we wouldn't be able to bring Jenna, so it was a perfect choice.

Welcome to Motherhood...

Last night Jenna had a feeding around 4 am. I was soothing her back to sleep and was holding her in my arms, facing out. As I was getting ready to place her in her crib, she spit up all over the crib! We don't have the basinette set up anymore, so I had to put her in the bouncer (now wide awake) and change the sheet. Those of you short mommas out there (and maybe tall ones, too) know that changing a crib sheet can be a bit of a challenge! I got it done and put her back down. I went back to bed and heard a funny sound on the monitor. I was worried that the sheet wasn't on good enough and came off one corner, so I rushed back into the nursery. As soon as I got in there, she spit up again! This time since she was on her back, it got all over her clothes and settled under her head, thus soaking her hair and back. So, I stripped her down and got a washcloth and cleaned her off. Little miss hates being naked and even more so hates being wet, so she got upset. I got her changed and she settled quickly. By that point, I was worried she was sick, so I got out the thermometer. I don't have one designated for rectal use yet, so we did an ear test which told me her temp was 92F. Hm, I don't think that's right. I did the kiss her head test and it felt the same temp as my lips, so I decided she wasn't sick. I think that she probably didn't get all her burps out. Her spitup was only on one half of the bed, so I put her down on the other half and we both went back to sleep. Good news is that she is still going to bed really well for us!