Swimming with my buddy Thomas

Looking out the window - is that a dog I see???

Surprise! Surprise!

Yes, we do still exist! Between a busy little girl and lots of activities, I haven't made to time post. I'm going to post a bunch of pictures seperately, so check out the other posts to see them.

Jenna is crawling, climbing, singing, dancing, and being very cute, among many other things. She still loves her Portia dog and has started petting. It is very cute and she's done a great job of being very nice. Portia had a vet visit this week and weighed 21 lbs. I weighed Jenna last week and she weighed 20.8 lbs! So, they're almost exactly the same weight.

Since I've posted last, Jenna had another playdate with her friend Thomas. This time they went swimming. Jenna got very excited when they got in the pool and started splashing like crazy. Thomas wasn't so thrilled about getting splashed in the face and wanted out. But, he quickly realized that he could splash her back and they had a blast. Thomas' mom and I try to get together every couple weeks. They kids have a good time and it is really nice for us to visit.

Another day Jenna and I visited our new "neighbors" Jason and Melissa (their house is a couple blocks away) and we went swimming in their subdivision's big pool with Melissa. Jenna kept wanting to lay on her belly and would stick her face in the water. We didn't take pictures until it was almost time to go, so she was a bit fussy.

A recent favorite pasttime for Jenna is to look out the window. She loves to stand and watch everything. She often will pull up on the window sill and point and say dog. It is so cute, but usually there isn't a dog out at the time!

Busy Girl

Last weekend we visited Grammie while Aaron watched his cousin racing (he won!). My great-great grandparents gave my mom this dress when she was born. We have pics of Mom, me, and Jenna in it.



Jenna is pulling up a lot. Here she is playing with a toy.

Crawling

Jenna is doing pretty well crawling now. She falls a lot, but when she is motivated she can really get where she wants a lot faster than I think she is able to! Also, last Monday when she first was showing off her new crawling ability, she went from her stomach to sitting.

Today we're having a playdate. Thomas' dad works with me. His wife and I have emailed a bit because the kids are only a few days apart in age. We decided to get together this afternoon to let the kids play. I'm super excited!

7 Months!

Where has time gone! June went by so fast! Jenna is now pulling up a lot, although she's still too wobbly to stand. She has also within the last few days started to get onto all fours in an attempt to crawl. She is really frustrated that she can't crawl yet, but she's started improvising by rolling everywhere. She can move really quickly when she is motivated. Speaking of motivation, the things that motivate her to move the most are (1) Portia, (2) Portia's favorite bone, (3) the remote and (4) our cell phones. Of course Portia is a moving target, so she doesn't catch her often, but we've caught her with the bone a couple times (eww!) and one day the TV started changing and I couldn't figure out how - I swore I had the remote, but she got her hands on it and was busy pushing buttons.

Last night we fed her a few pieces of chicken. So, she's officially an omnivore and no longer a vegetarian. :) We ate at the table and let her pick up sweet potato bits while we ate. She was mad when they were gone! She's been eating Cheerios and Puffs for a few weeks now and has gotten quite good at picking them up. She's even using the 'pincer' grasp to pick them up part of the time.

Bad Hair Day?

I swear - Jenna has some of the craziest hair! I thought that by the time it was this length that it would start to lay down, but it keeps standing straight up. It is so crazy that we have people ask if we put product in her hair to get it to stand up. I'm sure that it is going to be beautiful thick hair once she gets older, but for now, it is quite the conversation starter! LOL!

The sun was shining in her room the other day when I captured this picture. I think it nicely shows off her 'do!