1 year checkup

Jenna's 1 year checkup was last Friday. She did good, but was definitely more aware of what was happening than she has been in the past.

First, the nurse had me undress her and sit her on the table. She didn't like the cold paper very well, but remained calm. The nurse measured her head circumference (18cm, 80th percentile), then laid her down to measure her height. Jenna was not happy and started fussing. The nurse was good though and was able to get a good measurement by making a mark on the paper at Jenna's head and another at her feet. I picked Jenna up and the nurse measured between the marks (31.25", >95th percentile). Next was weight (26 lb, 4 oz, >95th percentile). Amazing that 9 months ago we were worried about her weight gain!

Next was waiting for the doctor. We only had to wait about 5 minutes and I really liked him. Jenna has been playing shy, so she curled up on my lap while he evaluated her. Everything looked great. Then he talked to me about the vaccines she'd be getting (4!) and what to expect over the next 3 months until we see him again. He is a hand talker and nodder and kept laughing at Jenna because she would mimic his every move during the conversation.

Next was the worst - shots. :( As I mentioned, she had 4. The first was in her arm and she whined, but not bad, but the next 3 were in her legs and she got MAD! Fortunately the nurse was quick and Jenna calmed down after a couple minutes of cuddling with Mom and we were on our way.

Much like with her vaccines at 2 months, she had a reaction, but this time was very mild and only resulted in a few small red bumps around one of the injection sites. As a precaution we gave her a couple doses of Benedryl, but it never amounted to much.

I've been in the process of working with IT to swap laptops and therefore have had no opportunity to post pictures from her bday and parties. As I am planning to have a very lazy weekend with no plans except Xmas shopping, I hope to be able to edit the pics and post them before Monday.

Happy Birthday Princess!

Happy Cyber Monday

Last Cyber Monday I was busy having a baby. In fact I just realized she was born on Cyber Monday yesterday. In a very nerdy way that makes me excited. Tee hee!

I tried my hand at making some legwarmers for Jenna this weekend (they are for her birthday, but I tried them out a bit early). They are all the rage for babies, but outrageously expensive to buy, so I made them myself (yes me - I even used the sewing machine. We are slowly warming up to each other). They are super simple to make, so if you want some let me know and I can teach you. The picture doesn't do them justice. I took it with the phone, so the quality is bad, but also one started to roll down on Jenna's thigh, so you can't quite see the full cuteness. Regardless, Jenna posed so well for the picture I has to post it and I didn't think I could get her still enough for another shot.

Happy Halloween From Our Little Monster to Yours!

It is getting harder and harder to get pictures of our busy girl!

We are heading out for a little trick or treating (no, she can't have sweets, but she looks too cute!). I'll post some pictures later. She looks soooo adorable!

First Steps - Kinda

Jenna took her first steps yesterday - kinda. She doesn't quite have it figured out, but has at least moved her feet a couple times to move a (very) short distance.  She was willing to show me a couple times when I got home from work and showed Aaron once, but then got mad when we were trying to get her to walk on her own and refused to do it again.

On an unrelated note - for the first time in my life I'm NOT excited for the time to "fall back". Am I going to have a fussy baby in the evening and then a super eary morning (this week she's been trying to get up at 6!)? Any other moms of young kids not so excited for the time change? :)

UPDATE

Folks, don't fret about the dog bone from the previous post - we don't actually let Jenna get it. Of course now you may be fretting that we're mean parents...

Watching Football

We are at Jenna's Uncle Evan's 8th grade football game (Aaron helps coach). Jenna and I decided to watch from the truck. She's in the front seat in my lap and, I believe, has touched every button in the vehicle!

We still haven't gotten her to take a step on her own. This morning we were laughing about how Portia's dog bone was the main incentive for her crawling, so we got it out and tried to get her to walk to it. It almost worked, she stood there looking at it and leaned way forward, but wouldn't move her foot to step. She sat down and got mad and was mad at us for a few minutes. We put it up...till another day. :)