Update

Just thought I'd update everyone and let you know how Jenna's first night in her crib went - she went to sleep at 9 PM and we put her in the crib at 11 PM when we went to bed. She slept until 9:30 AM (with a couple feedings during the night). I'm still in disbelief!

One Month

Well, in the past "few" days that I haven't posted, Jenna turned one month old. Here's her "birthday" picture.

She turned 5 weeks a couple days later; here's her 5 week picture

We've had a bit of a rough week. :( She's never been happy about going to bed, but this week she decided to kick it up a notch and stay up even later. Twice we were up until 3 am and the other nights we didn't get to sleep until at least 1. She gets upset, but can be consoled. We'll get her to sleep and put her down, but within 10 minutes she'll start fussing again. Tonight we're moving her from the basinette in our bedroom to her crib in the nursery. So far it has actually gone amazingly well, but it is only 11, so I'm not going to count my chickens yet. The other rough thing this week was her one month appointment, which was on Tuesday. She has only gained 3 oz (so she's 8 lbs 6 oz), which puts her at the 29th percentile for weight. Our next appointment should be in another month, but since she's gained so little we have to go back to get her weighed next Friday. We've decreased time between feedings, so hopefully that will do the trick. It has already helped with some daytime fussiness. I feel so bad that some of those fusses were from hunger and I held off feeding her! I guess that all new parents probably have to learn a thing or two along the way, but I still feel bad! On a better note, she has grown 1.25 inches and her head is 38.5 cm, both of which are in the upper 80s percentile. Another great note is that she has started cooing a lot and giving us lots of great smiles! She was in her swing the other day when I was doing some work around the house. I walked into the room and she was looking up at the mobile and cooing at it. It was so cute!

We also had a fantasticly warm day today, so we went for a walk while Dad worked this afternoon. It was great for me and I think Jenna liked it, too. She fell asleep before we even left the driveway. Hopefully we get a few more warm days here and there in the next couple months, so we can go for more walks and maybe even a jog once she has a bit better neck control.

Wishing You a Great 2009!!!

Four Weeks

Jenna was four weeks old on Monday! She's really starting to be alert. She is starting to notice when we play with toys near her and she likes to stare at us and follow us with her eyes as we move around the room. She has started cooing at us when we talk to her, too! So cute!

Merry Christmas

Christmas was almost a week ago and I'm just now posting! We had a great Christmas, albeit really busy. Santa stopped by to visit Jenna -- she got a couple toys and a book. This picture is from the Christmas we had last night at Grandpa and Nana Long's.

Three Weeks Old!

It is hard for me to believe, but Jenna is already three weeks old! She celebrated by fussing from midnight until 3 am and then having a (brief) fuss at 7 am. :( Mom and Dad were tired! Luckily she went to sleep after the 7 am fuss and we were able to sleep until after 10 am (she slept until after 11 am, when I woke her up to eat). Hopefully she doesn't decide to repeat her "celebration" tonight. It is 11 now and she'll feed within the hour. She really doesn't like to go to sleep after that feeding for some reason! Wish us luck!

She wore her festive holiday sleeper today in celebration of Christmas this week!

Shower

On Saturday Mom and Sheramie hosted a baby shower for Aaron's relatives on his dad's side. They did such a great job! It was a lot of fun having a shower after the baby is born since everyone got to see and hold her. I was a little worried that Jenna would be over stimulated and be fussy, but she was very alert and made it through almost the entire shower without fussing.

After the shower Jenna and and I hung around so Grandpa Ernie and Uncle BJ could get some spoiling time with Jenna. Aaron came down a bit later, too. It was Jenna's first visit to someone else's house. Jenna seemed to really enjoy napping in Grandpa's arms!