Uncle Brad's Home!
15 month check-up
Jenna and I just left the doctor's office for her 15 month appointment. She did really well and charmed the doctor. When he came in he informed me that 15 month olds usually get really upset at their appointments. She did get a little scared and clung to me (and honestly, I didn't mind). But he said she did really well comparatively, so I was glad to hear that. When he opened the door to leave she waved and said bye-bye and blew him a kiss. You'd think it would happen all the time, but I guess not because he went on and on about it and went to grab his nurse out of another office to get Jenna to blow her a kiss. Of course Jenna ate up the attention. :)
The details: she weighs 28lb 4oz and is 33.5". I forgot to see what her head circumference is. Her weight and height track well and off the chart. Dr Grossman asked if her dad is tall, so I guess he thinks she might be tall. She has a pretty strong short gene to overcome though! Doctor said to expect that she will start dropping on the chart at her 18 month appointment or maybe a little later.
She had to get 3 shots and screamed through them all, but when the nurse left she blew her a kiss through the screams, so I wasn't too worried. She was happy within a minute or two. We scheduled another appointment for late May and just got a special treat for doing so well. It is a Tinkerbell wand. She has been waving it all around in the backseat.
Happy Valentine’s Day!
I hope everyone had a wonderful Valentine’s Day yesterday. I had a great day! Much like every Sunday I got to sleep in and Aaron made me breakfast – biscuits and gravy (yum!!). Jenna was napping when I got up and when she got up we exchanged cards and gave her a gift. After Christmas I found a great deal on small stocking stuffer like toys at Target and thought that one of them would be a fun gift to give her for Valentine’s day. It was a whistle that you blew bubbles from. I didn’t plan on letting her blow the bubbles herself until she’s older, but thought she’d enjoy seeing them and blowing the whistle even without the bubbles. Aaron opened it for her and filled it with the bubbles then went to blow it. The soapy mixture blew right back at his face and a few small bubbles floated through the air. He tried a few times to make it work and it ended up disturbing Jenna. She made a funny face and sat on my lap as far from him and the whistle as possible. So FAIL on the Valentine’s day gift! Her card does have stickers though and although she doesn’t quite get the concept, she still loves stickers, so all is good!
Portia and Jenna checking out the malfunctioning bubble whistle.
Reading the card from Mom and Dad.
You get the picture
Jenna had a fun time playing with some older kids at our Superbowl party. Jocie is our friend that has given Jenna hand-me-downs since before she was born. She’s 8 months older than Jenna, but Jenna’s so big that she’s now the same size as Jocie! Jenna loved to follow Jocie around at our party and she wanted to do everything Jocie did. We put up our retractable gate to keep Portia on the stairs and of course the girls wanted to play with her, so they kept going by the gate. Once they both sat down on the bottom step, side-by-side. It was so cute. I had to get a picture!
Let me tell you, it is not easy to take a picture of a toddler, but it is nearly impossible to get a good picture of two of them! Keep in mind that I deleted the “bad” pictures!
Here’s how it went down. Jocie and Jenna look super cute on the steps. Julie grabs the camera. The girls look cute. The camera turns on. Julie tries to quickly take a picture without them noticing. Jenna and Jocie notice. Jocie makes her “scary” cheese face (it’s her thing right now). Jenna looks at Jocie. Julie tries to get Jenna to look at the camera. Jenna looks at the camera. Jocie looks at Jenna. Julie tries to get Jocie to look at the camera, Jenna stands up. Jocie stands up and no one looks at the camera (except Portia, who you can see through the gate if you look closely). Jocie sits back down and looks at the camera. Jenna wanders off. Jenna comes back. Jocie wanders off. Julie gives up and decides a collage depicting the fun of taking pictures of toddlers will be almost as cute as two adorable girls sitting by each other on the bottom step. The girls sit back down on the steps and grin at each other….
Fun with Friends
Jenna loved pushing Thomas in her car. She pushed him all over the living room. Usually she just gets to push Baby Jenna around (the doll she got for Christmas named Jenna), so a real live person to push around was awesome!
The Weather Outside is Frightful
A family of ducks is known to visit the stream behind our house. We see them feeding a few times a day and I like to point them out to Jenna as we go downstairs (we have a large window in the stairway landing that overlooks the stream). Today, I noticed a huge brown mass on the north bank of the stream. It was the ducks, huddled together, trying to stay warm. You know it must be cold if the ducks have to huddle for warmth! I didn’t catch a picture when all of the ducks were huddled, but you can still see the mass. Also, we have recently had a crane living in the creek as well. You can see it in the picture. It is the taller brown lump (for lack of better words) on the right, about 3/4 up.
Here’s Jenna as we were heading downstairs and I was trying to point out the ducks. This picture reminds me, we trimmed her bangs last week. What a fun task. I got them as straight as I could…
Back to the ducks - there we go, now she sees them!
We watched the ducks for a few minutes, then headed downstairs for a drink. Thirsty?
