She has a tooth!

Jenna got her first tooth yesterday! I can't believe it! She's only 5 months old! Austin thought she might be teething because she has been going to town chewing on her pacifier. I dismissed it because she wasn't overly fussy and she didn't get a fever. Yesterday morning when Austin mentioned it, I put my finger in her mouth to check, but felt nothing. I did look at her gums and they did seem a little red and slightly swollen, but still I didn't think she was. Then, yesterday afternoon I was feeding her some Gerber puffs and she spit one out. I put it on my finger and stuck it back in her mouth. I used her bottoms gums to scrape off the puff and that's when I felt the little ridges of a tooth! It is the bottom front one on the right side. I'm sure the one next to it won't be far behind! Man, if all her teeth come in this easy teething will be a cinch!

Cross Country Skiing

At the end of January Austin went up to Mapledell Scout Camp to go cross country skiing with his 11 year old scouts. The over-nighter was cold, but fun. It was Austin's first time cross country skiing. He had a great time! It was definitely a workout!

5 months old!

It's hard to see, but Jenna has baby rice cereal all over her face. We started her on the cereal to help keep her tummy full throughout the night because she started waking up earlier in the morning. She didn't like it too much the first couple times, but now gobbles it down!

At her 4 month check-up she was 13 lbs. 10 oz. and 24 1/2 in. long. She ended up with a virus this last weekend and we went to the doctor to make sure it wasn't strep (it wasn't). She gained a whole pound in the last month! She is now 14 lbs. 10 oz! I can't believe how much she has grown and that it has been 5 months!

Giggles

Jenna is now laughing and it is the best sound in the world!
Here is a video of some of her giggles.

Bath time

Jenna LOVES her baths! Because of the smallness of the place we live we have had to put her bathtub on the kitchen table. She knows that when I lay her down next to the tub that it's bath time! She gets the biggest smile on her face and is happy throughout her bath.

Unfortunately now she is too long to lay down in her bathtub. There is a little bump in the middle of the tub where it snaps together and her bum now hangs over it. I can't imagine that it's very comfy. We've started putting her in the shower with Austin. She hasn't liked it at all and cries every time we put her in. We are making some progress in that she didn't cry last night . As soon as she is done and I've wrapped her in her towel she is as happy as a clam! And breaks out into a huge smile. I'm sure she's thinking, "Thanks Mom for saving me!"

My little Mother Teresa

Bonding

Need I say more?

Bunny

Jenna loves her little bunny blanket that Grandma Summerhays gave her. She has a hard time going to sleep without it. She loves to put it right up by her face to fall asleep. It is so soft and silky! I wouldn't mind having one to sleep with either!