Our 4th of July Weekend

Saturday July 3 - We started our weekend up in Layton with Whitney and Mom and Dad Cowley. We enjoyed a nice dinner at Chili's with Jenna keeping us entertained.

Whitney, Jenna, Grandma Cowley

Jenna's first lime.
She didn't seem to like it at first,
but kept leaning forward to take another taste.
A girl after my own heart!

Whitney and Jenna

Grandpa Cowley and Jenna
Grandpa was making funny faces at Jenna. She just stared at him in awe.

This girl LOVES her pretzels!

Jenna and Grandma

Sunday July 4th - HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!! Since it was the Sabbath we stayed home and enjoyed being together.

Dad sharing some of his popsicle with Jenna.

Opening up for another taste!

Monday July 5th - BBQ at Mom and Dad Summerhays' house. After eating some tasty brats and chicken we all congregated on some blankets in the shade. It was nice to relax in nice weather with good company!

We love being together!

Hooray!

Jenna shared a Cookies n' Cream Fat Boy with Mom.
I think she ended up eating most of it!

Cute girl Jenna!

Love that "o" face!
(Looks like she's getting ready to say The Pledge of Allegiance with her right hand over her heart.)

Oh what do you do in the summertime...

...when all the world is green?

Do you swim in a pool to keep yourself cool...?

We took Jenna to the local rec center for some swimming.
Unfortunately the weather didn't stay very warm.
It got windy and cloudy making it chilly.
Good thing we have all summer to go again!

A wet face from splashing!

Happy and laughing!
(at least for a minute)

Jenna and Daddy

Happy, excited, whiny, tired and cold all at the same time!

Who looks like they're having fun?

Snuggled up nice and warm!

...or swing in a tree up high?

Not quite sure what to think.

Such a sweet face!



Just chillin' in the swing!

Jenna LOVES the swing!
Once she figured out how to sit while swinging, it was a hit!

Is that what you do?

So do I.

She Crawls!

Jenna can crawl! Over the past month she has been exploring many versions of the crawl to help her get around. Yesterday was the first time I'd seen her get up on her knees and do the knee and hand crawl. It made me a very proud mama! Here is a video of Jenna crawling. It isn't the best example of the actual "crawl" but close enough. She really wanted the pretzel so she was moving fast.

Another exciting event that occurred a few hours after the momentous crawl was the appearance of a third tooth! FINALLY!! It seems that this babe has been teething for 2 months now. She had one tooth on the bottom pop through only to go back down into her gums the next day. Frustrating, yes. This new tooth is on the top right next to the front teeth. The technical term for the tooth is the "lateral incisor". Hooray for teeth!

More Milestones - May

I'm continually amazed at how much Jenna is learning and growing each day. In May Jenna reached a few more milestones.

Milestone #1 - Jenna can hold her bottle! What an accomplishment, I know! It makes it nice when I can lay her down on the floor and she'll drink her bottle while I get some other things done.

Yeah for holding the bottle!

So proud of this BIG girl!

Milestone #2 - Jenna pushes herself up onto her knees. This girl is on her way to crawling! She will get up on her knees and rock back and forth. She will also get into the push up position and then push up onto her tip toes and stick her butt up into the air like a stink bug. It's too cute!

Getting ready to GO!

Up on those knees!

Such a HAPPY girl!

Milestone #3 - Jenna can now push herself into a sitting position. She is able to sit for longer periods of time and enjoys sitting up to play rather than lying down or being on her belly. The only down side to this, is now she tries to roll over and sit up while getting her diaper changed. Makes that job SO much harder!

Jenna LOVES that octopus!

Milestone #4 - Jenna has learned how to clap! I can say "clap, clap, clap" and she claps. We also play patty - cake. She's really only got the clapping part down, but it's sure cute! Here is a video of it.

We love our Jenna Mei! She is such a goer and is always trying to figure out how things work. It is fun to watch her as she discovers something new. She furrows her brow in concentration and works at it until she figures it out, or cries because she gets frustrated. I look forward to being there for all she has left to discover!

Gettin' Stuck

One down side to being mobile is getting stuck!
Jenna has gotten herself into some pretty funny predicaments!

Jenna pushed herself backwards to get under the couch.
When she needed saving she would let out a loud "aaahhh".
We've gotten some pretty good laughs!

Don't know how she got into that one!

Crawled right in and couldn't get back out!

Gave up trying and decided to lay down and read!

Two

Have you ever seen an egg with TWO yolks?

Can't say I ever have either...until the other night!
I was making Egg McMuffins for dinner. I cracked open the egg and dropped it into the pan to see this!


Is it possible that if this egg had been fertilized that two chicks would have come out of the one egg?
I wonder...

Many Milestones - April

Jenna has reached many milestones in the last couple months that we have yet to document. Here are the ones for April.

Milestone#1: Jenna turned 6 months old. That in itself is huge step! At her 6 month check up she was 15 lbs. 6 oz. (37th percentile), 26 3/8 in. long (50th percentile), and had a head circumference of 17 1/2 in. (88th percentile). Averaged all out and the doctor called her "perfect"! And she certainly is!
The only downer from the visit (besides the shots) was hearing that if Jenna's eye hasn't cleared up by her 9 month wellness checkup, she'll have to see an eye specialist to have it probed. Yuck!

Milestone#2: Watch out, she's moblie! Although Jenna learned to roll in March, she is now a pro! She does what Austin calls "The Double Barrel Army Roll". To get where she wants to go, she will roll twice in quick succession. If we blink she is on the other side of the room!

Here Jenna rolled under the coffee table. Mom and Dad weren't quite ready for her mobility. We hadn't gotten things off the floor and put away quick enough. Doesn't that smile look a little too mischievous?

Jenna LOVES books! We try to read with her a little everyday. Here she is with some light reading; Austin's GRE study book! Ha Ha!

Love that face of hers!
(She has Austin's eyebrows! I love it!)

Milestone#3: Sitting - Jenna can sit up by herself for short periods of time. We have been practicing having her sit by sitting behind her. She just sits and plays with one of us being there to catch her when she falls over. She'll usually fall to the side, but she's gotten a few mouth fulls of carpet from falling forward.

Milestone#4: Giving kisses - Jenna started giving those wonderful wide mouthed, tongue filled kisses. All you have to do is say "kisses" and pucker your lips while doing the "mmmmm" kissing sound and she'll open her mouth and lean in for a juicy one! They're the best!

Daddy getting one of Jenna's wet ones!