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!

Disneyland

For Spring Break at the beginning of April we headed to sunny California to spend 3 days at Disneyland and California Adventure. We drove down with Austin's parents and met up with Whitney and the boys in Anaheim.

Day 1: California Adventure

Up early and ready for lots of FUN!

Trying out the stroller for the 1st time!

So cute in her Minnie Mouse bow!
(My cute sister Alyson made it!)

Ready for a FUN day with cousins! Bryton, Teegan, Jenna, and Kayson

Grandpa and Bryton on the Carousel

Toy Story in 3D! This was such a fun ride! I tried hard to use my shooting skills to beat Austin, but he was the better shot.

Just chillin' in her stroller!

Jenna and Daddy

Jenna and Mommy
Jenna's 1st ride was Monsters Inc.

Teegan, Bryton, Kayson, and Jenna
These 3 boys LOVE their cousin Jenna.
They were constantly wanting to talk to her, touch her and just be near her.
She was a great little baby and let them!

In the Studio Back Lot of California Adventure

Waiting for the Electric Light Parade to start!

I LOVE this parade! I have loved it ever since I was a little girl. The music is the BEST! It was fun to see it again.

Day 2: Disneyland

Me and Mickey Mouse (Jenna is asleep in the stroller)

Going on Pirates of the Carribean

We did a lot more at Disneyland on this day. I just didn't get pictures of it. I didn't want to be the annoying one with the camera trying to get pictures of EVERYTHING!

Day 3: Disneyland and California Adventure

With Jenna at Pooh Bear's Honey Pots

Waiting for the Peter Pan ride. I don't think I'd ever been on this ride before this trip. It was a fun one!

What a cutie!

The Teacups

Whitney, and Mom and Dad Cowley
Going on It's a Small World

Jenna with Dad on It's a Small World
They added 28 Disney characters to the different scenes on the ride. It was fun to try to find them all!

Jenna's 1st time swimming!
She LOVED it!

She liked splashing the water the best.
It was nice being at a hotel that was walking distance from the park. We were able to leave the park in the afternoon and go nap and then head back over. I hope we can do it this way every time we come!

I love how it looks like she is making the same face as the caterpillar in the background!

A Bugs Life show back at California Adventure

This is a video of Jenna getting excited over the toys we bought her. It is really cute!

Jenna won the "Little Trooper" award for the trip. She was so laid back and easy going the whole time. She was always happy and would go right to sleep at night when we got back to the hotel. She made it easy to want to go another vacation!