Top Tooth!!

Look what I have!! Mommy has been wondering for a while now if I was teething on the top, but on the rare moments when I'd let her peek, she was mainly looking at the middle teeth, those are supposed to come in first. Imagine her surprise when I cried before bed tonight, opened my mouth wide, and she saw a full on tooth coming in, on the right, next to the middle. 3 whole teeth now!! (I have the bottom two middle teeth also) Mommy thinks the other 3 top front teeth are on their way, too, and before you know it, I'll have a full smile!



Mommy's little baby is growing up too fast!!

Growing up too fast!

Last night, before bed, Jenna crawled up the stair in the sunken living room (which she's been doing for months) and crawled up to the staircase. She turned to look at me, like, "Mommy, is this ok? am I allowed?" I thought, sure, why not. I stood carefully behind her to catch her in case she didn't make it, and let her venture up a step or two. Before I knew it, she had scaled the whole flight of stairs!!

My little monkey can officially crawl up a flight of stairs with no problem or hesitation -- she knew just what to do and off she went. While carefully watching her, I of course took lots of photos.... they're at home, I'll post tonight.

Little Miss Destructive...

Jenna loves playing with her jumperoo, always has. Only, now that she's leaving baby-hood (sniff sniff!) and closing in on toddler-dom, she has a new way of playing with her favorite toy. Forget jumping, that's for babies!!

Memorial Day Weekend!

This is going to be a long post with lots of pictures... let's face it, it's overdue!! (if you want to see a picture bigger, just click on it). Before I get to the Memorial Day fun... Can you spot the boo in the toy box (formerly known as the ottoman)?




Josh thought this was a fun way to encourage her to play with her toys. I think it borders on child abuse :-) of course I took the picture before removing her, and she was actually having fun playing!

So this weekend was really great, and a much needed re-charge of our collective batteries. We have had a very busy few months, and have not truly been able to relax and enjoy a weekend in ages, so the fact that we had 3 consecutive days of family time made this a very special weekend!!

The Weekend-- From Jenna's Perspective:

On Saturday, I decided to wake up early, but needless to say, Mommy never sleeps, so she got up with me. Once Daddy finally woke up, the 3 of us took a fun walk to Panera. Mommy and Daddy ate breakfast while I drank water from mommy's straw and soaked up the random compliments of strangers. Surprisingly, I never tire of hearing how cute I am. I must take after my daddy ;-)

Mommy and Daddy were worried about me for the rest of the day, cause I had a 102 degree fever. They tried to get me seen at the doctors office, but they finally realized the culprit... daycare left me out in the sun for too long, and the right side of my face was very sunburnt... at first mommy and daddy just thought I was flushed from having a fever, but once they realized it was sunburn, and I continued to eat well, they realized the doctors office wasn't necessary. The upside of the fever was that I got to drink a lot of water out of my sippy cup to make sure I stayed hydrated. I'm now a pro and can drink with the best of them!
Saturday night Mommy and Daddy left me to play with Aunt Jessica so they could go out on a date. How rude!! They don't get to go out very often, though, and I had a lot of fun playing with Aunt Jessica. I think Mommy and Daddy had dinner and saw a movie. All I know is that Daddy walked around the house saying "I am Iron Man" the whole next day!!

Speaking of the next day, on Sunday daddy went to work early to study for his big test. I was sad thinking I wasn't going to spend any time with him, but before I knew it, Mommy got me all dressed up!




Then Mommy and I went to have lunch with Daddy... Daddy wanted to take us to this outdoor burger place he likes... I call 'em as I see 'em, though, and I found this highly unfair... lets get your vote... Mommy and daddy were eating burgers and fries... here was my lunch:



A sippy cup of water and some puffs. I mean, everyone knows those are just air that melt in your mouth! I think I at least should have gotten a french fry, for crying out loud!! And then, on top of everything, this crazy lady tried to steal my duck!! doesn't she know that I have a thing for Ducks!?!?!


Seriously, she needs help...

Before we left, Mommy and I went back to Daddy's office with him. They put me to work!!


They realized I couldn't earn my keep unless I could reach the keyboard, so Daddy decided to give me a boost. It was nice to see that he has lots of pictures of me at work, so he doesn't forget me while I'm at daycare!



After lunch, mommy and I ran some errands and then went home to meet Mommy's friend Emily. They let me have a taste of Rita's italian ice! Not enough though. Something about not wanting to load me up with sugar before nap time. All I know is that, when I got home, Daddy still wasn't there. I found this highly unfair and was not afraid to voice my opinions. Mommy says I have the world's best/most manipulative sad face. What do you think?


Ha! That'll teach daddy for being away from me!! His test is in 50-some days, though, and then he's all mine!!

After my "NAP" (Mommy says nothing under 30 minutes can count as a nap. Ha!) Mommy and Emily unveiled what Mommy purchased while we were shopping... a boo-sized swimming pool. By the time they finished inflating it (Mommy says that's a blog post all it's own!), daddy had arrived home. He filled up the pool while Mommy changed me into my bathing suit. Someone forgot to tell him, though, that the hose has cold water. Even though it was hot outside, I had ZERO interest in my new pool.



Mommy tried to make me more comfortable by sacrificing her nice dry clothes and getting in the pool with me.


That calmed me down a little, but I still didn't have much use for the pool.

After we all cleaned up, Mommy and Emily took me out to dinner. After that it was bedtime, and I was more than ready for a good nights sleep. I got woken up a few hours later by the running of the vacuum cleaner... something about Mommy needed to clean up broken glass... I think she might have spilled red wine all over their pretty white bedroom. Fortunately I went right back to sleep, but it definitely made for an exciting night!! (don't worry, it's all clean, now!)

To no one's surprise, I woke up early Monday morning, ready to play!!


We had a very fun-filled day!! First, Mommy and Daddy took me for a long walk around the neighborhood...



Then they took me to the park for a long walk around the park (no pictures). I had fun at the park, but truth be told, I think they only took me there cause it's close to the snoball stand, and I think they wanted snowballs. No one even let me have a taste!! Something about daddy's having marshmellow (bad for babies) and mommy's having chocolate (also bad for babies). Maybe next time they'll get more boo-friendly flavors!

After our walks, they dragged out that stupid pool again. Only this time they filled it with warm water, and they didn't make me wear a swim diaper (everyone knows they just fill up with water and drag a girl down!). In fact, this time I didn't wear anything (except LOTS of sunscreen. I smelled like a darn coconut!) I had much more fun than the day before, and Mommy even got some cute videos of me smiling and playing. She promises to post them later tonight.



After my nap, we went over to Mom Mom and Pop Pop's house for a Memorial Day Barbeque... that's right, MOM MOM and POP POP (the world's healthiest people) made HAMBURGERS and HOTDOGS for dinner!! And the worst part? I wasn't allowed to have any!! I did take some family pictures, though. It was too sunny to look into the camera outside...



So we tried again inside...



Then I got some cute ones with Mom Mom and Pop Pop...





I was so sleepy after a long day, that I passed out as soon as we got home. Little did I know, however, that my weekend of fun was coming to an end. I woke up early on Tuesday morning and Mommy brought me into bed. I cuddled and played for a while, until finally Mommy had to get up and get ready for work. I wasn't ready to leave, yet, so I grabbed onto Daddy's hand and we decided to stretch the holiday weekend out as long as possible...

Finally, though, Mommy packed me up, put me in the car, and off to daycare we went... When we left the house, Daddy was still in bed. I hope he gets up and goes to work today, it wouldn't be fair if I'm stuck at daycare and they're relaxing all day. Nah... they wouldn't do that... right?

Thanks for visiting, I hope your Memorial Day weekend was as great as mine!!

Sleeper

I like to think that my t-shirt (clutched in her right arm) is the only thing keeping her from fully crawling out of the crib at night (see left arm halfway to freedom). She was fast asleep when I took this. Fortunately the flash doesn't wake her. Ignore the see through PJ's. We can all tell that Jenna wears size 3 diapers.

Pictures!

Here are a few pictures from last weekend. Unfortunately I spent my mothers day behind the camera and failed to get a single "1st Mothers Day" picture of Mommy & Daughter, but we got some cute ones of her with everyone else! The pictures look blurry, so click to enlarge for better quality!

Happy Grand-Mothers Day, Mom Mom!



The Greenwald Clan (note the wall/shrine to Jenna in the back left!)


Look, Pop Pop, I can stand up even when I let go of the couch! (ok, just for a second!)


Mommy's little weirdo... her favorite foods, avocado and black beans!

Happy Mothers Day!

Hope all the Mom's out there had a wonderful Mothers day!! I had an all day work event on Saturday, but Saturday night, Josh and I took Jenna on a walk to Cosi for dinner, and then stopped at Rita's on the way home. Rita's is an italian ice place... so I got a cup of italian ice, and josh got a cone of frozen custard. We were giving Jenna little tastes off my spoon, when Josh decided to give her a lick of his cone. He put it in front of her, and before we could stop her, she took both hands, grabbed the cone, and shoved it into her face. It was far and away the funniest thing we'd ever seen. And she was SOO happy with a face full of vanilla custard!! Of all the moments not to have a camera! oh well. We had a great night.

On Mothers day, we took a long walk to Panera for breakfast, and Jenna actually fell asleep in her stroller, which she hasn't done in ages. I haven't had much to celebrate on Mothers day for the last few years (that's not true, I am very lucky to have a wonderful Mother in law, but I haven't celebrated in the traditional way). This year, however, the holiday took on a whole new meaning. Having Jenna in my life, in our lives, has fulfilled us in a way we never knew possible. She is such a smart, sweet, fun, happy, easygoing baby, and as Josh put it in his Mothers day card to me, Jenna gave us the perfect family, and I'm just lucky to be a part of it.

Tons of pictures from this weekend, coming soon to a blog near you!

Eating Dinner

This is a long one, sorry!! It's not very exciting, either, just Jenna eating dinner (veggie slices masquerading as cheese, and carrots) but she's so cute, and it's fun to see how excited she gets when her daddy comes home about halfway through dinner.

I'd only watch if you're family or really bored, otherwise it's not that exciting, but she's just so darn cute, I can't help myself!

Blackberry addict

No time like the present to teach her how to respond to email!! Actually, Miss Priss was very sleepy when we picked her up from daycare, and this was the only way I could keep her happy on the drive home... Josh enjoys the babbling though. Still no "mama."

** Please ignore the yellowish bruise right in the middle of her forehead... Considering she's never out of our sight when we're with her, we chalked it up to a baby who crawls all over the place, stands up on everything she can find, and spends all day in a daycare room with five other babies... fortunately it didn't seem to slow her down at all!

Fabric

Mommy says I'm happiest when I have fabric (any fabric, doesn't matter if it's a shirt, blanket, pillowcase, pair of pants that mommy or daddy are wearing, really anything I can get my hands on). As soon as I get near any fabric, I pull it up to my face, suck my thumb while holding it, and I'm a happy camper. Mommy thinks it's so cute when I do this, so she takes lots of pictures...

A Boo Day in Pictures

This is how I find Jenna when she wakes up...




Usually she's very happy about it though... (no idea why these pictures are sized strange/fuzzy)

Now if I could JUST... REACH... A LITTLE... MORE...

After her refusal to nap led to her getting cranky/sleepy earlier than I wanted, this was how I bribed Jenna to stay up late...

Mom... why did you take my clothes off? it's just a snack!!



Oh... maybe you knew something I didn't... Blueberries sure are yummy though!



Okay, I'm starting to see the point of the whole "take off the clothes" thing...



Fortunately I can always count on you to clean me up in the bathtub... Thanks!

I stand, therefore I need not nap

Josh and I survived our weekend away from Jenna. I'd say Jenna survived, but lets be honest, between Grandpa on Friday night, and Mom Mom, Pop Pop, Aunt Jessica, and Cousin Andrea on Saturday night, I doubt she even realized we were gone!! We got home around 11:30 yesterday morning, unpacked all her toys and clothes, and played for the rest of the day. At 11:30 and 1:30, Jenna seemed exhausted, so I tried putting her down for a nap. She did what she normally does, fussed for a minute or two, then she usually just falls asleep... this time, though, the fussing escalated, so I went to see what was going on.

My darling daughter has perfected the art of standing in her crib. So now, if I put her down and she's not ready to sleep immediately, instead of just fussing until she gets comfortable, she stands up, grabs the rails of the crib, and looks around with this pathetically sad face, like a prisoner stuck behind bars, realizing they've just been handed a life sentence. I took a few pictures before I rescued her, but I didn't have time to upload them, so check back tonight.

Her refusal to nap led to an early bedtime (she was ready at 5, I forced her to stay up till 6 by bribing her with blueberries... pictures of that mess to follow later as well!). On a positive note, Jenna has not figured out how to stand in her pack and play yet (no convenient rails to grab onto), but she did figure out how to sleep in it... she slept 13 hours straight every night this weekend, and last night, after going to bed at 6, I didn't hear a peep from her until 6:50am. I don't know if it's a growth spurt, or my baby just takes after her daddy, but she definitely likes her sleep!!

Now I know my ABC's

Jenna just wanted to show off her latest "toy." She LOVES this playmat. I'm hoping one day to start teaching her the ABC's and 123's using this mat, but for now, she's determined to find out if the different colors and/or textures of the letters impact their taste.

I think she was greatly disappointed to realize that the lemon-yellow tasted exactly the same (read: rubbery) as the grape-purple. Tomorrow she's making a move for cherry-red. I'm fully prepared to console her upon the realization that one flavor of rubber tastes no different than any other.

For the record, she happened to have on a yellow outfit that day. I did not coordinate her socks and hairbow to match the color letter in her hand (visible if you click the picture to enlarge). Just wanted to get that out there. I mean, I'm all for matching, but I'm not crazy.