I'll write more later, but right now Jenna is sleeping and I don't want the typing to wake her (the computer is right next to her room!)
Here are some pictures from thanksgiving weekend (you do not need a facebook account to see these, it's a public link)
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
We had cousin Joey's Bar Mitzvah over the weekend, and a brunch at his house the following day. At brunch, Jenna decided to show off a few of her tricks.... among them... (for some reason when I post pictures using a link to another website, they only half show up... click for the full pictures)
Answering the phone "hello?"
Doing a somersault on command (I ask her if she wants to do a somersault, and she puts her head on the ground so I can flip her legs over)
And diving face first into a doggy bed, all while saying "ruf!" Jenna has long been obsessed with doggies... now she just thinks she is one!
Answering the phone "hello?"
Doing a somersault on command (I ask her if she wants to do a somersault, and she puts her head on the ground so I can flip her legs over)
And diving face first into a doggy bed, all while saying "ruf!" Jenna has long been obsessed with doggies... now she just thinks she is one!
Little Miss Chatterbox
Jenna has exploded in vocabulary lately and is all the sudden talking up a storm!! At almost 15 months, her vocabulary consists of:
Mama
Dada
"Nenna" (when she sees a picture of herself)
Tali (her BFF from daycare)
Hi
Up
Bye
Yeah/Yes (especially enthusiastic when asked if she's hungry or would like breakfast/dinner/snack)
No
Ruf (when asked what a doggy says, or when she sees a dog/picture of a dog)
Moo (when asked what a cow says)
Bath
Yucky (sounds more like "yuh-eee" she hasn't gotten the K sound down, but knows when to say it, when she's near the trash, or her diaper is gross!)
Beep (and she knows when to say "beep beep beep" when singing "the horn on the bus goes...." during the Wheels on the Bus)
Row Row Row (for her favorite song)
Bubbles (which she demands as soon as she gets to daycare)
Nana (banana)
Baby (which she says as soon as she sees other babies, or a picture of herself as a baby)
Ducky (previously she could only say "duh" but now she actually says ducky!)
This (when pointing to things... "this, this!")
Aw Man (this is hysterical)
Bean (one of her favorite foods)
Tonight on the way home from daycare, she repeatedly demanded that we listen to Row row row your boat. As soon as it would end, she'd say "row row row!" and do the signs for more and please. it was pretty much the cutest thing I've ever seen!
Josh and I were both relatively quiet kids, so we were trying to figure out where Jenna got her overall chattiness from... it wasn't hard to figure out... Uncle Greg! :-)
Mama
Dada
"Nenna" (when she sees a picture of herself)
Tali (her BFF from daycare)
Hi
Up
Bye
Yeah/Yes (especially enthusiastic when asked if she's hungry or would like breakfast/dinner/snack)
No
Ruf (when asked what a doggy says, or when she sees a dog/picture of a dog)
Moo (when asked what a cow says)
Bath
Yucky (sounds more like "yuh-eee" she hasn't gotten the K sound down, but knows when to say it, when she's near the trash, or her diaper is gross!)
Beep (and she knows when to say "beep beep beep" when singing "the horn on the bus goes...." during the Wheels on the Bus)
Row Row Row (for her favorite song)
Bubbles (which she demands as soon as she gets to daycare)
Nana (banana)
Baby (which she says as soon as she sees other babies, or a picture of herself as a baby)
Ducky (previously she could only say "duh" but now she actually says ducky!)
This (when pointing to things... "this, this!")
Aw Man (this is hysterical)
Bean (one of her favorite foods)
Tonight on the way home from daycare, she repeatedly demanded that we listen to Row row row your boat. As soon as it would end, she'd say "row row row!" and do the signs for more and please. it was pretty much the cutest thing I've ever seen!
Josh and I were both relatively quiet kids, so we were trying to figure out where Jenna got her overall chattiness from... it wasn't hard to figure out... Uncle Greg! :-)
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Scary World
The economy is terrifying. That's not a secret. The stock market has plunged 50% from it's high last October. The $1,000 you had in the market a year ago is only worth $500 today.
In that same amount of time, Jenna has doubled in size.
I'll take twice as much Jenna over half as much money any day.
That's how I get through these scary times. They can take my money, but they can't take my little girl.
In that same amount of time, Jenna has doubled in size.
I'll take twice as much Jenna over half as much money any day.
That's how I get through these scary times. They can take my money, but they can't take my little girl.
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Sick Baby :-(
Jenna has had a cough for 2 weeks or so, but it's generally attributed to daycare, and nothing worrisome. She was otherwise fine. Until yesterday. Last night I noticed she felt really warm, and sure enough she had a 101.7 fever. This morning she had a lower fever, and seemed fine otherwise. Work is crazy, so mean mommy that I am, I gave her some infant motrin and took her to daycare. That didn't last. They called this afternoon and said the fever was back and to come get her. Josh took her to the doctor, and thankfully no ear infection (14.5 months without one, knock on wood!) but clearly some sort of infection, so they gave her some antibiotics.
Poor thing is miserable. She slept from 3-5pm, so when her normal bedtime, 6:45ish, rolled around, I thought no way she'd be tired. She started acting cranky, and Josh and I were debating whether she could possibly be ready for bed... Jenna got tired of waiting, so she put an end to our debate by getting her blanky and laying down right on the hardwood floor in the living room. We figured that meant that, yes, she was tired, and she went right to bed without a peep.
Hopefully she'll feel better in the morning once the antibiotics kick in.
Oh, she has a new word. Bubbles. They blow bubbles at daycare, and we have a set here that she loves. She goes and gets the container and brings it to me and clear as day says "bubbles" over and over until I oblige. It's pretty adorable. She also says "yes" and "no" when it's appropriate, "uh oh" or "oh no" if she drops something, "woh!" if she loses her balance (which is the cutest darn thing I've ever seen!) "ruf" as soon as she sees a picture of a dog or you ask her what a dog says, and "hi" whenever she walks into a room or sees someone. She's not even 15 months and already loves to talk. Wonder where she gets it from?
Poor thing is miserable. She slept from 3-5pm, so when her normal bedtime, 6:45ish, rolled around, I thought no way she'd be tired. She started acting cranky, and Josh and I were debating whether she could possibly be ready for bed... Jenna got tired of waiting, so she put an end to our debate by getting her blanky and laying down right on the hardwood floor in the living room. We figured that meant that, yes, she was tired, and she went right to bed without a peep.
Hopefully she'll feel better in the morning once the antibiotics kick in.
Oh, she has a new word. Bubbles. They blow bubbles at daycare, and we have a set here that she loves. She goes and gets the container and brings it to me and clear as day says "bubbles" over and over until I oblige. It's pretty adorable. She also says "yes" and "no" when it's appropriate, "uh oh" or "oh no" if she drops something, "woh!" if she loses her balance (which is the cutest darn thing I've ever seen!) "ruf" as soon as she sees a picture of a dog or you ask her what a dog says, and "hi" whenever she walks into a room or sees someone. She's not even 15 months and already loves to talk. Wonder where she gets it from?
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Pigtails
Jenna refuses to keep bows in her hair, and it's too long to just let it hang down in her face, so I came up with another alternative...
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
My little performer...
Here's a quick video of Jenna showing mommy her new skills before bed tonight (ignore the hair in the face and the grape she's finishing chewing when I start rolling!) She was sleepy but still willing to indulge my questions!
My favorite part is when I ask her if she wants to see Dada (I heard his key turning in the door, she was staying up late to wait for him). She's in the middle of patting her head and stops and her eyes get real wide like, "seriously?? I get to see dada?? YAY!!"
My favorite part is when I ask her if she wants to see Dada (I heard his key turning in the door, she was staying up late to wait for him). She's in the middle of patting her head and stops and her eyes get real wide like, "seriously?? I get to see dada?? YAY!!"
Hello Old Friend!
Sorry it's been a while!! Life has been busy, but that's no excuse. After all, there might still be one person out there checking this blog for updates, and I don't want to disapoint!!
Jenna has been changing SO much in the last few months!! She's such a big girl now who understands everything we say, usually knows how to respond, and is starting to talk all the time!
Her favorites are "hi" "yeah" (I should really teach her that it's 'yes' not 'yeah'), "up"... If you ask her what a doggy says, she says "ruf" and if you repeat it, she'll repeat it back to you (after she says ruf, I'll say ruf ruf ruf and then she'll say ruf ruf ruf). (courtesy of Max's mommy... she told me that at Max's 15 month appointment they asked if he was making animal sounds, so I figured I'd better get working on it!) Also, her favorite song is "row row row your boat" which she repeatedly asks you to sing for her by saying "row row row?"
Let's see, what else. She knows all her body parts (head, nose, tummy, feet, tongue--that was one of Josh's instructions and if you ask her where it is, she sticks it out at you-- teeth, and most importantly, knuckles). Someone once told me that when evaluating children for IQ or entry into schools, etc, they know that all little kids know their normal body parts, but if they can identify their knuckles, they're supposed to be super smart, so I taught Jenna her knuckles. Now if I ask her where her knuckles are, she knocks them together. It doesn't make her any smarter than any other kid, it's just that she'll remember whatever you teach her, so why not teach her knuckles!)
She's very verbal and interactive now. If I ask her to go do something, she does it. If she's playing and I ask her to go take a sip of water, she stops what she's doing, walks over to her sippy cup, and takes a drink. During her bath, which she LOVES, I'll frequently ask her if she's ready to get out... she looks at me, thinks about it, and shakes her head no. Finally after she's been in there a while, I'll ask her if she's ready to get out and she'll say "yeah" so she takes all her rubber duckies out of the tub, lines them up on the wall, and then stands up. Her absolute favorite thing to do is watch her tv shows (I only let her watch about a few min a day)... Comcast has these "on demand" nursery rhyme shows for kids. They're 9-12 minutes long and she LOVVEEEESSSSS them. I mean, I think she'd marry them if she could. She goes crazy. I ask her "Jenna, do you want to watch a show?" and she says "yeah!" and starts clapping. I put her show on and she seriously goes nuts, clapping every two minutes, singing along (only to row row row cause thats' all she knows).
Oh, she also learned the sign language for "more" (daycare taught her, I didnt), so now when she's finished all the food on her tray and she's still hungry (which is often), she does the sign for more. Then she gives me a big smile cause she knows she's impressing me and I'll give her whatever she wants. We also have a made up sign for "all done." For some reason, I said "all done" one day, and made a hand motion, sort of like "so so" waiving my hand back and forth. Jenna picked up on it, and now whenever I say "all done" she waives her hand like that, and if she's eating and all done, she'll let me know by waiving her hand (or saying "up" so I"ll pick her up). It's just amazing to watch this cognitive transition from baby-hood to becoming a little person who talks and understands things. She's so sweet and fun and I'm enjoying this age so much that I can hardly remember crying when she was a newborn thinking she'd never be that small again. I can't imagine not having this fun crazy little girl!!
I'm at work, so I don't have a ton of new pictures (I have a bunch at home and I'll try to remember to upload soon), but I took my little camera to daycare last week and just left it there for the day. I asked them to take pictures of Jenna and her friends during the day... here are a few of the cute ones!
Grr, it's not working, so for now, here's a link to the pictures, and I'll try to upload them from home!! http://www1.snapfish.com/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=244756392/a=5822915_5822915/t_=5822915
Jenna has been changing SO much in the last few months!! She's such a big girl now who understands everything we say, usually knows how to respond, and is starting to talk all the time!
Her favorites are "hi" "yeah" (I should really teach her that it's 'yes' not 'yeah'), "up"... If you ask her what a doggy says, she says "ruf" and if you repeat it, she'll repeat it back to you (after she says ruf, I'll say ruf ruf ruf and then she'll say ruf ruf ruf). (courtesy of Max's mommy... she told me that at Max's 15 month appointment they asked if he was making animal sounds, so I figured I'd better get working on it!) Also, her favorite song is "row row row your boat" which she repeatedly asks you to sing for her by saying "row row row?"
Let's see, what else. She knows all her body parts (head, nose, tummy, feet, tongue--that was one of Josh's instructions and if you ask her where it is, she sticks it out at you-- teeth, and most importantly, knuckles). Someone once told me that when evaluating children for IQ or entry into schools, etc, they know that all little kids know their normal body parts, but if they can identify their knuckles, they're supposed to be super smart, so I taught Jenna her knuckles. Now if I ask her where her knuckles are, she knocks them together. It doesn't make her any smarter than any other kid, it's just that she'll remember whatever you teach her, so why not teach her knuckles!)
She's very verbal and interactive now. If I ask her to go do something, she does it. If she's playing and I ask her to go take a sip of water, she stops what she's doing, walks over to her sippy cup, and takes a drink. During her bath, which she LOVES, I'll frequently ask her if she's ready to get out... she looks at me, thinks about it, and shakes her head no. Finally after she's been in there a while, I'll ask her if she's ready to get out and she'll say "yeah" so she takes all her rubber duckies out of the tub, lines them up on the wall, and then stands up. Her absolute favorite thing to do is watch her tv shows (I only let her watch about a few min a day)... Comcast has these "on demand" nursery rhyme shows for kids. They're 9-12 minutes long and she LOVVEEEESSSSS them. I mean, I think she'd marry them if she could. She goes crazy. I ask her "Jenna, do you want to watch a show?" and she says "yeah!" and starts clapping. I put her show on and she seriously goes nuts, clapping every two minutes, singing along (only to row row row cause thats' all she knows).
Oh, she also learned the sign language for "more" (daycare taught her, I didnt), so now when she's finished all the food on her tray and she's still hungry (which is often), she does the sign for more. Then she gives me a big smile cause she knows she's impressing me and I'll give her whatever she wants. We also have a made up sign for "all done." For some reason, I said "all done" one day, and made a hand motion, sort of like "so so" waiving my hand back and forth. Jenna picked up on it, and now whenever I say "all done" she waives her hand like that, and if she's eating and all done, she'll let me know by waiving her hand (or saying "up" so I"ll pick her up). It's just amazing to watch this cognitive transition from baby-hood to becoming a little person who talks and understands things. She's so sweet and fun and I'm enjoying this age so much that I can hardly remember crying when she was a newborn thinking she'd never be that small again. I can't imagine not having this fun crazy little girl!!
I'm at work, so I don't have a ton of new pictures (I have a bunch at home and I'll try to remember to upload soon), but I took my little camera to daycare last week and just left it there for the day. I asked them to take pictures of Jenna and her friends during the day... here are a few of the cute ones!
Grr, it's not working, so for now, here's a link to the pictures, and I'll try to upload them from home!! http://www1.snapfish.com/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=244756392/a=5822915_5822915/t_=5822915
Monday, November 3, 2008
What a fun weekend!
If you're already on facebook, don't bother following this link... if you're not, here are some pictures from a fabulous weekend!! I will try to post them directly when I have a chance.
You SHOULD be able to view the photos from this link directly, but let me know if you have any problems!
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=46824&l=e52ff&id=502150957
You SHOULD be able to view the photos from this link directly, but let me know if you have any problems!
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=46824&l=e52ff&id=502150957
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