10 Years Ago......and......Today

Drew at 4 months old - 1999

Jenna at 8 months old
Yes.... we still have baby clothes from ten years ago..... and now that I look at it...we've still got that couch!!

8 Months

Jenna is EIGHT months old today. Still crawling and climbing where ever she can - figuring out there's more to this house then the living room where we spend most of our time. Right now she's in her walker opening kitchen cabinets pulling out pots and pans and chewing on them. She's doing a bit better at night - crying out once or twice a night which alerts me to go ahead and feed her a bottle which I would say she doesn't actually need, but I can't seem to stop the pattern....

Thankful for FAMILY

Yesterday we spent the day with our family here at our house. My side of the family came over for our annual brunch. Everyone brings a dish - always different kinds of foods to try out and enjoy. Dave and Andrew have been sick this past week, so we took it easy all afternoon. Grandma and Grandpa came for traditional dinner - with the entire dinner!! Everything was delicious. Now, today the kids and I are at home in our PJ's - playdoh, fort building and lots of rest.

Thursday

Jenna - the girl who likes to stand up to everything holding on with one hand and giggles away while you try to get to her before she falls.

7 MONTHS

I'm switching my posts for Jenna's age from weeks to months starting today - per Dave's request.... Hard to believe that today Jenna is 7 months old. As I've mentioned in the past, she is always on the go - wanting to move forward and now upwards - climbing up on anything in her way. She's pulling up to stand against the chairs, sofa, bean bag and really anything. She'll then try to take a step away and plop! We bought her a walker, so now she's enjoying moving around the kitchen. She's eating 3 meals a day - you can't feed her fast enough.... Just yesterday Jenna started screaming (not a cry, but a LOOK at me!!!!!) scream. Her nights are slightly better than my last post - waking up twice a night instead of three or more times a night. Jenna gives my mom a hard time when she's watching her for me.... crying for her, throwing her head into the carpet and then giggling about it when I've come home and she sees me. Oh, and last of all...whenever Jenna catches Dave's eyes her eyebrows arch and her smile is HUGE!!!!

HALLOWEEN 2009

And this year...... U.S. Marshal Drewsie Drew; Glamour Witch Amelia, Tinkerbell Ava and Pumpkin Jenna. The troops (minus Jenna) are out in the drizzly rain trick-or treating as I write.

TODAY

Today Ava's school celebrated International Children's Day. Students took part in a parade around the school building and then an assembly. Ava proudly represented Spain wearing her dress her daddy brought her home from Spain in April. Amelia participated in "crazy clothes" day at her school. You be the judge - Did Amelia do a good job?