Rain go away

We are ready for this rain to go away. It has been pouring all day. We are ready for sunshine, spring and walks to the river! 

 I'm sure spring is right around the corner ;)

Can I come out?

I was working on the computer and I heard a little squeak along with a loud "ahh" and turned and saw this:

Of course if I let this little one out she will go straight for the cords under the computer! So instead I took some pictures.

How can I deny this cute face?

Melts my heart!

12 Month Stats

We went to the doctor on 1/5/12:
Weight: 19.7 lbs. (45th percentile)
Height: 27 inches (3rd percentile)
Head: 17.3 inches (20th percentile)

I expressed my concerns about Jenna only having 2 teeth and she said that was fine and she would probably be getting the rest soon and all at once...yikes! The lack of teeth has not helped in the learning to feed herself. She likes to pick things up herself but they must be small. She has a tendency to fill her mouth up with a lot of food and then gag. A few scary moments has resulted in this. She loves to eat! But her food can't be smooth and then have chunks in it. She will gag or cough or act like she is chocking. All of these are so fun :) We have tried giving the spoon but she is not interested. The doctor explained that some kids like to do everything themselves and some want you to do everything for them (i.e. Jenna)! Overall it was a great appointment and I was assured that she looked wonderful and was right on track (sigh of relief).

Enough of the pictures...FEED ME

Some new things:

• pulling up and cruising around furniture 
• hair is growing and looks a little darker
• fascination with the stereo and pushing buttons 
• 1 top tooth coming in 
• enjoys putting toys inside things (buckets, etc)

• opening and closing doors
• likes to go backwards on her car 
• waves hands when she hears music or sees someone singing 
• standing in crib 
• dropping food off of the highchair and dropping toys off the changing table
•  loves to snuggle before bed in the rocker 
• clicks tongue when we do (loves to mimic) 
• crawls with her knees

Crawling on my knees

• pulls books off shelf 
• plays with my hair (usually is gentle and then pulls) then inspects hands to make sure no hair is on them 
• loves to kick in the bath tub and pushes her way from one end to the other 
• cries when we go to a new place with lots of other kids but then warms up 
• drinking whole milk 
• likes to drink out of a cup with out the lid 
• loves her barn 

We are enjoying watching all the changes and I think walking will be coming soon!

Short Trip to Mt. Hood

After hearing about all the snow that had arrived up in the Valley and having no snow here, we decided we should go find some. We decided to drive to Mt. Hood (about an hour drive). Jenna got a new snow suit from Granmma Myrene and this was a perfect chance to use it.

Her coat is a little big for her and has trouble moving her arms. It reminds of Ralphie's brother Randy in A Christmas Story :)

 

We arrived at Ski Bowl paid $5.00 for a parking pass and walked up to the lodge. We tried to take a few photos but we were freezing and Jenna started crying, so we headed to the lodge. 

Being inside was much better

"We are going back out there?"

After a few minutes of getting warm we made our way back outside.

"Where are we?"

"Wish I could move my arms to touch this"

 

Then Jenna fell over and it was time to go.

After about 20 minutes we headed back home. We knew our trip would be short but didn't think it would be that short. I look forward to returning soon and maybe Jenna will have grown into her coat by then!