james niki jenna: February 2009

Saturday, February 28, 2009

Just updating

I'm sorry everyone. It's been a little while since I've said anything. There really isn't much to update, but I wanted you to know that I'm trying. Jenna is doing great. She rolls around everywhere and is starting to learn to crawl. She is all over the place all the time but gets really frustrated sometimes. She'll roll into something and starts crying because she can't roll anymore that direction, but doesn't seem to know how to roll the other direction. She has her mind made up as to where she wants to go and refuses to go a different way. But she'll get the hang of it.

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Day of St. Valentine

Valentine's day was great for the Baker family. Jenna sure enjoyed her first "love" day. She gave Daddy a FunDip valentine and he loved it. We all had a good day just chilling and spending time together. But now we're back to everyday life, and nothing is really happening. Just the ordinary. Watching our little girl grow up unbelievably fast.

Growing so fast

Hey everyone. I told you that I wasn't very good at updating my life on this blog. Just don't say I didn't warn you. The other day, James wanted to see if Jenna would lean on the couch with her back up against it. She wouldn't do it very well, but she did pretty good at holding herself up while sitting next to it. Finally, he stood her up facing the couch and she did pretty good at holding herself up. She's always liked standing as long as we were supporting her weight or holding her hands. She's been doing that for such a long time. So when James leaned her up against the couch, she held herself up pretty good. I got this picture with my phone because it was the only camera I had at the time. That's why it's so blurry. But you get the idea. And no she's not standing on her own yet. She's not even crawling, but she will be soon. That is, as soon as she learns to keep her knees on the ground and move her arms at the same time!!!

Monday, February 9, 2009

Aim, Batter, Batter, Swing!!!!

Now that she can reach out and grab things pretty well, at least for a 4 month old, Jenna loves sitting up in her swing and playing with the little rattle sitting on it. But sometimes, she wears herself out and just crashes there with her hand still on the rattle. I just had to capture the moment!

One Big Girl

Jenna had a doctor's appointment on Tuesday, February 3 where she was weighed and measured. Before laying her on the scale, the nurse guessed that she would be a 30-pounder. I knew she was heavy, but not quite that heavy. I guessed about 21 or 22 pounds. When we layed her on the scale, we were both surprised. She weighed 18 pounds 4 ounces. It was crazy. I was kind of relieved, though. It made me feel better to know that she wasn't as heavy as I thought, except that she seems a lot heavier than that when I carry her around every day. Even James thought she would be heavier than that and he's pretty strong. She was also measured at 26 inches long. For how big she is her feet are rather small. I hope that fixes itself.

Lots of rolls

Not only our little girl have enough rolls to make her a cute little chunky monkey, but she is full of energy and rolling all over the place. She first rolled over from front to back in December, but she figured out how to get from her back to her front on January 27th. The problem was, she didn't really do it for anyone but me, so no one believed me, until I caught it on video. Now she is a rolling maniac. We've gotten to the point, that I can't just leave her on her back on the living room floor and expect her to stay there. She is a wiggle worm every time I try to change her diaper and she rolls around every room in the house. I can't believe how much she's grown. Before long, she will be crawling and we will have to watch very closely what we put on the floor and I'll have to completely rearrange the house so that nothing is close to the floor that she could choke on. It's crazy, and I'm sad that she's growing so fast, but it's still exciting. I just don't want to hear anything about how I am going to regret saying that. I know what you're all thinking: She doesn't even know what she's getting herself into. I know having a crawling infant around is crazy and hard work, but I'm excited for it.

All Smiles

I can't believe how fast they grow. I always thought time went fast as I grew up, but I could never believe it would go even faster. Well, it sure does. Jenna has grown so much. She is all smiles and laughter. We love her so much and hate that all of you can't see her every day like we can.

But count yourselves lucky that you don't get slobbered on by her heap of drool. She is definitely a drooler:)

Crazy Jumper

I can't even remember now when Jenna wasn't trying to hold her body weight up with her legs, but now she can put it to good use and she loves jumping and playing around in her jumper.

Life!!!

We've been back from Hawaii for a month now, and I wish we could be there still. It was amazing. But so much has happened since we got back. Going to visit Grandma and Grandpa Forsberg was fun for Jenna and Niki. It was there that Jenna really started laughing, at a toy given to her by Grandma Baker and then again at Grandpa Forsberg's hand. She's such a silly girl. (Sorry the video's not very clear, but you get the idea.)

Maui

Although we didn't get to try surfing, James went scuba diving, and Niki went on an hour-long helicopter ride. Jenna just enjoyed sleeping in Mommy's arms while sitting on the beach. She also learned how to blow bubbles while there and was so cute doing it!!!!

First Swim

Not many people can say that their very first swim ever was in the Pacific Ocean on Waikiki Beach in Hawaii. (At least not many people who live in the continental US :) And very few can say that their mother's first swim in the ocean was at the same time. I know, pathetic huh?