Pictures, pictures and more pictures...

I can't help myself! She's just too darn cute! ha ha! Anyway, I posted new pictures from her fifth month. She's getting so big, which I know you've heard a million times. But she is! Here are the photos if you haven't seen them:

http://picasaweb.google.com/MarcandAmber/Jensen5Months

Other than that not much going on really. Marc and I went out to dinner on Saturday night. It was really nice. We even talked about other things besides Jensen! GASP! I know, craziness! Jensen did pretty good with Sandy. She got some pretty bad gas before bed but once she started to eat and the gas drops were administered she was fine. Although later that night...well actually Sunday morning at about 3:00 am!...she woke up to play. It was so funny. She was WIDE awake in her crib just playing with Coco (her lovey) and Nala and the bunny. Having a grand old time. After about 25 minutes I went in and gave her the pacifier and she fell back to sleep. No crying, no fussing, just a small play time break during the night! At least she wasn't screaming :)

Oh, here's a picture of her first meal...not sure how much actually reached her tummy!



Hope you are all doing well! This weekend Grandpa Harold and Grandma Sandy will be visiting Noah and Jensen. Should be fun!

More shots :(

Our baby is getting so big...but we don't know how big :( I took her in to get the rest of her 4 month shots today but they didn't weigh or measure her :( So sad. Tomorrow I'll put her on our scale and see what that says. All I know is that she's definitely getting bigger! I had to move up both her jumperoo and her exersaucer today because her feet were being dragged down. Her pj's are getting small again too. It's a good thing I ordered her a few (just a few!) new things from Old Navy last week. Oh my gosh, she's going to be so cute this winter!

So this weekend is the big weekend...we're having some rice cereal. I know, you are all jealous of Jensen. Getting to eat that lovely cereal mixed with formula. Yum yum! We'll send out some photos with her 5 month pictures this weekend. Should be interesting. I'll post this weekend and let you know how it goes.

In other news, Jensen gets to stay with a babysitter this Saturday while Marc and I go out to dinner. I can't wait :) Sandy and Ian were more than happy to watch her while we head out for a bit. I just hope she's nice and cooperative. I'm sure she'll be fine, but you never can tell with these little ones. She'd better get used to it, since Grammy and Grandad will be here in three weeks to watch her for the weekend! WOO HOO!! VEGAS BABY! I mean..."oh I'm going to miss her so much!" ha ha! Of course I'll miss her. But Vegas, a pool, and a frosty beverage sound SOOOO good right now!!

Hope all is well with everyone!


Hope you are all doing well!

Gymboree...such fun :)

hello! Well there's so much going on with Jensen these days I can hardly keep up! It just seems that she learns something new every day. She's sitting up unassisted for a few minutes at a time and loves her Jumperoo. She is learning so much and is so strong.

We went to a Gymboree class today. I have been wanting to meet some more moms in the area and wanted to be able to do something fun with Jensen on Friday afternoons now that I'm back to work. So we got an offer for a free class and thought we'd give it a try. It was really fun actually. The class we're in goes up to 6 months so she's one of the oldest in the class. But she LOVED watching all the other babies and was having a lot of fun with the new toys and all the new things to explore. I met a few moms that were really nice. So I think I will continue to go. The next age group meets on Tuesday nights so Marc can take her sometimes after work which will be nice for him. All in all a great day but boy was she tired! She is so active at day care and then to do a 45 minute class...she was wiped out!

She'll be 5 months next Thursday...can you believe it?? She is getting so big. She's doing so many new "baby" things. It's so fun! Everyone said that 4 months is a huge turning point and I have to agree. She has a doctor's appointment on Thursday to get the rest of her 4 month shots. I'm not looking forward to it...she's not going to be a happy girl. I hate when she gets shots...and this time I she's going to SCREAM! Ah, it's going to be terrible. But I'll get to find out how much she's grown...yeah!

Have a great weekend :)

Poop...who knew it could be such a problem!

We finally made our final transition from breast milk to formula last week. I ran out of breast milk on Friday so Jensen is on formula full time. No big deal right?? Guess not! She went from Saturday to Wednesday afternoon poop-less! Friday night she had the worst tummy ache and was up a few times at night. Tuesday night she was up for three hours or so with gas and a tummy ache. I felt so bad. I didn't know what to do to make her feel better. So yesterday I called the nurse and they told me to give her some diluted juice and that should move things right along. After the juice put her in the bath and massage her tummy. She said "It could be a messy bath" but it should work.

So after trying to give her a bottle of just juice...I know, I don't know what I was thinking, I finally put it in a bottle of formula and she downed it. I figured it'd take an hour or so to kick in so I put her in her exersaucer while I made dinner. About 20 minutes later I hear her grunting. She's in her seat with a red face and concentrating so hard! It was so funny! She kept grunting and then when she was done, she'd laugh. Then grunt again! She was cracking me up. Needless to say, she pooped! And I instantly felt better! I was so worried about the little one. She slept so great last night and is moving a lot better now :)

We also got her a new bathtub! Her little infant one was WAY too small for her. She looked so uncomfortable in it and would move herself side ways with her leg hanging out. So I got her the inflatable duck. She loves it. It's actually like a bath...she can play and be covered in water. I'll post some pictures when I download them. I think she's finally going to like the bath now that she can move and play.

Anyway, now that you've read all about her poop problems, I'm sure you're ready for some lunch huh? ha ha!

Talk to you later!

4 months, 1 week

Hello!

Not much going on around here this week. Jensen has decided that napping is totally overrated so she's started a strike at daycare. Luckily she's such a happy baby that even when exhausted she rarely cries. I have been putting her down a little early but that's about it. It's kind of a bummer though because I'll get her home and then put her down for a nap right away...and I don't get to play with her :( But yesterday she napped for 2 hours at Katie's and this morning for an hour and 15 minutes before we left. So I think she's realized one of the following:

1. This is her new schedule and she needs to get with the program.
2. She's going to do something incredible this weekend like start rolling all over the place or sit up!
3. She's growing AGAIN!

So I'll keep you posted on her developments! I have gotten her to sit up with her hands in between her legs like a little tri-pod. She loves it. She's also bringing her legs under her when she's on her tummy. Her arms, not so much but she'll get there! I just can't believe how much she's going to change in the next few months. Heck in the next few weeks! I swear she's going to be going to Kindergarten before I know it. sniff sniff...

Hope all is well!