6 months already!

Hello!

I am now the proud mommy to a SIX MONTH old baby! I just can't believe it. Time went by so fast! I remember when I couldn't wait to be six months pregnant and it took FOREVER! Now, she's getting so big, doing so many new things, and just as cute as a button.

We went to the doctor yesterday and she got a few shots. She screamed but calmed down right away. She weighed 17 lbs. 4.5 oz and was 26.5 inches long. She's in the 75th percentile so she's a big girl! She's already well into her 6-9 month clothes...and I'm hoping that her Christmas stuff will fit her. But after Halloween we'll have to make an exception for wearing Reindeer overalls right??

Ok, so cutest story from last week. Jensen is starting to show affection and it's the cutest thing ever. So we get home from day care on Thursday and I"m taking off her jacket by our coat hook. There's a mirror over the hooks so we usually play the "Look at the cute baby" in the mirror. So we're looking in the mirror and she catches my eye. Then she grabs my face with both hands and leans in to snuggle, forehead to forehead. OMG! She was so happy and smiley and it was the most precious moment I've had in a long time. It's right up there with the first smile of the morning :) It melted my heart...sniff sniff.

Check out her 6 month photo on the side...it's hilarious! She looks so surprised! Here is a photo we took in all the fall leaves this weekend. It was 70 degrees and BEAUTIFUL with all the fall colors so of course I had to take pictures!!

I need a vacation after my vacation!

Marc and I got back from Vegas on Sunday and boy are we still tired. That's the problem with Vegas...you have so much fun but you need a vacation when you're done! But we had a wonderful time and it was so relaxing and nice to get away. We sat by the pool, went sight seeing, ate a ton of really great food, drank a ton of really good alcohol and just had fun. We missed our little pumpkin head terribly but she had a blast with Grammy and Granddad. She was a little upset the first night when she realized Grammy was putting her to bed and not me, but Grammy sang and rocked her and she calmed down and went right to sleep. She slept through the night for them and was a perfect little angel!

I think they all had a great time together and it was so nice to see Jensen with her doting grandparents. Mom was kicking us out of the door on Thursday night! I only called twice a day to check in and even restrained myself (ok, so Marc was restraining me!) from calling when we got in late Thursday night. All in all I was pretty proud of myself. (Not sure if Mom and Dad have a different opinion but I don't really care!)

So now we're back to reality. Marc is back working a lot and I am back to work too. You know the usual, work, day care, laundry, house cleaning, dog walking etc. Oh speaking of the dogs...not such good boys when Grammy and Granddad were here. Davis snapped at my mom when the door bell rang (ah the door bell!!!). So we're now really trying to work with him to get him to calm down. He's just so freaking neurotic. We know what we have to do, it's just a matter of doing it. We now are walking them at least once a day to tire them out and will be trying various things to get him to relax. Our next option is Cesar Milan I think...I wonder if he'd make a house call to Portland?? I bet if he saw a video of the door bell chaos he would. Then again there is always doggie xanax. We know that works too ;)

Our Lil Pumpkin :)

Pumpkin season is here! Yeah! The fall is here, the air is crisp and it's time for pumpkin patches, cold mornings, and yummy apple cider. We got all three this weekend! Marc had Saturday off so we made it a family day. We took Jensen to the pumpkin patch and had so much fun. We got lost in the corn maze (those things are just ridiculous!), watched them make apple cider, went on a hay ride, and of course picked out our pumpkins. Jensen had a great time as far as we could tell. But how can you not when you're strapped to mom or dad and get to look at all this cool stuff! We had such a great time and are already excited to go next year when she'll actually kind of know what's going on :)

Other than that we had a pretty mellow weekend. We're getting ready for Grammy and Grandad to visit on Wednesday. Then we must leave our Lil Pumpkin Head and go to Las Vegas. Ah, so sad. Actually I'm getting very mixed emotions about leaving. I'm so excited to get away but at the same time I hate leaving our little girl. BUT I know she's going to have such a good time with Grammy and Grandad. She's going to be spoiled rotten!

The dog ate it...

So for those of you who didn't hear my rant about the highchair, I'll give you a quick run down. Thursday night we decided to put together our highchair so that we have a more sturdy place to feed Jensen. A little background...I tried and tried to keep the highchair on our registry and failed miserably. Every time I'd put the stupid thing on, it would be out of stock or no longer available. So I just said forget it, we'll get one later. Fast forward to Mike and Nina's shower and they got two of the same highchair that we wanted, so I bought one from them. This was in May.

So I pull out all the pieces of the highchair to get started Thursday night. We get a little interrupted with dinner and putting the baby to bed. I come downstairs and Marc has taken over but is stuck on step 2 because we can't find "G". "G" is the leg brace...can't have a highchair without "G". So we search and search. We take EVERYTHING out of the box three times, we look under the couch, in the office, in the kitchen...places we didn't even go just to make sure we'd searched every where. I called the company on Friday and they tell me that since it's a wooden piece they have to send me a WHOLE NEW CHAIR! Are you kidding?? But first they have to send me a letter so I can send them some parts to ensure that I have the chair in the first place, then once they get that they will send put the new one. All in all, three to four weeks. Sigh...so needless to say I'm not happy.

Last night Marc and I are putting out all the garbage and Marc starts breaking down the highchair box. And the first freaking thing he picks up is "G"!!! Are you kidding!??? We searched that box three times EACH and once together! Where did it come from? How did we BOTH miss it multiple times! I swear, Davis took it and hid it hoping we couldn't put together one more thing for this baby! ha ha! I kind of feel bad for all the bad things I said about this company...so to the universe "I'm sorry". (Trying to help out my Karma here!) Anyway, we put together the highchair "G" and all and it's so nice! Jensen ate it in it this morning for the first time.

All is well in the Goodell house...although Davis isn't talking! I know it was him. Once I got them some rawhides yesterday he felt bad and put it back. I know how that dog operates!!