Our Growing Girl

We took Jenna to her 15-month checkup this week (a little late) and here are her stats:

• Weight: 23 lbs, 8.5 oz. (57th percentile)
• Height: 30.75 in. (52nd percentile)

So she is about average in both. The doctor said she was very healthy and was developing well. He seemed to be impressed by the number of words she could say (a little over 20) versus the average for her age which was 3-5. She's definitely a very verbal child!

Here's a few pictures of her playing earlier this week and eating today.

She cleaned and reorganized my Lazy Susan.

Dada and Poppa arranged her stuffed animals
to greet her when she walked in the room.


Jenna's reaction after eating something she liked.

Jenna's reaction after eating something she didn't like.

First Trip to the Zoo

We took advantage of the first weekend of spring and took Jenna to the Knoxville Zoo for the first time. The weather was perfect, the flowers and trees were in full bloom, and Jenna really enjoyed the experience of seeing all the animals. Mimi and Poppa were visiting from Atlanta, so they shared in the fun too. We bought season passes so we'll have lots more pictures to post in the future!

Laughing at her Poppa while waiting in line

Enjoying a piggy back ride from DaDa while entering the zoo.

An up-close look at a camel

Posing for a picture with Mimi and Poppa

Attempting to stand still for a picture with Mommy and Daddy

After about 2 hours, Jenna had to take a nap!

Springtime and Smiles

We took Jenna outside this afternoon to play with bubbles in the yard. It was so windy, though, you can't see any bubbles in the pictures. She did chase some though, and kept saying "bubble" while doing so. The pictures aren't great (I think my camera was on the wrong setting) but you get the idea of how pretty of a day it was and how much fun Jenna had being outside.


When we came back inside, she was pretty hungry so she started eating dinner right away. I asked her to smile for a picture, and this is what she did. We thought it was pretty funny!

Mommy's Cape

I had to get a picture of Jenna wearing a cape that I wore when I was little. I tried it on her yesterday, and she loved wearing it. The cape looked so big when I took it out of my hope chest last year; it's amazing that it actually fits her already!

Jenna is really starting to talk a lot more recently. She's saying such words as eye, nose, teeth, please, juice, etc. She's also doing sign language for a few words too, so it's really getting much easier to understand her wants and needs.

Long Pigtails

WOW! Two posts in one day! I just had to share some new pictures of our big girl taken just this morning. Her hair is getting so long, which makes her pigtails look so long too!

Around the House

Here are some pictures of Jenna around the house. She's getting so big and is developing such a personality. It's scary what she's catching on to! We won't be posting any more pictures of her playing with cookie sprinkles--at least not until she's old enough to help me decorate cookies. She was playing with them in the kitchen while Randy and I were in the living room. All the sudden we noticed that she'd gotten very quiet--not a good sign. We went over to find that she'd somehow managed to open the red sprinkle container. Half of it was on the floor, and the other half was either on her mouth, in her mouth, or on her hands; she was not making a peep hoping she'd be able to continue enjoying her sweet snack! We'd definitely caught her "red-handed." Ha, ha! Anyway, now the containers are hidden safely out of reach, and we're more aware of her capabilities as a toddler! Enjoy the pictures below!

Beautiful blue eyes!

On her way to a very important mission--she's always very busy!

WOW!!! Dada's shoes are half my size!!!