Almost halloween

The Shipp household has been very busy lately. Marching band and football games are starting to wind down for Robb. Jenna is on the move so she is taking a lot of extra work these days. Sometimes it is almost like I have a shadow. I am letting her crawl around a lot. Usually when I walk away she will follow me or come and find where I have disappeared to. Right now her high chair is about the only thing that will contain her (also her crib). She is quickly loosing interest in her bouncer. I have set her in her bumbo chair several times and she knows how to get out of that now. She is starting to explore the house and really likes the soda bottles we have in the kitchen. We aren't planning on taking her trick-or-treating but I think I will dress her up for the kids that come to our house. She is going to be a cow! Oma has all kinds of halloween costumes. At the beginning of October we checked out her costume stash and picked one that would fit Jenna. This cow outfit is a little big but it will work!

7 months

My baby is 7 months old! And she is on the move. Jenna is crawling everywhere! However her favorite thing to do is crawl to something and then stand up. She enjoys pulling up on my legs. I predict she will be walking by Christmas.

Jenna is also eating real food very well. She has tried sweet potatoes, apple sauce, peas, carrots and bananas. I would say the sweet potatoes and apple sauce are her favorites right now. I am making her food. My mom bought us this wonderful baby food steamer and processor from William Sonoma. I am so glad we have that now. It is making things so much easier. It is a compact little system that doesn't require all my pots and pans or a lot of clean up. Now I just need to get some ice cube trays so I can make big batches and freeze some!

This past weekend Jenna and I were helping my parents at Thee Red Barn. Jenna is such a good baby. She is very social and will basically go to anyone and be happy. She is starting to be a little clingy to me but that only happens occasionally.

While at my parents this past weekend I wanted to get some pictures of Jenna in the pumpkin patch. So after we packed up to leave we were going to make a stop at the patch. In the minute it took me to drive from my parents house over to the pumpkin patch Jenna was sound asleep. She had been rather fussy Sunday afternoon so I decided not to wake her. Instead you can enjoy some pictures of her with the pumpkins my mom and I picked. She's not in a patch just sitting on our front porch!

Almost the middle of October

Jenna is doing all sorts of new things. She is becoming an expert crawler. She also loves pulling herself up. She has now decided she likes standing in her crib. The coffee table is now her play table.

I was talking with my mom last night and I told her I would much rather have a small baby versus the stage Jenna is in now. When she was small she was up every 3 hours but the between times she was sleeping. Also I could put her in one place and know she was safe and would stay there. Now she fights naps, crawls all over the place and needs watching 100% of the time. Really my almost 7 month old me more work than when she was a newborn. But I'm learning to enjoy the activity. And she is just so cute doing all these new things.

Enjoy the new pictures.

New adventures

We have a crawling baby! Monday evening Robb was playing with Jenna on the living room floor while I was washing bottles and such. I turned around and she was crawling towards me! It was so exciting! However our video camera was in Robb's office at school. I will try to capture this action very soon! So now I really can't just lay Jenna in her gym and expect her to stay there. She now needs constant watching. Really the easiest place for her to play is in her room. For the most part, there isn't anything she can't play with in her room. Plus the carpet is usually very clean because the dogs don't go into her room.

Not only has she started to crawl but she loves to work at pulling herself up. Robb has really been working on this with her. Her favorite thing to pull up on is my body. If I am sitting on the floor with her she will work herself basically up my body until she is standing facing me. I don't think crawling is going to last very long.