Family Portraits Nov 2010

Now that Christmas is over I can share the pictures we had taken back in November. I didn't want to share these pictures then because they were our Christmas card. But now all the world can see how cute our girl is!

Oh what a Christmas

Opening presents with Oma!


Eating the wooden spoon Crazy Uncle sam made



Eating the cow ornament that Oma gave


trying on the leg warmers that Oma made

We had a wonderful Christmas and were extremely blessed by all the presents our families showered on Jenna. She is a very loved little girl. I know memories fade over time but I hope I remember this wonderful 1st Christmas for Jenna.

On another note, Jenna had her 9 month appointment today. She is wonderful and healthy. She weighs 21lbs. and is 30 inches long. 30 inches is the max for her infant seat and I have order a new car seat for her. It should arrive on Wednesday. It is a Britax Marathon 70. It will be able to seat her rear facing up to 40lbs and forward facing up to 70lbs with a height of 49 inches. I'm hoping this seat will last us a good long time!

We hope all of you had a wonderful and joyous Christmas! But remember the Christmas season isn't over until Jan 6th!

Christmas present

We were able to capture Jenna opening her very first Christmas present!


Christmas was really magical this year!

Christmas Beauty

Jenna wore her new Christmas dress to church yesterday. Back in November I started looking for a Christmas dress for her. I found several I thought were very cute but not in her size. I was getting very frustrated. I told my mom the problem and we decided she should just make Jenna a dress. So on Oma's November Friday we went shopping at JoAnn's and found some beautiful fabric. Jenna looks beautiful in her dress. I think it is one of the best outfits my mom has made!

Happy 9 month Birthday Jenna!

Jenna is 9 months old today! Our girl is getting so big! The month of December has been a roller coaster but I'm thinking we are getting back on track with regular life.

Jenna loves to looks at her books (or try and eat her books), cruise around the living room furniture and cuddle with her parents. She seems to be mesmerized by present which will be fun for Christmas.

Today we had Amy & Dirk over for lunch and Jenna kept them entertained for quite a while. She is just a good hostess.

New Holiday pics

News and Updates

Jenna is doing all kinds of new things I thought I should probably write about it. She seems to be going through an independent streak with a side of clinginess. I know those are opposite things but this child is doing both. She has decided she doesn't like eating off a spoon. I am having to come up with finger food ideas rather quickly. So she has been experiencing new foods this week. Her main staples have been sweet potatoes and apple sauce. This week we have tried scrambled egg yolks, black beans and yogurt. Everything has been a hit. With the finger eating I did puree the black beans but I spread the puree on Ritz crackers and she loves it. The whole deal is very messy but at least she is eating again. The yogurt she did eat off a spoon but not the beans. I wasn't sure she was going to eat the scrambled egg but when I stopped watching her and did the dishes I saw her eating them. And to top everything off she likes water! Not juice but water. She usually has water with her dinner.

As for the clingy part, she wants to be held a lot! Bedtime is becoming interesting as well. She will wake in the middle of the night and be tired and will sleep in my arms but the minute I put her in her crib she is wide awake and pops back up. I have been rather tired in the middle of the night and have caved to this and let her sleep with us. However it is becoming a problem now so I will have to fight my urge to sleep and make sure Jenna is sleeping in her crib.

So that is our little girl.....I almost forgot Jenna is also trying to stand on her own. She has had several seconds of standing without support. It is rather amazing to see.

Well the Christmas season can start for the Shipp family tomorrow! We are getting a tree on Saturday and the decorations will go up! I'm looking forward to it.

Thanksgiving fun!

Jenna got a lot of playing time in with cousins Lila. I think this is their audition tape for a band!