"Pic" (Pumpkin) Patch

Grandpa and Grandma visited last weekend and we visited the pumpkin patch. Jenna started off with a bang and a bloody lip (one mean pumpkin), but then she LOVED exploring all the "pics" (pumpkins).
I love taking her picture around the pumpkins - it looks so great with her hair! We're going to have to go back and take the video camera - it was so much fun watching her explore!

Jenna got some new "peekaboo" books from Grandma. She has one of them memorized and loves to say "peekaboo" and "shhh" at the appropriate times. I wish I could describe how she says "peekaboo." She says it really fast and enthusiastic, so it almost sounds like gibberish - one of my favorite of her words! The other favorite word is a new one from Sunday. She says "milo" (smile), but she not only says it, she acts it out with a big cheesy smile!

No blog update in almost 2 weeks!

This is Jenna's first picture to bring home from church. She colored this on Oct. 7th while I was in ladies class.
Last Wednesday, Oct. 8th, we were getting Jenna ready for bed and she picked up this little flashlight that she typically plays with while we change her. Except that evening she held it up to her mouth and started singing like it was a microphone! I have no idea where she got such an idea!

Thursday, the 9th, she started imitating us when we blow on her food to cool it off. She enjoys this very much and even blows on her kiwi, grapes, etc. that aren't hot! She also loves to blow her light out when we sing "This Little Light of Mine." Another thing she learned that day, was a new body part - "eyeboo" (eyebrow).

Our "social butterfly" on the phone . . . again! I love this outfit!

Saturday, the 11th - Dada finds 2 top molars just peeking through. These have caused some pain, so it's been a tough week.
Jenna's treasures - a Tylenol bottle, little baby, and this specific rock. She looks for and picks this rock out of the pile, every time! And we must know where "nynol" and baby are at any given moment or we're liable to have a situation.

We have been busy, I can't even believe it's been so long since I posted. Jenna has officially gone from two naps to one. I had been hoping that once she dropped the one that she would magically take one nap (3 hrs) the length of the two (two, 1.5 hours) combined. This has not been the case. Typically she sleeps almost 2 hours for her nap. Some days she has a hard time making it to her nap time. Monday, she fell asleep while she was eating lunch. One minute she is saying, "Nana, nana!" (more food!), the next minute she grabbed one piece of grape and simultaneously fell asleep!

Getaway, etc

Last Friday we went on a getaway to Ft. Worth. We had a great time seeing friends that are really more like family; we saw actual family too, Uncle Matt. Jenna saw me filling her water cup for the trip and wanted a drink, so she said, "wato" (water) for the first time. Sunday after lunch we ate at Cheddar's. Jenna LOVED the big fish tank and Katie and Ruthie helped her learn to make a fish face. My favorite of all her animal impressions, I think!

Daddy's girl

She has loved getting inside this box this week. This particular day, she wanted all her toys piled in on top of her, then she put them back into the the clear box, one by one.

Wednesday she started singing the ABC song. She sings, "abcd" and then hums, adds some gibberish here and there, then chimes in on "y." Also Wednesday, I walked out of the room for a minute and came back to her playing with a musical toy and conducting very demonstratively. I wanted to get the video camera, but when she noticed me, she calmed her conducting down and looked kind of sheepish, like I had caught her!

Thursday, we found out that her friend who was going to come play with her Friday was sick. Jenna was sad and kept asking for her friend. I said, "Jenna, do you want to pray for your friend to feel better?" She clasped her hands and we prayed. Then a few minutes later, I found Jenna with her hands clasped and concentrating. I asked her, "Are you praying for your friend?" She nodded, yes.

ACU outfit #2 - cheerleader style

Jenna made it on the big screen this week! She had a great time and as I was getting her ready for bed she did a little conducting motion and asked for some "ic" (music).