Getting Big!!

Here are some new pictures of Jentry and the things she's been doing lately. I hope to post some pics in the next few days of her and her new toys. We have been so blessed to borrow toys from Jentry's cousins Noah and Millie and My friends Liz and Shaun.

When Jentry gets home from "school" she is usually exausted...in fact she usually falls asleep on our very short drive home. Anyhow, a few days ago when we got home I put her in her swing so she could relax and fall asleep if she wanted to. She started out playing with her toys, and then I found her like this, with a death grip on one of the toys. I zoomed in so you could see her little hand holding on for dear life to the toy!

Jentry's 1st try at feeding herself. It didn't work out so well. She ended up with oatmeal cereal in her hair, all over her, and all over the Bumbo seat...I guess she's gotta learn sometime!

Jentry sitting the the corner of Jack's chair. She is getting so big!

6 months

Well...you guessed it another month has passed and my baby has hit the halfway point of the first year of her life. She has accomplished big things since her first days as a little preemie in the nicu at Community North...props to our CN NICU nurses...those women are awesome!! We think about them often and talk about how wonderful they were with our little Jentry! It brings tears to my eyes to think that she is already 6 months old and now time is really going to fly by with school being back in session. I don't have any new pictures for you, but I do have some new stats on our baby girl. We had her 6 months shots at Dr. Miller's office yesterday and Jentry weighed 13.05 lbs and is 25 1/2 inches long!! She has gained a pound a month and Dr. Miller is pleased with her progress :) PHEW! Finally! Jentry is also in the process of getting her first 2 teeth...yep you read that right, 2 bottom ones coming in at the same time...so you can imagine she is a little fussy and snotty...YUCK!! I don't do snot well...but she doesn't give me much of a choice. Anyhow, I had to give a Jentry update and I hope to have some new pics on Thursday as we are headed to the state fair with her! Yay :)

D-day arrived :(

D day finally arrived this past Monday and it was NOT FUN. Jack and I took Jentry to daycare together, signed some papers, kissed Jentry and left. I couldn't hold it together to get out the door. I hated leaving her, and knew she was confused as to what was going on. It was TERRIBLE. But, now it is over. She cried the whole time she was there on Monday, and then when I got there to pick her up she wouldn't even look at me, she kept turning her head away from me, it got a little better on Tuesday, however she wasn't really eating, and was crying when I arrived to get her, and then today was even better because she took her bottles and was happy when I got there, she even smiled at me...now we just need her to nap while she is there...I hope this starts soon, otherwise she gets home and is grouchy :( I am NOT looking forward to starting school tomorrow...I would MUCH rather be at home with Jentry, but such is life and I will trudge on. The bags and other goods that Jentry needs for "school"Jack getting Jentry ready to leave on Monday morningAnother shot of Jack and Jentry.

My school is a mess and my class room is BLAH, I don't have any posters or bulletin boards up and I don't plan to put any up because my room is only temporary. I hate construction and the mess it brings. If you saw my room you wouldn't believe that anyone is expected to teach in those conditions, but again such is life and I'm glad I have a job. It is just so tough to go back to a building that is torn up and try to enjoy it. We'll see what tomorrow brings.

D-Day

Monday is D-day and our little princess will begin daycare. I'm sad :( I know it's my choice to send her there, but I'm just so worried about how she will act when her mommy and daddy walk out of the room and leave her there with 2 women she doesn't know. I am so scared that when I return she won't be the happy smiley baby we left at the daycare. I just hope this experience doesn't change her personality, I love her just the way she is now :) Ok, enough about this subject until it actually happens. I'll let you know how Monday goes for us.

Frustrating

Have you ever told someone something that you felt was no big deal only to have the person who told you the information get mad at you? This seems to happen to me all the time, I think I'm learning that the things this person tells me are only for me and are NEVER to be shared. Now, I hold this person in high regard and feel that what they say is usually important and is ok to be shared...but I'm learning this is NOT the case. It seems as if ANY time I tell someone else what this person has said they end up mad at me. So from now on I'm just going to learn to keep what this person says to me to myself, even if I feel it needs to be shared, because I've FINALLY learned that they don't want anything they tell me to be shared. I'm frustrated because this person gets all bent out of shape over things that I feel are no big deal, but when I share them and it gets back to the person they are upset that I've said anything. Lesson learned and I won't share the things I learn from said person with ANYONE!!

Sorry for the vagueness of this post, but I had to get these feelings out and off my chest without hurting anymore feelings. I'm frustrated!

Cool Colts Tour

Yesterday Jack, Jentry and I had the privledge of getting a private tour of the Colts training facility. It was very cool. We got to see the training field, the cafeteria, the weight room, the locker room, the film room, "Payton's Office", and their meeting room along with so much more! We even got to go where Authorized Personnel Only are allowed!!! It was so cool!

Out of the club

So next week I'm officially out of the SAHM (Stay at home mom) club as I will be heading back to my teaching job. I'm sad, excited, nervous, apprehensive and hopeful. I'm sad that my baby girl is 6 months old already and is going to start a new chapter in her life by going to day care. I'm excited to be returning to teaching as I really do love my career choice...and I'm excited that my paychecks will be back to "normal" so we can start to save for Jentry's college and live a little easier. I'm nervous that Jentry will hate us for dropping her off with strangers for 8 hours...but we will always return to get her as fast as we can! I'm also nervous about her not knowing what is going on since she's been with me since she came home from the hospital. One other thing that makes me nervous is having someone else watch my baby...I know it will be good for her to have interaction with the 7 other infants in her room and 2 "teachers", but NO ONE can do it quite like her Mommy can!! I'm apprehensive about going back to work after walking out of my room on February 16th and not returning until August...and my old room is gone, the school I teach at is being renovated and my classroom got demolished and I'm not sure where any of my stuff is...so that really scares me. I'm hopeful that Jentry will love her "teachers" at daycare and will learn to share and play nice with the others in her "class."

I'm working on getting EVERYTHING of Jentry's labeled so that when she does go to daycare next week nothing will accidentally come up "missing" I've ordered labels for her stuff and am working on getting her blanket and bottle bag embroidered...I just don't want her "favorite" things to come up "lost" Probably just a silly first time mom thing, but I'm pretty anal so I think I'd be like this even if it were my 10th kid...haha!

I'm sure some of you are thinking we are horrible parents for making this choice, but we both knew from the beginning that I didn't want to be a true SAHM, I really like my job and we really want Jentry to experience more than just being with us...even though we are SURE she will prefer being with Mommy and Daddy over going to "school" We also knew what was best for our situation and me going back to work is the best choice for us and we hope it will be a good choice for Jentry as well.

Happy 1st Birthday Amelia!!

I can't believe it's our neice Millie's first birthday today! We won't get to see her for a few more weeks but until then we will be on our way to make her gift.

Happy Birthday Amelia!! We love you!!! Love Uncle Jack, Aunt Jenna and your newest cousin Jentry :)

On another note this is my last week home with Jentry and I'm freaking out about it. I'll blog more about that tomorrow!

Sleepy Baby

Last week I was getting ready to go to a baby shower and Jentry was in her Jumpy seat when we realized she was sound asleep...again we win the parents of the year award when we run to get the camera instead of taking her out of her seat. Here are the pics of her and a few of Rachel with her baby gift from us.