Hola Heartburn, Hola Floor.

I don't think it was because of the company or the kids, but dinner tonight gave me the worst heartburn I have had since pregnancy. Which leads me to the theory that 7 kids (ages 9 months, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, & 10)+ 15 teacher + Mexican food=major heartburn.
Tonight we celebrated the 50th b-day of one of my fellow teachers and though we had a great time, it might have been just a little much on top of a half day of professional development.

Jenna is trying really hard to walk. She is getting braver by the day. She is now taking a couple step between things. This is great and she is doing well. Tonight though she had her hands on the foot stool and her face ended up on the floor (the hardwood floor). We had real tears and I am sure it really hurt (probably Daddy and Mommy more than Jenna). I am also sure it is the first of many falls on the way to walking.

Congrats to the Kellie and Jeremy!

Congrats to my friend Kellie and her husband Jeremy who are expecting their 1st child. I thought I'd start a list of MUST HAVES and ask others around me for thier additions to the list. LIST COMING SOON! (Half pink and half blue just in case!)

5 year old on a rampage.....

Okay, I hope I can get some help from friends, family, and at this point total strangers. My 5 year old nephew has fell completely off the deep end. He has always been the sweetest, most loving boy you have ever met, getting a citizenship award at school, and the teacher saying how he was the most caring child she'd ever had. In a matter of months he has become mean, hateful, and having terrible fits of rage over nothing. It takes very little to set him off. He has been to the principals office twice in a week and has threatened to "punch in the face," several loved ones. We have tried punishment, rewards, and begging! Nothing has worked. I am "Love & Logic" trained and have never seen a child that it didn't work on, until now. We have talked to him in length about what is causing this anger, nothing. We have now taken him out of daycare before and after school and he is going to my house. Any suggestions?

Chinese Food, Good Fortune, School buses, and Blogs

Today one of my students had a fortune cookie in her lunch box. After lunch she handed me a fortune she said was just for me.....You are the master of everything! I couldn't agree more! :0)

Tonight Nana came by and brought Chinese food. Jenna had her first Chinese food ever! It was so cute! She loved the rice. It was about the only thing that made my crabby teeth growing machine happy this evening. She is rarely crabby so it was so odd to see her that way.....I also see that maybe NO ONE is the master of a teething child! (Pictures to come soon!)

I have also had the pleasure of driving past my niece, Ashlee (9), and nephew, Brady (5), standing out on a main highway waiting for a bus this week. I stopped to pick them up the other day only to find out later that they had missed the bus, the baby sitter wasn't watching them, and they thought they could have just WALKED to school.....on a busy highway, over a mile! Thank God he made me late that day, so I could pick them up. They now have a new baby sitter, ME. I am going to enjoy every minute I have with these beautiful children, before I move and my time with them isn't as plentiful.

I was so excited to see that April and Lela had visited my blog today. It was so great to see 2 of my favorite people were the first to visit the stories of Jenna.

Daddy's Girl :0)

Imagine, if you will, my 6' 3", manly man, husband going baby clothes shopping on his day off without me. Well, it happened! Daddy went shopping on Monday for BABY clothes. Our ever growing, long legged girl, has now grown into 12 month pants as she is 29 and 1/4 inches tall! The problem with that is that she doesn't have many pairs that don't look like what I call "nerd britches!" Daddy to the rescue! My husband not only went shopping and got her 4 pairs of very cute pants, he also picked out a pair of denim Capri pants with daisies and butterflies with 2 matching shirts. ALL of which are super cute! WAY TO GO DADDY!

In the beginning.....

This is my attempt to share with all of those who love Jenna our daily (okay weekly) adventures and to be half as entertaining as my friend Stacey!

Who would have thought that just 9 months ago we brought her home. I was terrified to go to sleep, afraid if when I woke-up, she wouldn't.....now I just pray she won't wake-up for 5 more minutes! Oh, the adventures of a new Mom and Dad. Everyday is a new adventure with a 9 month old. While cooking dinner the other day I looked up to see Jenna crawling quickly across the room with the lamp cord in her hand. When I ran to her yelling "NO! NO!" she just looked up and smiled that "Look, I can make Mommy run" smile. Miss Jenna is quickly finding new and wonderful things in this world. She is saying Momma, Daddy (which is her favorite word!) and the occasional "No, No" repeating what Momma tells her! Sunday she discovered that you could make Nana's day by just saying "Nan Na!" Today we have discovered with Daddy the fun of standing at the back door, slapping the glass, and calling "Giggy," her version of Gizzy. If Daddy can call him from the back door, why can't she. You see Gizzy is our 9 lb house dog who has quickly figured out standing under the highchair is a meal ticket and if you get in arms reach of Jenna, you will get your hair pulled!