18

At 18 months, Jenna:

still sucks her (left) thumb

is super silly

is still the most beautiful thing I've ever seen

does EVERYTHING her brother does

eats a TON

loves to talk on the phone "halll-lllo"

just started wearing some 12-18mo clothes

loves the outdoors (unless there's snow!)

is still a snuggle-bug

doesn't stay still...no more posed pictures for now!

loves to read books (favorites are the Baby Signs books, Goodnight Moon, What Does Baby See?)
tells us when she's wet or stinky

had to start her first antibiotic and breathing treatments

talks and sings a lot

is a bit of a drama queen

likes to bug her brother

is a great helper...she helps unload the dishwasher, put the clothes in the dryer, clean up, and her favorite is to throw things in the trash/recycle

I LOVE YOU JENNA BOO!

White Stuff

What is all this white stuff that fell from the sky? It's not the usual N. TX snow. Nope. This is mounds and mounds of white fluffy stuff. We had a record-breaking 12.5" of snow this week! It snowed from 5am until after midnight. Crazy. Big. Huge snowflakes. It was so pretty!

I took Jacob to school on Thursday morning. It was snowing, but the roads were all fine so all the schools stayed open. When I got home, me and Jenna got all layered up and took off for a walk. It was pouring giant flakes and Jenna did NOT like being pelted in the face with snow. So we made it to the end of the street, took a picture of my crying child, and headed back home.

When we got home, I thought she might like playing out back instead. Not so much.

When Jacob got home from school, he sort of wanted to go play in the snow but I distracted him because his asthma doesn't get along well with the cold. Brian and I had a date night so we headed to Papa's house which was a good distraction. Brian and I had an AWESOME dinner at Outback, then headed back to get the kids since the streets were started to get icy.

The next morning, we woke up to this. LOTS of snow. I couldn't keep my boy in any longer. So I bundled him up and Brian and Jacob were off to play.

I threw a hat and coat on Jenna so I could take some pics. She just stood near the front door and watched the festivities.

Dentist

Dr. Mel

Mrs. Jackie

Jacob had his first dentist appointment. He did wonderful! It was a bit challenging trying to get him to open wide and keep his mouth open but he did very well. His dentist is a church friend Dr. Melody Stampe. It was nice to have someone we know so well and feel comfortable with. The hygentist Mrs. Jackie was super sweet and explained everything so well.

Jacob was very happy when we were all done! I got him a SpiderMan ball for a reward for doing so great.

Joy

Silly boy! Full of joy!

My little beauty. Aint she a cutie!