Jennsen 6 Months

Jennsen is our lively, loud, beautiful 6 month old baby girl. She's a wonderful princess! She was born QUITE large (9 lbs 11 oz if you don't remember :), but she seems to be more on the average end of things now. By average, I mean that she is no longer in the 95% for her height and weight. She weighs in at 17 lbs 4.5 oz, and is 27.2 inches long, with a head circumference of 42.7 cm. In comparison to Geddy at 6 months, she is more than a pound heavier and an inch taller.

On this night, she only finished half of her sweet potatoes, until brother saved the day and got her to clean her bowl!

Chillin' at Packs Pumpkin Patch

I love this face of hers (above). Her face is changing as she is getting older.

This is common face she was making when I pulled the camera out. It was hilarious! I promise I just fed her!

AH, life with two kids . . . is MOSTLY bliss! :)

Canning Grape Juice

This is an ode to my beloved yearly tradition of canning grape juice. Marcia, Brennan's Mom, has sold the "farm" in Farmington and is moving on! I made sure this year I picked an extra large crop of grapes in case I never have the chance to make homemade grape juice again! :( I picked two VERY large clothes baskets full of grapes (concord and green) that I am sure weighed over 50 pounds each. 100 pounds of grapes = 44 quarts of beautiful grape juice = 12 + hours canning in the kitchen!

Worms Anyone?

A young boy's favorite pastime...

My favorite thing that came out of Geddy's mouth today

Geddy is a wonderful big brother. He still is rough with Jennsen and jealous of her at times, but he also frequently is very sweet, kind, and loving. Today when Jennsen and I were coming upstairs and Geddy saw Jennsen, he said: " There you are wonderful princess."

Mom's Cabin

A few weeks ago we went to Mom's cabin. It's such a beautiful time of year, but I didn't bring my camera (these are taken with my mom's phone). I love spending time with my mom, especially in the beauty of nature...only wish we could do it more! Thank you for being so excited to build a fire and roast marshmallows, even if it was 12 noon. Maybe next year you'll get to camp in a tent with Geddy and go fishing (the things Gma wanted to do with her grandson but didn't get to do). Love ya!

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This is a post about the ONE thing that is hard for me to throw away. This post is not a pregnancy announcement! I am not a clutter bug, why if you know me, you know that I hold on to nothing! My kid has few toys, I have few clothes, I take bags of clothes and "stuff" to the DI almost monthly, and I often find myself thinking, "oh, I have one of those....oh wait, no I don't, I got rid of it."

So even though there is no reason for me to keep my pee sticks, for the past two pregnancies I would stash them on top of my cabinet, dust them off and look at them every so often, then tuck them securely back into their secret a-top-the-cabinet spot. I even took a picture of my pee stick, so I can throw it away, right? This is Jennsen's pee stick. I took a picture of it a year ago, but I just kept it on top of the shelf, looking at it every now and then, and I COULD not drop it into the trash. I decided tonight it's finally going into the trash. I have sympathy for people that hold onto things for sentimental value, clearly this is why I was holding onto my pee sticks. I guess it's time to say goodbye to my dear pee stick. It's hard throwing it away, the line doesn't even read "positive" anymore. I know I'll get over it and if I want I can look at this picture or even better I can look at my child to remind me HOW GRATEFUL I am that I am able to have children. It's moments like these that make the chaos of children melt away into oblivion and make me wonder if these walls will ever be graced by another sweet baby.

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