Miss Jenna turned 18 months old on January 2nd! Probably the biggest development she had was becoming a BIG SISTER! Since her little sis, Natalie arrived, Jenna has become the biggest Daddy's girl ever! She forgot mom exists and worships daddy. She loves relaxing with him after work and likes to go shopping with him for groceries.

Jenna is expanding her vocabulary every day. She's getting better and better at pronouncing things. She usually talks in the third person too. She's also learning to recognize shapes. She knows circle, heart, and star really well. She also recognizes several animals and can say the name of them. Jenna is learning to count. So far she counts to two. Everything is "One, Two, Two, Two...." We are working on colors but it hasn't quite stuck yet.

Jenna is very much into Sesame Street right now. She loves Ernie, Elmo, Bert, and Cookie Monster. She also likes drawing on her chalk board, playing with wooden puzzles, reading, and playing with her dolls and kitchen.

We still go to her Tator Tots early childhood development class and we also go to Baby Bounce Sing n Play class. Jenna is very social and loves getting attention. She loves saying Hi and Bye to anyone she meets. She loves meeting for playtime with her friends Madison, Izzie, JonDavid, Makayla, Lark, & Jude.

Jenna is currently in the 50th percentile for growth. She is wearing 18 mo clothing and size 3 or 4 shoes. Her feet are so darn tiny! I think kids her age are usually wearing 6 or 7. Clothes are hard to find because her pants are always too long or the tops are too short since she has a very long torso and short legs. Her hair is finally long enough to put up if I use several hair ties.

We have not tried potty training yet, but we will pretty soon. Jenna already says, "Jenna Poo Poo" when she poops, so I think its a good sign she's ready to start.

She's still sucking her thumb...but mom and dad haven't tried to break that habit yet! She also is sleeping quite well in her crib. She doesn't even cry when we tuck her in!