Calgon take me away!!

O.K. , so you need to hear about my week!! I ended up at the doctors with both of the girls on Tuesday. Sophia had started with the congested cough and sore throat also. While we were there, they didn't like the sound of Alena's lingering cough and her breathing. She ended up with a breathing treatment and three new Rx's!! Sophia, luckily is only taking one.

So, back at home that evening, Sophia is laying on the couch hacking her brains out, Alena is in her walker coughing up a lung and I discover a leak under the kitchen sink. Fred is out, so I start to clean everything out from under the sink while listening to the chorus of coughing! A horrible smell tells me that Alena needs to be changed-as I go to pick her up, she vomits all over from coughing. I then proceed to step in it as I walk away with her. I just had to laugh with tears in my eyes! I didn't know what the hell to do first!!

Anyway, everyone got cleaned up and Fred came home to fix the leak.

Yesterday, Alena was playing with the phone. She usually pushes a couple of buttons and then I clear it. Well, I turned my back and I heard someone say "Hello", so I quick hit the off button. I had just been talking to mom and figured she had hit the redial button. Two seconds later, Fred is yelling into my Nextel wanting to know what is wrong! I was like "What? Nothing!". He said there was just a 9-1-1 call from our address!! I was mortified!! Miss Alena had called 9-1-1, so there I stood by the front door in my slippers as the police pulled up!! This kid is too much!! Can you see the future?.....

Aside from that, things have been pretty quiet!!

Got some cute pics of her the other night right before bath time.

Love,

Jenni

Amazing

The love that we have for Alena is just overwhelming. It's so hard to describe. Her and Sophia are both napping right now (everyone ended up with a cold/cough) and I just sat here thinking a bit! You know the feeling you have when you give birth and they place the baby on your chest? That's the same feeling I had when her nannie placed her in my arms. I feel like she was born to us.When I held her for that first moment, it felt like I already knew her and I kissed her on her sweet little lips.It's just amazing how you're willing to eat the Cheerios that they've just taken out of their mouth and offered to you the day they become part of your family. She is definetely our baby and I just don't see how she could have fit so perfect with any other family.

We had a very nice weekend. George took us three girls out to dinner Saturday night. Mom was waiting for a new couch to be delivered and Fred had been out running all day and just stayed home to relax. Alena was as nosey as she usually is when we go out to eat. She turns around in her highchair and stares at everyone! Too funny. She was gaining a lot of attention!

Jeff & Kirstyn and the kids visited on Sunday. The kids are getting so big and are just too cute. Sophia always enjoys seeing Averey. Then we were off to Aunt Chrissy's for Aunt K's birthday! We love Chris & Joe's new house and had a very nice time. Sophia took advantage of the family gathering to sell Girl Scout cookies!! : ) Thanks everyone!

Well, they should be awake soon and Sophia wants to go get her haircut!
Love,

Jenni

One month ago today....

Alena was placed in my arms sound asleep. I was petrified that when she woke up she would be so scared and beside herself. She showed me that all she needed was her daddy and she was just fine.

She has continued to amaze us everyday since. She is such a little smarty with the funniest personality. She has been sick this week, but refuses to let it get her down. Our first inclination that she may be coming down with something happened while we were having dinner at a Chinese restaurant Monday night. She coughed and her rice went flying acrossed the table! Thank God Fred was the one sitting acrossed from her! : ) She's got a pretty bad cold & cough with a fever that doesn't want to quit, but her lungs and ears are clear. Right now she's fighting to take a nap!

Not much else new. She has discovered the kitchen cabinets and drawers and tries her best to get into as many as possible while in her walker.

Love to all!

Jenni

New pics from the past couple of days!

Alena spent a few hours with Aunt Denise and Uncle Rich on Friday night. They say she did great and from the beautiful pics they took, I believe them! They got the cutest pics of her playing peak-a-boo and of her and Denise checking eachother out!

She has mastered the whole crawling thing as you can see in one of the pics and she's doing great with pulling herself up on the furniture. She doesn't "love" being told "don't touch" as witnessed in the pic above of her standing at the end table WANTING the remote!! :)

Mom and George visited Saturday and brought pizza. Alena spent some time sitting with papa and didn't fuss at all. She is doing so well with adjusting and going to other people.

In the picture of her and nannie, you can see the pillow that Fred had made for her in Guangzhou. When you lay her down to sleep she hugs it, grabs a corner of it and sticks it in her mouth!

She enjoys sitting with her books and loves it even more if she's stripped down!!
Lastly, you can see that my hair could really use some attention, ahhh....those were the days!! She's worth every minute of it!!

With love,

Jenni