A day in the life...

Things at the Jennings house are finally getting back to normal (somewhat). Shelby and I went to Arkansas to visit Mom and Larry and I have been sick ever since. I have been fighting a cold/sinus infection for almost 2 weeks, but I think I finally have it kicked. Scotty and I signed the contract last week on our fence installation. The estimated install is the last full week in Mar. We are very excited. I will post some pics after it is up. I went to the doctor this week about the irritation/rash on my hands that I have been fighting for over a year now. He diagnosed it as eczema and gave me some cream to apply twice daily. And I have strict instructions to use lotion everytime I wash my hands--at that rate, I might go through a whole bottle just in 1 weekend at work! Oh well. I am ready for them to stop itching and hurting. Hopefully this will take care of the problemo! Shelby has been acting a little crazy when it comes to sleep time lateley. She is still not sleeping through the night and is fighting bedtime terribly. Some nights, I can't get her down until 11pm. The doc. gave me the name of some books to check out, but I haven't had the chance yet. She does have 2-3 teeth coming in

at one time now, so that could explain some of the fussiness. Who knows! Here are some fun pics though. A couple are from our trip to AR and the bath ones are in Tara's sink. She watched Shelby a few weeks ago and took these cute pics!!

Shelby's birthday.

In addition to having her birthday party, Shelby also had a big day on her actual birthday. We went out to breakfast and then went over to Susan's. We took the kids for a ride in Shelby's wagon. She had fun. These 1 year olds are growing too fast!! Look at the difference a year can make!! We even got to turn her car seat around in the van!!!
She seems to like it. She spends a lot of time watching out the window.

Shelby's Birthday Party

So, a lot has gone on since I last blogged. Shelby's first Christmas came and went. We had a good time, but she wasn't exactly sure what was going on. Next, she got her first tooth on Dec. 29 (only one so far-the others are working their way out). She has had 2 ear infections (or 1 persistent one). And SHELBY TURNED 1!!!. Since her birthday fell on a Tues. this year, we had her party last Sat. the 7th. Here are some fun pics!! She got lots of gifts and seemed to know what to do with the presents (at least a little more so than at Christmas). I made her a cupcake cake in the shape of a butterfly. I even frosted it myself!! She seemed to enjoy herself, but wasn't always sure what the fuss was about. Then came her turn to eat her cake. That she enjoyed very much!! She even ate some ice cream. I gave her a couple of bites with the spoon, then she took over with her hands. It wasn't too big of a mess though.

10 months and going strong!

Shelby is 10 months today and I can hardly believe it. Time flies when you are having fun. The last couple weeks have been busy. For Thanksgiving, we went to Scotty's brother's house. It was nice to spend the day with family and not have to work. Scotty got up early and went shopping on Black Friday. He got some really good deals! I got called off from work for the first 8 hours of my shift, so that meant more time with the fam!! This last weekend, my mom and Larry came to town for a visit. I was off on Fri., but had to work the rest of the weekend. I did get to spend some time with them, but I am really glad they came. I think Scotty is especially glad because Shelby had a bad cold and my mom was here to help. He sat up most of the night on Sat. night, in the recliner, with Shelby. That was the only way she could sleep because her congestion was so bad, but he could only nap 20 min at a time. We all made it through and she is feeling better. Earlier last week, Susan and Sam watched Shelby for me while I worked and they took some great pics of Shelby getting into the holiday spirit. She likes our Christmas tree we put up, but isn't extremely impressed with it. I thought that she might be a little more excited about the lights. We are going to go see Santa today though. Hopefully, that will go well.

Welcoming committee!

I went and got my haircut this morning and this is what I found when I got home. Some welcoming committe huh!

Shelby 9 Months!!

We took Shelby for her 9 month check up yesterday! She weighs 23 1/2 lbs and is 28 inches long. Her weight is still over the 95th percentile (out of 100 kids her age, she weighs more than 95), but her height is now in the 50-75th percentile. She was only in the 25-50 percentile before. She is doing great. She only had to get 1 shot and that was her flu vaccine (it's the time of year). Here are some pics of her last week. She acted like she was posing for a photo shoot. What a ham! She loves to just sit and play with her toys. She actually got sad when I put the camera down. I thought that she was a little young to be such a camera hog, but I guess not.

October in the fast lane!

I know I have been a terrible blogger, so here is a super long blog about on crazy busy October:

In the middle of the month, my grandmother passed away. Scotty, Jay, Shelby and I all piled into my little Malibu and headed for Cabot, AR (just outside of Little Rock.) Even though the loss of my grandmother is very sad, some of my family down there had not met Shelby yet, so that made the visit a little more pleasant. One day when we were down there, some friends of my brother and sister-in-law had a pumpkin picking night at there farm. My nephews, niece, and Shelby were all dressed the part in their Halloween outfits. We hopped on the hay-ride and picked out our pumpkins. All of the kids had a blast. Shelby seemed to have a good time, even though she didn't quite know what was going on! We got some great pics too.

The next week, Scotty, Shelby and I went to Rombach's Farm with Susan, Sam, Sean, Heather, Noah, Jen and Hayley. Shelby was getting into the pumpkins now. We got some great pics of the 3 of us, along with pics of all of the kids. Later in the week, Shelby and I went to visit my friend Jen, who was on her 2nd to last week of maternity leave. Time goes by so fast. Elijah is almost 3 months old now. I actually worked with her today, on her first day back. It seems like forever since I went back to work. I am such a glutton for punishment, that I picked up an extra shift this week!! Ahh!!

The next week, Jay, Shelby and I headed to Rogers, AR to visit my mom and Larry. We decided that it was a good way for Jay to spend his last week off of work from his short term disability for his herniated disc. We had a good time. As well as time with the parents, Jay spent some time with his friends and I went and spent one afternoon with Jodie and Kaylin. We had a nice visit.

Then came Halloween. I had to work for 12 hours that day. We were over staffed at work that day, so I was really hoping to get the day off, or atleast go home early... didn't happen. Scotty and Shelby went trick-or-treating with the Talley family. Sean was a puppy and Shelby was a tiger. I met up with them at Sam and Susan's after I got off work. I think Shelby really liked her costume. She wore it, with the hood on, until I put her to bed. Crazy girl!!
Looking back now, I can't believe how much has gone on this month. We have been super busy between work, traveling, and day-to-day stuff. I had planned on blogging many times before, but never did. I hope this wasn't too long and boring. Atleast maybe some of the pics are entertaining.