Jenna's Crawling!

Jenna is six months old today, and she started crawling two days ago! She's not terribly fast, but I'm sure she will perfect her skills quickly. Have I baby-proofed my kitchen yet? No, so I will be in trouble very soon if I don't get going. She is also beginning to try to pull up on things. She hasn't been successful in getting up on her feet yet, but I imagine that it won't be too much longer. She can stand holding onto the couch for a while if we put her there. Jenna can also sit independently, although not for very long. Typically she gets interested in other things and goes crawling off.

One thing we are really enjoying is eating baby food. She gets so excited that she wiggles all over the place. Trying to feed her is like trying to hit a moving target with a loaded spoon! We have discovered that she likes mashed potatoes a lot. I think it's because she sees us eating it so she is extremely pleased to be able to eat big people food. Today we tried pureed green beans for the first time. She wasn't sure whether to smile and eat it because I was laughing or to spit it back out because it wasn't quite what she was expecting. I guess it's an aquired taste.

I seem to always write about Jenna, but Little Robby has neat things going on for him too. This week he was given the Outstanding Citizenship award at school along with 6 other student from his classroom. (It's kind of the Honor Roll for the primary grades, but based more on behavior.) On Saturday we all went to the University's Homecoming Parade (where Little Robby got his first stash of candy). After the parade Dad ran into one of his professors who offered to give us 2 tickets to the afternoon football game, so we decided that Dad and Little Robby would go while Jenna and I would go home to nap. Little Robby and Dad had a great time, especially since our team won 44-20.

After the game we all went to the ward Trunk-or-Treat party and Little Robby got his second stash of candy. That night he decided last minute to dress as a soccer player. Then on Monday night he went Trick-or-Treating dressed as a fighter pilot with his friend Ben and got his third stash of candy. So now we have our year's supply of candy! Okay maybe month's supply (especially since Mom and Dad can't seem to stay away from the sweets). Jenna would get in on the candy action too if we would just let her!