Sharing My Jennarocity

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I have never felt so helpless as a parent. I know it's so silly, but my poor baby felt her first real pain today and there was very little I could do about it. She just couldn't poop. Since we started solid foods, her poop has gotten harder and less frequent, but today, she tried and tried and could get nothing out. She screamed and cried, every time we stood her up, she would try to poop, turning her face bright red, tears coming down her face, and she would shake. I felt so, so bad for her. I looked online about what I could do, so I gave her a warm bath, a tummy massage, moved her legs around and gave her some prune baby food. After a few hours, she finally got something out. It was as hard as a rock. Some time later, she pooped again, then again. Finally, the last time, it was much looser and she didn't cry but one little wimper and I think that was only because her little bottom hurt. I was almost in tears, every time I stood her up, and watched her in so much pain. ...

Avery had her first real swim this weekend. Isn't she adorable?????

My friend, Nikki, came into town this weekend (isn't she beautiful??). We had so. much. fun. It was really good to actually hang out with her, in a social setting. It's been so long since we've done anything but have a quick dinner every few years, so we really deserved some time to ourselves. We had originally planned on going to Austin, but those plans fell through, so we had decided to just come to my apartment and spend a girls' weekend. We went out together on Friday night - I was so glad to see Nikki out as a woman, not just a wife and a mom. Like I said, I think all women need this once in a while. Saturday, we had kind of decided, kind of needed, to spend the day just relaxing. We went down to my mom and dad's house and just hung out and talked. I like to just talk sometimes. By Sunday, we still felt like we really hadn't spent all that much time together. Just because you are having a girls' weekend doesn't mean that life just stops, or tha...

I don't know why, but I wanted to go through Avery's pictures today to show how much she's grown in six months. First of all, I need a new camera phone. I rarely ever take pictures with our actual camera because I hate uploading them, when I can just send them directly with my phone. July, it's coming. An HD camera, to be exact. This moment seems so far away now!!! One Month Two Month Three Month Four Month Five Month Six Month

Have you ever NOT been in love with something in your home and then move it, and then, you are in love again? I got this really awesome shelf from a friend of my family. I have not done a great job of taking before pictures. But, it was a great quality shelf, real wood. It was just red. Just a little bit of Kilz and some black paint, and bam. Totally awesome. I also did not take a before picture of this area of my kitchen. It was totally ok before, but nothing really special. I had a rod iron shelf that held a bunch of, well, crap. I had a basic dry erase calendar on the wall, and dog dishes on the floor. But NOW, it's my most favorite place in the whole house. And it's not even done yet!!! Here is the before of where I had the black and tan blocks as decor. They were too spread out for that big wall. So, they just looked out of place. I didn't really know what I wanted to put on this shelf, but I had a bunch of dishes and plates that I got for my wedding that were sh...

As I was blog-hopping again, I came across this  blog and thought, cool idea!! So, here I go!!! These are things I love (or not) RIGHT NOW. Not a list of my all-time favorite things. Just to clarify. She Loves Me: