Places to be

I hope you all enjoyed the video from last week. Along with her newfound ability to spit, Jenna is starting to seem like she has places to go. She refuses to stay in one place if you set her down, rolling over until she runs into something, and doesn’t like to be held most of the time. She squirms and tries to sit up, bounces up and down on her legs, and generally shows an interest in being somewhere else. This is terrible news for the Winns, who recently had a visit from their friends Brad and Amanda and their two-year old Addi. Said visit made it quite clear that nothing in the house is baby proofed in the slightest. Jarom is hoping that Jenna will sit tight for a few more months so they can just worry about it when we get wherever we are going.

Jenna's new Bumbo makes her look even squattier than normal

The many smiles of Jenna

Speaking of wherever we are going, Jarom has been getting a steady stream of rejection letters for all the jobs he is applying for. But he continues to plod along, with much help from his employment specialist, Alixa. She does a great job of finding things for him to apply for, and then he just has to fill out applications and write cover letters and stuff. She seems to genuinely enjoy it, so who is Jarom to deny her that pleasure? But back to the visitors.

Knoxville's Sunsphere

That's birdpoop in Lixi's hair. It was a traumatic experience.

Jenna and her mom, and Alixa

Lix thinks this is a very cute picture

This is where Alixa wants to sit next time they go to a game. And Amanda seems to think she is at a KISS concert or something.

Brad and Amanda rolled in on Sunday evening, upset that the Eagles-Raiders game was not to be found on Knoxville basic cable. At least there was a Phillies game on. Monday morning everyone except for Jarom got up and headed out to Dollywood for a fun day of amusement parking. It was a nice day, albeit a little chilly, and admission was free thanks to Brad’s job at Hershey Park up in PA. The only downside was that Addi was sick enough to merit a visit to the ER, where they were told that she had strep. On Tuesday Jarom joined the group and they walked around downtown Knoxville, climbing the sunsphere and visiting Neyland stadium. The short visit ended on Wednesday when they headed back north by car and Lix and Jenna headed the same direction on a plane. Now Jarom is all by himself in Tennessee while his wife and kid enjoy an eight-day vacation with Grandma. They are enjoying themselves so far, which is good because it makes it a little easier to listen to Jarom crying himself to sleep each night. He is really quite a baby.