So Thankful!

Derek and I have a lot to be thankful for this year.  We are thankful for a healthy full term pregnancy, and a heathy growing little girl!  Jocelyn has brought so much joy to our lives, and we grow more in love with her every day. 

I have officially caved in.  Our house looks like a daycare!  We have baby stuff everywhere!!

I love this picture.  When we are off, we feed Jocelyn her 7AM bottle and then bring her back to bed with us.  She usually takes a nice little nap...along with daddy, then we all get up around 9:30.  :)

Toby had to get in on a little suggle time too :)

Chatty Cathy

In my earlier post, I mentioned that my favorite time of day with Jocelyn is in the morning when she first wakes up.  She is sooo happy and very chatty.  Here is a video of our chatty Cathy this morning.  Sorry for the nudity...we were changing her and getting her ready for the day :)

Before I did this post, Derek asked if we could "re-do" the video because he is embarrassed by his voice?!?  He is such a great Dad,  I don't care....it is going up!  WARNING: All you dudes out there that plan to hate on my man for his high pitched voice, don't even THINK about it!  If you are already a Dad, you know you have done the same thing...and if you aren't a Dad yet, you will...I promise.

We also took Joceyn to Dr. Fernandez today to get weighed and measured.  Miss J comes in at a whopping 12lbs 10oz and 24 inches long!!  She is getting so big right before our eyes! 

Whose child is this?

When people meet Jocelyn, one of the first questions out of their mouths is "Who does she look like?"  Honestly, we have no clue?!?  Of course, Derek thinks she looks just like him...and I see absolutely no resemblance of her to me?  I know she is mine because I am pretty sure I spent 21 hours trying to get her out!!  Here are some pictures of both Derek and I when we were little, and you can be the judge of who she looks like.

Derek at 2 weeks old.  This couch is a classic!

Breck at 1 week old.  Did we seriously have yellow furniture??

Jocelyn at 1 week old

Derek at 3 1/2 months.  Check out the swing...man how things have changed!

Breck at 2 months old

Jocelyn at 2 months old

Derek at 3 1/2 months old.  I think his mother starved him?!?  :)

Breck at 4 months old

Jocelyn at 11 weeks

On Saturday night we watched the Aggies win against Nebraska, yeah!  Miss J tried so hard to stay awake, but just couldn't make it.  I was bouncing her on my knee and then realized that she had fallen asleep.  Look closely....can you see the drool coming out of her mouth?  Nice! 

Jocelyn is getting SO big, holy cow!  We are going to swing by the doctor tomorrow to have her weighed and measured.  Her personality is coming out more and more each day.  She smiles so much, just not in front of the camera...annoying!  I think I even heard a laugh this week.  My favorite time is in the morning when I wake her up.  She is a chatty Cathy when I have her on her changing table.  She just talks and talks, it is so cute.  So, of course like any good mom, I talk back to her.  If only someone was recording this, they might think I was insane.  Jocelyn is able to hold her head up pretty well, but gets tired after a while and lays back down. 

Daycare is going well.  She doesn't sleep good there, probably because of the noise?  But, everyone says she is doing great and is such a good baby.  She is sleeping through the night (Thank you!!!) and is pretty predictable, which makes it easy for planning.  I am pretty sure this is God's way of tricking us into having another baby, only to have the second one not be this good?  She is such a blessing and Derek and I are so happy to have her in our lives.

Jocelyn's Baptism

Last Sunday we baptised Jocelyn.  We had a l ot of family in attendance which was wonderful!  She is a lucky girl. We had the first 3 pews at the church filled :)  We then had everyone over to our house afterward for a lunch.

Her baptism dress

A very sweet baptism gift from Poppy & Lynna

I love this picture!  When we got to the church, the organ was playing very loudly...and I think it scared her?

This gift is so neat!  My Aunt DeeAnn gave this to Jocelyn.  This bonnet may be worn on a baby's baptism day, and then you snip the strings and it can be used to tie around your bouquet on your wedding day.  I love that!

I must admit, I was super nervous to hold her and walk in heels, so I made Derek do it.  When we sat back down, he said he was super nervous to hold her and walk up in front of that many people..hehe!

Miss J was so good.  She only cried when Clayton put water on her head (which I would too!).  She was very alert and perfromed perfectly!

A little family photo

Miss J chillin in her bumbo, glad this BIG day was winding down so she could take a nap!

Thank you to all who took time out of your busy weekends to attend this special event for Jocelyn.  It means a lot to Derek and I, and Jocelyn is such a lucky girl to have so many people who love her!

2 month pictures

Monday was my first day back to work after 8 weeks of maternity leave :(  It went by soooo fast!  It was such a blur.  For those of you wondering, yes, I did cry when I left the house that morning...and again at work.  I was better today.  They have given her glowing reports the past two days and she slept through the night last night!  I guess daycare pooped her out?  Getting more than 4 hours of consecutive sleep was heavenly! 

Our little girl has grown sooo much!  Here are her 2 month chair and bear pictures in comparison to her 1 week pictures.

Enjoy!

Happy Birthday Grandaddy!

This past weekend, Derek's grandparents came in from Illinois for Stephen's (Derek's Dad) suprise 60th birthday party!  Jocelyn is so lucky to get to meet her great grandparents.  The theme of the party was vampire's, so Yes,...Derek is wearing a cape.  I strategically purchased a nice jacket from White House Black Market and called it my "vampire jacket".  :) 

Gramma, Miss J, Vampire Derek

Miss J, Derek and Great Grandma England

Grandma and Grandpa England (and me in my "vampire jacket")

Pardon the "really excited look" on my face.  Miss J chatting it up with her future husband, Gage Rountree

Sweet picture

This might be my new favorite picture of Jocelyn.  She is smiling so much more now.  She is so cute, I just can't stand it!