A Dancing Bear and a Sweet Little Giggle!

4 Months

I can't believe it, Jocelyn will be 4 months on Saturday :(  Time flies by so fast!  We went in today for her 4 month check up, and it was fun as usual.  Gramma Joyce took Jocelyn all over the office to say "hello" to everyone and show them how big she has gotten....and to show off her super cute, over the top (but completely necessary) headband that Grandma Lynna got her for Christmas! Along with the precious onesie that says "The bigger the bow, the better the Mommy!" hehe :)

Our little tot...or should I say "chunk" weighed in at 15.4lbs (80th %) and is 24 1/2 inches long (50th %).  Dr. Fernandez said she is progressing just great, but mom and dad need to make sure she is practicing her tummy time (which she absolutely HATES, but what child loves it, right?).

At 4 months, Jocelyn is sleeping through the night (has been since 8 weeks...thank you sweet child).  She smiles at anyone who will make funny faces or sounds to her.  Her smile is so sweet, it just melts my heart.  However, it is incredibly difficult to catch on camera?!?  I see now why people purchase those really snazzy cameras that professionals use.  She also laughs sometimes, which is so cute!  It is kind of difficult to get her to laugh, but I truly look forward to the day when she laughs out loud at just about anything.  She LOVES TV, I mean absolutely LOVES it!  She will turn her head all the way around to see the screen...is that bad?  She will hold onto things if you put them in her hand.  She also has a death grip!  She will pinch the crap out of your neck if you aren't careful when holding her.  I can prop her up on my hip and she has pretty good control of her head.  I think she is taking after her daddy, because she is the most chill baby and doesn't get upset unless she is hungry or tired...that is it!  She is pretty predictable, and eats and naps around the same time every day.  Jocelyn still has no hair, or as I call it....old man hair.  She is bald on top, and has a little around the base of her neck :).

Jocelyn also LOVES the car.  The minute we put her in her car seat and get above about 50 miles per hour, she is out like a light!  However, if you slow down, she will wake up...weird, huh?  It is pretty obvious by her current weight that she loves to eat.  She is taking about 30oz of formula a day like a champ usually leaving nothing to spare.  She also loves to sleep on her left side?  If we are trying to get her to go to sleep, if we turn her on her left, she will quiet down and go right to sleep...weird?!?

Miss J does a whole lot of other cool things, but I won't bore you with them :)  She is such a wonderful happy baby, and we are so lucky to have her in our lives.  Derek and I say daily that we had no idea it was possible to love someone this much. 

Merry Christmas!

I was very excited for Jocelyn's first Christmas, and everything was wonderful.  We spent Christmas Eve with my family.  We went to church, but Jocelyn, Poppy and I spent the entire service out in the hallway (not her best time of day!)  Afterward, we went back to Poppy and Lynna's house for dinner and presents.  We couldn't get Jocelyn to sleep at Poppy and Lynna's, so she just stayed up....until 10PM!!  Yikes!  Overall, she did really good and I am glad she was awake to "open" her gifts.  ( I forgot to take pictures of Christmas Eve, oops!)

On Christmas morning, we went to Derek's parents house.  We had a great day there too.  Lots of love and gifts.

Is this not unbelievable??  What a lucky little girl!  Just so you know, the only thing Derek and I got for her was the red wagon.  Everything else was from of the family :)  And, yes, I know I am a huge nerd for "displaying" all of her goods.  I figured she would want to see one day how wonderful her first Christmas was.

                    She had her own place setting for our Christmas lunch at gramma and granddaddy's

                                                                    Christmas Eve picture

                                          "Oh, my...look at all of these gifts Santa brought me!"

                Our first Christmas with the 3 of us.  FYI:  All of the gifts behind us were for Jocelyn :)

                                                         Modeling some of her new loot

I'm sorry...but, is this not the cutest thing ever??  She is like a small teddy bear and you just want to squeeze the crap out of her she is co CUTE! 

                                 Cutest PJ's EVER!!! And, what is behind the trap door is even cuter! 

                 She was so exhausted from all of the festivities, she passed out...price tag and all!

Taking a ride with Mom in her new wagon.  Don't worry the weight limit is 200lbs....we just barely made it!

A few more Christmas Card Pictures

Christmas Card Pictures

For those of you who know me well, you are probably wondering where my Christmas Cards are?!?  I know, I know...you will get them in the next few days.  I am really excited because we took professional pictures and I LOVE them.  I was very impressed with our photographer, Kendra Pryor Photography.  She was so professional, great customer service, and very reasonable.

  Enjoy!

(This is my favoite picture-do I look super excited or what!)

I have several more pictures that I will post later, because it is taking FOREVER to upload pictures to the blog.  (Does anyone else have this problem?-help!!)

Dear Santa

All I want for Christmas is for the little boy at daycare that hit Jocelyn on the head with a toy, to not do that again.  Ahhh, how devastating it feels to have your child injured by another child.  I know it was not anyones fault, and these things are going to happen...but It still breaks my heart.  Jocelyn was playing on a mat at daycare last week, and a little boy crawled up and started playing next to her.  And then, WACK!  she got knocked in the head with a toy which resulted in these small bruises.  Here is a picture below.

Now onto less sad items!

Jocelyn had her first school portraits taken recently.  I picked out a cute outfit for Jocelyn (because Daddy is not allowed to do this task anymore after he brought her to my office wearing 15 shades of pink and pants that were too small).  I also sent up to school a pink headband that had a flower on top.  Well, apparently the photographer didn't know that I would prefer the flower to be arranged on the side of her head.  So, for one of the poses, she has the headband on, with the flower perfectly arranged on top of her head.  She looked like a flower pot!  I guess one of the teachers realized this, and moved it slightly to the side...much better.

Now, we were warned from our good friends Josh and Leigh that they were going to guilt us into purchasing all of these pictures of Jocelyn that we DONT need.  So, I had my game face on when I went to pick them up.  Of course the lady had all of Jocelyn's beautiful flower pot poses all lined out and was trying to sell me on this $140 package of 2-8X10, 15-5X7, and 1 million wallet sized photos.  I stood strong and only bought one sheet of 8 wallets for....get ready...$18.  Seriously?  The pictures aren't even that good. 

On Friday, Derek and I both took off of work to take Jocelyn to meet Santa.  She did great, and didn't cry at all.  This Santa, mind you, had his own economy sized hand sanitizer dispenser...classic! This Santa was very good looking, and by that I don't mean 6 ft, blonde hair, blue eyes..I mean realistic!  Funny story about Santa:  Derek, J and I walked into "Santa's House" in the Allen shopping center and Santa looked at us and said, no lie, " Santa goes to lunch at 3pm, so lets get going".  Ha!   I almost died laughing, and was glad we made it there on time...wouldn't want Santa to miss out on lunch (he looks so malnourished...see below)?!?

So precious, my little deer in headlights!  Isn't her outfit so stinking cute?  Derek just doesn't understand that she MUST have a cute outfit for every day of the week.

3 Month Chair and Bear Shots