Another valentines day wish!

As usual, I (at 8pm along with several other moms) was at Costco having these super cute valentines day cards made for Jocelyn's school party.  Daddy came home with flowers, chocolate and cards.  So, I quickly grabbed a rose and the camera and told her to pose!  And this is the final product, yeah! 

Happy Valentine's Day!

Jocelyn blowing a kiss!

Silent Observer

This post has absolutely nothing to do with Jocelyn, but I wanted to share a neat story. 

As you all know, I travel A LOT for work, so as you can imagine I have some interesting stories.  They vary from a man having a heart attack, a man getting kicked off the plane because he didn't think the cell phone policy applied to him, having to talk a woman out of an anxiety attack because this was her first flight and she didn't understand what turbulence was, and the list goes on and on. 

On Friday, I was on my way to Oklahoma and there was a soldier on my plane.  The flight attendant was visiting with him and thanking him for his service.  She then asked him what the first meal was he wanted to have when he got home was?  He looked at her and said "my wife's chili", ugh...tear! Man...kind of makes you stop and think for a minute about how lucky you are.  Now, here is the real tear jerker.  As we were all getting off the plane and walking toward baggage claim, he was running and weaving in and out of all of the other passengers toward the exit.  I stopped to watch, because I knew what he was doing and I wanted to watch.  He bolted through the "worlds slowest" revolving door and into his wife's arms.  The rest of his family was there and they were all hugging and taking pictures.  I will be honest, I kind of welled up with tears.  The world of business travel is not so glamorous, but seeing homecomings like that make me smile for sure!

The perks of Daddy's job

2010 and 2011 ALCS trophies, Go Rangers!

                                                       Checking out the one on her right....

 checking out the one on her left

 she says "I'll drink to that!"

 Notice she is missing a shoe?!? AND, the foot that has a shoe on looks gigantic compared to the other foot?

 This is just a random picture of our sweet Jocelyn posing for the camera.  I got her to wear a bow for like 5 seconds for the picture, then she ripped it out of her hair....maybe someday she will wear bows.

Jocelyn being silly.  She loves to play peek a boo, and pretend to disappear when she puts blankets on her head. 

Classic!

Last weekend we went to our good friends "The Rountree's" sons 2nd birthday party.  We were very excited to be able to attend this year, last year Jocelyn got RSV, and we weren't able to attend.  Derek and Gage's Daddy grew up together, and it is so cool to say that they are still very good friends.  Their son, Gage is so precious and such a good kid.  He must get all of his good looks and demeanor from his momma!  (wink,wink). 

Jocelyn had a lot of fun at the party.  She played with the bean bag toss, jumped on the bounce house, ate her first hot dog, and pretended she was one of those street artists that you see in downtown that "creates art" while fast loud pop music is playing in the background.  If you are wondering, yes.....we let our kids draw on a box of Shiner beer with crayons to fast loud pop music.  You might be asking "why don't you just get them a coloring book".  Well, my friends....if you know Derek....and Gage's Daddy....this should come as no surprise to you. 

 

Classic!

Gage's dad painted these corn hole boards.  Nice job!

She loved the slide.  She would go down, and run around and do it again.

I had to include a picture of the birthday boy, Gage....A.K.A Jocelyn's future husband.  As their parents, we have already arranged the marriage.  Do people still do that anymore?  The inlaws would get along wonderfully, what more do you need?  His hair was all statick-y from the bounce house, so cute!

Mowing the lawn

Posing on a John Deer tractor.  She looks like a natural.

Look at this super cool police car Gage got for his birthday!  Jocelyn didn't waste anytime getting in the car with this little boy.  She was ready to go!

Gage's Daddy, Josh and Derek

Merry Christmas!

We had a wonderful Christmas, and it was even more fun this year with Jocelyn's age.  She kind of understood what to do with the gifts.  With a little bit of prompting, she was able to unwrap her gifts....and she definitely enjoyed them all!

Santa's workshop opened on Christmas Eve during "nap time".  Holy Cow, kids toys have A LOT of decals on them.  That was the most time consuming part. 

On Christmas Eve, we went to Derek's parents house for dinner and church.  Grandpa finished the last two chairs for Jocelyn's table that she got for her first birthday!

(click on table link for story behind the table)

Great Grandpa Freese drove down from Illinois for Christmas.  It is so sweet to see him with play with her.

 Jocelyn did very well opening her gifts.  She would give each gift a little tug, and we would help her with the rest. 

So sweet! Jocelyn's Christmas Eve church dress.

Daddy read The Night Before Christmas

And Mommy didn't want to be left out, so we read The Christmas Story. 

Posing in our Christmas PJ's before bed. 

Jocelyn's loot from us and Santa.  Kinda looks like a pink Christmas.

Yes, we got her a barbie jeep!  Toby approves, as he took it for a test drive.

Jocelyn coming downstairs on Christmas morning. 

That little stinker walked into the room, and got right into her jeep?!?  No prompting at all.  It was like she knew that was what she was supposed to do....

The Jeep was a BIG hit!

Jocelyn and Poppy in their matching PJ's .  Looks like Poppy has learned his lesson and got them on right! (click on PJ link for story behind the PJ's)

Jocelyn even got her own kitchen.

We had a wonderful Christmas and enjoyed spending time with family.  I think Jocelyn enjoyed it too...

This is totally normal right? 

All I want for Christmas is Mom's Tupperware!

Last Friday, I took a vacation day and hung out with Miss Jocelyn.  At about 3pm, I grew kind of bored but was pleased to see that Jocelyn had found her own way of entertaining herself. 

 This resulted in literally 45 minutes of uninterrupted playtime.  You might ask where I was during all of this....I was at the kitchen table enjoying a glass of wine!  :) 

Another fun activity of pushing around the barstools!

We also like to take dish towels off of where they belong and carry them around....which is kind of weird?

On Sunday, we had some friends over to watch football.  Ryan and Nathan are BIG Jocelyn fans and are so sweet to her. 

 As you can see, they love to hold her and take care of her.  It is so sweet to watch. 

And here again, they love to hold her, especially her head? (see 1st picture).  Also pictured is our neighbor Carter.  FYI... I think we won the neighbor lottery!  They are like the nicest people ever!  AND, they have a sweet little boy that I am sure will become a fun play buddy.