Small Update..

I forgot to post the other day after her 6month well baby appointment last Wednesday. Jocelyn is 20lbs 7oz and 27inches long. Her weight and head measurements are off the growth chart and her height is the tippy top of the growth chart. She is definitely a big girl haha! Unfortunately we had to go back to the doctors office today because last week she had a fever and couldn't get her shots. So today we went in to do that. When we got in the room the nurse said that one of the vaccines that should be 3 combined was out of stock so they had to give them seperately :( sooo sad. So my poor doodle bug got 4 shots today... she was so pitiful she looked at me like what did you just do. So sad :( She got over it quickly though and hasn't even fussed a little the rest of the day! She is such a good girl.. I know I say that alot, but she is!! haha I am so thankful :)

So there we have it my little girl ...

• is 6months old
• sits on her own,
• rolls front to back,
• rolls back to front,
• moves (ever, so small baby steps) in her walker,
• turns when you call her name,
• looooves Handy Manny,
• laughs every time you sing "monkies jumping on the bed song"
• can drink out of a straw :)
• still dislikes tummy time for the most part
• things Curly is hilarious
• makes her mommy smile a million times a day :)

6 Months Old

Jocelyn's 6month birthday was yesterday. My sweet baby girl has been here 1/2 year already, can you believe that??? I hardly can myself, it's been soo short and soo long at the same time. She is my heart, she make me laugh with her silly faces and noises. I still can't stand in her nurery and watch her sleep without crying... I'm just amazed that I get to be her Mommy.

Ok enough mushy stuff here are the highlights... about 2ish weeks ago she rolled over for the first time I was beginning to think it would never happen haha. My lazy girl as I call her :) She is a good sitter, she topples over every once and a while but for the most part she has it down! She loves to eat, get a jar of food out or one of her spoons and she starts squealing. She is overall a happy baby, she defnitely gets fussy when she misses a nap but that's common. As of now no teeth yet, she drools alot and puts everything she can get her hands on in her mouth... so we'll see :) So in the 6 months of her life I have had my first parenting mistake I am now having to deal with... From a very little age I let her nap in the swing, she sleeps great in her own bed at night... in the day is a TOTALLY different story. She refuses to nap anywhere else, as you can imagine this makes life difficult! So I'm now beginning the process of weaning her off the swing haha... who would have thought it could have become such a vice. Oh well live and learn right?

Now that she is 6months and 1 day old I don't feel stupid for planning her first birthday party, which I have actually been doing for quite some time haha... I have never been a big party person or planner for that matter, but her first birthday is such a huge milestone. I can already picture a fun hot summer day, surrounded by tons of family & friends and cupcakes which is the theme. I've already started buying stuff call me nerdy, but whatever I figured buying a little along would be the way to go :) Ok time for bed... here are a couple pictures enjoy :)

5 month birthday!

5 months have passed already... I honestly can't remember life without my girl. We are continually amazed by her. She is such a huge blessing. She is soo animated and interactive lately. She watches your face and will smile back at you when you smile at her. A funny noise or a belly zurbert (sp?) haha always bring a giggle. She seems to be starting to teeth, she is always chomping on something, the blanket, my finger, he hand, a teethy ring pretty much anything she can get her hands on. She hasn't rolled over yet on her own, but I feel like it'll be any day and then she will be off haha. She bends and kicks and gets to her side but hasn't mastered the full roll yet. I'm not rushing it... stay tiny as long as you want baby girl :) She is eating up a storm. She has mastered eating off of a spoon and enjoys veggies everyday for lunch and cereal or fruit other times of the day most days. She hasn't met any veggies she doesn't like yet, but sweetpotatoes and green beans seem to be the favorites. She did seem to have an allergic reaction to bananas the one time we tried it, her face broke out really red! So we haven't tried it again yet. Maybe in a few weeks we'll do a bite and see if it was a false alarm. :) I hope so!

Ok that's all for now. I will try to remember to take a 5 month picture tonight and add it on. She is soo big :)

4 month shots :(

My sweet baby girl had to go have her 4month check up & shots this past Wednesday. She is technically almost 4.5 months, my big girl. Speaking of BIG GIRL haha... here are her stats from the appointment... She is 26.5 inchest long & 17lb 15oz. Needless to say for a 4 month old she is big (over 100th percentile), she is off the growth chart for height and weight. The shots were no fun as usual, but she is a trooper only cried for a few minutes then zonked out in the car on the way home. The doctor said all was well, she is doing great. She was having bad spit up issues for a while, but it's a million times better now that she is taking zantac to help keep the reflux down. We have started doing some solid foods. So far she is a fan of sweet potatoes haha... also the doc said she can have half & half apple juice or white grape juice.

Ok gotta run, my girl needs some attention here is a drooly picture to end the post :) haha!

long overdue post...

Hi all... I just wanted to give a quick update. So here are some quick tidbits about my big girl...

• She laughed out loud for real (like a big kid laugh) for the first time tonight while Bradley was blowing on her belly.
• She has such great control of her head and she loves "sitting up" where she can look around.
• I fear she is becoming a TV junkie... bad? educational? eh jury is still out. But it makes her kick her legs and smile huge so in small amounts I don't see the harm. She loooves Mickey's playhouse the best for sure! Dora & Handy Manny are tied for second haha.
• I love that we have such a great bedtime routine.... bath, splashes, bedtime lotion (thanks Christy.. ahh Baby Magic smells soo good), clean jammies, playtime, bottle then into bed she goes. Sometimes she is asleep, other times dozing and sometimes even wide awake when I put her in bed. We are so blessed our girl falls asleep on her own in her crib, what a blessing.
• I weighed her on our scale at home last night she weighs 16.3lbs. Big girl!!
• She still loves the swing (thanks again Christy haha!!)
• She made her first mini road trip last weekend to Mississippi to visit aunt Yo & Uncle Moose. She was perfect in the car... in fact on the way home she slept the whole trip home. 3.5 hours... good girl!
• A bib is a necessity at this point, she is drooling up a storm.
• She is drinking 6oz every 4 hours.

Bedtime now... I'll write again soon :)

poor neglected blog...

haha.. my poor blog is so neglected these days. Well Today my sweet baby girl is 12 weeks old. I guess from here on out I'll just say 3 months, 3 1/2 months, etc. It's so hard to quit counting time in weeks after doing it for the entire 40wk pregnancy haha.

Jocelyn is amazing, I know what parent doesn't think their new baby is amazing, but she really really is amazing!! She is the best baby. She of course has her fussy moments, but don't we all :) She has been sleeping through the night I mean all the way through the night since I started back to work. What great timing eh? Most week nights she has a bath, takes her "nighttime" bottle and is in bed asleep by 9:30 and I have to wake her up to take her to my parents house around 7:15am. Crazy huh? A couple short months ago I never thought I'd see the day when I would wake up before her haha! I am once again a well rested woman :)

Today on her 12wk birthday I can't help but to look back and think of how much she has changed in such a short amount of time. She has turned into quite the little sassy girl with lots of personality :) She loves bathtime she has learned she can splash... and boy does she. She wiggles back and forth and splashes all the water out of her little baby tub haha. Now if we could just figure out how to get her to not poop in there haha... (yes you saw correctly my baby is a bathtub pooper. eewww it has happened x 3 now, yuck!) She is full of smiles and eyebrow raises I can't hardly stand it! She is so great.

As an update for me.. physically great as far as post partum stuff goes. Have been healed and feeling fine for a while. That being said I started back on birth control and am hating it!!! I am finishing this pack and am not taking more. I have decided I'll just chart my cycles and pray that the Lord will keep things from happening until it's time, because the pill makes me feel like poo. Everynight I feel sick, I tried to wait to take it until I'm in bed and about to fall asleep and even then I still get the "gonna barf" feeling, ick! Also this past month of taking the pill I have gained 7 count them 7lbs! double yuck! Nothing fits and I feel hungry and bloated all the time just blah. So I'm done, I talked to Bradley about it and he agrees I should just not take it. So there we go :)

Ok I promise I'll update again soon with pictures, I'm slacking I know, it's been tough being back to work this makes 4 weeks. I am still taking pictures just not as many as before!! I'll definitely get back on track though soon :)

2 Month Doctor Visit

Today Jocelyn had her 2 month well baby check. She is such a good girl. She didn't fuss a bit when she got naked and weighed or when the doctor was checking her out. My big girl is weighing in at 13lbs 11.2oz and is 23.5inches long. That makes her 90th percentile of height and head circumference & 95th percentile for weight :) Dr.Lenga said "they don't come any more perfect than that"!! Yay. Before the doc came in Jocelyn was looking at herself in the mirror and being her usual smiley self!! It was all fun and games until the ladies with the shots came in :( boo my poor bug had to get 3 shots- 2 in her left leg & 1 in her right. Thank God she has all that chunk on her thighs now to help cushion!! I gave her tylenol about 30 minutes before she got her shots so I hope that helps her feel a little better this afternoon. She of course cried very big & loud but only for a few minutes. By the time we walked up front and got checked out she was sound asleep on my shoulder! My girl is a trooper.