Christmas

We had a nice first Christmas with Jocelyn this year! We were at Calvin's parents' house Christmas Eve and Day. We had Kailee Christmas Day. She got a Wii from Santa at her mom's house, and a Nintendo DS from us! Spoiled rotten! :) We're looking forward to seeing my parents and brother this weekend.

Updated Pics

Here's some random pictures; it's been a while since I've gotten around to posting anything! Jocelyn's getting so big - she's starting to smile and coo which is just the greatest thing. I had a doctor's appointment on Monday that I brought her to, and she was such a show off! She was smiling and talking to the doctor and nurses like I've never seen her do before! She normally has to be in a pretty good mood to smile and talk, but she was just hamming it up for them! She's not getting any better at sleeping thru the night yet; I hope she learns that soon. We're still up every 2-3 hours to eat. I might move her to her crib soon - right now she's still in the bassinet next to our bed. But it is nice to just reach over, feed her, and put her back down. Her hair is starting to thin out - there's a balding spot on the side where I put my hand when I feed her, and the front is thinning too. I don't think all of it will fall out, but we'll have to see. Her eyes are still bright blue so I think they'll stay that color.

Tree shopping

We got our Christmas tree this week and decorated it this weekend. We got a smaller one than we have in years past - it's still 7', but with 2 dogs this year (and Ellie's tail being destructive), it just wouldn't have worked to get a bigger one!

Here are the girls in front of the tree. These are the outfits they wore to church today. It's Jocelyn's first time wearing big girl clothes - she mostly just wears the one piece pj type outfits. Our friends Aubrey and Tony gave her the outfit - I think it's so cute. However, everyone thought she was a boy because she was in blue! We tried to have the butterfly showing on her undershirt, but no one noticed. Good thing she won't remember. :)

Weeks 2 and 3

Here are Jocelyn's 2 and 3 week old pictures - she's growing so fast! She's outgrown her newborn outfits because she's too long. She's still eating really well - I'd guess she's well over 8 pounds now. She's not very consistent with her nighttime sleeping yet - it's been anywhere from every hour and a half to every four hours. Last night was a four hour night - thank goodness. She's also getting way too used to being held or laying in her gliding chair for naps - that needs to stop! But she's just so cuddly and warm, and I know pretty soon she'll be too big for that, so I'm taking advantage while I can. :) She loves to take baths - if she's really upset we can just turn on the water and she stops crying instantly. It's really funny, and a sanity saver sometimes! She's a lot more alert and interactive now which is fun. I can't wait until she starts smiling at us. We're having a great time with her and are so blessed to have her in our lives.

Thanksgiving

Yes, I know it's December, and I'm just getting pictures put up from Thanksgiving. But I finally have a night where Jocelyn is content and not hungry, so Calvin is taking over baby duty for a few hours!

We had a great Thanksgiving weekend this year - we have so many things to be thankful for! We started out the weekend at Calvin's parent's house on Thursday, along with 22 other family members! It's always a big crowd there and we had a great time. Jocelyn had been in a mood - she only wanted to be held. Great day for that - I only saw her when she woke up and needed to eat! Then Friday my family came to Eau Claire for the weekend. My sister and her husband came from Boston and my brother and his fiance came from Seattle. Of course Mom and Dad were here too! We had such a fun weekend - we went on a tour of the Leinenkugel's brewery, played for 3 hours at Action City playing go karts, laser tag, bumper cars and many other fun things! It was great to see everyone and for them to meet Jocelyn. Luckily they only have to wait until January to see her again in Mexico!

Action City

Brewery Tour

Family Pictures

Notice the pacifier - yeah! We finally got her to take one. She's a sucker, but doesn't really care for the taste of the pacifier. She's also very particular about when she'll take it - she'll gag if she's not in the mood for it! We have to start bottles this week to practice for when I go back to work, so that should be interesting....

Don't worry - Calvin was right behind her holding her up on the couch... :)