Catch up

I've been so awful about posting pictures/updates lately! Sorry about that - I really have no excuse...although we haven't been doing much, so I haven't taken too many pictures. We had a nice relaxing Thanksgiving weekend; went to Calvin's parents on Thursday for a much smaller group than our normal 25! Then we had my parents and Calvin's family over on Saturday for another dinner. Sadly the dogs got into the leftover turkey, so no leftovers. :( Ginger didn't hardly move for 2 days - I imagine she ate most of it. Jocelyn and I went shopping on Black Friday, but only made it to Target. We stood in line for a very long time, and she was so patient! But I saved a lot of money, so it was worth it. We went and got our Christmas tree Thanksgiving weekend too, and got the house all decorated. I'm having a hard time believing it's really Christmas already - maybe some snow would help.

We went to urgent care for the first time a few weeks ago. Jocelyn had a fever all weekend, and then on Sunday got a rash. I did some research and figured it was probably Roseola, but day care prefers a real doctor's opinion over mine. :) Sure enough, that's what it was. It's a harmless, not contagious rash that a lot of kids get. It wasn't itchy, just looked bad. She had a rebound rash last week, so we went back to her regular doctor just to be on the safe side, but she's fine. It was just a virus. She's finally feeling better - she was just really tired and crabby while she had it.

Jocelyn has been learning a lot of things lately! She's learned to walk in shoes! I had never put her in shoes before, but thought we should probably start since she's good at walking now. It was so funny to watch her - she just stood there like her feet were glued to the floor! And then when she picked up her foot she acted like it weighed about 20 pounds. But she's used to them now and is so proud of them!

She knows her first sign (after bye-bye) - it's 'more'. This comes in handy when she's eating as she wants more of everything! She has discovered light switches and can't get enough of turning lights on and off. She knows where her ears, mouth, nose, feet and hands are. She can do some of the motions for 'Itsy Bitsy Spider' and thinks that all animals make a growling sound. She loves to read books (only if she can turn the pages). She only gives kisses easily to Ellie - she walks up to her with her mouth wide open! And then she does the same thing to Ginger, but Ginger's not a licking dog, so Jocey just stands there with her mouth open! She's learning how to eat with a spoon by herself and has used a fork, but we had to put that away because she cried when I would try to help her. She's quite independent! It's so much fun watching her learn so many new things. She understands so much of what we say to her - it just amazes me. She's truly a joy to be around, and I treasure the 4 days a week I get to spend with her!

Trying to do 'This little piggy...' with her puppy - kind of hard to do with shoes on!

Laughing and dancing with the puppy (it sings and talks)

Taking blocks off carefully - she normally just knocks them over!

Looking at the tree - so far she's left it alone and hasn't paid too much attention to it. She touched it once and discovered it was pokey, so doesnt' really want anything to do with it.

Laughing at the dogs