Long Weekend

The last weekend in March we went to Mom and Dad's for a long weekend. It was great! We went because my friend Jen was in town with her new baby, Brooklyn. So Mom and Dad had a bunch of friends over for brunch on Saturday. We had the two babies and two 2 year olds there! It was wild! Dad found our old slide that we had when we were little, and the kids loved playing on it! That occupied them for a good hour. It was so fun to see everyone and meet Brooklyn. The rest of the weekend we spent relaxing and sleeping! It was nice not to have much planned. Mom and Jocelyn were sick and I started to get sick towards the end of the weekend, so that was a bummer, but we still had a great time!

This is a funny place to sit!

Mom and Dad found a bin of some old toys they kept from when we were babies - Jocelyn loved playing with new toys!

So sleepy - Grandpa's lap is a good spot for a nap.

Grandma and Jocelyn in their fuzzy yellow jammies

So happy!

Good friends Jen and Brooklyn

Lydia and Daniel sliding

We tried to get all four kids together for a picture - we should have done it right away and not so close to nap time....

Great News

Jocelyn slept thru the night last night!!!! I thought this day may never come - I could imagine her being 3 and still waking up in the middle of the night to eat. :) I really can't believe I slept thru also - after so many months of waking up so often, I thought I was used to it. But, I do have a cold and feel icky, so that's probably why. She went to bed around 7:30/7:45 and didn't wake up until 6:00! I, of course, flew out of bed in a panic when I saw it was 6:00, and went in her room to check on her (that's probably why she woke up). Then she ate and went back to sleep for another hour! I had to pump, as I'm not used to going that long without feeding her, so I didn't get to go back to sleep for long before she was up again. But I went to bed at 9:00, so that was a lot of sleep for me!

Now today, however, she's super crabby and has already taken two 40 minute naps (yesterday she only took three all day...), so maybe sleeping all night isn't a good thing. :) I hope she isn't getting sick again!

Happy Birthday Kailee!

Today Kailee turned 9! I can't even believe it - 9 seems like a big grown up age. We had Anita over for dinner, cake and presents. She got some nice new clothes, although most of them we need to take back for bigger sizes! I guess I haven't bought her clothes since we went school shopping, and she's grown a lot since then. She's up to my chin, and will probably surpass me soon. She lost the last 2 of her baby teeth this week, and the tooth fairy forgot to come for her last tooth (she thought she was probably just too busy....). She's so grown up and is such a sweet girl. We're very proud of what a wonderful young lady she's becoming!

She only blew out one candle on her first try - 8 boyfriends is a lot!

Calvin was making us laugh about something - we got the giggles and couldn't stop!

She loves being a big sister!

Doctor's appointment

The doctor's appointment went well today. She weighs 15 lbs., 11oz. and is 24 inches. Her weight is in the 95th percentile, and her height is in the 25th percentile. Poor girl. :) She did really great with her shots - she only cried for about a minute and has been happy the rest of the day. She just went down for a nap, and was bawling her head off so she had some Tylenol and hopefully will sleep for a while now. Poor little legs!

There's nothing wrong with her ears, and the doctor doesn't think she's cutting teeth yet, so we just have to let her cry herself back to sleep at night. Sad. It's probably worse for us than it is for her. I did a practice run last night to see how she would do, and she was up 5 times, but only 2 times to eat, and the other times she put herself back to sleep within 5 minutes. So, I guess I'll just be tired for a while, at least on my 4 days off. I may use the car seat on the nights I work, but maybe she'll just need 4 days and will have it down! Wishful thinking, I'm sure. I think we'll start food in about a month or so - she suggested starting around 5 months so she has a while to get used to eating before 6 months when breastmilk isn't enough anymore. She said she's growing just fine on just milk though, so it's really up to us when we want to start her. We're so thankful she's such a happy, healthy and growing little girl!

I love toys!

Jocelyn has discovered toys! Yeah! She loves to hold them, put them in her mouth and listen to the fun sounds they make. I don't know if she's starting to teeth or not, but she really likes to chew on them, but can't quite figure out how to keep them in her mouth. She has her dad's patience level, so it's been a frustrating few days. :) Oh - the doctor was sick on Friday, so we had to reschedule her appointment to next Friday. Until then, she's sleeping in her car seat! It was such a nice day out today, we took the dogs to the dog park, which was a muddy mess, and played outside for a little while. She sat in her Exersaucer and watched Ellie and I play fetch - she loved watching her run around.

Ellie loves to come and lay by us when we're playing on the floor. This picture wasn't even posed. Ellie can't wait until Jocelyn's old enough to throw the ball for her!

Bathroom progress

It all started about 4 months ago when Dad asked if we'd like their old vanity from the downstairs bathroom to put in our upstairs bathroom (ours was pretty small). Sure! Sounds like an easy project. Well, of course, it turned into ripping out the floor, the wall board, moving the heating vent, re-insulating, re-drywalling, tiling, texturing the walls...you get the picture. So, this has been a very long project as time is limited with a new baby and a new job for Calvin. It's finally getting to where I can see the light at the end of the tunnel! One of Calvin's friends has been doing a lot of the cosmetic work, and finished the floor and the walls yesterday. Last night Calvin and I primed and painted the walls, so now we just need to get the trim back up, the medicine cabinet, toilet and vanity back in and it'll be done! So, here's some pictures of the wall color and floor. I don't think I have any pictures of what it looked like before, but it's a huge improvement.

4 Months

Here we are at 4 months, and for today, I'm wishing she was older. I know, that's an awful thing to do, since I realize she'll be big soon and I'll want her to be little again. However, for almost a week now she's gone back to waking up every 2 hours to eat or just be snuggled. But, it's hard for her to fall back into a deep sleep without eating. Yikes. I'm so tired! She slept in her car seat last night and slept about 5 hours straight. I am seriously contemplating letting her sleep in there every night! We go to the doctor on Friday for her check up, so we'll see what she has to say. Daycare said she's having a hard time sleeping there too. Maybe she has some fluid in her ears from her cold. Who knows.

Despite getting no sleep, she's still a happy baby, and is so smiley and fun. She loves her Exersaucer and is having fun learning how to hold and put toys in her mouth. Her neck is strong and she hates to lay down - that's way too boring! You can't really tell in these pictures, but she has this funny patch of hair on the side of her head that I want to cut. It looks like an old man comb over but on the side. Hopefully it falls out! We really didn't do much this month since we were all sick. I'm better now, she still has a bit of a stuffy nose when she wakes up though. We're looking forward to spring and being able to take the dogs for lots of walks. I'll post an update Friday after the doctor with her weight and maybe a solution to our sleeping problem!