10 Months!

Jocelyn is 10 months old! She is a busy little baby these days. She's been walking a little over a month and is now beginning to run! It is quite hysterical to wathc her run, Her little arms wave in the air, her face scrunches up with a big old grin on her face and she squeals, screaches and screams as she toddles along as fast as her little legs can carry her.

The first time I actually saw her run, was on Monday evening. Mikey and Catherine were home, and Catherine headed down the hall to her bedroom and Jocelyn followed in a full fledge10 month old run!

Yesterday we Skyped with Granny, Aunt Kimmy and Aunt Kari. Aunt Kari kept blowing her kisses and Jocelyn picked it up! She was blowing kisses to Catherine in the car on the way to church this morning.

This morning after church, we had some family fun outside in the yard. Catherine and Mikey raked up a giant pile of leaves. Jocelyn experienced her first plop-on-the-leaf pile this morning! We brought out Mr. Cow to commemorate the event!

9 Months!

My baby girl is 9 months old! She had a busy month 8 with taking her first steps. Now she is really starting to test out her wobbly legs and gets quite excited when she is standing and taking steps. 

She is finding less interest in baby food and much more interest in table food and other floor munchies she finds as she crawls around.

Jocelyn loves Xena and screams with excitement with Xena lays on the floor and allows her to pound on her and pull her golden fur!

She still loves to go see Ms. Susan and Ms. Chris, but is always thrilled to see me when I pick her up at the end of the day. Today, she was colored blue by Hadley, Chris' two your old daughter. All sorts of little kid fun!

Bathtime is still the highlight of Jocelyn's day. She loves to splash and stick her hands and head under the pouring faucet. Her favorite thing to do in the tub, though, is to stick her face in the water slurp or lap up the water. She especially loves in when there are bubbles in the bath water!

Today, she heard daddy's voice and took off (crawling) after him. I stood her up and she squealed and wobbly-walked to him. He took a step toward her and she got so excited, she started turning around and tried walking faster, but fell and took off crawling and giggling. Learning the game of chase so young!

My

Jerry, or as I like to call him, Big J

Jocelyn loves herself a giraffe! She will choose a giraffe stuffed animal, or snuggly over anything else (with the exception of Mr. Quackers, Mr. Cow or Silly Sally). We were at Costco last weekend and wheeled past a bin of gigantic, overstuffed pillow pets. THe giraffe caught her eye, so I pulled it down just to see her smile and hear her giggle....Daddy said, "Ok, put him in the cart." It was just too irresistible. We couldn't say no, even though she didn't ask or beg for it, and if we had walked away without it, she would not have thrown a fit. But we just could not say no.

We got home and the first thing we did was play on and love on Jerry, or Big J as I like to call him. She LOVES Jerry.  Plop her on Jerry and that will turn a scream to a squeal!

Visit before moving to Florida

Ryan was selected to be a recruiter and has been stationed in Florida. Before they left, Marlene and Erik stayed with us for a few days. Trevon, Josiah, Ryan and Dechelle were over to visit for a while as well. Trevon absolutely adores Jocelyn. Jocelyn enjoyed having a kid to follow around and play with!

Trevon and Jocelyn sitting on Jerry

 Trevon, Jocelyn and mommy smiling for the camera

 Trevon, Jocelyn and Erik

 Erik and Jocelyn

Granny and Pop

Granny and Pop came out to visit for the weekend. We didn't do much of anything but spend time together. Jocelyn really took to her Pop! She was either a Mommy-Monster or a Poppa-Monster. Michael and Pop had a hootin'-hollerin' good time playing Cribbage. Granny and Michael played Monopoly Deal. Mikey hid out in his room and played on one of his electronic toys. Catherine played on her computer and joined us for all our visiting.Here are some pictures. Enjoy. WE LOVE AND MISS YOU!!!