8 months old!

Our cutie pie is almost 8 months old!

wow!

She has reached many milestones.

She eats everything we've given her so far,

makes faces still when eating green beans.

She claps her hands very well,

waves a lot,

and we're workin' on the high five.

Jocelynn is very happy and content.

She is pretty chill, and shares lots of smiles.

Jocelynn loves all her family very much.

She is a little monkey too.

Crawling like crazy,

pulling up on everything,

getting down after pulling up

(glad she learned that quickly),

likes kicking her feet in the air,

I think she's preparing for swim season.

She gets quite excited when she sees the dogs,

and my parents cat.

She loves saying "bah-bah",

and whistles with her little "o" face.

Jocelynn is still a chunky little thing,

and we love kissin' all over her rolls!

We feel so blessed to have her in our lives.

Here's to my own little photoshoot today...

lol. Obviously not a professional.

(mom are you still taking pictures??)

6 months!

Well, it's already that time!

Jocelynn is 6 months old.

On the exact day- April 4th,

Jocelynn made her first crawling moves.

Usually she pushes backwards,

but now she has figured out

how to move her arms

and go forward!

It's so amazing to watch her grow,

everyday I think she gets more cute!

Tomorrow is her Doctors appointment

for 6 month shots,

so I will update the stats then...

There's a good chance this girl is

almost 20 lbs, she is just growing

growing and growing!

For now...

some pictures from the last month

At the 5 month mark,

Jocelynn perfected sitting up.

She rarely falls over,

and is very content sitting and playing.

I loved this in between pictures

face that I happened to capture...

too funny.

Playing with my friend Leighann's son, Adam.

He is 8 months older than she is.

yup...flirting already by pulling that hair.

or just cause she loves hair...lol.

Happy St. Patty's day...

Hello spring time...

Smiles with mom and dad!

This face really shows off those cheeks...

lol, so kissable!

Still adoreable when sleeping...

love the rollie arms!

Now that she's 6 months,

the eating solids fun begins!

More pictures or her

being 6 months old to come....

Our Smiley Girl

Jocelynn is full of giggles!

I am lovin' each day more and more!

I think the gramma's are too.

It's been harder to go to work,

because she is doing so much now,

but I'm glad it gives the grammas

something to enjoy in between them working.

The other day I finally started putting

some nails in the wall.

I keep waiting for Alex to help me,

so they can be perfectly hung,

and then I thought, who cares.

No one but me will notice the imperfections...

so I just went for it!

My cousin Felicity,

painted this specially for

Jocelynn.

I love how she incorporated the colors,

and butterfly!

It looks so good above her crib!

Here are some recent smiles...

This is her talking to me...

She can already roll her tongue...

impressive!

almost sitting up all by herself...

she was kind of tipping when I took the pic.

Loves the toesies!

I love those BIG cheeks!

So fun!

Growing Growing!

Last month was quite an adventure.

Jocelynn and I were sick from

Christmas until about mid-january.

That was no fun for either of us,

and Alex who ended up sick too.

We went to the doctor and thankfully

just a virus to fight off, no infections.

Finally all the runny noses

and coughing went away.

I started reading a book called,

"On Becoming Babywise".

People had recommended it,

and I wish I would have listened sooner.

Donna ordered me the book,

since Jocelynn still wasn't

sleeping through the night at 3 months.

Of course, now she is 4 months,

and still not sleeping through the night,

but we are much improved with our

bedtime, and daily routine.

So I am happy.

Eventually we will get that

full 8+ hoursof sleep all in a row,

as for now,

I'm surviving on my 5 hour increments.

Jocelynn has such a cute personality developing.

When she is well rested,

she is quite the happy girl.

I love finding ways to make her laugh,

especially kissing all over her!

She is rolling over more,

but at times forget she knows how,

so I have to practice showing her.

The Grandma's are loving their days

of watching her, and the aunts too.

Its been a huge help having them take care

of Jocelynn now that I'm back at work.

The ladies I work with have helped

make going back to work enjoyable.

Since I work with all ladies,

I feel like all day we talk about babies,

when we're not talking dental stuff.

I also am allowed time to pump at work,

so Jocelynn can have the best food for her body.

I hope I can keep it up,

pumping gets very old,

but I know its good for our girl.

Recently I have been trying to go for more walks.

The poor puppies have been quite neglected

the last few months.

It's crazy trying to push a stroller

and walk 2 out of control dogs,

so I end up taking 1 at a time.

Jocelynn seems to enjoy the walks too,

even when it turns into a little jog.

I can't wait for it to warm up some more

so we can really enjoy the walks!

Last week we had our check up

so heres the growing stats:

4 months

15 lbs. 4 oz.

25 1/2 inches

now for pictures of this cutie!!!

enjoying a magazine with dad. lol.

Grandma Miller has been at work

with her yarn this winter...

some adoreable bathtime,

tough cleaning all those rolls...lol.

I love my rollie pollie!

One of Jocelynn's favorite toys...

the elephant that sings!

You can do it over 20 times in a row

and she coos and "sings" with it

EVERYTIME!

an outfit from Great Grandpa Henriksen...

so we had to do a little photoshot

to send him some pictures of her.

Getting bundled and ready for the sunshine

on our walks!

Our big girl yesterday before church

with her daddy.

and of course a picture with mommy too!

At church yesterday,

the most adoreable moment.

During the closing hymn of relief society,

sweet little Jocelynn started

singing along with us.

It was so cute!

She was just cooing with

all us singing sisters.

At bedtime I sing Jocelynn

a goodnight song,

and recently she has been

"singing" along with me.

Its so precious.

I think someday she is really

going to enjoy singing.

So there is our update more January....

hopefully I stay more on top of it this year...

but isn't that what we always say? lol.