Favorite Things

I asked Jocelyn some of her Favorite Things back in April (the 13th). These are her responses:

• favorite food: apples, strawberries
• favorite treat: smarties
• favorite movie: Tangled
• favorite princess: Mommy (love that)
• favorite book: Fancy Nancy, Paper Bag Princess
• favorite thing to do: play memory
• favorite cartoon: Mickey Mouse
• favorite thing to do with mommy: Candyland
• favorite thing to do with daddy: go fish (card game)
• favorite toy: playing with blocks
• favorite animal: alligators (what??)
• favorite drink: applejuice
• favorite thing to do with Miles: kiss him
• favorite store: "Maceys, betause they have smarties and suckers."
• favorite thing: playing with Daddy
• favorite color: umm... pink
• favorite friend: daddy
• favorite song: I am a Child of God
• favorite animal for a pet: doggy

I cannot get enough of this girlie and love every single thing about her. Where would I be without my little sillystuff, Joce-a-loo-loo, little missy, Joce the boss, Jocelini (joce-a-lee-nee), Jocelyn Emma... oh, you are my favorite!

Miles Boy

Photos from this afternoon. 4 1/2 months!

Miles has made me realize once again how much I LOVE babies! 

He is the most easy going baby. When he's tired and we're not home he'll just cuddle into me and fall asleep. I love having a cuddly boy! He is always happy and very rarely full out cries (like maybe a couple times a week!). He just fusses a little to let me know he needs something. He is content to lay on the floor and play with toys. His favorite thing right now is his feet. He will pull them up and suck on them all the time.  When I get him out of his crib he is always sucking on his feet. Miles is a good eater and makes me laugh because he always acts like he is starving when he starts to eat. He is a pretty good sleeper (usually sleeps 10pm-9am waking up around 4am and 7am) and moves around alot in his crib.  He is never in the same position I lay him down in. He liked being swaddled up until a week ago when I tried not swaddling him. He went to sleep much faster and sleeps on his side. This boy loves to laugh and is super ticklish under his armpits. Jocelyn can get him to smile so quickly and he just loves to watch anything she is doing. Miles "talks" all the time to us, to toys, to anything. Some names we call him are: Miles boy, buddy, brudda (Jocelyn), little talker, little stinker (Jocelyn always corrects me by saying, "he's not a stinker! He's cute!). 

We love him and can't get enough!

 april 10. Eating the toesies

 april 9. Love cuddling!

march 27. This outfit is so fitting. It says, "mommy says I'm the best baby ever"

march 25. Date with Mama :)

march 23. His favorite toy.

 february 28. Miles loves that bottom lip and sucks it in most of the time.

Love them

so thankful to have them in my life

Jocelyn Sayings...

Last night in the car on our way to Walmart, Jocelyn was whining/crying. I don't even remember why.  I was in no mood to just ignore it and after asking her to please stop without it working, I said very sternly, "Jocelyn, Stop crying." She laughed a little (maybe because she hasn't heard me talk so sternly before...) then continued. Finally I said, "That's enough." (no louder than normal but more stern.)

Jocelyn said, "Daddy, Mommy not talking nice."

Case and I lost it. Then Case told me to apologize. I didn't. I just said in my normal voice, "If you listen the first time I will talk nice, but when you don't I need to say it so that you will listen. You need to obey mommy when I ask you to stop."

I'm not sure if this made sense to her but she said, "Thank you mommy for talking nice. If you not talk nice to me I will be sad."

 3 DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS!

Jocelyn asks daily when she wakes up if Santa brought her toys. She also seems to think I'm just being mean by having presents under the tree and not letting her open them.  And, she FINALLY asked for what she is actually getting for Christmas. I ask her almost everyday what she wants and up until yesterday it was random things she saw around the room- a carrot, a teddy bear, a horse. Yesterday when I asked her she said,  "a new kitchen and some play food." Sounds good to me :)

More Miles...

 (Thank you Maddy for this edit!)

I took these pictures of Miles on Sunday when we finally had some sun shining through our window. I was so happy to get some natural light! Casey was laughing at me as I taped up wrapping paper to our bed. haha. Then I asked him if he had any ideas and he pulled out the soccer ball. I only got one shot of it because Miles fell over after this one and I felt bad, but I love the idea. Case is awesome.

If only photoshop would save the edits I've done. It's being really annoying and I keep having to restart it. 

The first week and a half Miles was a complete angel- never cried, just grunted when he needed something and he slept ALL the time.  Now, we've heard a little more crying (still very little) and he likes to sleep only if held. Hmm... we're working on that one. Last night I got about 4 hours- which is average- and that has got to change pretty soon. Luckily I get to spend the time not sleeping with this little babe. He is so worth it! Love him to pieces!

Speaking of pieces... I'm currently not eating chocolate to see if that helps his little tummy and reeses pieces are saving me. I feel like I'm eating chocolate but they don't have any in them! hip hip. Yes, I am addicted to chocolate, this is good for me.... I keep telling myself that anyways.