Bedtime Stories

Way before I was pregnant, probably even before I was married there were moments I could not wait for my children to experience someday. I watched my nieces and nephews have these moments, and I thought about how special it would be when those were my children. One such moment is that of bedtimes stories from Grandma.

When we were little we always got to pick three stories to read before bed. Then as we got older my mom would read classic children's stories to us (i.e. Wrinkle in Time, Winnie The Pooh, Peter Pan) Needless to say, we all love reading. And, as a consequence of that, we are pretty dang good at reading comprehension as well. Thanks Mom! (grammer is a whole different story, sorry)

Since I have tried to carry the bedtime story tradition on in our little family, I knew Jocelyn would enjoy having Grandma read to her when we went to her house for Christmas. And, of course, she did. I look forward to watching Jocelyn grow in her love and understanding of books and hope she cherishes her bedtime stories as much as we did.

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Grandma Pulsipher came to visit and made chocolate chip cookies. We decided it was a good time to see how Jocelyn would like them.

It was a hit. She devoured her whole cookie and wanted more.

Our time in California

Just some of the pictures we took while in California for Christmas. We had so much fun and I know that I want to go back for sure. Cory may pretend he doesn't want to....but I think he secretly kind of does..

Playing with Grandpa Mince

Our good friends Lisa and Dana Blocksage live in Simi and Dana has started to shape surf boards. During a visit to Utah, Cory told Dana about this board he wants that will enable him to surf no matter what the conditions. This is the design Dana came up with. I can tell you from experience it is a pretty fun ride.
William and Cory enjoyed playing with William's monster truck he got for Christmas. That is, until Cory had William lay by the jump they made and didn't quite time it right causing the truck to hit William. William was a little more cautious trusting Cory after that. At least for about 5 minutes.
Jocelyn enjoyed standing up at anything she could.
Best part about Christmas in California? No snow, and warm sun. We enjoyed it as much as we could.

Jocelyn really got into eating table foods while we were there. She enjoyed the fact that she could coax her aunts and uncles (and always Grandparents) into giving her parts of their chocolate muffins.

10 Months

I usually remember to do month posts along with Dr. apts. Which are not every month. However, since Jocelyn wanted to get whatever sickness I got over the holidays and run a temp of 104 on and off for 5 days, we went to the Dr. this month as well. (She is getting better now, we hope)

Jocelyn is 10 months old. As I said last month, I am not really sad that she is getting older. I love watching her go through different stages, learning and developing. I love her curiosity and how excited she gets when she learns something new. Maybe it will be sad a year or two from now, but for now I am just in love with her growing.

Stats this month:
Weight- 20Lbs
Height- 29 3/4 inches

No idea on the %

Things she is doing:

Crawling like a mad women. Have I mentioned how much she loves that she can get where she wants to when she wants to? Whole new baby. Its possible I love it more than she does.

Standing up. Mostly supported, she pulls up on anything.

She only wants to feed herself, which results in the floor and her lap getting most of the food. but she loves it.

She loves to play peek-a-boo with her blanket and really gets the concept.

She still loves her baths and going swimming. She has no problem getting water in her face and squeals and giggles the entire time she is in the water. (Thats my girl!)

She knows who her Mom and Dad are and is happiest with both of us together.

I am sure there is so much more but it is all blending together. She is growing and learning so fast, it is so fun to watch! We love our little Boo!



*A special thank you to rosebud photography for taking these oh so cute pictures!