Christmas (major picture overload)

Taking baby for a ride on the sled

 

 Taking all of her toys to daddy to show him

Trying to talk PaPa into prying open momy's present. lol

She LOVED these little cars!

"Vroom, Vroom!"  On the stairs!

Lining her cars up on daddy's present.

Loving her big girl chair!

Little Miss Independent refused help peeling the banana.  So we let her go to town with it on her own.

Santa & Christmas Card Outtakes

So, just as I suspected, pictures with Santa was a disaster =) lol  My child doesn't like anyone over 4" tall, forget having to sit in some stranger's lap. 

But, I think it will make a great photo for her Christmas album. :)  Am I mean that I think it's cute & funny? lol

Here are all the Christmas Card outtakes:

We thought it would have been super cute to have the dogs dressed as reindeer & Jocelyn as an elf or little Mrs. Claus or something.  Really.  It was a GREAT idea.  Super.  WHAT WERE WE THINKING?!?! LOL  Do you know how impossible it is to get 3 dogs and a busy baby to ALL sit still and look in one direction?  I just need ONE decent picture.  We sorta got it, if you're on our mailing list you'll see.  I have to admit, it was pretty entertaining if nothing else.  Dolce didn't make it into any of them, because well, he just doesn't listen.  At least the labs are mostly obedience trained, so it took one person controlling them and one person controlling baby.  We would have needed a 3rd just for him.

 

 

Jocelyn kept trying to stick her finger in Cooper's nose :)

 

A Day in the Life of Little J

We went to go get our Christmas tree today and as you can see Jocelyn slept through the whole thing!  We covered her head using my scarf, because I forgot her hat (bad momma!!).  This child pushes herself so hard all day and fights sleep like you just would not believe.  I think she still needs 2 naps a day, but we are down to one nap now and she goes until 2pm.  Today???  She finally zonked at at 4 after we'd been in the car for 20 minutes heading to the tree farm.  Yesterday was at 3.  I think when daddy is off and at home, there's just way too much excitement.

Oh, my silly silly baby girl!!!  She was twirling, dancing, laughing, eating!  I know this picture is a little blurry, but you get the idea.  This is what everyday is like for us.  ALL day everyday :)  I bet you wish you lived in my house, the level of fun is out of this world! lol

My favorite, cheesy, sweet and oh so very happy little crooked smile that I LOVE SO MUCH!!

The look.

I missed the big moment.  She realized she could fit her round cracker perfectly in the circle slot on her little picnic plate.  The picnic basket & toys usually stay in the car because they go with us to aerobics, so she hasn't played with these in awhile.

We have a gazillion pictures of Jocelyn <strike>harassing</strike> loving on Dolce, but I just barely caught this one on camera tonight and thought it was so sweet!

One of her many faces.

I love how her chunky little legs stand out in the picture :) I was looking through pictures from just a couple months ago (which I do ALL the time) and it's amazing how much she's slimmed down already.  All those baby rolls are nearly gone!  *sniff sniff*

 

My blue eyed baby!

Party in the Dressing Room!

The back story: We were in the Dino Room (playroom) at the mall, and Jocelyn found this little boy at the top of the slide and decided he needed a big wet one. So they kissed at the top of the slide. He went down, she followed and they decided they needed to kiss again at the bottom of the slide! You GUYS. Baby kisses are all wet & slobbery, the germ factor was killing me. Anyway, this little boy and Jocelyn kept following each other around. They kept hugging & kissing (lip to lip) the entire time we were there! It really was ridiculously cute though, and of course I forgot my camera and my phone is super blurry for any action shots. Anyway, this family ended up at the same dept store as us. The little boy must have spotted me heading into the dressing room and Jocelyn was laying on the floor looking out at him from under the door & giggling, so then..... well you can see the rest :) LOL SOOOOO FUNNY!!!

Combing daddy's hair

Skyping grandma. :)  She actually pulled the laptop down onto her lap herself.

 This one cracks me up because the bag is as big as she is!

Jocelyn was trying to make daddy "pretty".  Such a good daddy to play along!!

 

Me thinks she is going to have curly hair!

Not a fan!!

Of molars, that is (and convertible carseats, keep reading). Seriously, these molars have been killer. She's not really a great teether to begin with (poor baby :( ), but molars are a whole different story. I just feel so bad when I see her gnawing on her poor little chubby, raw fingers. Fortunately, we've only had 2 nights of interrupted sleep.

I actually came on to blog about parenting issues, but totally had to throw in how much I'm not enjoying molars ;) SO. Moving on.

I realized yesterday, it hit me in the middle of the day, that I've become one of those parents that gives their child whatever they want just because it's easier. I don't do it because it's easier per say, but I can't stand to hear her cry. The crying just makes me feel bad and I always justify it by thinking well, it's not actually hurting her to have that. I don't want her to turn into this enormous brat just because I can't say no every time she pouts. She totally knows how to work me. Tonight Mike set his foot down at dinner and she got all pouty and instantly started to behave. Then she slowly looked up at me and smiled. OMG, it is SOOOOOOOOOO hard not to laugh!!!!!!!!! I think we need Mike to be home more so he can set his foot down when mommy can't, though I know really I just need to step it up and not allow her to get away with so much. I keep saying she just doesn't understand anything yet, but really, she's going to go her entire life without understanding why we say no to a gazillion things and that is why we are the parents. To make judgement calls that she can't possibly understand until she's older, and all for her benefit. Plus, I know that she really does understand a lot already and is such a smarty. So poor thing (and mommy) are just gonna be miserable for a little while, because I'm gonna have to start putting my foot down to say no. I guess she's just gonna have to scream until she realizes mommy's not giving in. Wish me luck, that is way easier said than done.

Speaking of screaming. WHY DO BIGGER CARSEATS NOT COME WITH CANOPIES?!?!?!?!?!?!?! This is my newest, biggest pet peeve. Jocelyn cannot stand the sun to be in her eyes and my car does not have tinted windows. She screams bloody murder when the sun is in her eyes and this, I've come to realize, I cannot handle. The high pitched, ear piercing scream in enclosed spaces. Holy Mother of God. I want to shoot the manufacturers of convertible carseats. I actually pulled over in someone's driveway, stuck a blanket in the window and drove around with a huge blindspot in my newly ghettofied car. AND? I totally didn't care. It was better than the screaming. Plus, who can blame her?? I don't like the sun in my eyes either! I have those little window shades to put in the back, but really? Those things are worthless. Firstly, they're constantly falling down. Secondly, they're SQUARE! So if you're not driving an SUV, then I guess it's supposed to magically cover your perfectly unsquare windows.

That is all.