Memorial Day Fun and Is This Normal??

Thanks to all those who responded to my plea for help. And I can't say I did anything but the red X's are gone. Yea!
As for an update, we have been enjoying summer a ton and had the opportunity to go down to my parents for Memorial Day for a good ol' fashioned BBQ. Poor KC had to stay back as he was irrigating but Jocelyn and I had a great time!

Jocelyn loved playing with the croquet sticks. She just carried them around ALL day!


We took a trip over to the playground.


I was so excited for Jocelyn to spend some time with my aunt Cindy and her boys. She loved them!


This was taken towards the end of the night. Even when she was too tired to walk around she still had to hold the sticks. (I'm sure there is a correct term for the sticks but I can't remember.)

I just loved this pathetic little face begging for Oreo's. She is so cute in her new swimsuit that her Grandma bought her.

Garden + Water + Jocelyn =

She is constantly eating dirt and mud and I have to wonder, is this normal? She has also eaten like 3 crayons. Urgh! When will this "I have to put EVERYTHING in my mouth" stage be over?!

Help!!

So to help us save money on our "Shawna not working full time" budget we switched internet providers and I'm not sure if this is the reason but now a lot of photo's (not all just randomly) in my blogs and those I visit won't show. They just have a little red x in the top corner. Now, I am not a techie goo roo type of person so if anybody has ANY suggestions or helpful hints as to what I can do to solve this problem I would greatly appreciate it. In addition the pic's not showing up sometimes blogger won't load my pictures properly. Urgh, so I offer my frustrated plea of help to anyone that thinks they know what might be going on! Thanks!

It's Finally Happening

This past weekend Jocelyn is officially walking!! Even though she just barely turned one and it is totally normal it seemed like it took forever. With that being said, it has been so fun to watch her progress every day. From walking along the furniture, then walking to and from people and eventually taking those first steps on her own. And now she is walking all over! I feel like I missed out on so much her first year that I never really got to see the whole process before. I am so grateful I get to be with her so much now. The pictures below have nothing to do with her walking just a little bit of our fun times at home.

Jocelyn sitting in our backyard attempting to pick dandy lions.


Oh what a peaceful picture sitting among the flowers.

Yeah she was totally just playing in the dirt.

Happy First Birthday!!

So this post is about a week late but last Friday Jocelyn turned one and we celebrated it on Saturday. Lucky for us we had great weather and she got tons of fun, cute stuff. Thanks to all for making her day special! This last year has been amazing and we feel so blessed to have such a beautiful, fun lovable little girl! Thank you Jocelyn for making this year one of the best!
(The pictures are totally out of order but you get the idea, tons of fun right!)

This is the swing Grandma and Grandpa Myers gave her. It took her a couple of days for her to realize she really likes it.


She still doesn't really get the whole unwrapping presents thing.


Jocelyn "helping" Grandma Roxy cut the strawberries before the party. If you can't tell her mouth is full of berries.


For those wondering what is on her head, it is a bow not to be confused with any hair. She is still pretty much bald.

The dad's are blowing bubbles for the kids. I think Trevor was trying to show KC how to do it.

First Easter

Technically it's not Jocelyn's first Easter, but it's the first one where she kind of knew what was going on. (Kind of!)

It started out with the local Honeyville hunt at the park. She really just wanted to eat the plastic eggs. It looks like Broxton is wondering what she is doing.


Here are all the kids with their candy. Again, she is eating.


I absolutely love her Easter dress my mom bought her.


This was the closet I got to a smile but you gotta love that face.

Fun Little Visit

This week I decided to take Jocelyn down to my parents for a little visit so that she could get to know my side of the family a little better. I also made time to visit my best friend from high school. We had so much fun! Thanks Grandma for spoiling Jocelyn!

Here we are at lunch with my crazy Grammy. She eat's at this mexican restaurant (Tio's) every week so we had to give it a try.


Jocelyn had so much fun playing with Abby's toys.


She loved playing with her Uncle Ricky.


Grandma Roxy and Jocelyn sharing some Gold Fish.

This is my best friend Sarie and her 3 kids. Jocelyn had so much fun playing with Kilee and Cade.

Here is just a little clip of Jocelyn practicing her walking. She has been doing this for about a week but may have suffered a little set back as Grandma Roxy (and everyone else) had no problem walking her around by two hands EVERY WHERE. Now she won't take two steps without holding onto someones hands. (Both of them!)

Things I've Learned . . .

Now that I have been a stay at home mom for two weeks I thought I would share a few things that I have learned.

1. Jocelyn is a very determined person who knows what she wants and will do whatever it takes to get it. (This I already knew but to be around it day in and day out is exhausting!)

2. She apparently learned to go up AND down the stairs but not sure when because KC and I never taught her. The other night I was upstairs getting ready and all of a sudden I heard her voice upstairs. I went to investigate and there she was at the top of the stairs babbling away. I yelled down to KC asking him why he brought her upstairs and left her right at the top. He told me I took her up when I went. I just thought I was going crazy until the next day when I again went upstairs just for a minute and came around the corner and here she was half way up the stairs and as soon as she saw me she smiled and started back down.

3. Jocelyn is a very caring little girl. She loves to give kisses and the other day we were sharing gold fish when she noticed I needed one so she took out the one she was eating, bit it in half and tried to give me the other half. What a cutie!

4. I love, love being a stay at home mom. I have no idea how I was away from Jocelyn so much and can't wait to see her learn and grow. Here are some pic's and a video showing just a few of our adventures.

This was taken on a night we were supposed to be folding laundry. Her idea is throwing the clothes on the floor one at a time. She has way too much fun with it.

We have been experimenting with Jocelyn feeding herself. This was our first attempt with spaghetti.