March Madness

Since I married KC my life has involved much more sports than I ever thought and this winter has been no different. Thanks to KC's parents we had season tickets to the Aggie games and in addition KC played in a city league and church ball. We had so much fun going to the games and ever since it is common to hear Jocelyn yelling "Go Aggies" or talking about "Big Blue". It was also fun to watch KC play and Jocelyn loved cheering her daddy on too.

This pic was taken the night of the last home game.

How I love my little Aggie!

On a side note, I am so relieved the Aggies made it to the big NCAA tournament more so that I don't have to listen to KC complain about it but it hasn't even started yet and I am definitely suffering from March Madness. Any other wives going through this??

Lately this has been Jocelyn's favorite activity. She LOVE'S to color with markers and so far has not discovered the fun of drawing on anything but her coloring books. She even knows how to put the lids on all the way.

Before the baby comes we are trying to tile our kitchen and it is taking a little longer than I thought/hoped but here is our kitchen mid-project. Can I tell you how fun it has been having no oven, no dishwasher and my fridge in the garage going on three weeks??? :)

While the tile was setting for the 24 hours Jocelyn and I spent a day down in Ogden going out to lunch and visiting the Treehouse Museum. It was a fun girls day out. I hope to have many more with my girls.

Jocelyn hangin' with her kitty. (Yes I know our cat is huge but Jocelyn loves her.)

Today her cousin's Macie and Broxton came over to play and I think they had tons of fun and Jocelyn is getting so much better at sharing! It gives me a little hope for her role as big sis.

February Happenings

February was a pretty good month for our little family. Here are a few pictures of some of the things that went on.

Jocelyn's Grandma sent her a Valentine's Elmo in the mail. She LOVED it! This was taken moments out of the box.


Here is my lame attempt at making a homemade pizza for Valentine's. The pepperoni are supposed to be in the shape of a heart. I was trying to be cute, KC just laughed. For the record it tasted really good.


Jocelynnie and I made heart sugar cookies. She loves helping me cook especially if it involves flour.


This picture doesn't do it justice but her face was covered in flour.


Our friends gave us this little Cinderella bed with a doll and dresses. This was one of the first things she did. Yeah, it is so not big enough for her but she loves it.


Part of our daily routine is when Daddy leaves for work in the morning we are usually eating breakfast and if he wears his hat she has to put it on too. I just think they are so cute.

On a side note, my pregnancy has been going very well except for the normal discomforts and being tired all the time again. But I am very grateful for how well things have been going. Especially since my sister-in-law Shelly ended up delivering her little girl at 24 1/2 weeks. The baby was doing very well for the first few days and then had to have surgery last Saturday. As of last night she was critical but stable so we just wait to hear day by day how she is doing. Having family go through something like this makes me so grateful for the gospel and the sealing ordinances of the temple.

False Alarm

Apparently my last post was a one time deal. Hasn't happened since and strangely, I am really okay with that. :) Everytime we ask her if she wants/needs to use the potty, her answer is always "no". Ah, the joys of toddlerhood.

And so it begins . . .

Today is a day marked in the Gardner family history as we apparently started potty training!! KC has been pushing me to start Jocelyn oh, since she was like 10 months, and today she used her potty for the first time! I really don't know who was more excited, Jocelyn or KC. I know we are starting on a long journey and as our post title says. . . so it begins! Wish us luck!

Four Years! Woot Woot :)

On Wednesday January 13th KC and I celebrated our anniversary. We have made it a goal to go to the temple every year on anniversary and so far we have been able to make it. This year we went down to the Ogden temple and then stopped to eat at The Maddox. It wasn't anything real spectacular but we were content just spending time together. I am so lucky to have such a great husband who loves me and our little girl so much. He is a great provider and we couldn't be happier to live in Honeyville, have the cutest little girl in the world and be expecting another!

Christmas and Such

Better late than never but I thought I would upload a few pic's from Christmas.

Jocelyn got some new snow pants so KC and her went to play in the snow. She loved playing it until KC tried to get her to make a snow angel. (I love this pic!)


The snow man KC built.


Jocelyn was totally spoiled and completely domesticated. Here she is with her stove, she also got a vacuum, broom, baby doll and tea set.


Here is Jocelyn with her Great Grandpa and Grandma Jarrett.


Most of the great grand kid's in the nativity at the Jarret Party on Christmas Eve.

The two little angel's. Annika and Joce.


Everyone hanging out at the Gardner party. Jocelyn follows her cousin Macie every where!

I don't have a ton of pictures because we got a video recorder from my parents so I quickly ditched the cam, plus I was just too lazy or tired to bother. But overall, it was another great Christmas. I especially liked spending a few day's at my mom's with my sister just hanging out with the girls. Jocelyn loves her aunt Sami and we still talk about all the fun we had over the holidays!

Merry Christmas!!!!!

Instead of mailing Christmas cards this year I decided to make one and send it electronically mostly to save money but also in hopes I would be able to reach more people.
This year has been great for our family. KC kept busy in the summer on the farm and I think both of us our glad it's slowing down for winter. Jocelyn has been the sweetest, most fun little girl to bless our home. She is getting so big and is learning new words every day. Some of my favorite's are "Yep", "Nope" and "Cute". My least favorite is "Mine" (which it took only one week in nursery to learn). I have enjoyed being at home and although there are some rough days I know it has been the best decision I have made yet as a mom. And as most of you know we are so excited to be welcoming Baby Girl #2 in May! We have been so blessed this year with so many friends and family who love us and especially because of our Savior and the gospel in our lives. We hope you all enjoy this great time of year and have a very Merry Christmas!

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