Sunday, January 31, 2016

January happenings


January seems to fly by. So many things took place, starting with Snow Day at Sugar Creek. The kiddos got invited to go and they had such a good time.

Kennedy, Kaitlyn and Scotlyn

Kennedy, Kaitlyn, Scotlyn and Brianna ready to throw a snowball!

Jillian had a great time too!

Making snowballs!
She got to play with her friend Scarlett
Buddies

Meanwhile, Miss Josie is sitting up so well that we decided to try her in the ducky bathtub. She liked it the first time, but after that she cried when we put her in it. Not sure what thats about.  We will have to try again later. She sure was cute in it though!

She likes to sit up to play with her toys...she just needs some pillows in case she falls.

Sweet little girl!
Josie got her 6 month shots at her check up. No fun!!  She was 18 lbs 13 oz and 26 in long! :) Growing girl!


Jillian thought it would be cute to put her Frozen hat on her little sister. :)
 
And the twins put their headband with pigtails attached on her too. Sooooo funny!!!

The twins have been taking art lessons with my long time friend, Sarah Beth. They are loving it!

This past week we celebrated the 100th day of school. Jillian and I were quite the pair!
100 years old!

Two old ladies!

"Ohhhhh...my aching back"


Miss Cortez and Jillian

Being silly!

Silly old ladies!
Each child got a "100 cookie" decorated in our classroom theme!  One of the 3rd grade teachers made that for us! Adorable!

My class of 100 year olds

That evening, Kennedy and Kaitlyn had their 3rd grade play.  Kaitlyn was "Serenity" and Kennedy was "Golden Girl".

Cierra, Kennedy, Scotlyn and Kaitlyn
On stage
It was a super hero theme....very cute and the girls did a great job!!
On to February!!

Sunday, January 10, 2016

6 months!


Our little baby is growing so quickly! She is 6 months old now and changing so much. 
Here is what Josie is doing at 6 months:

*wearing size 3 diapers
* 9-12 month clothes
*rolling both ways
* sitting up (getting better every day!)
* eating baby food (bananas, pears, applesauce and peaches)
*2 teeth
*Goes to bed  around 7:30 and sleeps until 5 or 6am.  (We will be working on pushing bedtime back, but for now this is working best with our schedule)
*She likes to be rocked and cuddled until she is drowsy...if I put her down too early she lets me know by crying and kicking her legs in the crib. (a little temper coming out, maybe???)
*Loves her paci at night.
*Requires lots of sleep during the day.....helping her to remember naps are 1 1/2 hours...not just 45 minutes. (Rubs her eyes when she is tired)
*naps at 7:30, 10:30, 1:30 and has a short cat nap around 4:30.
*Nursing/bottle every 3 hours
*loves her sisters...they can make her laugh so hard.
*Plays well in her exersaucer. She hasn't figured out how to jump yet, so she isn't loving her jumper-roo or johnny jump up yet.
*love to talk and babble!!
*chews on everything
*enjoys bathtime
* loves being with the family. 

I ended up having to put her 6 month sticker on the blanket above her because she kept eating it!! Ha!

Sitting pretty!

Loves playing on the floor so she can roll and get the toys she wants
Practicing sitting again with Kennedy's help
Such a big girl

Daddy feeding her peaches.


Yum!!

Getting ready for the bath...her shirt got "stuck" on her head and Kennedy thought this was so cute so she snapped a picture. 

I can't believe half of her first year is over. We go to the doctor later this month for her shots and stats. Love our little lump of sugar!

Family visits!

Tony's family came down after Christmas! First Aunt Dar and Uncle Lee came.
Talking with Aunt Dar...ready to open gifts!

Jillian bought Aunt Dar a back scratcher with her own money. 

The twins bought her stuff too! So sweet.
Present time!




Cuddles with Daddy later that day
Aunt Dar got to rock Josie

Cuties the next morning
Love those big blue eyes!
Making chocolate covered popcorn! Yum!

Movie time!! We went to see Alvin and the Chipmunks.

Silly girls!


New Years eve we had hamburgers on the grill and lots of goodies! My parents stopped by to say hello!

Morning playtime


Family picture!

The same day Dar and Lee left, PaPaw and YaYa came!! How fun!
 Saying hi to Josie
 Letting YaYa hold her.
 MORE presents!!!
 Kennedy's ready to go!
Kaitlyn too!

 So much fun!



 Pretty cross necklaces for the twins.....as a reminder of their decision to follow Christ.

 Each of the girls got a pretty pink shirt and a snow globe from Aunt Earlene. They LOVE them!!


We had fun celebrating the new year!! 2016!


 Too much fun!
 Love these silly girls!

 YaYa brought fun props for pictures. They had a blast.


 Even Scooter got in on the fun!

 PaPaw chatting with Josie.....

Bedtime snuggles with PaPaw and YaYa. They just didn't want to go to sleep. (Buddy their dog is on the couch with them too!)

We had such a wonderful time with everyone! We just don't get to see them all enough. That wrapped up our Christmas! It was a great one!!