Jocelynn's 1st Haircut

Thought I'd take Jocelynn for her first haircut. It was needed. She just did a trim, nothing too fancy but I was preparing her for it all morning. She kept talking about it like she knew what it was. Anyways, she was funny. Didn't say a word the whole time. The lady was playing with her hair and Jocelynn had this relaxed look on her face like she'd fall asleep. I get the same look. She's definitely my girl! I don't talk either when I get my hair done, I enjoy the moment.

I should have got a more close up look but here it is! Doesn't look much different but a lot healthier! Don't think we'll be back to this place. "Cool Cuts for Kids" It was too expensive but for the first time was cool. The car was awesome and they gave me a certificate with her locks.

Fingerpainting

This all looks like a big mess but it actually wasn't. This idea to fingerpaint all started at the Kirk family reunion. The shirt Jocelynn's wearing we made. It really started when my friend Violet wanted to paint her feet when she was 6 months old. She wanted little Leprechaun feet in her classroom for St Patricks Day. Jocelynn hated her feet painted. Well at the reunion she didn't want to touch it or have anything to do with it. I was surprised because she loves dirt and feeling the sand.

I thought I better get some fingerpaint so she knows it's ok and fun. I don't know how I got so lucky to have such a mature one year old. She sat quietly at the table and started using her hands. She only put it on the paper (I had 2 towels close). She loved it. Here's her first art work of fingerpaint.

Nathan Cade Kirk

My brother Jason and his wife Rachel had their 3rd boy on Friday Sept 11th. He's such a cutie. He weighed 6 lbs 7 oz and 18 3/4 in long. Everything went well and we are very excited for a new member in our family. He seems so calm but it'll be fun to see how his personality is!

Jocelynn couldn't come up to the room she kept saying "I wanna see baby mom." We plan to go visit this week so it'll be fun for her to meet her cousin!

Storytime!

Since Jocelynn was 4 months old I would take her to storytime at the city of Corona library. She loved it and it's a special memory I have with her. I liked that library mainly because they sang a lot of songs that I think Jocelynn enjoyed, and they had a puppet. The main things I didn't like about the library was it was ssoo crowded, you can't take pictures (I got in trouble one time. . .Ooops), and they don't have a good book section for babies.

I was introduced to this library by a friend and I really like it. There is a truck to play on before storytime, they have GREAT books and reading area for kids, it is not crowded at all, they pick a letter of the week and the book and craft go along with the letter.

This week Angela and her daughter Olivia came. It was so fun. The girls played on the truck before it was time to go in.

Jocelynn's friend McKenzie. I thought this picture was funny. I wish I could hear what they were chatting about :)

Storytime. Jocelynn is a bit relaxed as you can see. She decided she needed to be front and center!

I'm a GIRL!

That's been Jocelynn's new thing the past week. She likes to tell me randomly during the day that she's a girl. Not sure if she had conversations with her cousins about this but she likes to tell me who is a boy and who is a girl. She hasn't mistaken anyway yet so that's good. I can just see her in the check out line at the store calling someone a girl when they are really a boy. Fingers are crossed that doesn't happen. She's pretty funny.

A couple weeks ago she started telling me she loves me. I love to hear it.

Jocelynn loves Nursery. She hated it the first month. It's nice that she gets so excited to put on a dress and go to church. It also helps that the Nursery leader gives them a chocolate chip cookie every week after class. She loves to play with Playdough and play with the kitchen.

Happy 85th Birthday Grandma!

My mom and I took my Grandma to Disneyland this year for her birthday. It's been about 17 years since she's been. You get in free on your birthday this year so it was perfect because we just stayed a few hours and she got a "Birthday Button." We got there at 4pm and it was still a 100 degrees outside. My Grandma is tough and never complains. We brought a wheelchair, which she did not want to get in at all but we convinced her to sit. Jocelynn loves both her Grandmas so much. It was the perfect day for her, Disneyland with both Grandmas!

I love the close relationship that they have together. When my Grandma is happy she tends to get emotional. I've realized that making her happy has become my goal. It makes me happy when I've made her cry (tears of joy of course).

We brought a blanket and got front row seats. It wasn't crowded at Disneyland. My Grandma loved it!! The workers at Disneyland kept saying Happy Birthday to her and making her feel so special. She even got out there and danced. IT was great.

We went on the carousel and I wasn't expecting my Grandma to get on but she did! By the time we dropped her off , she hugged me with tears of joy . . . mission completed! :)

Habits are so hard to break!

It all started with the door being left open. Jocelynn didn't become a good sleeper till about 10 months. After a year, I could put her down, shut the door and she would turn over and go right to sleep. It was every mother's dream. She would sleep 11 or 12 hours and then go down for a nap during the day. . . . But every mother also knows that it never stays that way, things change. . and so did her sleeping :(

When James and I got home from Oregon, Jocelynn decided that she didn't want to sleep, although she was tired. She wanted the door open and somehow . . . I started to sit down with her until she fell asleep. I don't even remember how it happened. Slowly, it went from the door open to me laying with her. Well because I would sit with her she would wake up every couple of hours needing me there. It would also take her about an hour or longer to go to sleep. What had I done?? She would freak out if I walked away! I created a habit and it was so hard breaking. I didn't want her to feel scared or that I was abandoning her but I wanted her to know that she didn't need me to sleep.

Anyhow. . .the past week was rough. I let her cry and she doesn't need me to go to sleep with her now. We leave the door open and light on but she sleeps through the night again. I hated hearing her cry, I always feel like a horrible mom to admit that I've let her cry to sleep. I was on my knees praying so hard that he would comfort her and for her to stop. I cried. It was 23 minutes the first night, 15 the second night, 5 minutes last night and I'm sure she'll go right to sleep tonight. I will never create that habit again because I don't want to go through the pain of breaking the habit!