Life...

This is my daughters new obsession... she just threw a fit on the floor because I would not give her a fourth packet to eat for today. And it HAS to be this combo. Any of the fruit kind and she FREAKS!

The Holidays. And Updates.

I actually REALLY love Thanksgiving and Christmas! Although it is extremely stressful and often a lot of money is dumped into these holiday's , I think that it is all worth it! I really like Thanksgiving the most though. My grandma always makes the best food on the planet, so you can imagine how Thanksgiving is :) I am in charge of making yams. I slow cook them at 250* for about 4-5 hours or 200* all night. Then I scoop the meat out of the yams and put them in a separate pan then make a softball caramel and drizzle it all over the top, along with giant marshmallows of course! Then I bake that at 350* till marshmallows are golden! It is really yummy and you should try it!

In other new's  Andrew is the Store Manager at 5 Buck Pizza and it will work out really nicely for us in the next few weeks. Andrew is also still going to school full time for Business Management... So 5 Buck should look really good on his resume after college.
I am still watching our niece Sarah Wednesday, Thursday and Friday's. I still stay at home as I plan to always do, which as always means cooking, cleaning, teaching, bathing, doing laundry etc.etc. But I LOVE it. And I like to think that I am good at it haha so it works for me!
Jocey turns 2 next month! Can you believe it?? CRAZY! She can talk in full sentence's, she is extremely helpful, she is very kind to everyone and she now likes me to feed her like a baby with cuppy.... which is weird because she has only ever had like 2 bottles.

Anyways that is a little update on our family!

22 months and Halloween

Jocelynn had her 2nd Halloween this year and it was awesome! She actually got to trick or treat and she got a lot of candy! She was Little Red Riding Hood :) Andrew and I went to Frightmares with my mom and her boyfriend Brent. It was so much fun! I will admit .... I am a wuss when it comes to haunted houses and it did not help that I had never been through one before. I swear those teenagers were just picking on me! Andrew laughed at me pretty much the whole time:(
A couple new things that Jocelynn is doing are:
1. Forming sentences! I love that.
2. She has been EXTREMELY hyper this last month!
3. She acts like she is her cousin Sarah's mentor or something. It is really funny. She is always telling Sarah good job or No No when Jocelynn does not think she should be in something. She also teaches Sarah a lot of words :) I think she is ready to take the big sister role.

2 year anniversary!

We have been "dating" for 4 years, sealed for 1 year and MARRIED for 2 years! Sheesh time sure does fly! We have had SO MANY LEARNING EXPERIENCES..... Most of them good, some of them bad and a select few we dont talk about. I love Andrew and he loves me. It is good.
Andrew surprised me with a massage for our anniversary. He paid for me and Anna to go and get an hour massage at Solace! It was quite delightful and I have never had a professional massage so it was a good experience. Then Andrew and I went to Chefs Table for dinner. We had Filet Mignon with potatoes, broccoli and a dried tomato thing. It was good!

Sloth and Panda poo

Our MySpace anniversary photo. As seen on FB

This is the card Andrew got me. It says," Sorry to hear about your accident... You know... getting yourself stuck with that Panda." In the card he explains that it sure better not have been an accident marrying him.

This is really a good start to the rest of our lives and for the rest of  eternity. I love Andrew more than anyone could know.

Crafts Projects Crafts and MORE PROJECTS!

So I have had a super super busy 2 weeks! Over these weeks I have done the following:
1. Made Anna her wedding veil.
2. Made brides maids clips for Anna's wedding ( With Anna of course)
3. Made super freakishly long sock monkeys with Kelsee.
4. Made Jocey more cute animal magnets. Her and her cousin Sarah LOVE them, so I thought that I would make more.
5. Bought Jocey (and Sarah really...) a little table at IKEA with green chairs. Not my first pick on the color but all they had was green, yellow and white. I think that I made a wise choice.
6. Bought a potty seat for Jocelynn so that we can start introducing her to the idea of the toilet. In Jocelynn's case convincing her it is her friend not a monster.
7. And lastly I had to send Andrew and Jocey off to Idaho this last weekend :( I thought I would be fine, but Andrew and I cried :( Dont make fun of us cause we are sensitive! Haha! But seriously I do not think that we will be doing that anytime again soon.

 Andrew and Jocey on their way back from Idaho!

 The veil I made Anna. I hand sewed each crystal all around the edges.

 IKEA table and chairs.

 The hair clips we made! They are soo cute this picture does not do them justice.

 The new magnets I  made ( sun, fish, flower, elephant, lizard, "J" and the palm tree.) Yes Jocelynn ripped the horses legs and tail off :)

Jocelynn's new potty seat! It is super squishy and super nice for Jocey's bum to sit on. And YES that is my super ugly linoleum floor in my downstairs bathroom.... lets not talk about it.

And one of the sock monkeys we made :)

Holy MOLY !

I seriously cannot believe it has been 1 year since the last time we went and got family pictures done! I cant even believe that it is the end of September..... My very talented aunt Trisa took our pictures. In fact she has taken all of our pictures pretty much. Jocelynn was kinda a poop during the whole thing, but we still got some good ones.
Some things that are a lot different this year from last year are:
1. My hair is Long and Dark! Last year it was all short and reddish.
2. Jocelynn HAS hair! Just a little bit but still.
3. I think we are all happier!
4. I think we all just look a little different.

Anyways I LOVE our pictures! I cant remember the last time I was this happy with pictures actually....

21 months

Just for the record in real life I do NOT go by how many months Jocelynn is, just because I think it is just easier to say a little over a year and a half and things like that. I mostly do it so I can have a reference for my future children.
Jocelynn is such a talker! This last month she has really been challenging herself with punctuation and having more diction in her speech. I cant even think of all words she says, all I know is that Andrew and I tried counting them one day and got close to 100 and that was just what we could remember.
Jocelynn is extremely kind. She really is just so gentle with EVERYONE and I still have yet to see or hear from someone that she has hit anyone or bit anyone. She give everyone kisses and hugs. Always asks people if they are Ok and always tries to help.
Jocelynn is CRAZY!!! This is very true, although she is very kind she is super obnoxious sometimes. She thinks everyone is trying to play a game with her. If you are walking behind her at any given point she thinks that you are " chasing" her and so she runs and screams until she is too tired to do it anymore.

We love Jocelynn more than anything. She has been a wonderful first baby/ toddler. And we hope that she gets out of her SHY stage soon so everyone else can see it too!