Sonia and Sameer's 4th B'day

YAY for birthday parties!!!

Sonia and Sameer turned 4! Their party was on Sunday in San Diego. So we made a weekend of it and stayed down there Saturday night. Kelly and her family also came down and stayed at the same hotel. We had such a good time all weekend. Super great weather too!

Curtis and Jackie's son, Merrick is sitting next to Jocelyn. He's 8 months!

Merrick and Jocelyn playing!

Grandma E and Emma!

Jocelyn was trying to give Baby Jack some of her pita bread from lunch! Such the sharer...for now! Heehee!

Baby Jack-7 wks!

Bubbles! Jocelyn loved that activity!

Kelly holding Jack, Michael (cousin) holding Jayen (sonia and sameer's baby brother-6 days younger than Jocelyn)

The girls!

Merrick (8 months), Jocelyn (10 months), Jayen (10 Months)

Sonia, Merrick, Jocelyn, Jayen and Samerr. Jack and Emma had already left! Maybe next time we can get them all together again! We were all pretty surprised that they sat still long enough for this photo!

Love these two last picture's I caught of Sonia and Sameer as they were about to blow out their candles! Just too cute!

Happy 4th Birthday!!!

She LIKES it...a LOT!

So now that Jocelyn is eating more solids, we have started to give her table food as well. I made a big thing of spaghetti Sunday night to have for the week.

We found this cool rubber pad at Babies R Us that you put a bowl on and it sticks to the pad. Sort of like a suction cup! It's awesome!!! That way she can't dump the bowl upside down or over the side of her highchair, because she would so do that! In fact she did before I got it secured down. But only a little fell.

After her spaghetti feast she was promptly placed into the bath! What a mess! But oh so much fun too!

Sweat Test

The doctor wanted to do a more accurate test to make sure Jocelyn didn't have cystic fibrosis. They did it because she hasn't been gaining weight as fast as they would like and that is one of the symptoms of CF.

Our doctor called us yesterday morning to tell us the test was negative. We were 100% sure it would but it was still nice to hear that!

We had to do the test at the hospital. We basically had to check in to the hosptital too! Lots of paperwork.

So, they basically needed to measure Jocelyn's sweat. Sounds pretty easy right!? If you are an adult! Not so much with a squirming, already cautious of people besides mom and dad, 10 month old!

Here they put sensors on her to "make her sweat"....they had to tape them on so she wouldn't try and take them off. The alarm only went off once because she moved too much!

I brought a blanket and a jacket but the nurse said it didn't matter how hot she was. It only matter if she was hydrated!

Waiting to see if we got enough sweat. This test takes 45 minutes at least. Oh and the nurse says, "Sometimes this doesn't always work with kids!" Awesome! But thankfully we did get enough to test for Jocelyn the first time.

The blue stuff is her sweat. They color it so they can see if the device actually collected anything!

Then they uncoil it and put the blue sweat into a tube for the lab. We got barely a drop but they said it was enough! Woohoo!

Jocelyn only fussed a bit and never really cried. She was pretty good considering all the poking!

10 Months

Lots going on so I missed Jocelyn's actual 10 month b'day post. But this is close enough right?

Stats: 15lbs, 3.5oz (WOOHOO-finally doubled her birthweight)
Height: 28"

So if anyone is keeping track this means she gained a while pound in 4 wks. She usually just does half of that. So this was a really good jump. She had zero sickness this month too! Well one big spit up/throw up session but that was IT! So it was a good month all around! So now we don't have to go to see her main doctor for a whole 2 months. That has never happened to us. Let's hope we can stay away for that long!

Doctors are sending us to the Pedatrics Gastroenterologist next week just to see if we can help her gain even more weight. We will let you know how it goes.

Jocelyn's current LIKES: Playing peek-a-boo, throwing balls, swinging at the park, fire engines (very unexpected), scooting/crawling forwards now (since 7/24), still dancing, taking steps holding on to mommy's hands, playing with older kids still, dogs finally (her first experience was with greyhounds and she was definitely not a fan) and "talking" about her day. OH and when the 7 day forecast comes on in the morning she goes nuts! No idea why! Cracks us UP!

Jocelyn's Newest Foods: Real Green beans, Real spaghetti, Cottage Cheese, Pancakes, Bagels, Watermelon and Cheerios!

Teeth: Finally getting more after the bottom two sat along for 4 months. Started to get another one on the bottom for a grand total of 3 down there. One is threatening to come in on the top side but that is it so far. Although she won't let me get near her front top gums so I suspect we will see those soon!

Happy 10 months Baby Girl!

Watching Jack & Grandkids

Today, Kelly and Ryan dropped off Jack so they could take Emma to the OC Fair! Jack is 6 weeks now! I forget already that they are so helpless at that age!

Steve and I were alone for about an hour, before my mom was able to come over and help!

It was perfect timing when they dropped off Jack because Jocelyn was down for her morning nap. But she was awake within about 10 minutes of him coming over. So not much time to adjust!

However, they got along great! Jocelyn was a bit confused as to why her momma was holding another baby but she was still all smiles!

"baby!"
The fair was a big hit with Emma! When they came back Emma needed some Grandma E time!

Jack was so good the whole time we watched him!


Jocelyn and Emma hanging out!


Grandma E. and her grandchildren! So happy! Jocelyn (10 months), Jack (6 wks) and Emma (17 months)!

What a great day we had!