All Girl

I caught Carly walking around in my shoes, then noticed she was wearing my watch and some lip gloss too. I told her I wanted to take her picture because she looked so cute, so she totally put her hand on her hip and posed. I'm in trouble with this one.

Jocelyn Turns 1

Since she was born after only a 3 hour "labor" and a couple of pushes one year ago, Jocelyn has been our easy-going happy baby. She rarely cries, cuddles all the time, and loves attention. Her favorite past-time is terrorizing the dog. She has 3 teeth so far, 1 up top and 2 on the bottom. She started crawling at 9 months. She pulls herself up to furniture now and takes steps while holding on, but no steps by herself yet. She says "momma, dad, ny ny (while waving goodnight), hi, and bye".

We had our families over for cake and she loved it! So much so that she had to be thrown in the bathtub afterward to clean the chocolate out of her hair. Her sisters did the majority of the present opening for her, the biggest hits being singing toys and adorable outfits.

Happy birthday sweet girl!

Ear Piercings and Other Happenings

We were at the mall a couple of weekends ago and decided to get the girls' ears pierced. I didn't want them to be mad later, so I was trying to tell them exactly what it would be like. I told them that it was like getting a shot at the Doctor's office, that it would hurt for a little bit, but it would feel better after that. Now every time Carly tells someone about her new piercings, she tells them that the Doctor poked her ears. They both cried a little bit, but did much better than I was expecting, especially Adrian. They both sat on my lap, so I couldn't see their reactions, but Shawn said that Adrian's face looked like a cartoon character's because her face turned bright red. They both love them, except when we have to turn them at night, but even that is getting easier as they get used to it every day.

Jocelyn has outgrown most of the shirts in her closet right now, and I just haven't taken the time to switch them out (it happens way to often!). The other day I was desperate because the few shirts that do fit her were in the laundry so I noticed one of Carly's shirts that looked like it might fit. I figured I could just make it work for one day, but it fit her perfectly. I'm not sure how it happened but she totally skipped the 18 month size and can wear a 2T. (By the way, they are little on Carly, but not that little!) Those two will probably be able to share clothes pretty soon. That thought gives me bad images of these 3 in their teenage years, they are all so close in age I'm sure they'll be fighting over everything!

Halloween 2011

For Halloween this year I decided to make their costumes. I ended up only doing Carly's tutu and Adrian's skirt and top. It was not as easy as I thought it was going to be, and I wish I knew what I was doing a little bit more, but it was fun and I think I'll do it again. I would really love to take a sewing class, YouTube videos can only get you so far.

We went with The Little Mermaid theme. Adrian was Ariel, Carly was Ursula, and Jocelyn was Sebastian. They made the rounds and scored tons of candy like usual. Adrian was excited to wear her costume to preschool. Ariel was a popular choice this year, she told me there were 3 in her class!

Shawn had to dress up for Halloween for work this year, so he decided to paint his face. It ended up taking a long time, but his turned out really good!

Adrian turns 5

We've survived 5 years of parenthood! I cannot believe how grown up my baby girl is. For some reason 5 years old just sounds so much older, I guess because it is completely out of the toddler/Pre-K stage. Adrian is loving preschool and learning so much. She can sound out basic 3-letter words now and can recognize and write almost all of the capital letters on her own. Her favorite colors are pink and purple. Her favorite food is spaghetti. She loves to color, practice her letters and, when I let her, she could spend all day playing games on the computer. We didn't get any pictures of her party, but we had lots of family over for cake and ice cream and she got spoiled of course.