Happy Halloween!

Our little honeybear

Here are some recent pictures of Jocelyn. We can't get enough cute pictures of her! She has recovered well from surgery and is gaining weight, a little more than an ounce a day. She barely even spits up anymore! We don't know what to do with all the free time we have now that Trent isn't camped out in the laundry room, ha ha. Joss is such a sweetheart. She's smiling a lot more these days and I hope to capture a real smile on camera soon.



At Yang Chow's with the Proctors . . .



We love bath time around here!

Life is good.

To make a LONG story SHORT: Jocelyn had a pyloromyotomy on Tuesday to repair pyloric stenosis - the cause of her vomiting. Basically, the muscle that lets food out of her stomach got too big and wouldn't let any food into her intestines. So she had a little surgery to cut the muscle. After four long days, we are back at home and she is doing great. The GOOD news - Jocelyn is going to stop vomiting, we are going to be doing a lot less laundry these days, and she is going to gain a lot more weight. I am excited because now we can go to church and out in public without me having an anxiety attack thinking about her puking on someone. Also, I was able to store up 100 ounces of breast milk - we are going to have to buy a new freezer soon! Giving birth and going through this experience have made me really appreciate advances in modern medicine - especially imaging (I heart ultrasounds!) and surgery. It is crazy to think that in pioneer days, either I or litle J would have died in childbirth from placenta previa or she would have died from pyloric stenosis. The 21st century is great. Life couldn't be better.

*I checked up some stats on pyloric stenosis. It is 5 times more common in males. The cause is not exactly understood, but there is a genetic component. Trent and I have a 6.5% chance of having another child affected and Jocelyn has a 24.4% chance that one of her children will be affected. No one in either of our families has had this, that we know of. Will Ferrell had pyloric stenosis and you can see his scar in his shirtless scenes.

A world made of towels

Thank goodness for towels! They absorb vomit much better than your average burp rag. The reflux continues, but I'm happy to report that little J did not vomit on Thursday! Woohoo, there is hope! We think she may overeat and then vomit so she can eat some more (signs of bulimia?!). The downside to using so many towels is that we have a lot of laundry to do, but Trent takes care of that. :) Joss probably thinks the world is just one big fluffy towel. You'll notice the Jocelyn is naked in most of these pictures. We have decided that it is just not worth it for her to wear clothes these days, but we dress her up for special occasions. My mom thinks she'll be too cold, but she's a little chubster with cute rolls that keep her warm. Check out her bassinette, it cracks me up. (Thanks, Heather, for all the yellow towels!)





She doesn't get much tummy time because we hold her all day long (to help keep the food down). But she gets a work out by trying to wiggle out of our arms!



A rare picture of Joss in an outfit. I love these socks that look like shoes!

Negative Calorie Chocolate Cake

Check out this amazing recipe. It's chocolate, has negative calories, and cooks in 5 minutes. Woohoo!