Update

First a few pictures of our favorite little girl. I love this one of her!



Joss came to visit me at work and loved checking out all the equipment.



Well, it's been a long time since the last post . . . Here is what is new with us.

My mom and two sisters came to visit for Memorial Day weekend. It was great to spend time with everyone and they especially loved hanging out with Jocelyn. We ate a lot of food and shopped. Shortly after that, Trent and Joss made a trip to Utah and Idaho. Jocelyn loved seeing all of her cousins and hanging out at the ranch in Idaho. She got to ride horses with Dad for the first time. She slept in the same bed as Trent and would tap him on the shoulder at 4 in the morning to say, "Dad, is it morning yet?" :) Next, Father's Day was fun and Trent's gift was tickets to a Rockies game. We went this past weekend and got to sit on the field after the game to watch fireworks. 4th of July weekend was fun, fun, fun. We hung out with friends at their lake twice, went to the baseball game, and had another bbq with friends. I only got 4 mosquito bites too! (This is a big improvement; apparently mosquitoes like to bite people with O blood, especially pregnant ones.) I am 30 weeks pregnant now and we are looking forward to meeting our son in September! That's about it for now . . .

The Children's Museum

We went to the Children's Museum for the first time and Joss loved it! She asks to go back all the time.

Here she is grocery shopping . . .


. . . and checking the groceries out.



fishing . . .


and making bubbles!



She loved playing house . . .


and making artwork.


Here are some of the finished products:




Now we have a membership and can't wait to go back all the time!

Birthday

For my birthday, we went to the Butterfly Pavilion which is always fun because Jocelyn loves it. She loves seeing all the spiders and butterflies and she even touched the starfish this time. Afterwards, we went to a hibachi grill and she loved watching the chef cook in front of us. She was in awe of the big flames at the beginning and the onion volcano. It was a great day.

Recent pictures

Jocelyn is a little monkey and loves to climb. She can climb up all the ladders at the park by herself, even though I hold my breath on the scary ones.


Fun times at the Denver Zoo. Her favorite animals are zebras and elephants and her favorite thing to do is ride the carousel.



Joss loves to color and draw. This is one of her recent masterpieces. She still hasn't figured out if she would rather use her right or left hand, but I think she'll end up being a leftie.


Potty training has gone pretty well! She has eaten so much chocolate in the past few weeks - her "potty treats." I have tricked her into thinking that her new Omega 3 gummy vitamins are treats though! Here she is with her underwear on her head. :)


She can ride her tricycle finally! My mom bought this tricycle for her before she could even walk, hee hee. We are thinking of getting her a balance bike soon though, so she can learn how to balance without training wheels.

Spring!

When winter sticks around for more than 5 months and everything pretty much dies, you learn to really appreciate the Spring! Jocelyn is crazy about purple lilacs and will pick as many flowers as she can get away with. We tell her to leave some there for the bees and butterflies! She likes to give away flowers too - she asked Trent if she could buy some flowers for me when they were at Home Depot. :) My new favorite flower is the columbine. Hope everyone is having a nice Spring too.

The Big Girl Bed

Trent made Jocelyn this BEAUTIFUL bed that she absolutely loves! She has been doing such a great job sleeping in it too. Sometimes we still find her flipped 180 degrees, but she hasn't fallen out. We moved her into this bed to get her ready for her little brother due in September! :)

Ladybug party

Jocelyn got to go to a fun party where they released 1500 ladybugs. She had an amazing time! She loves insects and her favorites are ladybugs and the rollie pollie pill bugs.

The Year of the Tiger

Jocelyn got some lucky money from Grandpa and Grandma Giron in celebration of Lunar New Year so we got her a tutu and some "dancing shoes" that she loves! We also got her some Dora underwear, but I don't think she'll be using those any time soon.

Indoor fun

When it's cold outside, we try to take Joss to fun indoor places. We just discovered the giant food toy area at the Cherry Creek Mall. Joss loves it and she happily played there for an hour! We ate pretzels and Cinnabon to pass the time . . .

A giant cereal bowl.


Sleeping on a large blueberry.

Labor of Love

Trent built us an AMAZING entertainment center. It is so beautiful and I love it. Thanks, honey!!

In progress in the man-cave


The finished product!