Four wonderful years and counting...

Matt and I celebrated our four year anniversary on Wednesday. I thought it would be a nice day - we'd exchange cards and have sushi for dinner as a treat... little did I know that Matt would surprise me with the most fabulous gift! He made me a book filled with pictures from our life together so far; marriage, friends, vacations, family, Jocelyn. It is incredible! It means more to me than anything else he could have bought or done. If anyone has seen the book Joey made Sarah, it is the same type of thing - what thoughtful men we have Sarah! Thank you Matt for making our fourth anniversary a day I will never forget!

First visit to the dentist

Jocelyn went to the dentist today - thanks Aunt Elaine for getting her in so quickly and being so helpful! Jocelyn was much better than I expected, she cried during the x-ray but that was it! It turns out her tooth is still there... it has just been shoved back into her gums. Dr. Baker said he had never seen anything like it but that it should work its way back down and be fine. If not we may have to have it removed in a year or so but we'll worry about that later. I am so glad that everything is okay!

My poor baby!

First tooth...lost

Jocelyn lost her first tooth today although not the way that nature intended. She was running at my Mom's house and tripped as she is prone to do, only this time went headfirst into a wooden footstool. She has a fat lip, cuts on her chin and of course the front top tooth is gone. I feel so terrible for her! We have a dentist appointment tomorrow afternoon so hopefully some of my questions will get answered and my fears calmed. Pictures will be posted soon.

Mother's Day 2009

What a wonderful day! It started out fabulous since Matt kept Jocelyn entertained while I grabbed an extra hour of sleep and then the day just kept getting better. Matt and Joss took me out for a wonderful brunch at Market Street followed by a visit to the beautiful Red Butte Gardens. We then had awesome visits with our families. I couldn't have asked for a better day. Thank you so much Matt and Jocelyn! I love you tons and am so blessed to have you!!! XOXOXO

























So big!

















You can do it babe!

















She did not like posing there at all.






















Most of the time she enjoys cheesing for the camera!

















She loved the fountains!

















Blowing me kisses :)

















Such a beautiful place!

Plan of Action

Matt and I went to see the back specialist this morning and I think we finally have a plan of action.

He has a lot of irritation in his back joints so he will be going to physical therapy for the next 6-8 weeks. After that he will have steroid shots in his lower back which will hopefully solve the back problem. The doctor said that most likely the hip and back pain showed themselves because he went from an active job to a desk job which let everything stiffen up - and here we thought it was a great move for his knees to get out of the warehouse and at a desk!

He is scheduled to have shots in his knees in June. These shots are the consistency of hair gel and will give him added padding in his knees which should eliminate the pain there for at least a year. I tell him he's getting a boob job in his knees :).

Later this summer he will most likely have to have the surgery on his hips to shave off the extra bone growth which should take care of the hip pain. So keep your fingers crossed that he will be completely mobile by the end of the year! Woohoo!

Potty Training

We started potty "training" Jocelyn on Thursday... what an interesting experience! She has gone to the potty four times so far in her little toilet. Out of those four times, three were good timing on my part and the fourth she actually let me know she had to go. So exciting!

I know the norm these days is to wait until they are older but after reading up on the subject I decided that now was as good of time as any. It turns out kids used to be potty trained much earlier than they are now, most by the age of 7-9 months until the washing machine was invented. Then the average age became 12-18 months until Pampers hired a doctor as a spokesman who touted that it was bad for your kids to start the process too early and you should wait until they are "emotionally ready". I would have started much earlier if I had know this!

I am hoping to have her completely "trained" by 18 months. It will be so nice to not have to buy/change diapers anymore!