Birthday Bash!

OK guys, this is the last of the birthday posts! I had so many pictures of her birthday parties that I could not get them all on here. So you can look at the entire album on snapfish:) A big thank you goes out to Auntie Jamie for capturing so many great shots at the Little Gym!!

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Birthday videos

Joselyn's birthday fell on a Tuesday. We started the day pretty normally. But then we baked cupcakes, made frosting and then daddy came home early! We sang happy birthday to our precious child, had our cupcakes then we helped her open a couple of presents. She was very excited about her new ball and activity block...or she was hopped up on her sugar. Either way, she had lots of fun:) And so did we.

Joselyn's first birthday morning from Jodi Rivera on Vimeo.

Joselyn's first birthday cupcake from Jodi Rivera on Vimeo.

Also, I'm still working on getting all of her birthday pictures up! Keep checking back, I hope to have them up soon:)

The Quilt project

I have tried a few times to get this blog post up, but have been having a hard time composing my thoughts. Its amazing to me how time can shift and in one instance, a year seems to take forever. In others, just over night. I feel like I can so vividly remember hearing Joselyn cry for the first time the day she was born. And how, even though I have never wanted to be anything more than I have wanted to be a mother, I still had no idea what I was doing and how hard those first few days were. I remember when she smiled at me for the first time. And when she laughed for the first time. I remember what she was wearing when she crawled for the first time. And what I was doing when I found her standing in her crib. I can remember how I felt when she took her first steps. And now I will remember when she turned 1. Everybody said it would happen fast, but I could not have be less prepared. One thing is for sure, being a mommy, Joselyn's mommy, is better than I could ever have dreamed it would be.

Here is the completed quilt project... watch her grow:)

Last first holiday

Today is Joselyn's last first holiday. Valentine's day!! Its pretty fitting really. Joselyn has brought so much love into this house. We thought we knew what love was, but the love that we feel for our sweet baby is so much greater than anything we could have ever imagined. So happy Valentine's day to you, with love from Jay, Jodi and Joselyn.

cat chasing from Jodi Rivera on Vimeo.

11 1/2 months old from Jodi Rivera on Vimeo.

11 months!

Just a quick post this time around. Joselyn has not been napping, which means I don't have much uninterrupted time to update her blog. She is currently in her little tunnel(see video at the bottom of this post) so I have a couple minutes:)

she loves cheerios:)
Hello little chick:)

11 months old:) from Jodi Rivera on Vimeo.

PS... has anybody noticed the birthday ticker at the top of this blog? 3 WEEKS??? Somebody pinch me!

Joselyn's first steps!!!

I said if I got it on video I would post, and HERE IT IS! Our baby girl is walking, or rather taking a few wobbly steps then falling down/lowering down and crawling the rest of the way. Either way, she is taking independent steps...without the help of mommy or daddy...all on her own. What a big girl she is:)

Joselyn's first steps! 11 months old from Jodi Rivera on Vimeo.

Snowed in!

This week Fayetteville got 5 inches of snow, followed by a 1/4inch of ice. So of course everything was closed for 2 1/2 days, including post!
After being in the house for 2 days, we decided to bundle Joselyn up and go for a walk
Just to make sure she was warm enough, she wore 2 pairs of socks, 2 pairs of mittens and 2 hats and was stuffed into a snow suit and covered by a blanket. She wasn't too impressed with the outfit, but liked the walk:)
We almost turned around before we even got started, because we could barely get up our driveway. Everything that looks wet is actually super slick ice. Getting down was even more precarious!
After our walk, I made hot chocolate and Joselyn and daddy got in some snuggles.
yay for snow in North Carolina:)

Joselyn has been teething for the past 3 months. It has been non stop. Recently she has been extra crazy, biting anything she can, the table, the high chair, my shoulder, my collar bone, and the couch to name a few. I was finally able to get my finger in her mouth and found a MOLAR popping through. A MOLAR!

couch teething 10 months old from Jodi Rivera on Vimeo.

Remember when she would taunt this monkey in her bed? Well now she wrestles it, daily. This video is a little long, just to warn you.

monkey wrestling from Jodi Rivera on Vimeo.

She has also started taking steps!! We have yet to get any on video yet, but have cameras all over the house so we can try to catch it when it happens. She has taken up to 4 consecutive steps, and looks just like a baby giraffe trying to walk for the first time.

walking with daddy from Jodi Rivera on Vimeo.

ALMOST!!

Untitled from Jodi Rivera on Vimeo.

When I get actual steps on camera I will post for sure:)