Disney World!

At the beginning of this month, we went to Disney World for a week! Nana accompanied us, which was super duper awesome. We made the 9 hour drive in one day (both times), and Joselyn did WONDERFULLY! Probably because Nana was in the back seat with her :) We went to Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom and Sea World. And because Nana was there, Jay and were able to go out on our own a few times. We went miniature golfing twice. Jay won both times, but I got the only hole in one!! And we went to see Cirque du Soleil La Nouba!!! That was the highlight of the trip for me. It. Was. AMAZING!!! If you haven't been, or if you have... I think everybody should go see a Cirque du Soleil show. We were not able to take any kind of pictures there, but I assure you, it was so cool!
It was very hot while we were there, about 110 degrees. But we drank plenty of water, and rested when necessary and a good time was had by all (which may not be evident by Joselyn's face in most of the pictures. I swear she had a good time. I think she has had enough of me taking her picture, and is boycotting by not smiling whenever the camera is out).
I had too many pictures to upload to the blog, and based on my experience last time, I decided to just upload them to picasa and share the link with you. However, it did not go as easily as planned. I'm pretty sure uploading pictures will make me crazy. They did not upload in the correct order, some did not upload at all, and it had taken over 4 hours of my time when all was said and done. Do they teach photo upload in high school now? Because they should.
Here is the link to the pictures. Enjoy :)

https://picasaweb.google.com/jodi.rivera/DisneyWorldJuly2011?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCN7s1Piq75K_NA&feat=directlink

16-17 Months old

This blog was a hard one! Blogspot apparently has its own ideas of how my blog should be set up. After fighting for 2 days, I WON! Well, mostly. There is still 1 picture out of place, but I'm ok with that.
We all went to NY recently, and as always, the trip was too short and too many special people did not get seen. If you are one of those special people, we are sorry and still love and miss you very much. Someday we will be home, and can see you anytime!

These videos were taken while in NY. Joselyn thinks she is hilarious. And to be honest, she is :)

Here she is on a very important call
"DON'T MAKE ME COME THROUGH THIS PHONE!!! BECAUSE I WILL!"
"Ok, that is better. I'm glad we are all on the same page now"


Pretty smile
Now that I have gotten Joselyn to go to bed at 7 PM instead of 6PM, we can all sit down and have dinner together
Cuddles with Moe
Here is the rouge photo... she is playing IN the train set. Like Godzilla.
Auntie Diana came for a short but wonderful visit. Joselyn was pretty excited since she hadn't seen her since she was just 5 months old!!
Cheese! oh wait...
take 2...CHEESE!! wait a minute!
CHEEEEESSEE!!! Yay! We got it :)
Joselyn and Auntie Diana playing on the deck. It was 100degrees this day. Auntie Diana is a trooper!!
One of Joselyn's most recent pastimes... getting in baskets. Even if she can't get out.
"Hang on a second here, I can't see what I am coloring"
Joselyn learning 'the swipe'
HELLO?
WHEW! We got through it without much incident! Blogspot only deleted one picture, which I can't get back on the blog at this point. Its not a huge deal, at least I got something out to you!

NEW COMPUTER

Well, my computer died. On it, ALL of my pictures of Joselyn since the day she was born. I was a mess. Jay saved the day and retrieved my pictures, and bought me a new computer. But it has taken a few weeks to get everything up and going and pictures uploaded. So I apologize for the long wait for pictures of Joselyn, but this should hold you over for a bit:)

This is what we did on Mother's Day. It was pretty great. We went to dinner (at 3:30 to accommodate Joselyn's bed time) then came home and blew some bubbles.



Daddy got some cuddles too, even though it was Mother's Day:)
Joselyn loves to color... she also loves to eat the crayons, so cannot be trusted alone with them
Joselyn and I went to New York in May so she could meet her Papa and Grandma Carol for the first time. They live in Montana so we don't get to see them very much. Everybody got to cuddle, and Joselyn loved every minute of it(not at all sure why this picture is so small, sorry)


(not sure why this picture is out of place, but I can't remove it... I'm clearly having problems with blogspot tonight!!)

"Oh Papa, you tell the funniest jokes!"
"HAHAHAHA"
"OH MY GOSH I'M GONNA PEE MY DIAPER!"
"STOP, STOP! MY BELLY HURTS!!!"
(Really blogspot??? What is up with all the misplaced pictures??)
Joselyn loves Rochester in the spring. The pretty flowers, and the plush green grass are things we don't get much of down here in NC. The 95 degree temps and fire ants pretty much keep us indoors:(
RUN BABY RUN!!!


another misplaced picture. Its a cute one though so it stays:)
Hanging out in the wagon with cousins Joshua and Caleb.

Easter 2011

We spent this Easter with our good friends, the Halles and the Henneys! We got together on Saturday for an early Easter celebration and egg hunt. Joselyn had a BLAST, although she did not quite get the hang of collecting the eggs in her basket. Gabe and Joselyn are so much fun together. We are going to miss them so much when they move to Hawaii in a few weeks!



This picture makes me laugh... I have a feeling this is not the first time I will get this look from her. Although I am sure this was more of a timing thing than an attitude thing... I hope:)
LOOK WHAT I FOUND MISS KEITHANN!!!

No daddy! I can do it myself!

Checking out the loot...raisins and gold fish crackers are so exciting!


Easter morning, we got up to find that the EASTER BUNNY CAME! He brought Joselyn her very own chair, and a basket full of goodies for everybody to share...well, the candy was not to share, it was for mommy and daddy:)

The Hunt!!

Easter 2011 from Jodi Rivera on Vimeo.

Easter 2011 from Jodi Rivera on Vimeo.

Easter 2011 from Jodi Rivera on Vimeo.

Easter 2011 from Jodi Rivera on Vimeo.

Fun times

Joselyn has quite the independent spirit! She loves to explore, especially my pantry, which can lead to quite a mess...dumped box of cream of wheat, helping herself to cheerios that, it turns out, are more fun to smash on the floor than to eat, recipe box dumped and rearranged, cooking magazines ripped apart, etc. We go for walks, where she refuses to hold my hand, she wants to RUN in the wind. She has recently gotten her first skinned knee due to her "I can do it" attitude and 14month old wonky run.

She makes us laugh everyday:)
This video is a bit grainy because it was taken with my cell phone. She loves to run up the street, but is afraid of the grass:)

Joselyn 14months old from Jodi Rivera on Vimeo.

Here she is looking at the world in her own special little way.


She still likes to wrestle her monkey, but doesn't give him any warning anymore.

RUN AWAY
Despite the corner full of toys, she tends to prefer a wooden spoon, or roll of paper towel.
Joselyn and Moe. Joselyn LOVES Moe, and Moe is very tolerant of Joselyn... I think she loves her too.

HI!
I am the pied piper of babies, goldfish are my song:)

Joselyn (14months) and Moe from Jodi Rivera on Vimeo.

Joselyn(14 Months) and Moe (again) from Jodi Rivera on Vimeo.