Graduation Day!

 

Cake Smash!

*Cake by the lovely Lori at My Wicked Wisk

Happy Valentine's Day.

L. O. V. E.

7 months.

Oh, it's been so long since I've posted anything at all!  Same excuse..but oh so valid -- I've been busy!  And sick actually.  I don't understand why our little family has gotten so sick over the past three months.  It's like non-stop.

Jovie, though, is great!  Thankfully.  Anyway, even though the posts have slowed the picture-taking has not.  I've just been posting a few on Facebook so family can see their little Jovie in the easiest way possible.  

I unfortunately have no picture with her 7 month sticker.  When I put her little sticker on, the stinker kept pulling it off and eventually ended up ripping it!  I'll get her for her 8 month photo though!

Jovie is finally sitting up on her own.  But I don't leave her alone for too long in case she face-plants.  And if I'm at the nursery, she still needs her Boppy.  

She used to LOVE eating.  Now she's not so interested and sometimes we have to force it a little.  But her favorites are apples, bananas, sweet potatoes, and prunes.  (We made our own sweet potatoes!).

She enjoys standing up...and holding herself up on the coffee table.  She's SO strong.  But no crawling.  And no teeth yet either. 

Jovie's not as outgoing with strangers.  She used to smile at everyone.  She still smiles..and she's still an overall happy baby...but you have to earn her smile a little more lately.

She shakes her head no...even though she doesn't know what she's saying.  She loves her bath toys (before she wouldn't take a bath...so I guess her toys she got for Christmas did the trick!).  And she says "BA BA BA BA BA".  She loves our cat...even though that cat is evil.  And she also loves Tobias...even though he doesn't know how to control himself around her.  He gets too excited.  

And no.  She still does not sleep through the night.  So future mamas...train your babies early.  

And as for me...I miss home.  For my sake and for Jovie's.  But...we are here for a reason my husband likes to remind me.  And he's right.  Plus...he LOVES his job.  I don't think I enjoyed my job in news as much as he enjoys his job now.  I think I just miss the security, financially speaking.  But..I'm learning to rely on God more because of it.  And when I look at my little Jovie's face...I'm SO glad I made the decision to stay home.  If it's within anyone's means to do it...I'd so recommend it. 

The beautiful moments with your little one are so fleeting. 

 

 

6 months! (now almost 7 - oops).

Hi, everyone.  This post is long overdue!  Christmas is such a busy time of year!  I have actually consistently taken pictures of my little one...just haven't had time to post them all.  I just wanted to make sure I posted some with her 6 month sticker.

(I took these after I finished up a shoot in downtown Boise.)

Jovie sure has changed!  Up until 5 months she sort of just laughed if we were laughing or smiled if we smiled.  I can tell that now she is starting to understand laughter a little bit better...For instance, when we tickle her she laughs.  Or even when we pretend like we are going to tickle her she laughs.  She now knows what's coming and anticipates it...very cool!

She's been a bit more fussy, but still overall a happy baby.  She cries more when we change her diaper...but the poor thing is constipated.  If that's TMI, then wait till you have a baby.  All conversations end up at poop.  Anyways, we think she's having a hard time because she just started solids.  We gave her prunes (which she LOVED) and it seemed to help a little bit.  And boy, that number 2 is smelly.  I want to go back to when it didn't smell.

She sort of sits up.  I think she's a little slower on that one, since I think most babies do it at 6 months.  I can sit her up for maybe 30 seconds, and then she falls over or backward.  But that's okay.  She'll get it.  She's a super strong girl.

(this is her doing it all on her own.)

And lastly, she really didn't enjoy her 6 month shots.  They've been the worst so far in terms of crying.  But I think it's because they give her so many.  Poor baby.  The surprising thing for us was that she only weighed 16 lbs. 4 oz.  Two and a half months prior she weighed 15 lbs.  We were sure that she weighed at least 18.  Anyway...she's in the 50th percentile for weight and height.  I guess our chunky baby isn't so chunky after all.

And oh yeah, she still doesn't sleep through the night! Ha.  

Enjoy!  I didn't have time to pick and choose so I just posted them all!

(See you after the holidays!)

(And yes, my baby has a mohawk.  It's awesome!)