Jocelyn’s 1st Airplane trip..

  

Jocelyn and I went on a little trip to Oakdale to visit some great friends.  Luke and Lindsay just had a super cute little baby boy, Colby:)  It was a wonderful trip where we got to spend lots of time with our babies.  I have to say, I was pretty impressed with this mommy and daddy.  Colby was only a week old and they had it down.  They are GREAT parents:) 

 

Jocelyn LOVED the airplane ride.  No crying or fussing!

 

Colby Jackson Bass!

 

Hands FREE!!!!

Mom, didn’t you bring me any toys?

We made friends with Michael and is family at the airport.  Michael is 21 and has down syndrome.  Super sweet kid:)  He was very excited to tell me all about the TV show he is auditioning for.  We’ll be watching for him.  He was even more excited to hold Jocelyn!  He really wanted to do “Super Baby” with her.  You know, where you pretend she is superman flying through the air.  I thought it was best he not do that, and told him she had just eaten:) 

Happy Daddy with all his girls home:)

 

Yep, check me out, I am practicing my crawling position….

My new friend:)

 

Elias is in awe of Jocelyn’s beauty….like Jocelyn’s silly face?

This is our new friend, Elias, that we met in our down syndrome play group.  Aren’t they the cutest kids you’ve ever seen? Elias is a month older than Jocelyn. So nice to have friends who are going through many of the same things that we are:)  These two will probably be friends for a long time…..

LOVE my Sweet Jocelyn Rose!

Jocelyn LOVES her new exersaucer!

She rolls around and pivots to where she wants to be.  She loves reaching into this basket of toys and pulling things out.

This overpriced giraffe toy is her FAVORITE. 

Where’s Jocelyn? 

Peek-a-Boo!

Check me out….I’ll be crawling soon!

LOVE my carrots!

 

Bath time fun:)

 

It’s a very serious job Jocelyn has trying to beep the horn.

Soon after Jocelyn was born a met a lady at the mall who had a little one with down syndrome.  She told me that I would be so thankful to have Jocelyn just the way she was and would want nothing different. Yah right, I thought.  SHE WAS RIGHT!  I am so in love with this little girl.  Her happy spirit and carefree attitude make me smile everyday:)  She really is amazing. 

Good news….Got the thyroid test back and all looks good!  Tomorrow we go to the cardiologist and meet with a Physical Therapist for an evaluation.  I’ll let you know how that goes:) 

Laughing

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Summer FUN!

We went to the Wild Animal Park with Kelly, Katy and Isaac.  What a fun time:)  Jocelyn loves her new little buddy and Abby had fun playing with Kelly’s nieces. 

Jocelyn and Isaac.

 

Our horse Maverick.  Such a handsome guy.

Abby can ride her tricycle now! What do you think about the boots and riding helmet.  It’s a fashion statement.

Abby LOVES Daisy.  Here Daisy is getting dressed up like a princess.   

Abby loves taking her clothes off in the back yard and playing in the water.  We are working on going potty inside and not outside on the grass when she is playing in the water….she would rather stay outside. 

Oh, I have some good news to share….Jocelyn had her visit with the eye doctor and her eyes look fine.  Yippee, no little glasses for her:)  some bummer news….children's hospital can’t find Jocelyn's blood from her thyroid test.  It looks like we’ll be going down there again for another blood draw….GRRRRR. 

Enjoy your summer!!!

Dierks Bentley Concert

 

What a fun night!!!!  We went to a Dierks Bentley Concert on Saturday night with Pat and Julie at the South Coast Winery.  We had a table right in front of the stage and enjoyed a wonderful dinner and great wine and then a spectacular concert.  I even got to shake Dierks hand….he’s pretty cute:)  It was so nice for Chris and I to spend a little time together on a date!  Thanks PooBah and Maggie for watching the girls and to Papa for a fun night.   

Finally, he called….

 

Today I got a call from Dr. Moore, the cardiologist from Children’s Hospital.  Like we thought the Atrial Septal Defect that Jocelyn was born with has not closed:(  He said the hole is a moderate size and isn’t actually one hole but lots of little holes.  He also said that the right side of her heart is a thicker because it is working harder.   So… here’s the plan.  We meet with Dr. Davis (another cardiologist from Childrens) at the end of August where we will talk in more length about all of this.  Dr. Moore thought that what Dr. Davis would recommend would be echos be done of her heart every 6 months to see if the hole has closed.  He thought it still might (oh God I hope it does).  By the time she is two if it hasn’t closed they will use a catheter to close it.  This would not involve a major heart surgery but I don’t completely understand what it is:)   I feel relieved knowing that nothing major will happen right now.  Oh Jocelyn, you are making us all a little stronger….. 

XOXO