sunshine, my only sunshine

[here are some of the photos in case you can't see the slideshow! sorry about that!]

7 weeks old! Time is flying by! I can tell she's going through a growth spurt... she's sleeping longer and eating a lot more! She loves to stand up! Of course while we're holding her... but she loves stretching out her legs! She had given us a few grins! We love it when she smiles. Her 2 month check up is this Friday so we shall see just how tall she is and her weight... she's getting heavier... I can feel it. She has such a cute OUTTiE belly button aka piko! It's darling! We took these photos of Jocelyn yesterday, Derek popped her collar... haha So stylish. We're looking forward to a long vacation! I sure hope she enjoys traveling! She and I are flying to LA meeting up with my mom and dad then taking off to my cousins wedding in SLC! We'll stay in Utah with my mom's side of the family and show Jocelyn off for a few days then fly back to LA. Drive up to Bakersfield-see my grandma and my dad's family there, then to Fresno we'll stay! AND THEN, we meet up with Derek and his family in Camarillo for Grandma Dearest's 80th birthday! We're so excited to see friends and family in Utah and all over California! We'll just be missing Daddy-Derek for a couple weeks! :< Not looking forward to that, but he's taking the Business Core this semester and can't get away too long! So she and I shall be a dynamic duo!
She's a fun one! We'll definitely keep her... forever!

To The SISTERHOOD!!!

What a fabulous time we had! We were like that group of junior high girls that come to the movies in a large group, sit together, giggle, laugh, cry, and probably make the rest of the crowd wanna throw popcorn at them. Ok, we weren't that bad! But it was so nice to be a girl. Watching that movie just made me think of the MANY wonderful friends I have made over the years! All the memories! All the laughs and tears we share together. And the best part is that it not over. Friends remain and we are just blessed to keep making more friends where ever we go. Each different- and yet no matter what our different backgrounds are, no matter where we hope to be going, we still have so many things in common! I'm blessed to have you all as friends... ALL of YOU reading this. I'm grateful for a movie that was able to remind me of this tender mercy!
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox
eye HEART u

Daddy's girl @ 6 weeks

Pushing 9 lbs, she's gettin bigger! Starting to hold her head up a better and has great eye movement. We just have to keep puttin on the pounds! We, meaning Jocelyn alone! We've done a little traveling to Kailua and Kaneohe this week and she's done a great job on our excursions. It's fun to get so many compliments about how small she is and how precious and beautiful she is... I'm glad I'm not the only one that ;D It's so fun! I really am loving being a mom! I am blessed to have Derek, a daddy that helps! He has exceeded my expectations! He WANTS to feed her! He wants to hold her and show her off! He loves talking and singing to her! He just loves her so much and is doing a great job showing it! He has also really helped in the SLEEPING area... He'll take the 5-7am shift (she'll wake up somewhere in there, usually 630am) and that gives me a chance to sleep for a few hours straight! Ladies and LADIES! I have to tell you that you need to get the book On Becoming BABY WISE! It has helped us get a schedule and to understand and just ... well, read it! I love that book! I was doing a few things backwards and it straightened me out. Feed, wake, sleep. Putting her in her crib even if she didn't fall asleep in my arms... she's learning to soothe herself to sleep.

We had our first SCENTED diaper today! OH SNAP! ha ha Daddy helped give her a bath... it was really fun! This afternoon we were hanging out watching Oprah and testing out this new blanket she received... isn't it pretty! It conveniently went well with her dress [which is still a lil big, but come on, it's fun to try something else besides onesies... she's still so little!] Enjoy this photos of 6 week old Jocelyn and her daddy! Aren't they CUTE!?!

LIFE is great here! Love you all!

Pass the Kleenex

Allergies?
Cold?
Sniffles!
Ah-chew!
Run, run, run RUN AWAY!

My nose is sore from all the TISSUES! I really am unsure what this is and for that matter, where it came from but I am NOT exactly enjoying this! AND you bet I'm trying everything to NOT spread it to my little one! That would be horrid! ... of course I don't want Derek to get it either! ;D
But thank heavens for soap, hand sanitizer [lavender scent-thanks Shanae], and orange juice! SO look out... tissues are a flyin!

"I don't even know who Skinny Jeans is!"

There we were... just swapping recipes and taste testing some amazing dishes... then, as expected, we ladies began to chat. Time FLIES when you put a good 12 ladies together! We were all discussing how we should all go see Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 together and Shanae mentioned that we would have to wait until next we when she gets back... Back from where we asked, her 10 year high school reunion. Then we all started talking about who else was close to their 10 year or I think the lowest was 4 years out... any who, Stefanie started telling this funny conversation she had with the Rondo's and how they asked her what kinda person she was in high school and they said, "Oh, like Avril?" She laughed because Avril wasn't around when she was in high school, then they asked, so did you wear skinny jeans and stuff? THEN OUTTA NO WHERE Shanae says, "I don't even know WHO skinny jeans is!" HAHAHA We all busted up laughing ... like it was a joke, but I looked over at Shanae and she was dead serious. I placed my hand on her knee and said, "Sweetie. You know- the style of jeans... it's not a group!"

Anyways, it made for lots of fun and laughter...

Anyone interested in seeing Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2?
I believe we're going Saturday evening, August 15th.

And please, check out our recently developed website of our favorite recipes:
www.skinnyjeansrecipes.blogspot.com

[hey ladies, 1 hand: up and down, up and down ;>]

Jocelyn's baby blessing on July 13th, 2008

“We take this child in our arms to give her a name and a blessing. The name that she shall be known through out her life and on the records of the church is:

Jocelyn Kaila Williams.

Jocelyn, through the priesthood we bless you that as you grow older, and in your youth, you will have faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. That as you follow the prophets and stay close to the Savior, that He, Christ shall look up your name as you remember to keep your covenants; remember them and stay true to them.

Jocelyn, you will be blessed with virtue, knowledge, temperance, and kindness. And when you come to the age when you feel that marriage is a choice, we bless you that you will have the strength and the courage to marry a man in the temple. Through out your life, that you will remember to pray and think upon the Savior. We give you this name through the priesthood and bless you, in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.”

Jocelyn at 1 month old

Shanae Jones was the fabulous photographer!
She got a new camera and LUCKY US!
We got to be a test drive!
I'm so happy with all the photos... here are just a few!
I absolutely love lookin at Jocelyn.
Thank you SHANAE! xoxox

Jocelyn's fever of 101.2 at 3 weeks

This was slow in the posting, but at Jocelyn's 3 week b-day, if you will, she had a fever of 101.2! I was unsure what to do and with the help from family and friends we called the doctor 4am and he sent us to the hospital. First the one in Kahuku then to Kapi'olani (Honolulu) for a 48hr monitoring and testing. On one of the tests it showed there was bacteria in her blood, but THEN they discovered it was a contaminant from when it was drawn. All in all it was emotional but she was just fine! She just got a lil bug from somewhere and it was taken care of in a day. Better to be safe than sorry! That's for sure. But while we were there Derek and I enjoyed that pull out chair together! ha ha They have a rule of no one sleeping on the floor or in the crib with the baby! ;) Could you imagine Derek climbing in there with her!? We had very nice nurses that were helpful and consoling. All is well that ends well! But it was sad to see her get pricked and poked so much. Now she's happy and healthy, we just need to plump her up a bit! Thanks for your love and prayers!

Happy 1 Month, Jocelyn

She can fit into some of her headbands now! I'm sorry, but how was I suppose to pick just one of these faces?! ha I love how sge gets a bit cross-eyed...
~CAN'T TAKE MY EYES OFF OF YOU, YOU'RE JUST TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE~
Can't believe today is her 1 month! It's gone by so fast! Time flies when you're havin fun!!
Up to 8 lbs baby, ya!
:D Love the bracelet, Auntie Tessa! Mahalo!
"Slumber party anyone?"

Jocelyn Kailaleilani

ALoHA!

Jocelyn has been so much fun! She is now 3 weeks old and before Grandpa left he has a great idea! Here is just a teaser of our fun Hawaiian photo shoot! Our lil Hula girl! He had the idea of cracking a walnut in half... that may have fit a bit better, but ;D we just embraced the coconut. We were surprised how well she cooperated! She's a natural.

Some of you may notice the Kailaleilani... this is the middle name we almost gave her, but it seemed it could become overwhelming. So it's UNofficially her middle name (if you ask me and Grandpa) Kaila is pronounced Kai- la ... {kai rhymes with sky - la rhymes with the}

Kaila is my mom's name in Hawaiian which translates to: stylish, beautiful, fashionable. Kai alone means water/ocean. Leilani means royal child/lei from heaven. Jocelyn has the same meaning as Hillary: joyful, cheerful, happy. SO... if you were curious there you have it. We wanted to give her a Hawaiian middle name since she, and only she, will be born in Hawaii! ;> She'll have that to brag about.

Mahalo nui loa for taking the time to check out our cheerful, beautiful, royal child from heaven!

JoJo

One of the many fun faces she makes throughout the day!

She's so pretty when she sleeps! ;) As her shirt says, she's our sweetie!
Precious moments...
She's so LITTLE! We have a hard time getting over this little phenomenon.

"Love em and kiss em and squeeze em and hold em just do it and after you do SHE WILL BE YOURS!" She's so fun to hold and cuddle up with.Test drive in the back seat! As we drive her around she falls asleep! This was fun to see her hands from under the blanket when we got back home. Hee hee

Fun sleep-little nights and Fun nursing days! Here are some more photos of our pretty princess! She's doing great... just a little gasie and burpie... which means a little frown! But we've got some drops we're hoping will help and that maybe with time this too shall pass.

Happy days!
Talk to you soon...

ma & pa

She IS a silli willi

She's a natural! Posing for her close up!

These next photos were not torture! I promise! Jocelyn slept all day Monday and was up ALL Monday night/Tuesday morning! She didn't seem to remember the sleeping rule! But anyways, because she was up all Tuesday morning, she wanted to sleep ALL Tuesday DAY to make up for it. I was REALLY trying to not let her sleep... see! This is how OUT she was!!!! Now just check out the time of this post, she was up again.



words just can't explain... hahaha so funny




And still, after all that, sound asleep

i love my cutie pie