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Monday, April 25, 2005

Teething and new cousin, Elena

JoElle's first girl cousin, Elena Ray Coats, was born on April 23rd, 2005. She weighed in at 5 lbs 2 oz and 18 inches long; she was several weeks early and is a cute, healthy baby.

Cousin Peyton is crawling and pulling up; he is so very close to walking!! He loves to touch JoElle and touch her hair. Her toys are yummy as he loves to put them in his mouth, too! Peyton likes to come and play with her toys and she just watches him.

JoElle is teething now...she was pretty fussy today at different times and she was gnawing on a wet washcloth just now like there's no tomorrow!

Sunday, April 17, 2005

JoElle: 3 month checkup

JoElle was 12 lbs 7 oz at her last Dr. appt at 3 months old. She is about 25 inches long now. She loves to smile at everyone! JoElle is teething and loves to gnaw on everything, especially her hand. She puts herself to sleep by sucking on it.

Friday, April 15, 2005

Growth Spurt

JoElle has hit a little growth spurt in the last few days, she is gobbling down bottles and is still hungry and now her jeans and sleepers aren't fitting- they are too short!

She loves day care and they love her. JoElle has lots of little friends who talk to her, touch her hair, and try to rock her in her swings. When I come pick her up, they try to help me fasten her in her car seat and try to rock her!

Her teacher Ms. Jennifer says JoElle smiles all the time and is such a happy baby! Her teacher Ms. Susan tells me JoElle loves to grab the toys on her activity center and she pays attention to everything, really studying the world.

She has been sleeping through the night for three weeks now, she falls asleep by 6:30 p.m. and sleeps until I wake her up to leave at 6:30 a.m. WOW! What a difference from the first two weeks!

JoElle loves to smile at everyone who talks to her and smiles at her. We read the Bible to her along with Dr. Seuss and some cute baby books she can put in her mouth! She will sit on my lap and touch the books, listening and sometimes cooing. She coos in the car to the music like she is singing! JoElle likes to suck on her fingers, her lip, and she sticks everything in her mouth. JoElle also LOVES to watch t.v. She gets mad when I turn it off; she watched an entire Baby Einstein video Saturday while standing in her activity center, cooing at the colors on the screen.
We are having so much fun with her!

Friday, April 1, 2005

April 2005

JoElle has been in daycare for 4 weeks already! Her and Peyton took Easter bunny pictures together. She loves to smile at us and her teachers, too.

We are attending a new church- for various reasons- Fielder Road Baptist. It's closer to home than FBCE and we really love her teachers in the nursery. They look forward to her coming!
She is sleeping throught the night now! This whole week, she has slept from 7:30 to almost 7:00 a.m. Sometimes I have to wake her up to leave for work because she is still snoozing...