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!
Monday, April 25, 2005
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!
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...
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...
Thursday, March 17, 2005
JoElle meets Isaiah and Aunt Carrie
JoElle met her cousin Isaiah and Aunt Carrie on Saturday! Isaiah had a great time with her, he insisted upon sitting next to her in the restaurant!
I taught Isaiah how to put her paci back in her mouth and wipe up all her drool! He told me he gives his baby sister Elena a hug in their mommy's belly every day. He didn't want to leave the restaurant because he was having fun with her.
JoElle is sick again with a cold from daycare this time, and so am I....She spent this morning in the nursery at church, and we went to Sunday School and worship service too. She was kinda fussy because she needed some sleep and wanted to be held by us. She has been through a whole week of daycare, and it went pretty well. She hardly sleeps there, just 20-30 minute naps 3 or so times a day. Instead of sleeping, she is busy looking around, watching the other babies and her teachers. When JoElle gets home, I feed her, we play a bit, take a bath, and then she is out for the night around 7:00 p.m.!
This little boy named "Scooby" kinda likes her, he is a toddler and whenever her swing at daycare stops, he pushes it for her! He always smiles at us when we get there in the morning.
Tuesday, March 15, 2005
2 month checkup
JoElle has really started noticing us and smiling at us in the past 3 weeks. She is even enjoying new people talking to her and smiling at her. She loves to smile back! JoElle also loves to talk to and smile at Grandma- my mom.
JoElle got five vaccinations at her last Dr appt on Aunt Ana's B-day (March 11th). She did great, but got fussy later that afternoon; it still wasn't near the fussiness we endured thos first two weeks when she couldn't tolerate the milk and the soy formulas!
She is now 11 lbs 9 oz and 23.5 inches long. Compared to other babies her age, she is now bigger and longer than only 80 percent of them, with an average sized head. So, compared to her body, her head is small which enables her to hold it up for minutes at a time, even while on her tummy. JoElle isn't growing as rapidly as she was at first, the first month she was bigger than 100% of baby girls her age. This makes sense, since Tim and I are both short and not huge people (ok so we both are trying to lose weight though...)
Grandma babysat for us on March 9th,which was our 3 year anniversary, so that Tim could suprise me by taking me to Sambuca's in Addison (it is a Mediterranean cuisines Jazz cafe that we both love....mmm delish!)
There is also a pic of JoElle with Grandma that I took when we got home. We don't worry about JoElle at all when Grandma is taking care of her. Grandma has really taken the time to get to know JoElle and the way we interact with her, feed her and all that, so JoElle is very familiar and comfortable with her, just like with us (until she gets superfussy occasionally!)
JoElle begins daycare on Monday in North Arlington, close to my new job. We really like the center and her teachers, and the other babies in her room are very friendly!
So pray for us and her as we transition into this new phase of babycare!
JoElle got five vaccinations at her last Dr appt on Aunt Ana's B-day (March 11th). She did great, but got fussy later that afternoon; it still wasn't near the fussiness we endured thos first two weeks when she couldn't tolerate the milk and the soy formulas!
She is now 11 lbs 9 oz and 23.5 inches long. Compared to other babies her age, she is now bigger and longer than only 80 percent of them, with an average sized head. So, compared to her body, her head is small which enables her to hold it up for minutes at a time, even while on her tummy. JoElle isn't growing as rapidly as she was at first, the first month she was bigger than 100% of baby girls her age. This makes sense, since Tim and I are both short and not huge people (ok so we both are trying to lose weight though...)
Grandma babysat for us on March 9th,which was our 3 year anniversary, so that Tim could suprise me by taking me to Sambuca's in Addison (it is a Mediterranean cuisines Jazz cafe that we both love....mmm delish!)
There is also a pic of JoElle with Grandma that I took when we got home. We don't worry about JoElle at all when Grandma is taking care of her. Grandma has really taken the time to get to know JoElle and the way we interact with her, feed her and all that, so JoElle is very familiar and comfortable with her, just like with us (until she gets superfussy occasionally!)
JoElle begins daycare on Monday in North Arlington, close to my new job. We really like the center and her teachers, and the other babies in her room are very friendly!
So pray for us and her as we transition into this new phase of babycare!
Friday, March 4, 2005
Going "back" to work...(new job)
I found a job on Wednesday, March 2, and training class starts on the 14th! I am both excited and sad. We must have the income and I need to work for myself, but I will miss being the one to take care of JoElle throught the day.
I know it will all work out just fine, please pray over her health and for protection for her as well as peace and wisdom for us.I will be working at a bankruptcy company called Ascension Capital Group, and the great thing is that it is in Arlington! It is across the highway from Six Flags, so my drive will be much, much better than the 1 hour to 1.5 hour commute I had to Irving. So we are wanting to find a daycare up in that area...
I know it will all work out just fine, please pray over her health and for protection for her as well as peace and wisdom for us.I will be working at a bankruptcy company called Ascension Capital Group, and the great thing is that it is in Arlington! It is across the highway from Six Flags, so my drive will be much, much better than the 1 hour to 1.5 hour commute I had to Irving. So we are wanting to find a daycare up in that area...
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