3 Boo-Boos

Poor Jacey Kate had to get 3 mean shots today at her 4 month appointment! It was not fun for any of us. I have been dreading it for the past week, and have prayed for her all day today. She did pretty good, we were proud of her! Of course she screamed her little head off...so much that the top of her head was all splotchy when we left.

Here is her 4 month info:

-15 pounds 12 ounces; 90th percentile

-25 1/2 inches; 90th percentile

-not sure what the head measurement was but it was in the 75th percentile

Doctor said these were all normal and good percentiles!

Green Bean Hater!!!

At our 4 month appointment today, we learned we can start several new things. I had no idea we would get to start food...I was just thinking we would probably start cereal. But Mommy was wrong, we get to start veggies, cereal, and water in a sippy cup! Craig and I went straight to Target after her appointment to get all the needed things for all this new stuff we get to try! Craig and I both wanted to cry. We just could not believe she was going to get to start all these things. She just is growing up WAY TOO FAST!!!! As you can see Miss Jacey did not care for green beans at all! The poor thing gagged and made all sorts of awful faces! Next week we will try to pick a more appetizing veggie like maybe squash. Mommy and Daddy love squash so maybe Jacey Kate will too!

Am I Cute Or What!!!

These are a few of the pictures I took over the weekend. The red dress is what she wore to church on Sunday. There was an older lady that saw her as we were coming down the stairs from our LIFE group (sunday school) and she just about went nuts! It was so cute. The lady was clapping her hands and just about squilling she asked me if she could touch her! haha I thought it was so sweet...and of course I let her "touch her"!

This is about my only good one in my favorite outfit. It took many tries. She was eating the flower in just about all the others! I am still trying to figure out if I want to have her picture made in it or not. I am pretty sure it would be a little hard to get a good one if all she wants to do is eat her shirt! haha

The zebra outfit is one Melissa got her before she was born. I think it matches Melissa's personality well...cute and wild!!!!

Jacey's New Thing

Jacey loves her Sassy Jumper!! She didn't stay in it real long, but long enough for the first time. It looks like she is having a good time! She didn't really jump too much, but she did turn in lots of circles!

My New Thing

These are not the best pictures in the world, and don't do the loveys much justice, but here they are. This is my newest thing! Jacey has really started to love some of her little loveys. She was given one kinda like this, and one day I decided I wanted to try to make one. Well, one turned into many and hopefully many more. I had one with me at a children's store here and asked them if they might want to sell them and they did!!! I was excited...then they said they wanted 12! I have been working on them all week and will take them Monday to see which ones they pick and if they want more! They have been a lot of fun to make. I have been going nuts getting tons of ribbon. I sure hope they want more or I will have a ton of ribbon on my hands!!!

Mommy's Favorite Outfit

I just about went crazy trying to get a good picture of her in this. This is about the best we did so far! All she wanted to do was put the flower in her mouth! Then I realized I forgot to put the little shoes on that matched. All those that I took with the shoes on were not good. Will try again later. She is sleeping now and I had a little time to blog, so I went ahead and posted what I had. I would love to have her picture made in this, but I think any photographer might want to choke us if all she wants to do is eat her shirt! Mom got her this cute little outfit before she was born, and I just love it. I almost waited too long for her to wear it because it was a little hard to get on this morning!

4 Month Birthday!

It is so hard to believe Miss Jacey Kate is 4 Months old! I know I am a day lost in posting this, but I did take the picture yesterday. She is getting to be more and more fun everyday. It seems like she has done something new every week for the past few weekends! The funniest thing is her new "motor boat" sound! It is pretty funny. She seems to do it most when she is a little frustrated! Now for where we are at four months.....Jacey is still wearing a size two diaper, we are kinda in between sizes, but twos work a little better than the ones. She is wearing pretty much all 3-6 months in her clothes. I have been excited that she has been able to wear some things this past week that we hadn't been able to yet. We were starting to get tired of some of the old stuff! She is rolling over all over the place like a little rollie pollie! She is still loving her swing and her thumb! haha I have given up worring about her being a thumb sucker. I am sad to admit, I even think it is kinda cute sometimes. It just may not be cute if she is still sucking when she is 5 or like my mom...16! Yes, that is right. Mom sucked her thumb until she was 16! She still sleeps on her back when she is home, but her babysitter says she most always sleeps on her tummy there. I have one of those wedge things so she can't turn over. Her babysitter says she will try to turn her over and she will leave the room and come back and she will be on her tummy again. Jacey has shown us her precious little laugh a few times. It is the sweetest sound! That is about all I can think of right now that she has done since last month. I think I need to start writing things down as they happen so I don't forget when they happen. Have a happy friday! I am off today and spending the day with my girl, so I know we are going to have a great day!

Look What My Daddy Did

Do you see anything wrong with this picture......?

Craig usually gives Jacey her bath every night and dresses her. I picked her pajamas out this one night because I wanted her to wear this one outfit. Craig hardly ever picks it because it is a little more difficult to get on than most of her pajamas. And you see what happens when something is a little difficult to put on...it gets put on backwards! haha

Time for Church

We finally were able to go to church a couple of weeks ago, and look how cute we were! Her doctor asked us to wait to take her until she was at least three months old. Most of our Sunday school class gave us heck for waiting so long, but we were the paranoid parents who chose to do what the doctor asked. Better to be safe than sorry! Anyway, she did so good and got lots of love! Thank you Chapman's for my cute little dress!

Happy Birthday Dad!

Happy Birthday Dad! I hope you know how much you are missed and how much we all love you! Isn't that the best smile! I miss it more than words can say! I hope you all find a little smile yourself when you see this and just remember what an amazing man this is. I am so very proud to call him my Dad! Happy Birthday Old Man! (that is what I told him every birthday, he would say "Who me?")

Lovin these!!!!

I just love these pictures and had to share1 My cousin's wife took these at our family reunion over the 4th of July. Kristy is an amazing photographer! The bottom left picture cracks me up..it looks like she is about to punch Kristy in the nose! Kristy took a ton of pictures that I will be putting on the blog hopefully sometime soon.

Jacey is growing more and more every day. She is not quite rolling over yet, but she is getting pretty darn close. She has started laughing though and it is priceless. If I can catch it on video I will try to get brave and attempt to post that on here too. I know it can be done, it is just if this chick here can figure out how to get it posted!

Another Good Weekend!!

Jacey apparently likes her Mommy's singing! I was singing "Jesus Loves Me" to her and she was just smiling the whole time. It was a precious moment that I won't forget! She is such a precious baby, and then she does things like this........(see below)

The little toot has found her thumb!!! Mommy and Daddy aren't real thrilled, but what do ya do! We have tried to introduce the paci on several occasions, but she just doesn't seem to like it too much. She is still precious and I have to admit it makes me laugh. I just hope it is a habit that she will get rid of before too long...somehow I doubt it though.

Happy 3 Month Birthday!!!

My precious little angel is 3 months old today! I can hardly believe it! She is so much fun and just wonderful as she could be. I am so lucky to be this little girl's mommy. She is getting so big. I think it is pretty clear to see that she likes her mommy's milk! haha

Jacey is still wearing her 3-6 months clothes and in size 1 diapers. There are a few 3 month outfits that she can't wear anymore and that makes me sad, but it is fun to see her grow too. I am pretty sure that the next diapers I buy are going to have to be size 2. She is still making her funny machine gun sounds but not as much. She seems like she is moving those little arms and legs all the time! Craig and I tease that she is practicing writing her name in mid air with those little arms flapping so much. She is holding her head up great and really likes her tummy time. She still LOVES her swing! She did do something new yesterday.....she found her thumb!!!! I was not too excited about it. I don't know why, but I have just really not wanted her to be a thumb sucker. If she does it will be just fine. I guess I can say I just won't encourage it. =) I have tried to stick a paci in her mouth a few more times, but she just hasn't cared for it too much. I am not going to force the issue. We just give it a try every now and then. I am convinced that Jacey has been trying to talk to us. A lot of times when she is cooing we will talk to her and she just coos back and smiles and sometimes even squeaks! It is so precious and so much fun! I think she is trying so hard to laugh too, that is usually when the squeak comes out! Jacey is also doing great with sleeping most of the night. We still have a few nights a week when she wakes up once during the night, but mostly on the weekends she is a good girl and sleeps all night long! I am excited to see what all she is going to be doing new by her next month birthday!

Fun at the Lake!

We had another great weekend at the lake with Nonnie and Meme. We also got to introduce Jacey to some more of her family that she had not met yet over at Patsy and Carl's. We had a great time. I will have to post some pictures from that too in the near future. I hope to post some from the Lane reunion soon too!

Weekend at Nonnie's

Jacey thinks her Meme is pretty interesting! She just smiled away when Meme held her. I don't know who was having more fun, Jacey or Meme!

We had so much fun at Nonnie's this past weekend! Jacey was such a good girl. She even slept all night long both nights! Momma enjoyed the rest. Thanks Nonnie for a great weekend! We look forward to many more to come!

Catching up on some photos!!

Hey there everyone! Have you been missing your Jacey fix! Sorry I haven't posted in a while, I guess the evenings have been kinda busy and my darn foot has been hurting so much that I just haven't made the time to do any blogging. Sorry about that. (have no idea what is wrong with my foot, just hurts really bad in the afternoons...may be a bone spur or something, who knows) Anyway, these are just some random pictures that I have chosen to share. I am sad to say I don't have a Father's Day picture. Craig didn't want me to take his picture because we had a lazy day and he was looking kinda scruffy :) He said it was a perfect day though and he had it all remembered in his head. Oh well, I tried! He did have a great first Father's Day!



Napping with Daddy. I thought this was too cute to pass up. He got me back later on...see below! Oh, it feels so good to cuddle with her and take naps together!

I thought this was a cute picture and it shows off her room a little bit. One of these days I will have to take some pictures of her nursery and post them for those of you that have not been here to see it! It is really PINK!

This picture makes me laugh. Her little head poking up over her bumbo chair is just too cute. She and her grandma are watching a Baby Einstein movie. I think she likes it, she is starting to pay more attention to it.

Jacey's little smile just warms my heart. I think about it during the day when I am at work and it just makes me smile every time! She sometimes smiles real big and scrunches her nose up... that is my favorite. I haven't caught a good one of those on camera yet.

Now this is a little girl who LOVES her swing. Sometimes I think she likes it better than me, but there are some times when she does just want to be held too, and I certainly don't mind!

My Precious Girl

Jacey was just too cute today in her little polo outfit that I couldn't resist taking some pictures! My sweet friends the Neugebauer's (the family I babysat for in college) sent her this precious little outfit. Thank you Toby, Melissa, Nate and Noah!

Happy Family

Well, I finally managed to get Daddy on the blog, but haven't managed to get a picture of the three of us together. I know there are some, but they aren't the greatest pictures. Will have to work on that one!

We were on our way to go view a few of the Parade of Homes on Saturday. It was really hot. We didn't see too many, but Jacey was super good. She and Momma found their future dream home! yeah right...I say that every year, we just have fun looking! Hope you all enjoy these!

2 Month Birthday!!

Happy 2 Month Birthday Jacey Kate! I can't believe 2 months have already gone by. You are growing so fast! Daddy and I have loved every second of having you here with us, and are enjoying watching you grow!
Jacey is just about holding her head up on her own. We still have a little bit of a bobble head! She is wearing most all of her 3 month outfits now. There are a couple newborn ones that she can fit into, but not many! Mommy doesn't like that part. I love to see her in her new clothes, but there are some too that I wasn't ready to give up on just yet. She has really started smiling a lot! That is so much fun to see! I think she is a very happy baby! The sign for being hungry is smacking on her fist! That is how she wakes us up at night...either that or her machine gun noise! She doesn't cry much at all, just when she is really hungry and mommy is taking too long! She is sleeping through most of the night, just wakes up once around 4. I don't want to speak too early but for now it is safe to say Jacey is a very good baby!
We love you baby Jacey...Happy 2 Month Birthday!

Precious Jacey Kate

This past weekend we tried tummy time for the first time. I think she liked it! We had so much fun just talking, and we read a couple of books and she was just content the whole time.

Now if this doesn't make you smile then there is something wrong with you! She has really started smiling a lot here lately. Look at those chubby cheeks! Her smiles make our heart melt!

Jacey and her G-Pa. This is from when Jacey came home from the hospital. She looks so tiny then compared to all her pictures now. It is hard to remember her being that small. She just got way too big way too fast!

A couple of weekends ago we went to the lake for the first time. Jacey's little outfit matched the bed, so of course we had to take some pictures. I didn't get any very good ones but she is still cute! jacey did great this weekend at the lake. We had a good time just chilling out and enjoying the pretty weather!

Little Miss Strawberry Shortcake! Isn't she a cutie! Gotta love that HUGE flower on her head too!

Happy First Mother's Day To Me!!

4 Generations!

We spent our Mother's Day at Possum Kingdom! We had a nice relaxing weekend (besides the one night that Jacey cried from about 10 at night to 4 in the morning). Needless to say mommy was a little bit tired on Mother's Day, but we still had a good time.

What joy it has been to be a mom! There is nothing like it in the world. It is still sometimes hard to believe she is really mine sometimes when I look at her. (Sounds kinda dumb, I know)

I love you baby Jacey! I am so proud to be your MOM!

Uncle Kyle and His 2 Nieces!

Check out Uncle B and his two cute nieces, Miss Jacey and Miss Bella!!! Who do you think is more cute? That is a tough one......!

Jacey and Heidi

Heidi was feeling left out, so she got in on a few poses with Jacey in her Red Raider outfit. Jacey was not making the best face in any of them, but oh well they are still cute anyway!

Bumbo Time

These were taken about 3 or 4 weeks ago, but I thought I needed to share Jacey's first time in her Bumbo chair. I think she kinda liked it. She didn't scream, so that is always a good sign! These pictures crack me up because her facial expressions are so different in all of them. Hard to tell who she looks like most. I think she is a good mixture of us both. Gotta say I see a little bit of Grandaddy in her! She makes a lot of her Uncle Kyle's facial expressions too!

Jordan and Jacey

Jordan wasn't really sure what he thought of Jacey the first time he saw her. He actually hid behind Mom's leg at first. It wasn't until the next day that he would even get close to her, and then he finally asked to hold her. Here are the results! How cute is this. Jordan has the best smile. He will definitely be a heart breaker some day!