Oh Jocelyn, Jocelyn, Jocelyn

Jocelyn just keeps us on our toes!  Sunday was quite a day.  In the morning I spilled a few cheerios while pouring a bowl of cereal for Kal.  To which Jocelyn stated, "Mom, sometimes your not an artist of doing that."

On the way home from church, she was telling us what she learned in Primary.  Then she said, "Carter asked a question and it goofed me up, so I'm not going to talk any more." And then proceeded to talk the rest of the way home.  Where does she hear these phrases?  Silly Goose.

Later, she tried to curl her hair with a comb and it got stuck.  After doing our best to get it out, we got the scissors.  I thought it wouldn't be so bad, the comb was stuck at shoulder length.  Brandon loves Jocelyn's long hair, so he took a closer look.  He said it was a clove hitch knot and got the comb out in 30 seconds.  You never know where those Eagle scout skills will come in handy!

This story cracks me up.  Jocelyn sat up on the stand during sharing time.  When asked to return to her seat, she cried.  The Primary president took her in the hall to find out what the problem was.  She replied that she had prepared a talk and needed to give it.  She had a crumpled paper in her hand where she had written it.  The Primary president asked if she could do it without any help (of course she can--it's Jocelyn we're talking about!!).  So, the kind hearted president announced at the end that they would be having a talk by Jocelyn Flammer.  Jos got up there with her paper and gave her one sentence talk and sat down.  (She said, "Heavenly Father and Jesus are nice.  In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.")  I am thankful for an understanding Primary president and for a little girl who always keeps us laughing!

Kimber

I know a very lovely photographer. She works magic. Her name is Kimberly. While we were out in Utah, we wanted to capture our cute little ones, now 4, 2, and 6 months old--Kim did a great job!! Here are a few of our favorites:

www.photobykimber.com


Thank you, Kim!

That's disgusting!

That's what my sweet Mr. Kal tells me every time I change a messy diaper. Well, don't read the following while eating:

During Sacrament meeting last week, we sat in the overflow. Kal was super grumpy and when spinning in circles made him happy, we decided it was less disruptive than grumping at us. Well, he got dizzy and fell over, so I pulled him up on my lap. He puked. All over me, IN the diaper bag, and all over the floor. Luckily, we were by a garbage can and the door, so I pick it up and held it under him as I took him out to the bathroom. Unfortunately, it happened as the closing speaker was finishing and I was supposed to say the benediction. So, I stripped Kal, put his jacket on him and gave him to Brandon and ran back to the bathroom to wipe myself off and made it back just in time to say the prayer.

This morning:
Jos was up in the night with a tummy ache. I gave her tums and put her back to bed. She got up with a tummy ache. I got her breakfast, but she didn't eat it. She just drank water. I felt so sad for her, so I pulled her onto my lap while I ate. Two bites in, she puked. Right into my bowl. I ran her to the bathroom, leaving a trail of vomit behind. Poor girl. As I was holding her hair back for her, I saw River rolling towards the mess. Luckily, Jos finished in time for me to grab Riv before she entered the puke zone.

A shower later, I found River pooped up her tummy and down both legs. Awesome. I pulled a "Grandma Flammer" and had to wash her off under the faucet (at least it was the bathtub and not the kitchen!!).

At least everything was cleaned up by 9 am. We are having a jammy day today (at least Jos and Kal). Though I feel sad for Jos and her fever, I am really enjoying the snuggles. I was holding Riv at one point and Jos needed to snuggle, so I put Rivi in her exersaucer. She was happy until she saw me snuggle Jos. Jocelyn just laughed and said, in a baby talk voice, "Oh, Little River. She's my mommy, too!" Then Jos chuckled and River calmed down. It was a cute moment. River just adores Jocelyn.

Jocelyn is tough about being sick. She will be back to normal by tomorrow, so I am enjoying my snuggles today. I love my kids!

Jocelyn vs Kal vs River

Here is a comparison of our kids as newborns and at 2 months. When did Jocelyn and Kal get to be so big?

Jocelyn

Kal

River

2 Months
Jocelyn

Kal

River

What does asphalt smell like?

I am not quite sure, but I bet Jocelyn could tell you!

She decided to find out by face-planting on the asphalt path at the zoo.

It took some time to develop.
Here she is when we got home:
A few hours later, the bridge of her nose was wider than the base!
It is hard to see in the photo, but it is all blue too!
Poor girlie! She hasn't complained about it since, but if you ask her, she'll tell you it hurts!

Horribly

Jocelyn said, "I horribly want to eat my meal in the car."
"I don't horribly know."
"I horribly love my sister."

After hearing "horribly" several times I inquired where she heard it. She replied, "Nowhere. I just figured it out on my own. I have always known 'horribly,' even when I was a baby I knew it."

There you go. She horribly knows a lot. Isn't she fun?

"We were just. . .

painting a pretty picture, Mommy!"

While visiting our friends, the Castles, the 4 kiddos (Jocelyn, Kal, Carter, and Jensen) went downstairs to play. A while later, Kal came up the stairs looking like this:

The 4 adults ran down the stairs to find this:

(The black stuff is acrylic paint)

As we arrived at the bottom of the stairs, Jocelyn informed us they were "just painting a pretty picture, Mommy!" We all just sighed. The mess was way too big to worry about getting mad, so someone just suggested we get the camera! Then off to work--Brandon took care of the two babies upstairs, Brent started clean the carpet where Kal walked, Angie went for supplies and started cleaning, I manned the 4 kiddos in the shower. What a mess! The kids cleaned up nice, though!

Reflections

River comes tomorrow. We are all so happy she will be joining our family! As I was with my little angels today, I thought about how their whole world is about to change. They both seem very excited about a baby coming, but I know it is hard at the same time. These changes, difficult as they may be, are wonderful experiences that we will cherish forever.

Today I got to snuggle Jocelyn while Kal was napping. We were talking about her life and thoughts. It was so insightful. She is a thoughtful girl. River and Kal are very blessed to have such a thoughtful, intelligent, and sweet older sister. She is my biggest helper in the whole world. It is bitter-sweet to see her grow up so fast. I look at her little angel face and those gorgeous blue eyes and it makes my eyes water sometimes to see how fast she is growing. I tell her I love her so much that my body can't keep it in, so it comes out in tears. That thought makes her smile. There was a thunder storm the night before Kal was born and I spent the night on Jocelyn's floor next to her bed. The next morning I had my appointment, and Kal came. When I left her that morning, she was my little baby girl. When I returned from the hospital, she was a little girl napping in her bed. She grew in 2 days!!

I sit here tonight reflecting on the time I got to snuggle Kal this afternoon, wondering if my little baby boy will grow so much in 2 days, too! I am sure he will. He is talking and expressing so much lately. Kal really is growing up. He has quite a sense of humor. River and Jocelyn are blessed to have a mellow, funny, caring brother. I am blessed to have another good little helper (Kal) who loves to clean!

I love being a mom and look forward to meeting little River tomorrow. Our ward is so wonderful and it only took a few phone calls to find willing people to care for my angels for 3 days (since she is coming a little earlier than expected). I am so excited to see Mom on Monday and have her here to help as we welcome this little one into our lives. Thank you to all our family and friends for your prayers--we made it to 38 1/2 weeks this time! I love all of you!

Jocelyn's Prayer

As Jocelyn was blessing our breakfast yesterday, she included the following:
"[Please bless the food.] Please help it to give us energy and to give bad people energy so they can become good. Please help strangers to get good energy, too, so they can be good like us."

She's my Angel Princess! I always get a kick out of the things she says. Her prayers are very insightful. I just love her!

Easter Fun!

The day before Easter, a family in our ward hosted an Easter egg hunt in their big yard. It was potluck and most of the families with children in the ward attended. It was a lot of fun! here are the kiddos finding eggs.Enjoying the spoils--YUM!!
The Easter Bunny found us!
We enjoyed the yummy treats and some fun presents from grandparents.
Thank you!!

The Easter Bunny hid some eggs in our house while we were at church! It sure was fun to find them!