This is what she wore yesterday- it's her first 3 mo outfit.... look at her "skretch!"
She is getting interactive- lots of smiles, especially in the morning, sweet girl.
She helps me with the laundry- it will be nice in the next house when the laundry room is down stairs- I know a lot of folks hate that, but I think I'll really enjoy it.
We love our headbands. I need to take more pics- I've taken adult bands and then put in a matching or contrasting ribbon to tighten it up, cute. This is one of my favorite outfits- red and green.
Peaceful sleeper- she does so good. Typically I get a good 6 hour or so stretch out of her at night, can't complain about that.
I just hate it when the "feet" of the jamma's don't stay in the right place... so we fix it with hair bands (don't worry... they're not too tight)
Isn't this just the most stylish daddy you've ever seen?
If I could draw a devil, I would've...
We
had a sleepover with cousins here. It started out with Kenna and Gwennie here on the "shag-nasty"... and ended up with sisters side by side- and they say they want separate ROOMS?... hmmmm.... Jocilyn and Hunter started out on the twin mattress in separate sleeping bags... ended up that siblings were together, isn't that sweet? It was a fun treat to have them- I'm glad we waited until a night when uncle Matthew was home to help though, because not one of them slept through the night without some sort of incident. Family is good.
Jocilyn is my kid. By the time I was 3 I had something like 6 cavities at my first dental visit (mom, correct me if I'm wrong...). Joc has had more dental work than any of my other kids- so far Maesyn has been perfect! She's had to have a couple of extractions to make room for other teeth and also one or two just because we were beyond saving the tooth- so she has a space saving retainer in her mouth- in this pic you can also see a silver capped tooth in the back top left of her mouth. Anyway, she has really started losing teeth on her own. She lost her right front tooth around Christmas and the left has been getting looser and looser- last night she was able to pull it. Matthew thinks I'm hitting her or something (just kidding) he just didn't realize that they all fall out close together leaving very toothless grins...
Her cousin, Hunter, had gotten pixie/fairy dust when the tooth fairy visited him. So when I rang the tooth fairy I added that as a request on Jocilyn's behalf, she was even willing to take the dust in lieu of money (wow!). I wasn't really very excited about fairy dust because I thought, "yuck, on the sheets? Firstly, what if she breaths it? Secondly, I have to change already clean sheets..." The tooth fairy is clean though, and thoughtful of moms having to change sheets... Here is a pic of how she delivered the dust and money combo- fancy! Jocilyn was thrilled.
Her bottom tow teeth just fill in that gap- looks like very buck teeth (she's ready to play the part of the Easter bunny now!)
The toothfairy left her a note attatched to her money last visit, stitched to her pillow with dental floss. She has very nice, TINY, writing and there was pixie glitter all over the note- it read: "Jocilyn- I'm sorry that I missed you last night. I've been very busy. Please take care of the rest of your teeth. I don't want to come back for any more that the dentist had to pull becuase they were rotten. Brush, brush, brush! Set a good example for your sisters! ... Sincerely, The Tooth Fairy" 
Why are little feet so cute? so edible, so kissable and sweet? and the shoes... oh, the shoes... 
December 22, 1998- December 22, 2008- with much more to come 
It all started on Christmas Eve... 
I had wrapping to do and they knew it, so once they were safely locked away and too afraid to cheat... we were off... (you can't see, but the baby monitor was this side of the gates to hear if they tried to take them down)
At our house there really aren't any presents under the tree until Santa puts them there. He even places the ones from mom and dad, etc. That is a Gibbens tradition- and I believe the reason is likely to make it that much more exciting to walk in and behold a great gift explosion under the tree on Christmas morning.... I could be wrong- but it is a pretty dramatic thing to go to bed with 1-2 under there and wake up to this... Santa also tinsels our tree when he comes...
The Girls check stockings first- Stockings are another thing that have taken on a heavy Gibbens influence- for better or worse...I like the Slade way it's a lot more tidy... Gibbens stockings are full to overflowing with nuts, candy and a piece of fruit. It was funny last year the girls got oranges in their stockings and Kenna hollers out, "Hey! Santa knows I hate oranges!" So this year she got an apple and she made a comment that he must have remembered this year not to give her another orange... it was pretty cute.
The biggest hit for the girls were MP3 players. We kept having to tell them to turn the volume down, to which they'd reply, "WHAT?... I CAN'T HEAR YOU, WHAT DID YOU SAY?" I use to hate it when my parents made me do that. Headphones are just better loud- until you are the parent and those are your babies ears... even though we have sign language on standby, I think I'd rather preserve their sense of hearing...
Matthew's favorite gift was actually one of my gifts. He got me a little thingy- I don't know the name of it- but it makes it so that the laptop picks up the wireless signal in the house so that I can check my blog while feeding the baby- very exciting- we have all thoroughly enjoyed that.
Well, it took me a while, but there is the Christmas summary. We hope you all enjoyed the season and were able to reflect on the Savior... Hope you are on your way to a very happy new year!
Birdie on point with Jethro
Now that is a good looking point. She held this for 5 Mins, while we took pics
Just an all around great pic, dogs on the run after the flush with guns drawn.
This bird was so burried that all we could see was his
