Happy Birthday BABY!

I'm 1!

Where did this year go?! I can't believe it, she can't really be one year old!

This morning, as I got up, I was thinking of how just last year on a Sunday morning I was able to hold my beautiful baby girl for the first time. After a day and half of contractions we met Miss Jo on 8-1-10 at 10:04 am, and she couldn't have been more perfect. She was a healthy 8.8 pounds and 19 3/4 inches long.
 
Things I remember from labor:

-I had to beg Daddy to take me in, he thought it was a false alarm.

-Walking to the OB, I had to stop 3 times in between contractions before I could continue on.

-Daddy forgot to push record on the video camera.

-While pushing, we were watching a music video on CMT.

-My grandma didn't believe we had actually had her until she heard her cry.

-Our parents were at church and we couldn't get hold of them until after and my grandma had to track mine down at church.

-It was pretty weird to see just how big she really was... she was alot bigger than I thought she would be.

-That first cry was MAGICAL! Really!

-Time seemed to stop when I first held her, I remember looking up at Cod and saying, "She's all ours!"

She has been such a great baby and we love her more and more each day.

Who would have thought that such a small little girl could change your life in such a BIG way.

We are truely so blessed to have her! I don't know what I'd do without her. What I do know is, this year has been the best and we sure love her!

 At one year old she:
-Walks! as of the first of July she started walking by herself and my poor apartment hasn't been messier!
-She's FULL of kisses! Especially when Daddy gets home!

-She has 5.5 teeth, three/almost four on top and two on bottom.

-She thinks she's so big. Instead of playing with the babies, she follows the big kids around trying to keep up with them.  

-When she hear music in the morning she dances.

-She went her first trail ride. We rode around the lake up at Moon Lake. She did a great job until the last little bit when she fell asleep, I guess the bumpy trot just rocked her to sleep. She loves that Sadie Dog too, she would have fallen off the horse trying to watch her running down the trail.

-She loves babies, and poor Jaxie Dawn gets more slobbery kisses than anyone!

-She loves her Daddy more and more... She's so excited when he gets home and especially when he shares his ice cream with her.

-She can suck through a straw... Big accomplishment, she doesn't leave as many floaters with a straw.

-She pretends to talk on the phone. She says HI and kisses it when talking to Daddy, Gma and Gpa.

-She had her first eye appointment. She did pretty well and Dr. W said she is well beyond her age in tracking objects... Good Job Jo!

-She says: mamma, dadda, hi, cookie, dink (drink), sometimes is sounds like she says Sadie, Ryry (Rylan), gmammama (Grandma), and the other day I could have sworn she said Minute. (I'm always saying, "Just a minute, Jo, just a minute.")

- She's Daddy's little SWEETHEART and My LUV BUG!

Happy, Happy Birthday JoJo!

July!

JULY=FUN and Busyness!

July is almost over and I haven't even blogged about all the fun we've been having. Since I'm really good at forgetting my camera; I have very little/no pics to show for the fun!

June 31-July 1 Gma and Gpa Pehrson and Keegan and Lexie came to stay with us. We had a pretty good time! It pretty much rained the whole time but it was fun trying to keep the kids entertained. Jo loves her cousins!
July 2- My little sister got married! Yes that's right, She's now any Old Married Women! They had a little family wedding and then headed to Texas. (her hubby is going to school down there!) We sure miss them but they seem very happy! We're crossing our fingers that they are able to transfer up here, but if they don't I guess now I have excuse to take a little vacation to TX! Welcome to the family Brandon!
July 4th weekend- Delta celebrations. We watched the great parade of derby cars and tractors, went to the derby to watch Uncle Kjell's purple truck get smashed, fireworks after the derby and enjoyed the weekend with Gma and Gpa Pehrson.
July 8- Miss Jo decided she was Walking Miss Jo. No more finger grabbing for her, she's a big girl!
July 8 and 9- We took Miss Jo to the Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo and she loved it! She kept yelling yaaaaaahhh and clapping her hands. She also had her first sleep over at Gma Mathews' house... alone! That's right we got a full night of sleep! As for my parents, I don't think I can say the same.
July 22- We went to a Bee's game in SLC. It was pretty fun! the Bee's needed alittle help but we had AWESOME seats enjoyed the drunk lady yelling at the batter.... HEY BATTER, BATTER, BATTREEERR! Yep, now thats a good time!
July 23- Longhorn days! We only went to the parade but it was pretty cute. Rylan and her friend dressed up in their mermaid fins and won 1st place in the parade. They looked pretty cute! That afternoon we packed up the horses and went for a ride around Moon Lake. Miss Jo did pretty well until the last little bit and she fell asleep... My arms were just a little sore from holding her on Mr Peppy. He knew he was headed home so he jigged down the mountain.
And this weekend on July 30 we are going to have a little parthy for Miss Jo's Birthday! Cody's family is coming to town and I wanted them all to be here for her birthday...

The only pics I have to show for this month are the ones of her one year old photo shoot on the 8. I can't believe how much she has changed since the first of this month... Here you go Quinc!

Recognize this saddle? It was Grandpa Brent's when he was little!

She's so CUTE, Isn't she!?!

I do believe....

I do believe we have a WALKER!
That's right... She's walking!
This morning she walked from our bedroom, into the living room and then into the kitchen!

Way to go, Miss Jo!

Last night we took her to the Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo in Vernal, and she loved it. She's clap her hand for the riders and really liked the barrel racers. Yep, she's our little cowgirl.

ALSO yesterday, we had her pictures taken for her birthday and they turned out soooo cute! We had Sharlie Fitzgerald in Bridgeland take them this time and she did an awesome job. She has so many cute props and ideas! Go check her out, www.sharssnapshots.com/blog/

Here's a preview: (I'll post the rest later!)

She LOVED the cake! She was kind of being a little pill until she pulled out that cake...

11 Month Old Dallie Jo

As of TODAY, Miss Jo is 11 months old!

What is this? Next month REALLY Can't be her BIRTHDAY!

AWE! 

New things:

- Loves to give kisses, But not really a fan of receiving them. This might be because the little boy that lives by us loves to give hugs, and one day he was giving her a hug and just reached up and bit her nose.. OUCH!

-Crawls/Walks everywhere and leaves a path of distruction.

-Loves ALL animals. She really likes Sadie Dog, but Sadie doesn't really like her!

-Surprisingly enough, she doesn't like her bath any more. Unless you let her stand up the whole time.

-She's our little veggie eater! She likes all veggies: peas, corn, aprigrass(I don't know how to spell that!), broccoli... (That's about all we've let her try)

-She's really good at moving cows. She yells, flaps her arms and rides like a TRUE COWGIRL!... YEAH! That's my girl! Some times she forgets that we're not moving cows at church!

-Newest smile = Showing off her teeth! She has two on the bottom and one of her vampire fangs coming in.

I can't believe she's turning one next month.

She's no longer a baby, but my little Toddler babe!