My Jocelyn *Updated*

Happy Birthday My Sweet
Jocelyn!!

Jocelyn turned 5 years old! I can't believe I had this beautiful girl for so that long. She will forever be my tiny newborn. Ever since she was a newborn she has been so attached to me. Now that she is 5 she is getting so independent. How am I supposed to handle that?!

One of my fondest memories when she was a Newborn is when we were still in the hospital. The nurse would take her so I could sleep, and come back a half an hour later saying she probably needs to eat because she won't stop crying. My sweet Jocelyn didn't want to eat, she just wanted to be near me.  Once I held her, she would just snuggle up to me and go right to sleep my perfect little baby.

We co-slept with this little one, not because we wanted to, but because she demanded it. I had this beautiful bassinet ready for her, plus her crib, do you think she wanted anything to do with that? No. She loved snuggling super super close to me, that I had to sleep perfect still because I was afraid I would smoother her. 

She is really into drawing, she LOVES to draw and she comes up with so many wonderful things. She spends half her day drawing special things for me and her friends. She has always loved to color, that has been one of her favorite things to do since she could write. She can stay at the table for hours and just color. One of the many things I love about her, her amazing creativity and artistic quality.

Jocelyn is also so awesome with Bridger, she is the best Big sister I could ever ask for. I'm so glad I have a girl first, she has helped me so much with Bridger. Bridger right now is in a "hitting" phase, and just smacks her really good sometimes, but she just tells him..."No no no..Bridger..thats naughty. " ugh!!! I couldn't ask for such a sweet girl...I love her so much. I thought having them 4 years apart would make it so that they couldn't play, but they play soo sweetly. She is the "monster" and he has to run away..and they have a blast doing that.

Jocelyn has had a little anxiety about turning 5. I told her that when she turned 5, that she would get to go to Kindergarten. Well she said she did not want to turn 5 because she loved her preschool and she didn't want to leave. Well today she told me, "mom, being 5 is not so bad. I like it, I guess.". LOL- so cute!!

So we have Days in our family, not every day, but some days we have a "Jocelyn Day" or a "Bridger Day". That person gets to choose everything, the TV shows, music on the radio, what fun activity we do that day. So Bridger and I have been super sick with a cold. With chills, fever, runny nose, ugh...so its been a little hectic..but Jocelyn declared that it was "mommy and Bridger Day" because we were sick. She got a blanket, and some coco for us...she has been the sweetest little mommy...I love that about her.

So her new thing is sleeping in my closet! I know...my poor baby, we have the cutest room for her, with beautiful furniture that I had to "almost" kill to get, at a great sale. Its a perfect Princess room. But she would prefer the stack of pillows and blankets in my closet. The little secret is that I kind of like it too. She looks so tiny in that mass of pillows, my sweet baby.

One day she won't want to sleep in my closet or be next to me, or do anything with me at all. But right now, she does...so why not? I got in there with her the other day, and it was really nice, like a cave...I can see why she likes it.

Well better get some good o'l beauty sleep and get better from this cold, Bridger and I can't go on like this.

Cat