Sibling Love

Petey and Jolie are getting along really well. Jolie loves staring at Petey and Petey loves everything Jolie! If she was laying on a blanket, as soon as I pick her up, Petey runs over and rolls all over where she was laying. Whenever we change her clothes, we have to try to pick them up right away because Petey loves to take them behind the chair, especially her socks and those little things are hard to find! However Petey is having a very hard time understanding that Jolie’s toys are not for Petey—even though they are the perfect size for him and make fun sounds! Tonight we were playing with a toy and Petey was slowly getting closer and closer to her toy. As soon as I’d say ‘Petey’ he’d lay on his side and ask for a tummy rub. He thinks he’s very sneaky, but I know his tricks! (Notice the toy in the middle of the two of them)

Texts to Dad

Here’s some pictures I’ve sent to Josh recently while he’s at work. I also started using Skype again (Josh and I used to video chat while he was on clinical rotations) and Jolie got to video chat with her Grandma Dibbern! So if anyone else uses Skype and wants to talk to Jolie, let us know and we’ll be happy to talk online! She’s pretty technically advanced!

Holy Bow!

We’ve come to the conclusion that we are going to have a bald baby as Jolie’s hair is falling out everywhere! But luckily I found some super cute bows to accessorize with until she gets her hair back. I found some to match pretty much any outfit on my favorite website—Etsy! Plus we’re very excited to see what color her hair will be—brown or blonde?

Easter Dress--take 2

I noticed we didn't get any good pictures of Jolie in her Easter dress last weekend and yesterday we went to our church here, so I figured they needed to see her in her Easter dress too! Hope you enjoy!

little walk

We took another little walk the other night and although the video below is short, I can assure you that Jolie's expression didn't change once while we were on our walk. She just stared at us with a very serious, unsure look the whole time!

Also notice her 2010 Vancouver Olympics hat! My friend Jenna was at the Olympics (how cool!) and picked that up for Jolie which is even cooler because Jolie was born during the Olympics! What an awesome keepsake! I'm pretty sure she's the only baby in the neighborhood with one so all the other kids were totally jealous of her style. :)

The Lip has returned

When Jolie was born one of the first things she did was stick out her bottom lip and make the saddest little face ever before she started to cry. It was precious. She did this at the hospital but then 'the lip' took a little hiatus. However, recently it has returned! It's so hard not to laugh even though she's about to cry because it's so dang cute! It could also be called 'the face that Josh can't say NO to' which could be dangerous in future years. We caught it a little bit in the video below if you want to check it out. And sorry for my laughing at it, but right now it's my entertainment!

We Survived! :)

Here is a picture of all the stuff we hauled back to Nebraska. We had a bag of bottles and small cooler to store milk for the ride, pump, car seat, boppy pillow, a tote full of diapers, wipes and clothes, Lindsay's suitcase, Lindsay's purse, diaper bag, and swing. I forgot to include the stroller and car seat base in the picture. Ridiculous right?! And then consider that Josh and Petey came on Friday with their stuff and we all rode back together plus all the spoiling with gifts that everyone did...I didn't know if we'd all fit! But we made it there and back and have a good long trip under our belt. Jolie decided that she'll travel well for about 1 1/2 to 2 hours and then I think her little butt must get sore or she gets tired of being all squished up because it gets a little ugly after that. However we are learning that we she can cry for a little bit and it will be okay. :) We are kind of spastic parents but are learning more every day! This weekend definitely helped Lindsay to relax a little more with her and realize that not every little noise she makes is a crisis. :)

Here's the new room that Grandma and Grandpa Dibbern set up for us in the 'Bronco Room'--check out the matching crib sheets! Jolie slept great while we were there and she's been doing much better at home too!



And oh my goodness! Was she ever spoiled! Here's a picture of just the bunnies we took home! Can you find Jolie? (hint: she's in the monkey pajamas)



It was also 'Tour de Jolie' over the weekend and Jolie went to Grandma Dibbern's work at Wood River Elementary, Great Grandma and Grandpa Dibbern's, met a bunch of people over for Saturday coffee, the mall, church, and a Sunday brunch! And Grandma Dibbern took Jolie shopping and let's just say she now has more clothes than Josh! Mom and Dad barely got to hold her until we got back home but were happy to share.

We'll be celebrating a late Easter in a couple weeks with Josh's side in Graettinger and are already excited for 'Tour de Jolie' part two!!!

So Happy Easter to everyone and if you'd like to see more pictures, I added a bunch to our Shutterfly site (click the photo link on the side).

First Trip Preparation and SMILES! :)

Hey everyone! We may not be posting for a few days as we are going to be traveling for Easter.

Lindsay and Jolie are going back to Nebraska on Wednesday afternoon/evening and Josh and Petey are going to meet up with them on Friday after Josh gets off work. Then we'll come back on Sunday. This is normally a 5 hour trip with Josh, Lindsay and Petey and I'm anxious to see how long this is going to take with a kiddo. Plus--all the things we need to pack! I'll try to take pictures before we go because I'm sure some of you parenting pros are going to get a kick out of it.

Also, just to let all of you know we have officially scheduled Jolie's baptism. It's scheduled for Sunday, May 2 at the early service and it's here in Des Moines. Yay!

Jolie started smiling and laughing last night too! How adorable! Previously, she laughed in her sleep which was really funny and now to see her awake is so cute! But the little stinker only does it for Josh!!! We didn't get a great picture of it because as soon as we'd get the phone out, she'd stop. Hopefully she'll start doing it all the time and we can show you so much of it, you'll beg us to stop! :)




Since Jolie is sleeping right now, I better get back to packing!!!

One Month Old

Today Jolie is one month old! YAY!

She also has a little case of the sniffles and has enjoyed staying up all night and requiring to be held upright. Luckily we had some very smart guests--Grandma Buechler and great aunt Cindy stopped by and stayed the night. They showed us how to use the saline nose drops, snot sucker and (most importantly) eased mom and dad's minds that she was okay and we didn't need to make a trip to the doctor!

(Sorry I didn't get any pictures though and now that I think about it, I haven't been taking pictures with anyone really! Sorry to everyone, including Great Grandma and Grandpa Buechler who stopped by last week too! And to all our visitors--oh geez, now I feel like a meanie!)

Since Josh is working, I try to text him some Jolie pictures while he's at work, so here's a few from this week.

Officially out of newborn

Jolie has officially outgrown the 'Newborn' size as of this week! (tear!) We've used up all the newborn diapers and are now on size 1 and I just finished folding up all her newborn size clothes and washed up all of her 0-3 month clothes!

Her last weigh in was on March 17 and she was up to 7 lbs 10 oz so who knows what she's up to now--maybe 20 pounds or so? hehe

She's getting very strong though and is holding her head up a lot and really likes kicking too. The other day we had her laying on our bed and she kicked her brother Petey so much he finally just moved! Does this count as their first fight?

So here is a picture of Jolie in her last newborn outfit. She's ready for spring and Easter!




Again, you can tell she's so excited! :) I have a feeling we may be getting lots of these looks in the future...