A picture of Jo standing

After numerous tries and plenty of blurry photos, I finally got a picture! She's multitasking now. She is getting so good at standing, its all she does now! I think walking is closer than we thought!!

We took Joanna to the doctor yesterday to get her 2nd flu shot and a pneumonia shot and she did SO well! The first shot she didn't even blink! The second made her cry a little but she stopped soon after.

Soon I will be working on more decoration for her room. I will be taking it wall by wall so I am excited about that. We have an animal theme going right now but I can't wait to have a princess theme or whatever she asks for!! 

Easter is coming up so I will be attempting a dress for her, maybe we can match! :-)

My Joanna Can Stand!!

She reached a new milestone today! She's been pulling herself up on anything and everything she can (including mommy) for a while now but today she stood on her own! A few weeks ago, I tried letting go of her hands and she stayed standing for a few seconds but she did it all her own today! My husband and I have been practicing with her and I am sure she is going to walk before she is 1! Time to get a walker maybe?

Of course I don't have a picture but that will be my next goal, get a picture of her standing! We're going to keep practicing so she can get strong! :-)

8 months later..

So I guess I finally decided to write a blog for my baby! I think it's a great idea especially since I am 2500 miles from my family. They can really see whats going on with my little miss :-)

From the moment that I became pregnant, I knew that our baby would be special. When we found out that she was a girl, I knew she was going to be even more special because her name would be Joanna.

*A little back story*

....when I met my husband and learned that his mothers name was Joann and he learned that my grandmothers name was Jo Anne, both of whom past away, he asked that one day, if we have a girl can we name her Joanne? I said yes and funny enough we were sitting outside on the swing, looking at the stars. She happened to be born on an eclipse. This is an important event and means much more than we can even imagine. 

Anyway, when I actually became pregnant, we decided a boy and girl name and I added the more modern version of Joann with an a instead and that's how we have Joanna.

When she was born and I first laid my eyes on her, I couldn't believe how beautiful she was and that she was ours. It's an amazing feeling to share with the person you love the best gift ever, and this is a child. My husband and I have such endless amounts of love for her. She is the start of something great, a beautiful family that my husband and I are trying to build.

As Joanna develops and learn new things, I see how smart she is and wow I created a person. There is a little someone in that little baby body and she has a lot to say!

I love when our eyes lock and I can feel that loving bond mother and baby have. It is literally the most amazing feeling of the world. She is so special and I can feel her power. She will have everything and do anything she wants. She's destined for nothing but greatness.

As her mother, I have promised her and God, the world. She will have it and more. I will provide her with all the love she can stand and be so patient with her and teach her what is right and what is wrong. I will remember that she is a baby and she is learning. She is most important and comes before me and anything else. I promise to always take my time with her and help her learn. She knows nothing of time or anything else we've got going on in this year of 2011.

She is my baby, I am her mother, that is all she knows and that is the way it will always be. :-)