Gobble Gobble!

Josie's first Thanksgiving was a big success. She enjoyed her banana cereal while everyone else munched on Turkey and all the fixings. This year we have a lot to be thankful for!

Happy Feet

Something big happened to Josie when she turned 5 months. It's a moment we've been waiting for...in fact I feel as if it is a moment that every young lady waits for, counting the days until it happens, hoping that one day it will actually happen. Yes, I am referring to the day that Josie finally fit into a pair of shoes!

This young lady had about as many pairs of shoes as her mom before she was born! She has so many they don't all fit in the same drawer. So many of these shoes were suppose to be 0-3 months, but up until the big 5 months none of these shoes fit. (Yes I did try to put them on every week since the first day we brought her home from the hospital!)

Now don't get too excited... the shoes in the picture are the only ones that fit so far! Perhaps at 6 months a few more pairs will no longer fall off her little happy feet.

The Windy City

Josie had her first "vacation" the last weekend of October. Josie was on the road back to Omaha at the mere age of 5 days old and she has been back to Omaha countless times since. Therefore, Omaha has become her second home. So our first bonafide road trip was to Chicago in honor of Uncle Danny's birthday. Plus, Josie was dying to see the place her big cousin Maeve calls home. So we headed east Friday morning and returned home Sunday afternoon.

Our trip was filled of lots of football watching, a trip to the zoo, and lots of eating...at least for the adults! I don't think Josie's intake increased much across the border.

Josie was such a trooper in the car. Due to traffic we were on the road for 7 hours Sunday. She either slept or babbled and played with her crab rattle. (The crab rattle seems to be her favorite toy right now...thank you Matt, Maria, and Lucas!)

Halloween at the Bemis'

Well as most of you know...Halloween is my FAVORITE holiday. It beats your birthday in my book! Therefore, my daughter's 1st Halloween had to be perfect! She had a total of 5 Halloween inspired outfits and 3 (yes you read that correctly) Halloween costumes. So what does a 4 1/2 month old go as for her 1st Halloween?! I shall tell you... The traditional pumpkin is what we had her pictures taken in, a banana for my work party, and finally a grammy for our annual Halloween party. Why a grammy you ask (you really are asking a lot of questions today) well I was little red riding hood, Billy was the big bad wolf, and our costumes wouldn't be complete without the grandmother!