Josie Girl is 3 Today!

Today is Josie's 3rd birthday. That's the good news. The bad news is she fell off her swing last night and landed on the wood from the club house. She is ok, but bruised pretty bad under her left eye. Poor buddy.

To start her day off right, we blew up 20 balloons and filled her room with them this morning. When she woke up she loved it. We let her wear her cool basketball outfit to school too. We all got up early and went to Josie's pick, My Favorite Muffin for breakfast. Tonight we will eat Aunt Terri's special birthday spaghetti, eat leftover basketball cake and one final present.

The attached pictures are from her party at Grandma and Grandpa's over Memorial day weekend. The last one is this morning when she woke up. The video is her signing her favorite Justin Roberts song :)

Basketball Baby!

Josie loves sports. She has said for over a month now that she wants a basketball and a hoop for her birthday. So we decided to give her a sports themed birthday. We've asked all the kids to dress in sports attire. I think it will turn out cute. This is a video from last Friday of Josie practicing her dribble. You can't tell in the video, but she is getting it. A mom at the place said, she is really good at that! Way to go Josie girl.

BIG Girl Bed

Today before our friends came over for a play-date, Daddy and "Bob the Builder" aka Josie took her crib apart and made it into a toddler bed! Josie never tried to climb out of her crib. Instead she would patiently say, "Mommy please come get me, I'm ready to get up." We figured before she turned three we'd put her in a big girl bed.

When the bed was complete, Josie was so excited. In fact, she was anxious to take her nap. While all of our friends were here, (a total of 3 moms, one grammy, and 5 additional kids) she said she was ready to take a nap in her big girl bed.

Josie-isms

Josie is so entertaining. She says things that make me burst out laughing. For instance, when she is being grouchy she says, "Mom, I'm having a rough day at the office". Or when she tells a joke she says "ba-bom-bom-ching!" She'll give you a giant hug and as she is squeezing you she says "Hugs not drugs." She looks at hand-me-downs from Maeve and tries each one on as she says "oh adorable!"

If she wants to join in on the conversation she will say, "What are you talking about. Oh I want to talk to." Daddy says Mommy now has someone to share air space with...

When Mindy asked her to be a flower girl, I said I was so excited I could cry. She jumped into the conversation and said, "I want to be your flower girl, I'm so sad I could cry!" So somethings get lost in translation. I mean, who cries unless they are sad, right?! She is my little shadow and I am her biggest fan.

Here is a video from when we helped Mindy try on wedding dresses.

Time Flies...

When you are having fun (and when you are a parent of three!). OK so a new year's resolution, which is sort of late since it is April now, is that I plan to post more on here. Maybe not daily, maybe not weekly, but the boys blog and Josie's blog will get updated MONTHLY. Yes. Monthly. I can commit to that.

Lots of things have happened since I was on here last. For starters, I went back to work then I quit work. Which is why I now can make the monthly commitment above. But this isn't about me. It's about Josie!

So here are some bullet points of what is going on with Josie.
-She has a new wave. She waves to cars as they go by almost like she is giving them a stop sign, but shakes it a little and gives them a funny look with it. It's awesome.
-When I carry Josie down the stairs she does this pat pat on my back that warms me from head to toe.
-When she does the pat pat above, I tell her she melts me. She then responds with a "you melt me too, mom."
-Josie still LOVES her brothers, but now that they are crawling she doesn't love them in her stuff.
-She loves Toy Story, Cars, Cinderella, Justin Roberts, and a new found love of gum.
-She is still daddy's little girl. When he walks in the room, Josie beams. And he beams right back.

Here is a family photo from Easter. Just look at our little lady!

I love my baby brothers!

Oh how our Josie girl has grown! I love this photo of her as it looks like a first day of school picture. So prim and proper! Which is funny because our girl has such spunk and is generally a tom boy just like her momma. The picture of her hugging Will and Ben is priceless. She is such a great big sister. During feeds both Billy and I have our hands full, but 99% of the time she just goes back in forth between the two of us and gives the boys kisses, hugs, and sings them songs. It is so sweet to witness. Other things she does to keep busy when we are attending to the boys is change her monkey's diaper. She will literally go through a whole package of diapers if we let her. Luckily they are reusable. She also feeds and pats this little monkey it is so adorable. Josie loves to hand us a diaper and wipes when we need them and she always wants to know if her brother pooped. She is a big helper and a great sister.

Josie is getting smarter and funnier by the day! Her favorite thing to do is tease daddy that he doesn't get something. Like I'll say oh Josie do you want some milk in a special princess cup?! Then she will respond with a YEAH... I'm sorry daddy you don't get a special princess cup, only Dosie does... I'm SORRY. She tends to say Dosie instead of Josie and really emphasize the sorry, even though she isn't :)

Grandpa!

While mommy and daddy were in the hospital with the twins, Josie got to have a whole week with grandpa. She just loves her grandpa and we don't know what we would have done without him. Josie got to show grandpa her school and how she swings at the park. In this picture, grandpa is reading to her about being a big sister! We can't wait for Josie to meet the boys.