Ice Ice Baby!

Josie attended her 1st hockey game tonight. Her pals Nik & Jay accompanied us to an Iowa Stars game. While the stars may have lossed, the boxed seats, food, drink, and conversation were great!

Josie was a perfect baby for the whole game. The bright lights and colorful images on the screens kept her entertained the entire night. Josie only wished the raccoon mascot Shooter stopped by. Perhaps next time.

Thumbs up

Move over mom and dad, move over binky, there's a new friend in town! Josie officially found her thumbs.

Josie is growing before our eyes. She will be 4 months in two days. She is rolling on her sides and wiggling all around. We will lay her one way and she will be in a completely different position right away. She drools so much she is like a leaky faucet. We can see a little whiteness in the back of here mouth which is her 1st tooth making its way in.

And what a chatter box! Mom and Josie are fighting for air time at home. If Billy isn't paying enough attention to Josie due to a football game on t.v., Josie will let him know (I will too). She starts yelling "Hey" and gets louder and louder until he looks her way.

She's got legs...

Grandshe's 60th birthday party was the perfect occassion for Josie to wear tights for the first time. Josie had a great time at the party. She was tossed around to about every person that walked in the door. Everyone wanted to spend good quality time with the lady in red... (tights that is).

It was a great weekend as she got to see her favorite cousin Maeve. Yup, as you can tell from the picture Josie really looks up to Maeve. She's quite the role model.

Like Mother Like Daughter

Josie had her 3 month pictures taken Sunday. On the way there she smiled and cooed. I kept saying, "Don't waste your smiles on me! Save them for the camera." As soon as we got to the place she looked like a deer in headlights. Completely stone face. Perhaps she thought now that she is the big 3 months she needed to show her mature side. She never cried though.

When we were exhausted from trying to make our serious mature baby smile, we put Josie in her carrier and left. She took a little snooze and next thing you know she woke up. Josie looked all around and once she realized the cameras were gone, she was all smiles again!

What a Week!

This has been a very big week for Josie. First of all she was baptized on Saturday with her pal Lane. She was a trooper, didn't even cry when the holy water was poured over her lovely lady locks. Afterwards we had a big celebration for Josie. 25 people came from near and far for the occassion. Most of her fans came from Omaha, but some came from Chicago, Minnesota, South Dakota, and we can't forget Nate who came from just up the road.

This was also the very first time Josie met her favorite cousin Maeve. They hit it off right away. Maeve loved to hug, pat, and supervise Josie's bath. She was a great big cousin from the start, already picking up things and giving them to Josie and letting everyone know when Josie was sleeping.

The day after the baptism, Lane & Josie had a nice playdate where Josie showed off her mad skills on the catepillar! As you can tell Lane was very impressed.

Finally, Josie's neck is strong enough that she can sit in her bumbo seat...What a week!

Babies Gone Wild

Brody to Marlee: "Look at this little kid, laying down right in the middle of us, who does she think she is?!"



Marlee to Brody: "I dunno but her nose looks so cute, like a little button. Don't you just want to pinch it?"

Josie to Marlee & Brody: "Oh for crying out loud, do you know how hard it is for me to sit up?! And when I do you just leave me here, all alone....I'm lonely. Soooo lonely..."

Omaha, Somewhere in the Middle of America

Josie vacationed in Omaha for the past week. She has not been there since she was the wee age of 7 days old, so she had plenty of friends and family to catch up with. It was a fun packed week of pooping on Aunt Kathy, cooing at the Grandma's, admiring ceiling fans everywhere, as well as sleeping 5 hour stretches at night (Mom and Dad say THANK YOU JOSIE!).

One of the finer moments was when Josie got to put on her bikini and go for her first dip at the Constantino house. We spent about 1 hour gearing up for the big moment that lasted about 15 minutes. Deciding what beach towel matches her swimsuit, finding her sunglasses, sun hat, sunscreen, binky, OK here we come Pool! As you can tell Josie didn't want the moment to end.