Go Huskers!

On New Year's Day Josie helped Daddy cheer on the Huskers and it worked! Huskers won 26-21, most likely due to Josie in her Husker gear.

New Year Resolution

Josie has two new year resolutions for 2009. 1. She is working on bringing out her inner clown (hence borrowing Shamrock's wig over Christmas break). 2. She is giving up her most beloved possession... her binky. Not by choice, but mom and dad told her it is time. We are only on day one of a tough road ahead of us. Wish us luck!

Josie is starting the new year off with a large vocabulary, well larger than last year anyways! Here is what Josie can say as of today:
Mommy, Daddy, bye, buddy, ball, Maeve, Jay, baby, belly, girl, fish, duck, peek-a-boo, sad, up, night-night, yes, mine, help, silly, banana, hi, outside, brrr-cold, light, tickle, potty, sock, shoe, sorry, moo, baa, woof, neigh, "sss" for snake, buzz, "eeek" for monkey, "oh-oh-oh" for gorilla, ribbet for frog, growl for tiger, lion, and bear.

Josie's favs to say:
No - favorite word - she says it so matter of fact
Come on - while pulling you
Oh no - hands on cheeks
Where's it at - hands up in the air

She also can do sign language for:
more
help
please
eat
bye
love you
monkey
gorilla
bib
hot
cold
yes
no
up
all done

Merry Christmas!

Josie got to spend Christmas with lots of family. All of which spoiled her rotten. This picture was captured when Josie and big cousin Maeve first saw each other. We said can you give Maeve a hug and Josie screamed "Maeve!" as they both hugged. Afterwards Maeve ran to her mom and whispered, "She said my name!" It was a sweet moment to witness. Hopefully as they grow up the excitement to see each other never changes.

Hey Hey I'm a Monkey!

Grandshe gave Josie these hip monkey headphones at Easter. At the time, Josie was only 9 months and I couldn't imagine her ever being big enough to use them. Tonight however, after bath we found them in the toy box and started playing with them. When I hooked my i-Pod up to them and played Josie's favorite album (Jack Johnson's Curious George soundtrack), she started dancing all over the place. She LOVED listening to her music. It gave us a little insight to what she'll be like as a teenager listening to her music on her I-pod...

Josie turned 17 months yesterday and is saying and doing new things every day. She makes a monkey face, says moo, quack, baa, ball, baby, Pop-Pop (Grandpa Gleason's name), She is trying so hard to say Jay, and of course mama and daddy have been in her vocabulary since she turned one.

At Church, Josie loves to sing and gets mad when the choir stops. She claps after every song and loves to put her finger to her lips and say "Shhh..." when Grandshe talks during mass.

Our little girl has so much personality. We can't wait to see what she will say and do next!

Josie the Monkey

Josie had a great time at Integer's Halloween party. She wasn't too keen on gathering candy, but she was all over the bananas! On trick-or-treat night we Josie passed out candy in her monkey instead of going to houses collecting it. She loved seeing all the kids in costume. By the end of the night our monkey was getting warm, so she started handing out candy in her diaper.

Our Girl

Josie was sick all weekend. It made for the longest four days for us...and the most vomit I have seen that didn't involve alcohol. BTW said vomit was covering me from head to toe! So needless to say tonight when the three of us were playing and we captured this picture, it was a great feeling. I think we finally have our girl back.

Labor Day Weekend

Josie had a great time over labor day weekend. We celebrated Uncle Rich and Bre's engagement with a fun BBQ celebration. The weather was perfect. Josie wore her beautiful dress that Grammy B got her in Mexico for the party. When we asked her to hold Brody's hand she held her hand out waiting for him to grab it. What a little lady. The day after the party she found the piano and fell in love with pushing the keyboard and making sound. After each little ditty Josie would clap and say "YAAAAH!"