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Over the weekend Josie counted to 10. She knows her ABC's too! Tonight we started working on our last name and what mommy and daddy's first names are. She also likes to practice saying her friend Lane's last name. She is learning so much right now!

I Love Food!

The first photo is from Ribfest 2009. Josie loved sharing pulled pork with dad and thought the beans were delicious too. Her favorite was probably the waffle ice cream sandwich. I thought we were going to share, but Josie wanted it all!

The second photo is the day after Aunt Terri came. We had her left over spaghetti and Josie fell in love with it. We've already put in a request for it when the boys arrive.

Other things Josie is into right now:
She is very in touch with her emotions and others. I am tired more and more now and she will come over give me a kiss and say mommy you rest or mommy go night night. This morning in the car I was drinking a ton of water all at once and she just watched and said Mommy are you thirsty? In this very concerned little voice.

She loves putting her monkeys into diapers then putting them in her stroller or car seat.

Josie is great at singing her favorite songs, and started to spell her name. When she writes she will say "J-o-s-i-e" as she scribbles on paper.

We are working on potty training and she does pretty good!

This is an exciting time as I feel like she is learning something new all the time!

Josie's July

Josie has had a wonderful July so far! She has had many visitors and has loved seeing each of them. Over the 4th of July, Baby Hank (and his mom and dad) came to visit. Josie just loved seeing baby Hank. Even though it rained and was cold all weekend, we had a blast seeing the Frohloff's and catching up.

Grandshe came for a weekend too. While she was here we got to meet Leslie's twin boys Sully and Will. They are 6 months old and it was fun to see what our future holds! Josie loved rocking the car seats when the boys fell asleep. She already has the hang of this big sister thing. Then Sunday, Aunt Terri, Scott, Emily, Kieffer, & Drew. All came over. They made us dinner and cut Josie's bangs.

Last weekend Josie's best friend Marlee came up with Sam and Riann. Josie and Marlee had fun playing in the house in the backyard, sharing the toy vacuum, pretend high heels, and everything else they could get their hands on. We all road in the van together, which Josie thought was so cool. She is still telling me where Marlee, Sam, and Riann all sat in the van.

It was great to have everyone come see us this month!

Josie's 2 year old photoshoot

HAPPY 2nd BIRTHDAY!

We celebrated Josie's birthday over Memorial Day weekend when we were in Omaha. It was a perfect day filled with family, friends, food, and presents! Josie had such a fun birthday, two weeks later she is still talking her birthday party at Grandshe's house.

Yesterday was our Priest's birthday at church. We sang happy birthday at the end, which was funny because Josie thought the whole church was singing to her :)

We also did our family photos yesterday and celebrated Josie's birthday with just the three of us. We got her a club house for the backyard. She LOVES it. The door bell really works and she thinks that is so cool. We figured we would put it in the basement during the winter months.

It's great that we've had a blast celebrating her birthday up until the actual day as this morning, on Josie's big 2nd birthday, she woke up with the flu. She is so sick today. The only good thing about her not feeling well is she is a snuggle bug. Which getting our big independent two year old to stop long enough for a snuggle is nearly impossible!

I remember being in the hospital 2 years ago like it was yesterday. I remember holding our baby girl thinking, this is the greatest day of our lives. It has been such a great experience watching her grow. I can't wait to see what the future holds for our Josie Girl... Happy Birthday!

Hanging with Daddy

We all know Josie is a daddy's girl and this weekend really proved it. Every time I would turn around I felt like the two of them were picture perfect and so I clicked the camera to capture as much as I could. From sitting on the potty, to hanging out in the box fort (boxes from the boys furniture), to playing on the computer Josie and Daddy were two peas in a pod.

My Bestie Lane

Josie had her friend Lane come over for a visit the other night while his mom and dad had a date night. It was a gorgeous night so we went on a little ride to the park in the double stroller. It was great insight for what is to come for us as we chased one kid around the park while the other played ball. Neither were doing the same thing at the same time!

After playing outside both of the kids needed a bath so we hit the tub. They had a great time making bubbles, splashing, and "swimming". Swimming for Josie is when she lays down so we can rinse her hair out. Afterwards, we put them in PJ's and chilled till Jill and Joe returned.