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.

All Aboard

Josie has begun to figure out when it is the weekend as she wakes up on Saturday's and says, "Farmer's market?" Erin and I love the farmer's market too, lots of great food and people watching. Josie especially loves the train. Loves to ride around pumping her fist yelling, "choo choo!"

Up Up and Away

What is Josie looking at you ask, why all the balloons of course! We took Josie down to the Balloon Festival in Indianola, IA. It was our first time there and it was great. Josie got to run around, mom and dad got to relax on the grass, and we all got to eat lots of food. There were about 75 balloons and they just kept taking off. When we left Josie said, "Come back later?" She obviously had a great time.

Josie's ABC's

Copy and paste the link below to see our Josie Girl jumping on the couch and singing her ABC's.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tPxRu-3-8o

What a character!

After dinner tonight, since Josie ate everything on her plate, we said she could have a popsicle in the backyard. She decided she would rather go to the park instead (she is smart, as I am sure when she gets back she will ask for a popsicle). So Josie said "Go park instead Daddy?" when Billy said OK. She said, "Bye Bye mommy, relax ok mommy, take care!" and leaned in for a kiss. Crack me up! Obviously when Billy leaves he emphasizes that I should be relaxing and Josie has caught on. When I hang up the phone with people I usually say take care. She picks up on everything!

Josie can...

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!