Archive for the ‘Josie’ Tag

Chatty girls

Tuesday, November 16th, 2010 by Jen

Here’s the girls talking and wiggling around on the floor. Celia is still very sleepy, but wakes up a couple of times a day for half an hour or so. I aim for those not to be in the middle of the night.

Hannah next door

Sunday, November 14th, 2010 by Jen

One of Josie’s favorite things each evening is when our neighbors Patrick or Laura get home and bring their dog Hannah out for a visit. Josie loves to pet her and does not like to give Patrick or Laura much of a chance to change or relax upon arriving home as she demands Hannah. Thankfully they’re very gracious and thoughtful about our toddler’s fascination. Now that’s it’s dark at that time, I imagine we won’t get to see too much of them.

Halloween 2010

Friday, November 12th, 2010 by Jen

Last weekend Josie had her first Halloween where I think she actually got the idea. She was scared of the idea ahead of time, she told us she didn’t want to do it. So we say alright and didn’t force it. That morning we had a get together with my friends from my mom’s group at Crosby park to hang out and show off costumes. We did some group shots, but they were all kinda ehhh because of harsh lighting and lots of squirmy kids.

Then in the afternoon we had an event at Waldo Park, our local playground with food and drink and meeting up with the neighbors. It was very well attended, Josie almost walked out the second she saw it the place was so crowded. We got to see our friends and have a hot dog but the night was cold, so it didn’t last too long. We headed out for group trick-or-treating with the neighbors.

The first house Josie was very unsure of what was going on, so we only went to houses where we knew people and let Ethan, the almost 5 year old, go first to show the toddlers how it’s done. After the first house went well, and then the second, Josie was running between them as she had definitely gotten the idea. We had a little trouble getting her to say the ‘trick or treat’ but she was great with the ‘thank yous’. Celia spend the afternoon asleep in the carrier on my chest, which was good, because again, it was dang cold.

So have you guessed her costume? It’s hello kitty! I expect we’ll see a lot of the hat this winter, it’s soft and cuddly.

Tummy (torture?) time

Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010 by Jen

Josie has been cherishing the few times a day that Celia is awake and not nursing, here she joins in for tummy time and tries to get Celia to play with some toys.

Josie likes to demonstrate how to use the chewing toys to Celia, unfortunately she doesn’t have that hand control yet! But her head control is improving greatly.

Us girls

Sunday, October 31st, 2010 by Jen

We had one nice (last) warm day the other day and took some fun photos outside. Couldn’t decide which one I liked better so you get them both. It’ll be nice when Celia can hold her head up for pictures!

Josie singing

Saturday, October 30th, 2010 by Jen

Here’s another video of Josie singing. She likes to sing a lot in the car and often around the house. She’s a little tone deaf still but it’s nice to hear happy sounds coming from her. Here’s a bit of “I’ve been working on the railroad” and “Polly Wolly Doodle“. Keep an eye out for Fred! I didn’t think Jordi was drunk while filming this, but I’m not sure what else happened 🙂

Pumpkin sumpkin

Friday, October 29th, 2010 by Jen

This year Josie was very excited about carving the pumpkin. At least before we started she was. She first wanted a ghost on it, then a cat. So we went with both. I let Jordi get in with the messy work while I held the camera and Celia. Josie also decided the messy pumpkin work wasn’t really for her either. Unfortunately I missed her later refusals on the camera, but they were pretty funny. Here’s a tiny bit of her work scooping out the guts. I had hoped to do some pumpkin painting too, but since it’s already Friday, maybe not.

Josie at 2.5

Friday, October 29th, 2010 by Jen

Today is Josie’s half birthday! I still didn’t buy her the cupcakes at the grocery store when she asked. I’ll have to write a big long thing out about her development and such but right now I’ll just go for more pictures as Josie’s had a cold, Celia’s got it now, and it looks like Jordi is coming down with it.

We’ve been moving a lot of clothes around with the change of season, so Josie took advantage of the tubs around to play in.

We’ve also been enjoying all the tissue paper included with gifts and made some ‘stained glass’ art work together!

She’s also been enjoying playing some more complicated pretend games like grocery store cashier. She likes to scan everything, you’ll often get more money back than you gave her, but she forgets to bag a few of your groceries too.

Which is Which? the answer

Sunday, October 24th, 2010 by Jen

Wow more than 50% correct. I don’t think I’d have gotten it right if I hadn’t picked out the pictures myself or noted the eye gunk or picture quality.

Top one (a) was Josie, bottom (b) is Celia.

For those following along in Celia’s development. We had some constipation issues from Tuesday – Saturday which resolved last night thankfully with a major pooptastrophy and a followup today. Now she seems like maybe she’s got the hang of it. Josie has also figured things out again with the potty and has returned to underwear wearing again after a few days of diaper-envy. Tomorrow we go to the doc again to see how much Celia’s gained.

Which is which?

Friday, October 22nd, 2010 by Jen

Care to guess?