We Went to the Fair

We're dorks like that, we love going to the county fair - even before Josie. But it was even more fun taking her along :) The best part to us is always the animals. Every year they have a really nice and fun kids tent that has at least a dozen different baby animals the kids can get up close to investigate. I personally would love to take a baby piggy home, but josie liked the horse and bunnies...




We'll give it another year before taking her on the rides :)

Another fan of The Office...

Thanks Vern, and you better leave Josie a comment and tell her how cute she is :)

The doctor says...

22lbs!!! I was right :) And I don't remember her height, but it was in the 85th percentile, weight being in the 90th... and her head size in the 5th!! YES 5th percentile. Whatever. Makes no sense. She does not have a small head! It looks pretty proportionate to me, doc says all is well and on a normal growth curve and she's a great patient. He did warn me though, by one year the baby stuff has to go... no more bottles, no more baby food... big girl stuff! I'm sad to start saying goodbye to those things.

And I'm just about ready to call this whole every-month-bear photo session quits. Whomever's idea this was apparently had a kid that doesn't move around a whole lot or doesn't put things in their mouth ;) I think I can tough it out for a few more months, but don't expect any better shots than this:


But all in all, it was pretty worth it to get this gem:

Happy 10 Months...

to my beautiful baby girl... her sweet cheeks just keep getting sweeter each day and I can't believe we've had 10 months worth already!



We're going to be running around all day today, so it's doubtful I'll get her 10 month official photo in today (hopefully tomorrow) but these will suffice for now...

At 10 months old, Josie is busting out of her size 3 diapers, shoes, and is being squeezed into her 9 month clothes b/c I just haven't gotten enough wears out of the cutest things just yet ;) I suppose I should be happy because this means some shopping is in order, but I'm beginning to learn how to buy more practically with few exceptions if it's to die for cute.

Toys are really getting good use these days, and we're so thankful to find such great bargains at our local Once Upon a Child and our dearest little cousins so generously sharing their once loved toys! The only toy ever to pull her attention away from Mickey Mouse Clubhouse is this cool ball coaster - and this morning she was even getting the ball in the chute to send it twirling down!

No new words, lots of "dah dah dah's..." still. Food has become quite the struggle as we have tried for weeks on end to spoon anything into her mouth, it typically becomes quite the battle. I've decided not to worry about it, she'll eat if she's hungry... and at the urging of some loving aunts, we've started with more finger foods and that has relieved this nutrition conscious mom - as Josie really enjoys feeding herself we've discovered. So baby ravolis, greenbeans, cheerios and I can't think what else, but suffice to say it's a welcomed sight to see food actually going in and staying in the mouth. We thought she'd be drinking a bottle until highschool :)

Our 9 month doctors vist had gotten canceled and couldn't be reschedule for an ENTIRE MONTH! Our very busy doctor is going to see us tomorrow, at 10 months +1 day. Not sure how the measurements wil be compared, b/c obviously she's bigger at 10 months than she was at 9. I'm guessing a good 22 lbs at least, we're excited to find out.

Not much else exceptionally new, sleep is great, 7:30 through the night... 3-4 naps per day, no walking yet (but I'm guess first steps by 11 months), she can climb all the way up the stairs (with hands behind her ready to catch if she falls, but she never does), loves her armpits tickled, loves taking a bath, loves Mickey... does NOT LIKE being put in the carseat, bu is fine once strapped in and a pacifier in her mouth... working on mastering the sippy cup :)

Weekend Visitors

A weekend with these monkeys, aka my littlest cousins, is pretty much a great weekend :) We were laughing our tushes off the entire weekend. I think Ed is secretly an 8 year old little boy... he knows exactly how to entertain and how to be the jokester all day long. From Friday afternoon until this morning we dashed from one fun thing to the next, from the Albanese Candy Factory, the arcade, 4 wheelers, mini golf, more arcade, more 4 wheelers, camping out in the play room with popcorn... what a fun weekend :) And these guys couldn't be any sweeter or more adoring to Josie, I could really get used to having 3 babysitters in hand on a regular basis! Josie had just as much fun with them as they did with her (and many thanks for the cool new toys guys... she was lovin' up the ball coaster thingie tonight!)..... oh dear... 10 months old tomorrow :) sniff...