Josie's 3rd Birthday

A photo slideshow by Smilebox

This picture slideshow customized with Smilebox

Summer Fun

I had all but given up posting on the blog, but I decided I should get on here again and post some pictures! We are having a great summer so far...swimming, splash parks, ice cream, carnival.... Josie is also been taking soccer and swimming lessons, but I haven't taken any pictures yet! Need to do that!


The girls are doing great and loving playing outside. Here are some pics of all the fun!

Precious

Mike and I have begun taking the girls into our bed in the morning. A lot of it has to do with the fact that it's too early to want to get up! This morning Josie slept late, but I brought Elyse in bed with us. She was crawling around a little bit, but then I laid her on my chest. She decided she really liked it there. She ended up falling back asleep on me. I've realized lately what a cuddler she is, but I didn't realize how much. I tried to lay her next to me a couple of times, but she wouldn't have it. She was loving cuddling with mommy, and I loved it, too. She is such a precious baby. I can't believe she will be ONE in a month and a half! I need to treasure these moments.

My other sweetie is in underwear all the time now!! She has done so great! Stays dry every night and all day long. Although the pooping is a different story.... oh, well. That will come in time. For now, I'm enjoying only having one in diapers!

Here are some recent pictures (sorry it took so long, Lizzie.) :)

Playing dress up with daddy

Look - I have a bow in my hair!

I love bouncing on my zebra!

Elyse's toy from Uncle Josh & Aunt Liz!

Winter fun!

Surprise, surprise! I am posting on my blog! What a shock. :)

We have been keeping busy as usual. Although, going a little stir crazy at times. Josie has really started playing well by herself lately. She STILL loves her strollers! She pushes them around EVERY single day, multiple times a day. She puts different stuffed animals, dolls and toys in the seat, and hangs her purses on the handles. It's fun to watch her use her imagination more now. Another thing that keeps Josie busy is missing her daddy. She talks about him constantly throughout the day and wants to know why he has to work. Today I explained for the umpteenth time that he has to work to make money for his family to buy things like food, clothes, toys, TV's, (I just kept listing things we have). Now she says that daddy has to work to make money and TV's.:)
Elyse keeps busy following Josie around and taking her toys. She pulls up on anything and everything now. She is not really cruising on the furniture all that much yet, but her crawling has definitely gotten faster. Here are some pictures from the past couple of weeks...

Josie's new big "grill" bed! (That's what it sounds like when Josie says girl!)

Dancing to Christmas music while daddy decorates the tree! This is fun! First time playing in the snow this winter!
Trying to pull Daddy!
Daddy pulled Mommy and Josie in the sled
Just a cute picture of our little sweetie to end the post :)

Fall

I'm going to stop talking about how it's been awhile since my last post because it might just always be like this! Mike did get some pictures out of our recent adventures to the family, at least! The girls are doing great. Elyse is really getting wherever she wants to go these days. She is army crawling everywhere! I have had to stop her from playing with the registers and pulling on the outlet cords a lot lately! She is a busy girl! She was sleeping horribly at night, but it is slowly getting better again, thankfully. Josie is a lot of fun. We have lots of conversations during the day. She is always asking questions. She actually asked the other night as we were putting her to bed, "Where is God?" She surprises us every day with all that she is learning. She is so sweet and likes to give hugs and kisses, and tell us that she loves us. They bring so much joy to our lives. Here are some pictures we took on Saturday at the Zoo. Josie had a blast with her friend, Violet!

New Pictures

I haven't posted for awhile, so here are some new pictures of the girls. They are both doing really well. Josie has really started using her imagination when she is playing and is always singing. Elyse is always moving - she is a busy little girl! She has her two bottom teeth already, which is weird because Josie didn't get her first teeth until 10 months. Elyse had her 6 month appt, and is, not surprisingly, tall! She was 18 lbs. 3 oz and 27.5" long. 80% for weight and 95% for height.