Mohawks, Camels, Wizards, and Princesses

It's been a couple weeks since the last post because Blogger wouldn't let me download any pictures onto the blog. This blog will have plenty of pictures for you : ) Josephine has had a busy couple weeks!




I spiked Josephine's hair after her bath. She knows how to brush her hair and ours. Not well, but she gets the concept : ) She'd rather chew on the brush, though.



Grannie, Papaw, and I took Josephine to the zoo again last Sunday. I was able to take my camera this time. This is Josephine in the petting zoo of Kid's Cove. She enjoyed it, but was very distracted by the noisy animals. She also got to pet the sheet, a llama, and a cow.



Josephine riding on Papaw's shoulders. I think we were looking at the river otters here.



Before we left we got to pet the camels again. Josephine loves the camels.



The camel made a sudden move toward Josephine, hence the look on my face. It was really sweet later on when the camel wrapped her neck around Josephine and put its face up to Josephine's face.

Halloween



The Randolph's came to trick-or-treat at our house on Halloween. Drinnen was a wizard. I got that costume for him as a birthday present in May. When it arrived we looked at it and thought he would NEVER be able to fill it out by 6 months. Boy, were we wrong.



Elizabeth and Emily were princesses. And, yes, Drinnen is bigger than Josephine. His legs are slightly shorter, but his torso is longer. He also outweighs her by at least 2 pounds.



I just thought this was a really cute pictures. I don't remember what they were looking at.

Josephine Update:

• Josephine took a few more steps to me last weekend. I had been gone most of the day and when I got home she was so excited to see me, she walked on over! She'll stand by herself pretty often now.
• She climbs the stairs very quickly now. She usually only does it if I'm upstairs and she's downstairs (trying to find me) or when she's trying to get my attention. She also bites things to get my attention too.
• She's had fun at the Little Gym each time. She walked across the balance beam without someone helping her feet (but holding her up, of course) last week. I was very impressed because the week before she couldn't do it. She can also do the wheelbarrow on the balance beam where I hold her torso and she walks with her hands across the beam. It's cute to watch too. She loves her instructor Stephanie too. I noticed that she would get a huge smile on her face when she saw her in the class. Yesterday, Josephine and I went to lunch with Papaw and ran into Stephanie. Josephine started smiling and doing her devilish laugh (I have no other way of describing or imitating it) so I turned around to see what she was looking at. She recognized Stephanie even outside of the gym (but in the same clothes) after only 3 classes with her. Very cute. Josephine is the youngest in the class and the only one not walking. She will crawl up to the other kids and "talk" to them, but they're busy playing and don't talk back. She enjoys watching/playing with the other kids more than the gym equipment I think. I hope it doesn't hurt her feelings when the other kids want to do their own thing instead of have a chat.
• Josephine loves to play in the dishwasher. Not necessarily "in" the dishwasher, but with the things in the dishwasher. I've given up trying to do the dishes when she's in the kitchen. It's not worth it.

Can you believe Thanksgiving is in three weeks? I'll put another post before then. I hope to take my camera to her next Little Gym class. I don't think there are any other big events before Thanksgiving. : )