Josephine is doing better!

Elizabeth and Josephine playing outside. This is the face she makes when you tell her to smile.


Josephine in "doggie ears". Her hair is getting so long. This picture if a few weeks old. You can see how pale she was when she was anemic.



Josephine watering her plants as usual.





Josephine is doing better! Her red blood cell count is going up, she's getting color in her skin and, and she has more energy. She's wearing me out! And eating every waking minute. I just keep a package of crackers on the table for her. I take her back to the doctor on Wednesday to check her red blood cell count again. I wouldn't be surprised if she was back to normal by then. I didn't realize how much her behavior had changed when she was sick until now.



I bought a sprinkler for Josephine to play in last week. She is so excited about it. She won't run through it alone, though, she will only do it with Nathan. They are playing in it right now. : ) Nathan just informed me that she loves being SuperBaby flying through the sprinkler head first. She giggles the whole time. She''s also obsessive about baths right now. Someone gave her a huge rubber duckie and ever since then she has been asking for a bath at least once an hour. The past two days in a row she's poopped in the tub, though. : ( Not fun to clean up. Another obsession is collecting eggs at Granna's. She says "eggs" (sounds like "ice") and points to the garage door, wanting to go to the farm. Yet another obsession is her bowls. Everything she eats has to be in her "bowl bowl". She won't eat peas, but she will eat peas in her bowl bowl. It's all in the way you say it. : )

One big development/change around here is that Josephine is going to sleep by herself in her own crib instead of me rocking her. She was getting too mean--pulling hair and earrings to get a reaction--while I was rocking her. Either Nathan or I usually have to stay in the room with her until she falls asleep (usually without crying), but it's a step in the right direction.



Naomi's first birthday party was last weekend at Granna's. Granna bought a pool for the girls to play in. After putting some warm tap water in the pool, the girls had a good time.



Josephine (18 months) and Naomi (12 months) playing in the pool at Granna's.


Naomi playing in the water. Isn't she cute?


Josephine sporting her sun hat, sunglasses, and farm outfit (it has chickens on it). She 18 months old this week, what more can you say? : )