Lots of Pictures

Nathan throwing Josephine into the air. He was really surprised when he saw this picture. He asked if that's what it looked like to me when he threw her into the air. I told him yes. He said he was nervous to do it anymore. : )


Josephine loves cats!

I made Play-Dough for Josephine last week. She wanted to watch what was going on so I put her on the counter. She didn't quite grasp the concept of Play-Dough, but she enjoyed watching me make things.

Josephine climbing on a small slide at the Randolph's.

Fourth of July party in our back yard. We had about fifteen people over for a cookout.

Josephine in our backyard looking for the moon. She loves seeing the moon, although it stays light so late right now, she doesn't get to see it much these days.

I photoshopped this cute picture of Josephine looking up at the sky.

She's 19 months old. What else do you expect?

Josephine has started finger painting. She won't spend alot of time on it, but she does enjoy doing it for short periods. The first time (in this picture) it turned into a body-painting session. Luckily everything is washable these days.

This obviously isn't Josephine. This is Emily (3 years)and I just loved these pictures so much that I decided to put them on the blog.


Another photo of Emily.

Josephine had a busy week last week. We went to the pool a couple times, we went to the zoo, had a couple cookouts, and various other small events. She is quite the swimmer! We got her a bathing suit that has floats in it. She can swim by herself in it. She rolls a bit when she gets tired and stops moving her arms and legs, but for the most part she can handle it by herself. The diving board is still one of her favorite things to do.

She learned some new words last week too. "Alligator", "hippo", "Amy" (a friend from church), "disc", "Matt", "buckle", "ice", "pool", "uh-oh", "all gone" (with signs), and some others that I can't think of. She's turning into a jabber-box. "There it is" is her favorite phrase.

Josephine is learning what red and green lights mean. She gets annoyed when we stop at a red light and will point at it until it turns green. When you ask her what a green light means she says "go". She's not able to say stop yet. She sits in the middle of the van so she can see everything. She also has an uncanny sense of direction. She will get very upset if we go past some place she knows (like Food City or Target) and can point in the direction we need to go.

Josephine is getting better at puzzles. She hasn't tried any that have more than one piece at a time, but she's very good at putting the singular pieces in the right spots. She has a new puzzle that has 8 animals on it and has never had any problems putting the correct animal in the correct spot. I'll try a multiple-piece puzzle next time.