I Love You

Josephine playing in the bubbles.





I got my first unsolicited "I love you." from Josephine yesterday. We were playing on the couch and she was giving me a hug. : )



Josephine's language has really improved over the past few weeks. She knows her last name now and who else has the same last name. It comes out more like "Andsonder", but I'll count it. She'll say "Josephine" now, too. Next step is to put the two names together. That's quite a mouthful for a toddler.



She's starting to negotiate to get what she wants. She wanted a wipe and I told her no. She said "Just one." I was impressed, but she still didn't get one.

This morning when I was getting her out of her carseat, she had spilled Cheerios on her lap. She looked down and said, "Cheerios everywhere." I had to agree.



She has learned the word "need". She "needs juice", she "needs crackers". Jo used that one with Nathan last night. She hasn't tried it on me yet.

We went to Josephine's first Kindermusik class. There were only a couple other kids in the class, and Josephine really enjoyed it. She participated more than I expected and she had a smile on her face most of the time. She shook the shakers and walked around the room with everyone. Little Gym went well last night after being gone for 3 weeks. Josephine was very excited to be there. She wanted to hang on the bar most of the time.

Josephine's strep is much better. She still have some congestion, but she's back to her old self. She's still sleeping longer hours than she wass before we went on vacation. She's going to sleep at 8pm now instead of 9pm. She's hitting the terrible twos a couple months early I think. Taking her to the grocery store is a hassle now. She refuses to do what I ask her to and stands in the middle of aisle crying. Maybe she'll get over it soon. (Yeah, right. : )