Happy Birthday Kaden

Our best friends' little boy, Kaden, turns 2 on Sept. 22. We celebrated his birthday at "Kaden's County Fair". Mandy always throws a wonderful party and everyone had a great time.

Mandy made shirts for all the kids to wear. Josie looked adorable in her party outfit.

Joel, "Emmy" and Josie got Kaden a dinosaur piggy bank from Crib & Carriage and attached $10 in quarters to it. He loves the first piggy bank we got him and it's about full.

We love this boy as if he was our own! (And he loves Josie..."my girlfriend" as he says!)

Playing Catch Up

It is Sunday morning and I am at home with Miss Josie. We NEVER layout of church, but we made an exception today. I am terrified that Josie is going to get sick so we decided to keep her in this weekend.

C.C.H.S. (my work place) is said to have 8 confirmed cases of the Swine Flu and all the other schools in the county have had hundreds of students out daily. Joel and I are doing everything we can to stay "clean" and keep Josie well.

So with that said, I decided to update everyone this morning with several pictures from the past few weeks. I have been slacking and will try to get better.

We got out the tummy time surfboard to see how she would do...

She doesn't quite have the hang of it yet.

I don't know what it is about putting a child's feet in their mouth, but it seems to make them laugh. We had so much fun listening to her laugh and coo!

We went to the lake on Labor Day and Josie wore the onesie we got Pops last Christmas.

Joel and Adam were playing video games on Adam's phone and insisted she join them...

Gran-Nona's Great Grandkids

(There is a story behind the sign...My Uncle Kevin has the most unusual houseboat. It is a houseboat with a pontoon attached to the back...to make a 60 ft. or so contraption. The title fits!)

Oh, that smile! This is what makes my day!

Cougars Fan

Check out that face!

Josie and my dear friend and co-worker, Sandi, the cheerleading coach.

I am completely taking advantage of the fact that Josie has no say so in what she wears right now! For those of you who don't know me that well, I love clothes and shoes! Last time I counted I had over 100 pairs of shoes...a bit ridiculous! I have gotten rid of SOME of them and actually cleaned out my closet today during my "season shift." Josie's closet is starting to look like mine.

Last night, Joel and I took Josie to the C.C.H.S. ballgame. My mom and I had her outfit planned out and it came together just as we had hoped! Take a look at the cutest Cougars fan you'll ever see...

*I ALWAYS forget that you have to upload pictures before you write! I decided I was not fixing it this time because it is time for a little girl to get her bath!*

6 Weeks Old

Miss Josie is 6 weeks old! I can't believe it! She is growing up so fast and changing every day. I took several pictures of her on her 6 week birthday. I wanted to show everyone what we did yesterday.

This is her favorite things to do!

She loves to watch her monkey and fish! She even has one of these in her bed at her Nona's house.
We went to the C.C.H.S. ball game. I couldn't wait to show her off to all of my co-workers.

Joel and I are completely in love with her...as if you couldn't tell!

She is still getting up only once in the night and only cries if she is hungry.

*We went to the Dr. on Thursday to see about a rash on her face, neck and back. Although everyone told me it was only a heat rash, I had to get the "professional" diagnosis. Luckily, she only had a "baby rash" and everything else looked great! She weighed in at a whopping 9 lbs. and 13 oz.!
We go back to the Dr. Sept. 21 for shots. Hopefully she will do better than her Mommy when getting them!