Josie's 13 month stats: She hasn't grown much in a few months - perhaps she's gotten a bit taller. We're still hovering around 26 lbs, size 4 diapers, and size 12-18 mos in clothes...aaaaand Halloween costumes. Insert 300 pumpkin emojis. I CANNOT WAIT FOR HALLOWEEN!
This gets its own paragraph, but I was in the playroom with little Jo as we were looking at her vocab cards. She picked one up and started scooting over to Colby, our adopted dog. I'm sure by now you've guessed she was holding the dog card, but I was blown away! I still think of Josie as this tiny little thing - it's amazing to watch her learn and grow.
Josie's new animal noises: This child has about as many animal noises as words right now. I'm not even sure I know them all but so far I've witnessed: woo woo (dog), hoo hoo (owl), mrrrooow (cat), (baa) sheep, and fuzzy static noise (duck).
Josie's latest feats:
She's a miniature zombie walking!
Every day she gets a little more confident and every day we wrap another household item in bubble wrap. Please ignore my ridiculous excitement and Jonathan's bandaid from that day's physical. I get footage when I can and only think about the cinematography when I'm blogging. Oops.
She eats grocery lists!
When I put Josie in charge of holding the grocery list and heard "yummy, yummy, yummy!" (her signature meal celebration chant), I validated her like any good parent should: "That's right Josie. Yummy, yummy!" I only thought to look at the delicious item in question a few aisles later. See ya, grocery list. #mychildisagoat
She plays hide and go shoe!
Unlike her mother (and more like her father), Josie is OBSESSED with shoes. She even says "shoe" as she fetches one out of her shoebox and parades it around the house until she's ready for another.
This New York-born lady may have some Carrie Bradshaw in her yet! Apparently Carrie has an illustrated shoe guide. I'm leaving this for little Jo to find one day when she is seeking shoe support. Beyond "go buy a muted, neutral Birkenstock looking thing" I won't be helpful.
Speaking of shoes, here's a game we've been playing since she was a wee babe: Stinky Feet!
I've never met anyone so excited that her feet smell (and boooooy, do they ever)!
She loves airplanes.
We live in the distant flight path of the Austin airport sand Josie will send her pointer finger to the sky and mark each and every airplane. She thinks they are so cool.
In other Young Family news...
I finished Josie's nursery!
I hung Josie's J-O-S-I-E letters made with love from Grammy but the S keeps falling. I know this because Josie says "uh ohhhh" every time it's slipped again. There are a lot of uh-ohs in our house these days. :) #ignorethesafetyhazard
We went on a vacation. It's always nice to get away and we haven't done it nearly enough, but Horseshoe Bay Resort was a blast. We also discovered we love playing tennis together. Jonathan was getting quite good towards the end, even though I still maintain the title of MVP from Plantation Tennis Camp circa 1990.
When I put Josie in charge of holding the grocery list and heard "yummy, yummy, yummy!" (her signature meal celebration chant), I validated her like any good parent should: "That's right Josie. Yummy, yummy!" I only thought to look at the delicious item in question a few aisles later. See ya, grocery list. #mychildisagoat
She plays hide and go shoe!
Unlike her mother (and more like her father), Josie is OBSESSED with shoes. She even says "shoe" as she fetches one out of her shoebox and parades it around the house until she's ready for another.
This New York-born lady may have some Carrie Bradshaw in her yet! Apparently Carrie has an illustrated shoe guide. I'm leaving this for little Jo to find one day when she is seeking shoe support. Beyond "go buy a muted, neutral Birkenstock looking thing" I won't be helpful.
Speaking of shoes, here's a game we've been playing since she was a wee babe: Stinky Feet!
She loves airplanes.
We live in the distant flight path of the Austin airport sand Josie will send her pointer finger to the sky and mark each and every airplane. She thinks they are so cool.
In other Young Family news...
We went to the Austin Zoo and a goat ate Josie's shoe!
There's also a shoe-eating goat story from my childhood, which delights me to no end.
We went on a bat cruise!
Austin is strikingly beautiful and has some of the best sunsets. Loved this date night!
We went on a bat cruise!
Austin is strikingly beautiful and has some of the best sunsets. Loved this date night!
I finished Josie's nursery!
We went on a vacation. It's always nice to get away and we haven't done it nearly enough, but Horseshoe Bay Resort was a blast. We also discovered we love playing tennis together. Jonathan was getting quite good towards the end, even though I still maintain the title of MVP from Plantation Tennis Camp circa 1990.
We celebrated Grandma's birthday at Eastside Cafe, one of my favorite Austin restaurants! We said goodbye to her this day but get to welcome her back this weekend. (yay!)
If you haven't noticed, look at your browser - we got a new domain! Follow our adventures on www.thejcrewlife.com, which is much easier to remember than the nonsense we had before (for me)!
Finally, I will leave you with the cutest thing. The other night as Jonathan was putting Josie to bed he said: "Time to go to sleep and become a president, princess, and firefighter." Indeed, little pup. Indeed.
Until next time!
Love,
J Cubed
If you haven't noticed, look at your browser - we got a new domain! Follow our adventures on www.thejcrewlife.com, which is much easier to remember than the nonsense we had before (for me)!
Finally, I will leave you with the cutest thing. The other night as Jonathan was putting Josie to bed he said: "Time to go to sleep and become a president, princess, and firefighter." Indeed, little pup. Indeed.
Until next time!
Love,
J Cubed
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