22 and 23 Months Old!

Our little babe is almost 2! My goodness does time fly. 

Josie's 22-23 month stats: 33 lbs, 2-3T in clothing, size 6 diapers, still very tall

Josie's new sentences and vocab. She is completely communicating now using large and small sentences, but these are her greatest hits:

• Come with me, mama/dada! (followed by yanking directed person to "cook", color, or play outside)
• Alex (our June roommate): "Josie, how tall are you?" Josie (without missing a beat): "Two minutes!"
• Her first 'why?' question and of course it was: "Why?" regarding wearing clothes to school.
• Josie must label everything she sees since she's finally has the vocabulary to do so. Don't be surprised to hear: "This is water. This is Dory. This is cheese."

Josie's new tricks

• Professional fish counter

Performer, with a short attention span

• Knows her colors, shapes, numbers, and most letters
• Sings a compilation nursery rhyme extravaganza to lull herself to sleep

A few of Josie's favorite things:

• Dory 
• Dory 
• Dory
• Not wearing clothes (see recent videos and pics like the one below)
• The "blue man" aka the walking signal fellow. She LOVES him. I actually toyed with making that her second birthday party theme. Josie always wants to see the blue man and red hand, never mind the "blue" man is not very blue. 

In other Young family news...

Mama and Dada celebrated their marriage! 

We were already married and always wanted a sweet backyard twinkle light/mason jar/DIY wedding. Well, my amazing sister-in-law DELIVERED. That wedding was so spectacular. Crystal deserves an award. For real. Pictured below are my sister, the babe who is the subject of this blog, and Crystal.

Here's our flower girl!

And our gorgeous moms!

And here's a glimpse of our incredible honeymoon to Italy. We did everything from wine tasting in Chianti to segueing through Florence to pasta making in a palace to gondola riding in Venice to boating around Capri. The 85 lbs we collectively gained was WORTH IT. #pastababy #andgelato #andwine

Another important headline for The J Crew is Grandma Anne and Papa Bob moved to Texas!!

We couldn't be more excited to have them around all of the time. I mean, who else will squirt water on bellies...

and watch Raffi on command?

Now if we could just work on the rest of our families...

Finally, guys...I saved this for last because it's so much fun! Josie went on her first date! Lovell (the son of our dear friends Charlotte and Jeremy) has a cool truck with a radio. Josie hopped on it, Lovell turned up the country music, put his arm around her, and sped off. Jonathan and I watched this in awe with tears in our eyes.

Until next time!

Xoxo,
J Cubed