Josie's 31 month stats: 36 lbs, 4T/5T in clothing, size 6 diapers (thisclose to full-time undies!), size 8 shoes, a head taller than everyone in her class, sass for days
Josie's favorite book: Potty Book by Elmo
Josie's new sentences and vocab. She is completely communicating now using large and small sentences, but these are this month's greatest hits:
"Mama, you be Belle. I'll be Beauty and the Beast. Dada, you be the kitchen stuff."
Jonathan: "Isn't mama the prettiest?
Josie: "Icky!"
Jonathan: "Well then who is the prettiest?"
Josie: "I am!"
Jonathan: "That's called an Electra Complex."
Josie: "My baby is sick. She has a tummy ache in her throat."
Jaimie: "Oh no, that sounds serious."
Josie: "It's not serious. It's ridiculous!"
Josie holding Jonathan's phone in front of her face, as to speak to Siri: "Call my wife."
Josie's new tricks
As you can see, she is OBSESSED with Beauty and the Beast, despite never seeing the actual movie. We met a sweet actress who played Belle in the Georgetown Palace production and Josie couldn't even handle it. After we met Belle and she left, Josie looked up at me and said "I was shy!"
Most of what's happening with our little miss right now involves one of three things: acting, babies, and jokes. Our house is imagination station and every morning she wakes up as a different character who must often care for a crying baby. Perhaps, then, our new trick is learning how to coax Elsa, a boy, baby brother, Belle, Anna, a doctor, and any other number of creatures into clothes and pony tails. What's more, Jonathan has learned to fashion ponies! He can get pretty creative with the barrettes and bows but his work is downright impressive.
In other Young family news:
We had a great month filled with visits from two uncles: Uncle Adam and Uncle Paul! Uncle Adam was in town for SXSW with his record label and we got to spend a night with him before he began working the festival. Uncle Paul flew in for a special visit to basically fix houses (ours and Grandma/Papa's). He is wildly talented and should really have his own home improvement show. Here he is with pictured with Josie at Grandma and Papa's house as they assemble an easel.
We (sort of) celebrated Easter in our secular way. We made our way to the neighborhood egg hunt, which turned out to be a bust. What was not a bust was the petting zoo, which someone clearly LOVED.
Charlotte, Larissa, my mom, and my sister threw us a Baby Sprinkle and it was the cutest! It was lovely and intimate and perfect.
We're getting so close to meeting baby #2 so we went to Galveston for our final babymoon. I love that we live in a time where these are a thing because they are the best and we had a blast. Galveston is a coastal city in Texas with an adorable pier and lots of history. Before the great storm of 1900, it was supposed to be one of the largest and most popular cities in Texas. I couldn't resist creating a little sand art to commemorate the occasion.
We spent the majority of the weekend at our beautiful hotel luxuriating in the sun whilst testing their frozen beverages mixed in the swim-up bar. I also got an incredible facial at their spa. Highly recommend.
It's bluebonnet season in Texas and it's truly magical. We got some professional pics taken but I secretly snapped this sweet moment.
We've finally decided on a nursery theme: llamas! Stay tuned for a photo of the finished product on the next blog.
Until next time!
Xoxo,
J Cubed
