Milestones

Every day I'm so surprised at Josie's little vocabulary.  Of course most of what she "says" can only be understood by our little family, but she has started to identify a lot of words and uses them consistently.  Here's a rough list:

Mama
Dada
Ehhhh (Ellie)
Sea (Lucy)
Kaa Kaw (Cracker - her first word)
Tank Koo (Thank you - she says it all the time)
Sue (shoe)
Psh Buh (push button)
Hi
Hey
Pee (Sippy)
Maah (More)
Uh oh
Pee Boo (Peekaboo)

Halloween

As soon as she'd hit every house in the neighborhood, she came in and dumped her stash on the floor.  You can tell she's eager to get at those M&Ms :)

 Trick or treat time

"The sky is falling!  The sky is falling!"

 Pumkin Carving

 Spooky Pookies!

 Halloween class party at PDO.  Here are Izzy and Ms. Melissa

Fall Festivities Continue

Killing time between errands the best possible way

Brave girl saw a trampoline at the Apple Festival and wanted to give it a go.  She cleared a good 15 ft bouncing in this harness.  Very fun.

Our nightly routine: play happily and independently until mommy has to make dinner; then stand at feet and scream.

 Bath time?

 Fall play date with Lila and Ava

 Fall Festival hay ride with our sweet friend, Lexie.

 Somebody got an early birthday present from her Kaka!  She can't wait to wear this on Saturday at her Izzy birthday party!

Two of a Kind

Playing with a neighborhood friend

 Callie, Brooklynn, and Josie

 Best furry sister ever

 All dolled up for fall pictures at school.  This is her automatic response when asked: "Ellie, can I take your picture?"

 Not quite there with the spoon!

 Daddy's sidekick. 

 Fall fun

Two of a kind

 I promise I tried...but I could not narrow down these pictures.  I love them all.

 Favorite!

Over the top??  Nah.

Somebody has picked up the Fredenburg trait of silly song writing

My little Squeakeroo