Swimming in the Backyard!

While Josie was napping today, Curt ran to KMart to find a pool for Josie. He said they were really picked over and didn't have the hard plastic ones I was hoping for so Josie got a larger pool than baby sized but she loved it and the space to move around. Daddy suprised her with her own lawn chair too which was a fun game of up and down for her!

And yes she did have a swimsuit change...doesn't she look like Gilligan's pal from Gilligan's Island? She loved to splash and didn't mind being splashed on either.

Update...

Josie is doing so much better! Every day she has gotten more energy, less coughing and boogs draining out of her nose. We decided to skip going up north and stay home for the long weekend; which I think is the best think we could have done for her. We had an errand to do each day and took her outside for a bit each day but otherwise she was home, able to relax, and get in two great naps everyday. She's still on omoxicillian most of this coming week but it's done it's job well!

Bronchitis

Josie has bronchitis this week :(

She is a different baby than ever this week.

It's so, so sad. She's had a fever for 3 days straight.

So uncomfortable she would cry in her sleep or even when being held until last night so...fingers crossed.

Good news; we've had the meds for two days now and they tell me it takes 48 hours in the system so that's today; hopefully it will show today.

Is that not the saddes snotty, red eyes, achy, tired look :)

Family Garden

This year my sister and I decided to grow a garden together; when my dad heard us talking about finding a community plot he told us we could have his backyard garden as long as he got three tomato plants. So yesterday, the garden was assembled. I can't take too much credit because Josie was in an extremely clingy mood yesterday afternoon and I wasn't able to get her out of my hands or lap for more than a second so I guess you can say Josie and I "supervised". My nieces were there as well too help; Karley loved doing all of this and Makenzie she loved to shovel dirt!We will see how our garden grows but we have strawberries, corn, sunflowers, peas, beans, carrots, muskmelon, tomato, spaghetti squash, butternut squash, broccoli , red and white onions as well as red, yellow, and green peppers! Wish us luck for an abundant harvest!

Brewer's Game

Josie and I got Curt an early Father's Day gift; a 4 pack of tickets to the Brewer's games. This past Saturday was our first game. Josie did SO MUCH better than I expected...we made it to the seventh inning stretch...we probably could have made it longer but this way we beat the traffic. Josie of course made friends with all of our "neighbors", loved the music intros of each players and no exaggerating danced to at least half of them everytime, and loved the tortilla chips from the nachos!

Before

During

in a new sweatshirt because mama didn't dress us warm enough!

After

Florida Here We Come!

We have a trip planned to Florida for this summer! We are going to Disney World for Josie (because a one year old will remember that! Lots of sarcasm!) and to Harry Potter World for me!!! Woohoo!! And the biggest WooHoo of all is Josie will get to see Curt's brother Paul for the second time and her Uncle Curt for the first time!

Thank You DeeDee!

Last week Friday was Josie's last day with Denise or DeeDee as we were teaching Josie to call her. And guess what? She started saying it on the last day :) This school year has been hard for me being at work and being away but having Josie with Denise made it all bearable. She opened her heart, family, and home to Josie and for that we are eternally thankful. We; Josie, Curt, and I will miss DeeDee but look forward to our playdates!