Friday, October 23, 2009

Working Hard on Computer Skills





Not really but doesn't it look like it?!?! Josie loves the laptop; anytime it comes on it gets her attention and she will just stare at it...she loves to tap away at the buttons. I shouldn't be encouraging this because one of these times she's going to push a series of buttons I won't know what to do to fix! Still cute though!

Monday, October 19, 2009

Water Baby

Josie had her first swim this weekend. It took her a little bit to get used to the sensation but then she seemed to enjoy it espescially if we bounced with her. She went on her front and back as well as kicked those "Happy Feet" legs of hers for a long time. You can see from her face she was not sure what was going on at first. I attached a short video of her in the pool as well.




Lake Geneva Girls Weekend

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Friday, October 16, 2009

6 Month Family Photos











Last week we went to visit a friend from our previous church in West Bend. She is hoping to get a small photography business up and running. So she took us to a park in West Bend for some photos. Here are a few of my favorite. I think Renee is off to an awesome start!

So busy but fun is on its way..

This week I have had a tremendous amount of work to do...grading tons of papers, compiling them, and completing progress reports all for a 6 hour work night on parent teacher conferences last night. They went very well and most of the parents I've spoken with and met before so there were no crazy suprises there. Thank you to Jodi who watched Josie last night until 9:30 when I got home from work so Curt could go up north fishing for the weekend. Now today, we have breakfast plans with some family from Florida and then Josie, my mom, my sister, and I are off for a weekend in Lake Geneva!

All By Herself




Josie is a sitter now! For about a week she has been able to sit on her own for an extended amount of time...she's gone up to 30 minutes without a tumble or support from one of us. Of course, if she's looking around and up then backwards she goes! We were suprised to see how quickly she went from a mintue or two at a time then for so long. It seemed to happen in a week's time!

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

One of Josie's favorite toys at home this week is her piano.

She loves to bang, bang, bang away at it!

Sunday, October 11, 2009

My Little Pumpkin








Today the whole Haar family (2 carloads) went out to Bartel's Apple Farm in Mequon. We were only there about half an hour but we picked about 30 pounds of apples and 6 pumpkins. It was windy but sunny, Josie loved sitting and feeling the pumpkin vine and of course trying to get apple leaves into her mouth!

Friday, October 9, 2009

Happy Half Birthday Josie!

Josie is 6 months old! Happy Half Birthday to You! I sang to her and I know Denise (babysitter) did too. Here are a few pictures from the past week or so. On Wednesday we had her doctor appointment, she is smaller than we had guessed. 15lbs 12.5 ounces (50th percentile) and 26.75 inches (90th percentile). The doctor said she looked good and healthy and based on developmental accomplishments thinks Josie will be a one year walker not a nine month walker. That's okay with us because then the poor puppies will get little peace!


Josie is rolling over both ways and to travel to different places. If she is on her back, guranteed she will flip herself over. She has begun scooting backwards and has actually traveled the length of our living room; moving around on hardwood floors makes for easier traveling! She still talks up a storm with some consonant sounds like b, y, and m. She put everything into her mouth...leaves, shoes, socks, whatever she can wiggle too and pick up! If we sit her up then she can sit for about 2/3 minutes without support before there is a tipover. Josie loves her jumperoo and is always moving her feet and legs, pumping and kicking them when we are holding her or when she is laying on the floor. She has been nicknamed Happy Feet! She is an excellent eater and has eaten everything we put in front of her. Josie definetly has her favorites but will eat all her veggies with some faces of course. She started fruits this week and has been enjoying those! She is doing an excellent job at Denise's and continues to be mellow and content.

Monday, October 5, 2009

Josie's boyfriends!


These are Josie's favorite boys!
Nick has the glasses and Jake is the blondie.
They are so good to her and give her lots of love and attention.
We are lucky to have Denise, her husband Jim, and the boys as Josie's caretakers;
they have opened their home and their hearts to her.