Halloween at the Domes

Tonight we had a great family outing to the Mitchell Park Domes. The three of us walked around the domes, went trick or treating at one spot, watched an awesome light show that fascinated Josie. Josie had two outfits going on; her skeleton pajamas and her monkey suit. The domes were small and beyond her but Curt and I enjoyed something new..

This is a super small part of the light show.

fashion faux paux?

Josie was sporting quite the outfit the other evening. A Halloween outfit from Grandma Yoohoo; it's a 6-9 month but short by about two inches so she had to wear her awesome rainbow brite leg warmers. My mom then stopped by with a new beanie hat she made for her so she had to model it right away. So how many patterns and colors does it take before an outfit is over the top?!?!?

Here she is tring to pull herself up but you can see we need to do some more arm exercises before that happens. Good try though!

We actually have...

TWO TEETH!!!

This one came in over night and didn't even disturb her! Way to go Josie Rose.

We have a ......

TOOTH!

She's actually had it for about a week now but I've been trying to get a picture and it's just not happening because of the glare and closeness of the camera. If I can figure out how to turn off my flash then maybe it will work. Her tooth broke skin last weekend when we were in Lake Geneva. She did pretty well with it; no fever or crying but for about two weeks she was not sleeping through the night, was definitely more clingy and a bit fussy but nothing the Motrim didn't cure. Since then though she's back to herself and constantly playing with the tooth on her tongue. Yesterday I checked and she has her other bottom tooth just under the skin so we'll see how fast that one will break through and how she is with it! Hopefully we will be able to get a picture soon.

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!

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

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

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!

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

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

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!

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.

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.

Puff the Magic Dragon

Josie still loves the books and it cracks me up whenever she turns a page. Of course I know that it's a random event but it gets me everytime. We have a musical CD with this book too which she loves too.