Two

Well, its hard to believe but our "little" Josie turned two on Sunday. The past year has absolutely flown by and we now have a full blown toddler on our hands, who is into everything and learning so much every day.

We went to see Dr. Niland yesterday and she couldn't believe how big she's gotten. She stood on the big girl scale, and got measured against the wall. They also predicted how tall she would be based on her stats today...shes going to be a big girl.

We had a really small party on Sunday. Considering we have a newborn, we didn't want to have a ton of people over and Josie doesn't do too well in big crowds besides.

her special Snoopy cake that Jen made

Ever since Chloe's birthday, Josie has loved to sing "Happy Birthday", and all week long we talked about her birthday and how old she would be. She would tell us "2!" and then say she was going to get some birthday cake. WELL when the time came to sing, this is what happened...never seen such a puss on by a kid before. She did NOT like everyone singing to her and looking at her. Poor thing didn't even blow out her candle. Frankie had to help her. I have to say, that is exactly how I am. I don't like all the attention on me- she will probably have to take 5 Imodium at her wedding like I did! 

she finally ate some when no one was paying attention

her horsey from Aunt Keri 

and Uncle Frank

I know babies change a lot during the first year, but Josie had a huge transformation during her second. Mainly in the hair department- hahahah. I cant get over how much she has grown and how smart she is. She understands absolutely everything we say and tells us exactly what she wants. She can count to at least 10, is learning her ABC's, her days of the week and the months of the year. She is so funny and witty, but also really sensitive. She gets her feelings hurt easily, and needs time to adjust to new surroundings. She needs time to warm up- even with those she knows well. 

Nick and I are so proud of her and love watching her grow and learn everyday. She is such a joy to be around and has taken to her baby sister really well. She always asks for her if she doesn't see her, and doesn't like poo poo to get too close to her. I thinks he is going to be very protective and likes to mother her babies, so I bet she will start doing the same soon. 

huge change within a year!

Here are her stats

Height- 37 in

Weight- 34 lb

Diaper Size- 6

Shoe Size- 8W

Clothes Size- 3T

Fruit and crackers are her favorite foods and she is still sleeping like the dickens. She has literally fallen out of bed and stayed asleep on the floor, and never wakes up when Cate is crying in the night. Thank goodness, don't know what we would do with two kids up. She has recently started taking her diaper off at night, therefore peeing the bed. Of course she never wakes up even though shes soaked, so we have been doing a lot of laundry and started putting her in pull ups at night. This morning she told me that she "likes her new diapers". We plan on potty training soon- just need to find a weekend that we are here and not busy.  She will also be starting soccer class with Nick next weekend on Saturday mornings. Really looking forward to that. She loves to watch soccer and kick her ball around. 

That's about it for now on Jo Jo- she's our superstar.