coming to a theatre near you ... josie tricks

josie has been working on her stand-up act - so i thought i would share. don't worry, we have more tricks in our back pocket ... so she might have a sequel come out soon!

x-mas has begun ...

wow ... i am still full & it is 11:30 - too many goodies! tonight we had our xmas with memere & pepere down the road ... with a wonderful dinner. what a treat ... josie was just beside herself with so much to see, hear & feel ... oh & taste! she got her first introduction to "gifts" ... lucky little girl.

in the adult world right now ... dominic & i are so excited for josie to wake up (with one rule .. not at 5 a.m. please) & come up those stairs & see all the gifts under the tree. she is so much fun ... true excitement about so much! then memere & pepere will be coming up to the house for meat pie around lunch & then i'm sure there will be some snoozing & snacking for the rest of the day. our friend loie might pop in also - which would be wonderful company.

only thing missing is grandmama & grandpapa ... who are out in pheonix right now. hopefully we get a video chat in at some point. ... but we will see them soon. 3 weeks & counting ... we can't wait!

hope everyone has a great day tomorrow! love & hugs from the 3 of us up on the hill! xoxo

what's up doc ... with your shots!

do any kiddos like going to the doc's? ... my kiddo definately doesn't that's for sure. the other day josie went for her 15 month appt (even though she just turned 16 months) ... a basic visit with 2 shots. we were afraid we would get pressured to give her a flu shot also, but luckily we weren't. should of known better since my midwife/pediatrician doesn't even take one - even though she deals with sickness everyday.

so here's the scoop ...

head circumfrence: 18 3/4" - just above 90th percentile

height: almost 31" - 50th percentile

weight: 22 lbs - just below 25th percentile

so, we have an average height, skinny little peanut with lots of room for her big brain & smarts!

interesting part, josie is now old enough to hold her own with the the nurses & ped. she put up a pretty good fight when anyone got in her space ... think it's good that she can hold her own, but there is a time & place. needless to say a bit of a stressful visit for mama & baby ... & i even think a tiny bit for papa too ... even though he is usually cool as a cuke.

note to self: addition to the xmas list - a pretend doctor's kit so we can practice for next time.

amazing traveler

the minute i saw her, i wanted her picture - but felt so bad about taking it. i actually had dominic turn around & we parked in a parking lot waiting for her to ride by us, so i could snap a few. as you can see - they aren't the best, as i was playing a bad game of incognito.

so what is her deal? is she happy or is she sad? she had the biggest smile on her face ... & her dogs are so good - one walking right by her side & her old yellow sitting ontop of her trailer 'o stuff. have you ever seen anyone have so much stuff while riding a bicycle? - really quite amazing that she could even manage to tow it.

i saw her close to a month ago ... & i think of her quite often still. i've never seen anything like that - she literally had so much stuff with her, all this clothes hanging out everywhere - everything that she owned i'm sure. did she lose her house? forclosure? fire? divorce? .... is she ok now - it is so cold out? is this by choice? walk-about of sorts? it's taken me a while to post this one, cuz i almost feel bad doing it. but, as i said - if you could of seen the smile she had on her face riding down tenny mt. highway ... i think she was happy & feeling free. i hope so.

one more honker gone ... poor guy

my husband ... so proud! a canadian goose & a teal. even though it is sad for me to see feathers lying around our yard ... come to find out, i really like duck - so i have to thank him for bringing home dinner.