September 25 - Josie is One Year Old

It is difficult to believe that our little baby is already one year old! She certainly has changed a lot in a few months and is acting like a toddler. She's crawling everywhere, pulling herself up, standing, and walking around while holding onto furniture. It won't be long until she's walking all by herself. She babbles all the time and is showing her preferences for books, certain songs, and games.

We had her first birthday pary on Saturday at Colleen's parents' house in Illinois. Her cousin Shad was born one day before her so we had a joint party. You can see how fun it was by their pictures. Shad was so funny with his cupcake: he took the sugar cone off and licked the frosting, then systematically dipped the cone into the cupcake to get more frosting so he could lick the frosting again. And he didn't want ANY interruptions! Josie completely ignored her cupcake and proceeded to eat the plate! Finally she ate the sugar cone after her cousin Janie showed her how.