More of our Summer

She is changing SO much every week, and saying new things every DAY. She is really cracking us up. I will make a few posts with pictures of what we've been doing this summer. Josie has the cutest little voice, and she works hard to pronounce things. She used to say her name as "ditt-da" (which in Finn means little girl, as I know because I've been told not to be a "ba-haaa ditt-da" which means bad girl - no idea of the spelling, just phonetically that's what it sounds like to me.) Anyway, Josie called herself "dit-daa" until about a week ago when she pronounced clearly "Josie." Now she correct her little friends when they don't say it correctly. One of her favorite things to do is look at "Josie Mess!" on the computer...We look at our blog and she names everyone and loves to see the picture of herself making a mess with daddy's instant breakfast. She also loves to "hehp" (help) whether it's putting trash away, wiping off the diaper changing pad, or anything else. She loves to identify whose is whose "Daddy's car, daddy's tractor, mommy's car, Josie's cup." So, she is talking up a storm and making us laugh with her cute antics. It's very helpful too, because the last couple of nights she's half-woken and said, "water!" After I give her a bit of water she falls right back to sleep...before I never wouldn've known what she wanted, even though it makes sense because it's been so humid here and she's sweating a lot. She also says "love you" and identifies dozens of animals and more objects in her "My First" books. Yes, she's a genius we think! The other day I commented to Jim that he and I couldn't have "made" a child as adorable as she is, and he said, "you got that right!" She is definitely the light of our lives!