18 months old

 Josie turned 18 months old on Jan 6.

 This cutie is a busy little girl with quite the personality!
Here is what she is doing at 18 months.

*loves to say "up and down" while she is doing the motion

*newest word: "sit"

*loves to eat fruit and pizza and cheese

*loves goldfish, cheerios and applesauce pouches for snack

*loves characters on tv, especially Elmo, Big Bird, Cookie Monster, Clifford and Thomas the train

*Adores watching "signing time" and has moved past "Baby signing time"

*Loves books, but doesn't sit still long enough anymore to read them

*shakes her head "no" to answer questions

*nods head "yes" but it's a lot harder to do....uses her whole body.  She prefers to do a little grunt for "yes"...sounds like "eh".

*Loves stuffed animals!!!

*Pretends to talk on the phone

*Loves to be outside and play with her cozy coupe, bubbles and chalk and to swing

*Sleeps super well at night. She is still on 2 naps a day, but can do 1 if needed

*She is defiantly entering toddler mode...she wants her way. She will even hit occasionally if she is uncomfortable with someone who is too close (that she doesn't know) or if she is frustrated. (We are working on this!)

* when Josie gets a cold, she refuses to take medicine....we have to be creative . She also vomits when she has a cold (usually once) due to all the mucus and her cough. No fun.

*size 18-24 mo clothes (but is leaning towards more 24 months here recently)

*Size 6 shoes and looooves to wear shoes

*Size 5 diaper

*33.5  inches (90%)

*27 lbs (90%)

 She loves to eat her goldfish/snacks in her little orange cup!

Josie got this cute outfit from Chase and Andra. Andra monogrammed her initials on her shirt. She got to wear it on one of our super cold days!!!!

My snuggle buddy!

 We had 2 super cold days here recently. Look how cute she is all bundled up with big sister!!!

 She loooooves the Sesame Street characters

 .....and then we have spring like days in January also!!!  Enjoying an applesauce pouch!

 First selfie! :)

Having a picnic! So fun!

More Christmas!

 A few days after Christmas, Dar and Lee came down for Christmas. The kids were super excited! :)

 Kennedy's presents

 Kaitlyn's presents

 Jillian's presents

 Kaitlyn's reaction to getting her first tablet.

 New bracelets for Jillian

 Kennedy's reaction....they were so excited!

 More fun gifts!

 Jillian was excited too!

 Art set!

 Little Josie got a really cool tunnel!!!

 She also got a cleaning cart!

 Jillian was helping her learn to clean.

 Josie loves push toys!

 Chase and Andra monogrammed their initials on mugs!

 Jillian was struggling with a cold and had been on steroids for a few days. She wasn't reacting very well to the medicine and was really not herself.

 Dar and Tony took her back to the doctor to see if she could get off the steroid.

 It was a yes! She was back to herself in a couple of days!

 Snuggling with baby sister (And watching Elmo)

 Playing on their tablets

 Dar and I took the girls to spend their gift cards at the American Girl store.

 Ummmm...this was Jillian's mood the whole time. (Due to the medicine!)

 The twins each got a Wellie wisher doll

 Loving on Aunt Dar

 Jillian wasn't in the mood to go anywhere, so Dar took the big girls to get their toes done. :)

 And shopping!

 After Josie (who was also sick with a cold and not in a good mood either!) went to bed, we played a game of "5 second rule". So fun!

 Playing the game!

 Tea party time is always fun with big sisters!

We had a great visit....although, with 2 sick kiddos, it was a quite eventful. Hopefully we didn't scare them away and they will come back soon!!! :)