Valentine's Day

Well I said I would try and blog once a week and it has already been two... Life is always busier than it seems I guess! Josie's first Valentine's Day has come and gone, it was an eventful one to say the least. Josie reached for her frog for the first time on Valentine's Day! This was actually the first time she had reached for any toy with any purpose, so we were very excited. After Josie reached for her frog we took her to see her Great Grandmother Coo Coo and her Great Uncles Roddy, Kenny and her Great Aunt Alice. We had a good time going through some of the old stuff at Coo Coo's house and left shortly after the smoke got too thick, so to speak. We left Coo Coo's and headed over to Gamma and Gampa's house. Josie was excited as usual to see her Grandparents and they were ever so kind to let us sneak out to see the movie Taken. The movie was awesome and when we got back to her Grandparents Josie was still awake and was talking so loud Gamma had to take her to the other room so Gampa could hear the movie he was watching! We took Josie home and she went quickly to sleep, after such a busy day visiting family who could blame her???

In the two weeks since my last blog Josie has developed quickly! She is standing in anyones lap who will let her, she will enjoy tummy time to watch Mickey Mouse! She is talking more everyday, including very deep conversations with her new best friend Mr. Frog. Josie also is quiet a morning girl she wakes up smiling and will not stop for about an hour. She loves to smile and she is so adorable that I can already tell she is going to have me struggling to ever say no to her! I need to start practicing...

Well that's all for now, here is hoping for many great Valentine's to come!

FIRST BLOG EVER

Well I'm starting this blog so my new baby girl can see what was going on in her life before she can even remember it! So feel free to follow along, my spelling is bad but my wording will probably be even worse so I apologize ahead of time. :) I already have one bone to pick with blogspot and that is that i can not blog from my iphone, it is more of my iphone's fault than blogspot but I love my iphone so much that I can't possibly blame my iphone. So now off to blog!

A crazy thing happened in our life on November 3rd 2008, after nine months of a crazy belly growing experiment Carol gave birth to the greatest 9 lb 12 oz, 21 1/2 inch baby that anyone has ever seen! We named her Jo Anne Taylor after her late Grandmother. We decided that she would be called "Josie" I am sure that will change over the years but we like it! We brought her home after 3 days at Depaul hospital in Norfolk. The staff at Depaul could not have been better, and Carol's Ob/Gyn Dr. Nawrozi was wonderful!

After bringing Josie home the adventure began. We had many new Mommy and Daddy experiences. Josie's first bath, first poop, first scare the poop out of Daddy projectile poop!!! and many other firsts. Most all of them are great to look back on, even the carrying Josie around the pond at 4:45 a.m. because she has not been to sleep at all. The walk was the last straw that finally got her to go to sleep! It was an amazing night to say the least.

So now Josie is 14 weeks old and I finally got around to starting this blog! I hope to keep it updated at least once a week with all of our new experiences. This past week Josie went with us to our friends Amber and Jarrod's house and Josie actually saw their great danes Buddy and Sarge and she was a little scared. It was hilarious. Josie also got to see her Great Grandmother Coo Coo this week too, Coo Coo enjoys our visits immensely. While we were at Coo Coo's Josie also got see her Great Uncles Kenny and Roddy, they think she is adorable! Who Knows what the weeks ahead will bring but I am sure there will be more and more memorable moments...