teething, swimming, living

i've been so busy livin' and cuttin' teeth --haven't had time to post!  

yes, i've been a bit, shall we say, "extra sensitive" lately due to the giant teeth that are pushing through 

my sore gums on top.  i'm a trooper, though, as always.  one cool thing is I've been letting mom cuddle with me in the rocker more cause i'm uncomfortable. also, i've decided i like daddy again (after being grouchy with him last week) so we're having fun together--especially now that his ridiculously long homestand is over!  we celebrated as a family by going to texas roadhouse tonight.  this morning, mom and i had nursery duty at church.  she and miss peggy and i babysat 4 other little ones who are around my age. i love the nursery and get so excited to interact with the other kids i start squealing.  i did my first ever "craft" today in the nursery. miss peggy painted our hands and we did 4th of July handprints.  yesterday mom and i went to the 18th birthday party of her former camp quality camper, matthew wright. it was at the matt ross community center where we had my baptism party.  we swam for 2 hours. i LOVED it!!! i've been rather subdued around big crowds lately, so i just let my mom hold me and we floated in the lazy river and watched people. needless to say, we were prunes when it was all over -- but we were happy prunes. monday night mom and gma jeanne have girls night, so i'm hanging out with papa carl for the evening.  daddy has a birthday party at hooters. i wanted him to take me, but i guess he doesn't want me to get any ideas about future job opportunities...

Chattering and Tea Parties

2 new favorite things to say: "hi" and "night-night"

Probably because when mom and dad hear me in the morning,

they come into my room and say "hiiiii"

and when it's time for bed they say "night-night".

I especially like to say hi to myself in the mirror.

Here's a pic of me playing with my tea set from gma and gpa d.

Now that I can crawl everywhere, I like to pull it off of the

bottom of the bookshelf and open it up.

Mom says it reminds her of when her grandpa 

played tea party with her when she was little.

He's my papa don who I haven't met yet.

But mom tells me about him and we will meet 

someday in heaven (along with Great Grandpas Walt and Ted!)

Charli Left a Baby Ruth

Spent the day with cousin Charlize and Auntie Jenn.

Mom and Aunt Jenn chatted and scrapbooked.

(well, aunt jenn scrapbooks...mom does what she calls "crapbooking", which is a

cheap version of the real thing!)

Then, Mimi, Auntie K, Jenn, Charli and us went swimming in the neighborhood pool.

I love the water! We played and laughed a lot.

Have you ever seen Caddy Shack? Remember the Baby Ruth incident in the pool?

Yeah, that sort of happened (but it wasn't me!)

summer days

well, i've been doing even more talking lately--repeating all kinds of words.  probably my favorite is "car". Daddy will be happy to know that i can identify him in pictures now (and mommy too). we're working on grandma, grandpa, grammi, and papa!  i'm determined to start coloring. mom got a little $1 coloring book for me at walmart today and i LOVED watching how the crayons colored the paper. i'm still figuring out exactly how to do it, but don't worry, i'll get it...also, mom inflated my new frog swimming pool today.  she learned a very important lesson. if something is larger than your head, use an air pump. she is still recovering from oxygen deprivation. i had a blast in the pool though, and that's all that matters! :0) we also got a big purple rubber ball at walmart, which makes me squeal with delight whenever i even look at it.  i've decided i don't like having my diaper changed. remember my old "happy place" on the changing table?

that's a thing of the past...mom and i are planning to stroll down to the park to hear an old college buddy and his band who are performing outdoors this evening.  happy weekend!

The latest in the life of ME!

Hey, it's me--Josi D!

For my first year of life, Mom and I sent emails every once in awhile to update the grandparents about life at our house, but it's time for us to graduate to something bigger and better--our very own blog! Mom hopes this will become an online journal/scrapbook of sorts for me to keep forever. So...here goes...We've had a busy week and here are the pictures to prove it!  We went to dad's "home country" of Nebraska. Started out in Lincloln and stayed with Uncle Roy, Aunt Julie, and DJ Friday night.  They are always so good about taking us in!  Then, we spent Saturday in Columbus with GG Seal, Grandpa Carl, and Grandma Jeanne (daddy says Columbus is his favorite place in the world). Sunday, it was on to Omaha to celebrate my friend, Logan Vanecek's 2nd birthday.The party was in a park with a water hydrant and I had a blast playing in the water! (see picture below!) Monday, we joined our friends the Wolf family at the Kansas City Zoo. We only made it through the continent of Africa though, and hope to return someday to tour Australia.  I fell asleep halfway through our tour and snoozed peacefully until we reached the monkeys.  Grammi Fran and Papa Ron stopped by on their way home from vacation yesterday.  I think they missed me.  They brought me some seashells and Papa took me to the park.  Today, mom and I went Aunt Jenn and Charli's for a swim at the country club. It was my first official swimming experience and I had a blast! Charli has this cool raft that I floated around in and giggled.  We finally got rained out but not before we made a nice memory.  So, the last few days I've been talking a lot and I think they're starting to understand me.  It all started on Father's Day when I finally started saying "Dad-doo" and knew who I was talking about. Then,  I started pointing at our car and saying "car". Now, I'm repeating a lot of things. I even said "Charli" today. When mom says Charli's name, I get the giggles, cause I get so excited!  It's late...gotta get some zzzz's.