a weekend in marysville and some other stuff since then...

mom and i went to marysville with jenn and charli for aunt jenn's 15 -year class reunion!  the car rides are getting more interesting as we grow!  charli and i both always want to drive and want to play with the same toys, so there's a lot of passing back and forth going on...since grammi and papa weren't in town, we had their house to ourselves. mom and i would take morning walks and explore papa's beautiful "grounds" -- here's a pic of me sitting on a tree stump, enjoying a morning bottle and watching the sunrise. also, one on the bench outside the front door. we spent a lot of time with great gram--took her to church and entertained her at her house. here's a pic of us in her living room...oh, and then there's the little table i got for my birthday from annie fannie (bradford).  it was made by our dear cousin jim grauer and it is the PERFECT size for charli and i!  we spent a lit of time sitting there eating snacks.  we also did some sword fighting with mom's old batons, which is kind of funny since mom and aunt jenn used to be baton twirlers together...so sunday night when we returned, we went to our friend allie's house to say goodbye to our friend sarah easton, who's headed to england for 3 months to represent her church.  wow!  we played with the easton offspring and danced a lot. sunday night daddy returned from a bachelor party in vegas where he saw many women wearing things that he says i'll never be allowed to wear...i don't get it--i'm always running around in my diaper...monday, mom, dad and I spent some family time together--went for a walk to the park down the street. here's  a pic of dad pushing me in the swing.  i'm more into slides now and i'm always saying "slide...slide..."  speaking of what i'm saying these days, here's the latest:  today, i mastered "bagel" and "ice". mom let me have a bagel this afternoon and it's all i wanted to say for awhile. BAY-gel.  then, I got SO excited cause she gave me a cup of little tiny ice pebbles and i'd put them in my mouth, get a really surprised look and say ICE!  (don't worry, papa, only one at a time...)  another word today was RAIN!  i kept pointing outside (cause it rained ALL day) and saying RAIN.  mom and dad's favorite by far is what i've started to do when i swat at someone.  mom says, "no hitting josi...be nice...gentle touches" and immediately i start petting the person and saying "niiiiiice".  in fact, mom doesn't even have to correct me anymore.  i'll take a swat at someone and immediately pet them and say "niiiiiiiice". it's pretty hilarious.