Adventures in Sewing!

So, a few days ago, Justin came home and said, "Honey, I know you've been wanting a sewing machine for a long, LONG time now, so I decided that we are going to go out and get one tonight." What a great hubby, right?? I KNOW! :) I am by NO means a pro at sewing, but my mom did teach me the basics. So, we got a great deal on a beginner sewing machine and I have been sewing my heart out. I hemmed and mended the pants Justin has been waiting on for months, I made a few head bands, started on an aloha print patch quilt, and my favorite project of all, I made Josie a dress. A friend of mine is very crafty and I saw this on her blog, and had to look up the pattern here and try it out. I made a matching head band, and I think it turned out great! The blog with the pattern has a tutorial on how to make it and everything, and it was really quick and easy, even for someone like me who hasn't sewn in YEARS. It took me about and hour and a half with Josie being up and crazy.  I'll keep you posted on the other fun adventures we have in our new world of sewing!! :)

Josie's new Favorite Words...

Yesterday afternoon, Josie started saying a new phrase. It's her new favorite thing... Here's a video of it. Also, I FINALLY caught her on tape doing the animal noises. I think I could count on one hand the number of people who had actually heard her do the animal noises. Now you can all enjoy!

Here are a few other pictures of the last few days..

Talking to Tutu on the phone. She loves Tutu!!

Showing off her winter coat (and cheesy smile!)

Little lady can't go anywhere without her purse and cell phone...

Ready to play in the snow!!

Howdy Partners!

Way back in the day, when Toy Story came out, my sister bought me a Woody doll that has a pull string, and about 5 sayings that he says. Well, Woody is one of Josie's favorite toys. She quickly figured out how to make him talk (and proceeded to make him unable to talk.. we don't know how) and shortly thereafter began to walk around the house saying, "Howdy!" (sounds more like "ahh-dee".) It has taken us a couple months to finally get it on video, but here it is.

A week or so ago, I decided that it was about time to wash my car. Josie thought that helping was the best thing EVER. She's pretty adorable (and I am TOTALLY unbiased).

I wish that you could all spend a day with Josie and get to see her in her element. It's impossible to catch all the funny things she does on tape. Here's a few of the latest fun things she does:

1. She puts her hand on your arm and leans over to look right in your face (up close!) and says, "Ahabhaslkjfhaoisdfjasdjckajsdf, ok?" (or some variation).

2. We got her a cheap little baby stroller to push her doll around in, and she pushes it for a little bit, stops to check on the baby, and then keeps going. Its quite common for the stroller to get tipped over, and then she comes running to me and says, "Uh oh, uh oh, uh oh!"

3. She has figured out how to give kisses. Sometimes then are wet and slobbery, and sometimes you get bit on the cheek, but they are great. She pushes her face up against yours and says, "Mmmmmmah!"

4. She loves to have someone hang out with her. If I sit down on the couch, she'll come over, grab my finger and take me for a walk around the island in the kitchen and then stand in the middle of the family room. If I try to sit down again, it's another trip around the island.

5. She's so smart! Whenever its time to go somewhere, I tell her to go get her shoes. At first, she just went and stood by the door. After a while, she figured out that we had to put shoes on, so she'd bring back one of her shoes. Now, she brings me one of my slippers, then the other, then her shoes. She is sooo funny!

There's your peek into life with Josie. If you want more, come visit! We love to have visitors!!

Playing Catch-up

I just haven't really felt like blogging lately. Maybe its because my stupid Internet takes too long to upload the pictures. Who knows. Well, I finally decided to post some highlights from the last month and move on so I can keep up to date. At the beginning of this month, we took a trip up to Island Park, ID with Justin's family. It was a TON of fun!! Lots of eating, playing games, 4-wheeling, and Yellowstone! Here are some pictures.

Finding new things in the cabin..

Yellowstone Trip

Down by the river in Island Park..

Justin caught a fish!

Josie loved all the flowers everywhere

We went and saw the play "The Secret Garden" at the Playmill Theater in West Yellowstone. Josie liked the pre-show and then threw fits the rest of the time. Luckily, I'd seen the same play a couple years ago, so I wasn't upset about being in the hall the whole time. It was like having a back-stage pass! :)

The rest of the month has been filled with Birthdays, baby blessing, getting ready for fall, and having a silly baby at home. We love her to pieces!

Josie has a new-found love for the zoo. We get a gasp and a point every time she spots an animal and she feels quite at home there..

So there is the super-fast update on the last month. Yes, TONS of pictures were left out, but you get the idea. :) In the next few days, I'm going to post a few videos so you can see Josie Bug in action. She's adorable!

Dancing Queen

I've been wanting to put these videos up for a few days now. I had grand schemes of editing and merging them and adding fancy things in, but I only have so many hours in a day, and even fewer hours when Josie is sleeping. So I decided to just share the videos because they are hilarious!

If you listen to the music in the background on this one, you may recognize the Elmo's World song..

This one is the hot dog song from Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. She's a big fan of Elmo and Mickey!

Nerds are handy!

So some of you may have noticed the recent changes of the blog look. I just had to brag for a minute. My wonderful hubby has helped me totally customize my blog. I can choose whatever color I want, and he finds out what its called (its hexadecimal value) and we can change the colors of the background, font, etc. We even made the header a font that wasn't one of the choices provided by blogger. And check out my fancy header picture--rounded corners and all. Whoever said nerds aren't handy was TOTALLY wrong. My blog is awesome, and I have my handy nerd to thank. Thank you hunny!!

It's beginning to look a lot like autumn!

I decided to take a minute to blog this evening, thinking that it wouldn't be too bad, since it wasn't very long since the last post. Then I plugged in my camera and had 194 new pictures. WHAT??? I know, I was shocked. So once again, we are back to the picture-full posts. But that's what everyone loves, right?? Here is a glimpse into what we've been doing lately.

Josie still thinks she's little.. hmm..

First fruits of the garden!! Hurray! (p.s. I have TONS and TONS of little tomatoes, stop by if you want some!!)

Mischievous Monkey

Josie is into EVERYTHING. Here's a glimpse into a day with her at home..

Hanging out with Tucker. Just for fun, here's a picture of them almost 1 year ago on Halloween. My, how they've grown!!!

My pretty flowers in the back yard FINALLY bloomed. They were gorgeous, but didn't last very long. :(

Since her birthday, we've decided that Josie can have dessert. So here she is, enjoying some peach shortcake, with peaches from Mimi's garden. (Yes, she's licking the plate).

We finally got everyone together to celebrate the August birthdays with the family. My niece Kate and I were the only birthdays this month, so I made a cake for her, and Mimi made a cake for me. Here's Kate's cake--Josie thought it was really yummy!

Last but certainly not least, we went to Kelley and Nate's reception here in Utah. I got there and pulled my camera out in time to realize that the battery was DEAD. I'm lucky to have these pictures. Great friends from Kailua: Beth, Polly and Steff. It was great to see you ladies! Miss you!!