The Last Several Weeks

We have had several busy weeks since Easter. Between Josie and I, I'm not sure which one of us has been sicker. We thought Josie had pink eye so we did the whole drops routine but after a week her eyes are still slightly weeping and she now has a full blown cold. Then a week after her eyes started weeping mine started in too. Needless to say the girls at work were having fun calling me "Pinky". I don't know if they were trying to insult me or not. :)

Josie got a wonderful playset for the yard from both sets of grandparents. She definetely has room to grow into this. Here's a few pictures of her and the swingset.

We also had a wonderful evening with the Garvalia bunch. Tony really enjoyed holding Josie.

Josie has also become a real pro at the army crawl. She has found that she can get into places that she's never been before. She found that she doesn't have to be in her bouncer to have fun with it. Being underneath can be just as fun.

Her hair has also become long enough to put it into pig tails. I love it!!! It really has helped to keep the hair out of her eyes, especially the way they have been weeping lately.

Josie's cousin Alyssa also gave her a little scooter. Here's Josie trying out the scooter.

Overall, we have had a very busy few weeks. Hopefully everything slows down a bit.

Let's not forget to wish Grandma LeJeune a Happy Birthday!

Easter

Well Easter was a great day this year. We had a wonderful time with Josie and the rest of the family. We were able to spend time with all three family groups. We started the day with Josie getting her Easter basket from mommy and daddy. She got a mirror for the backseat of the truck(yes it was more for mommy than for Josie, but she didn't need any more toys).

Now a picture of Josie, butch and her Easter basket.

Then we went to Great Grandma and Grandpa Graff's were she had presents from several people. She had presents from Great Grandma and Grandpa Graff, Grandma and Grandpa LeJeune and Aunt Kim and Uncle BJ. She had lots of fun opening these gifts and then playing with them.

She also got to sit and swing in the kitchen of Great Grandma and Grandpa's house.

If only she knew that this would only be a tast of the swinging that she would get to do at cousin Jason and Tracy's, on the LeJeune side.

She also enjoyed a small swing with Jason and Tracy's girls, Cadie and Alyssa.

Then she finished this party off with the first of two Easter egg hunts. This one she got to hunt with her Fairy Godfather, Uncle John.

Next we were back to the farm to celebrate with the Hanson's where she got to visit with her cousin's Griffin and Finley. Here's a picture of Josie and Finly, Josie saw Finley on the floor and rolled across the room to get closer to her.

Here a picture with Charlie, Casey and Ryan's dog, and her last Easter egg hunt.
Overall, this Easter was great! We hope everyone else had a good Easter.

Garden

Well, I can finally say that we have started a garden. Today we spend the majority of the day outside working up our garden. With the help of Luke, Luke's Uncle Carl and my dad, we have a garden area tilled up and for the most part raked. We also planted a lot of potatoes. I think we may have planted too much but we will know for next year. Here is a picture of Luke tilling up the garden.We also hauled some manure from the barn down and tilled that into the garden. So far we have just planted potatoes. Only 1 day late for those that believe that one should plant potatoes on Good Friday. Now let's hope they turn out.

Here are several pictures of Josie enjoying the grass for the first time.

We can't wait to get the rest of the garden planted. By then Josie will be crawling all over the place. She'll probably try and be really helpful by crawling into the garden too. We'll all be having fun the!

Scooting

Well, our little girl has figured out how to get more mobile. She is now scooting around everywhere. We like to put toys directly in front of her so that she has to scoot towards them, I know we are such mean parents. About a week ago Josie started pushing herself around the room but in the last few days she started to really make tracks. She also gets up on her hands and knees but hasn't figured out what to do from there. Well see how long it takes now that she's moving so well. I guess we better start baby proofing the house a little bit more.

Today we took her outside and she got to explore the grass for one of the first times. She was in a skirt so she got to feel the grass on her legs. She seemed to like sitting on the ground, kicking her legs like crazy, but she didn't like laying in the grass. I think we'll have to just keep trying it.

Toys...for both Josie, Mommy and Daddy

Sophie the Giraffe has become an important fixture in our home in the last several days. Sophie is a teething toy that Great Grandma Graff bought for Josie when we were visiting the store Cutie Patootie, downtown LaCrosse. I saw the Sophie and pulled her out of the box to show Josie and Josie grabbed it right away and tried to stick it in her mouth. So, Great Grandma felt Josie needed Sophie. Needless to say, while I was at my cousin Shayla's baby shower Josie stayed at Great Grandma's and kept close tabs on her new toy. Uncle John and Aunt Becca came to visit while I was at the shower and Josie didn't want to let Sophie go. She even fell asleep holding the toy. Sophie also had to go to daycare with Josie on Monday. Luckily, we made it out of the house without Sophie on both Tuesday and Wednesday.

Tuesday afternoon we got some new calves on the farm. We purchased 23 holstein calves from a neighbor. We will keep them in the shed for the next month or so and then when our back pasture is ready they will go back there. They are some nice looking calves and they are very friendly. Even Josie enjoyed going up to the shed and looking at them.

Lucas finally broke down and ordered a new Discbine(not sure if I spelled this right) from John Deere. He's quite excited as this is his first big brand new farm purchase. We can't wait to get it on the farm and use it for the first time.

6 Month Appointment and more...

Josie had her 6 month checkup last Tuesday. She weighed 18 pounds 4 ounces and was over 26 inches long. She is a very big girl. The doctor was surprised that she was sitting on her own as well as drinking from a sippy cup already. The doctor also suggested that we start giving her small pieces of food, such as bread, peas and more. We have actually tried bread and small pieces of apple and she loves it. It also looks like her gums are very swollen and more teeth coming.
This last week has been very busy for us. On Monday, Grandma and Grandpa LeJeune came down to visit and brought dinner. Then Tuesday was Josie's doctor's appointment. On Friday we went to great Grandma and Grandpa Graffs for a going away dinner for Crystal and Lucy. Lucy had a great time showing Josie the toys. On Saturday night we had Grandma and Grandpa Hanson down for dinner. Josie got lots of attention then. Today we spent several hours outside playing with Butch and checking out our garden area. Luke has big plans for the garden but since neither of us have ever done a garden before this could be interesting. I have to keep reminding him that we need to start small.
Hopefully this next week won't be nearly as busy.

Finally,...a tooth

So, we woke up Saturday morning to find a nice addition to Josie's mouth. She got her first tooth. After several nights of multiple nuk placements, Josie had a good night to sleep last night. I'm guessing her gums were bothering her. Luckily she was hardly bothered by the tooth. Although she hasn't wanted to drink hardly anything yesterday, she is still happy as can be. Hopefully all of her teeth come in with ease. Not that this was easy by any means, but no sleepless nights.