Tuesday, June 30, 2009

WHAT?!

What is up with the crazy weather we are having here?! It reached 72 degrees today, which is crazy. Last week it was in the 90's and this week the 70's...What is up with that?! It feels like fall weather outside and I am not liking it one single bit. Josie and I did not get in the pool yesterday or today and I think it might have broke her little heart. She loves to swim, but it was to cold in my opinion to get in the pool. I really hope that it starts to warm back up and quick. I wore Capri pants and a sweatshirt today. Some of you might have thought that was crazy with it being summer, but I am a hot weather type of a girl and thought that it was cold outside today. The one thing that Brent and I disagree on is if we could live anywhere in the US where would it be. I would pick Southern state such as Florida that would have warmer temperatures all year long compared to what we have her at home. He on the other hand does not like or I should say gets crabby if he gets to hot. He is one that has to have the AC on really quick in the summer and me I could not have it on at all but to sleep.

Friday, Aunt Jamie, Cousin Jacob, and Cousin Presley came over to have a pool party. The kids really enjoyed themselves as did us sisters. Here are a few photos from our festivities.


Presley getting her tan and sleep on!


Josie, Aunt Jamie, and Cousin Jacob just chilling in the hammock after an afternoon full of sun and pool.


Jacob driving Josie around the yard in her pink Jeep. Oh, yeah Josie would not quit talking, so Jacob shot her in the face with a bubble gun. She thought it was hollarious. Man, they fight like brother and sister, well at least like family.

Sunday, June 28, 2009

Busted!

Every year, we have a garden. The crop differs from year to year, but all is the same free veggies to munch on. This year our crop consists of tomatoes, banana peppers, green bell peppers, cucumbers, green beans, peas, lettuce, and pumpkins. What a small little feast we will have. We have a total of 12 tomato plants. Crazy I know. I sent Brent to get the plants and I said to get 3. Well, he did listen, he brought home 3 - 4 packs not 3 plants total. Funny, I know. That's ok, we will have lots of homemade salsa, tomato sauce, etc.

Josie's pumpkin patch is huge and has lots of blooms. She loves to walk out in the patch and admire her future pumpkins. After all of this rain we have been having the plants have all grown tremendously. They are all huge. Especially the tomatoes.

Some to the garden is taking a beaten. Brent is not big on weeding the garden, so I think the weeds are kicking our butts. Brent decided this year not to fence in the garden, because in his words it was to much work and not worth it. Well, we have found that something loves not having the fence up this year. My guess it is probably a combination of different critters.

Well, tonight Josie and I busted one of our culprits red handed. Josie and I had ventured outside about 7:30 PM to go for a walk. The car was parked in the driveway, so I could not see the garden from the house. We went outside and started for the car, we got almost of the car when we heard something like snort at us. What the heck I thought, and when I looked over the car I saw a deer high tailing it out of the garden. No wonder, all of our veggies are gone the deer is eating them for dinner. The deer ran to the other end of the yard and waited on me to get out of her way that way she could finish her dinner. She did come back, but then decided to cross the fence and venture across the street instead. All night, Josie kept her eyes on the garden waiting for the "D" (deer) to come back.




Josie watching her pumpkins grow


Young gardener at work


Our pumpkins are growing


"Hey, Daddy can't you see I'm working here?!"


Green Bell Peppers


Banana Peppers


Tomatoes


Cherry Tomatoes

Friday, June 26, 2009

One Wasp Sting + 2 Wasp Stings = 3 Wasp Stings On Josie's Knee

Today, Josie encountered another darn sting. Not just one wasp sting, oh no that would to dumb. No, she was stung two times today at the same time in the exact same knee. We had our guests over this afternoon and they were up playing in her playhouse and in the little pool when she came over to me whining again about the knee that she was stung in last week. She reminds me every once and a while that she has an owie. I kindly say I know it hurt honey, but it is ok. She went off doing her thing. It was not until about 5 minutes later I noticed that she had been stung two times right next to each other in the same knee. She was not reminding me of her one sting but to tell me about the 2 new ones. I felt so bad. However, they were not bothering her at all she never even shed one tear. What a champ! That is when I starting doing a little detective work. Where was she getting these stings from? Where was their nest? I looked in her house and say nothing last week and so I looked again today nothing. Well, that was until my sister and I flipped the entire house over. And you guessed it there was a nest inside. It was up under the kitchen part of the playhouse. I thought it was a straight piece however there are spots that go up. There was a nest and 2 wasps in it when we flipped it. No wonder Josie gets her stings in the knees. The stove is right at knee level and she likes to sit on a stool pulled up to it. Poor thing. So, today I was on a mission to kill all of the wasps I could find to protect my Josie girl from getting yet another sting after having 3 in the exact same knee. At the end of the day today, I ended up killing 6 wasps all while sitting on the deck. I hope there is not another nest somewhere else close by. If so, I will find it and they will be goners also. Plus, the bug guy is due to come and spray also.

Poor Josie, but she is a really trooper and by the looks of it has a high pain tolerance. I would have screamed and cried bloody murder, but not Josie she just goes on playing.

Pee Your Pants Scared!!!

Every person has some type of phobia for the most part. Some it is snakes, others birds, me it is mice and other small rodents, but for Brent it is spiders. What is it about these animals that gives us that pee in your pants type of feeling. Heck, I don't know it just does.

Last night, I got this feeling about a spider that I encountered. Spiders don't really frighten me that much, but it all depends. If they are large or hairy or things like that there is now way I am getting close enough to kill it. Ok, back to the story at hand. I have been doing some major cleaning of the house this summer. You the whole major Spring cleaning type of a thing. Well, with being in school and such Spring came and went and the house was still not clean. So, I have changed the name around our house to Summer cleaning. I had cleaned out the storage room, because it really needed it and found that after Christmas I placed lots of decorations in the storage room instead of the Christmas tubs in the barn. So, I decided that I was going to go up in the barn on the balcony and combine those tubs that way all of the items I had in the basement I could just put in one empty tub and not have to take things outside item by item and find a tub that had space. That was until I encountered this:



Ok, some of you might just think that it is a spider. Big deal, right?! Well, it was a BIG deal, because the spider really is HUGE. I did not want to get that close to it because it was so large who knows how far it could jump. When I saw this HUGE spider by the steps to the balcony, I knew that my plans of putting things away today were gone. I rushed out of the barn in a flash and went and got Brent who as I stated before can not stand spiders. I have to kill all of the spiders in the house because he does not like them. I knew he would get that pee in your pants feeling, but I had to show him or else he would not believe me. He stopped dead in his tracks and froze when I showed him this ENORMOUS spider. The picture does not do it justice at all. But it is about 3 inches in length and HUGE. It is sitting on a 2 x 4 trim board in the barn. So, we estimate since the legs do not touch the bottom that it is about 3 inches long.

I made Brent go through a little therapy and spray the spider with some insect killer. There was now way either one of us was going to get that close to it with our shoe to kill it. No way! Brent did kill it thank god. Well, at least we hope it is dead. Why wouldn't I kill it you ask? Well, the day before I encountered a baby mole hiding in the grass making its way around the yard. Moles remind me of mice and I hate that. To make a long story short, Brent killed it for me however he made me dispose of the dead rodent. Talk about being scared. I do not like small rodents dead or alive.

All of this huge spider thing really got us thinking. How many other large spiders like that are in the barn? Lets just say I will not be entering that barn for a while to find out.

Thursday, June 25, 2009

No Mommy I Don't Want To Get Out...

I know what most of you want to know, what does Josie and I simply do all day long? Well, we have something scheduled everyday of the week and by the end of the day we are just warn out. Or are we?! Well, Josie and I have appointments daily with what Josie calls the POOL. Our appointment lasts from about 12:30-3:00 PM daily.

She wakes every morning to start yelling "Pool! Pool! Mama Pool!" I have to say that she is officially one of the tannest 21 months old that I know. Sometimes she sports her bikini, sometimes her Tinkerbell one piece, sometimes her birthday suit, or other times just her swim diaper. She can not get in the big pool without her swim diaper. She knows right where her swim diapers are kept and as soon as morning nap time is over she kindly goes gets her swim diaper, brings it to you along with her hat, sunglasses, and sunscreen and lays down on the floor to get ready to get in the pool. She swims in the big pool with only arm floaties now. What a big girl! She does not want to be restrained in an infant pool raft or for you to hold her anymore. Oh no, she wants to "go" in her words. She kicks her feet on her belly and back, blows bubbles in the water, floats on her back, spins, jumps in, everything that you would not expect a 21 month old to want to do on her very own with absolutely no help. You simply put her in the water and off she goes just like a little fishie trying to find its way. It is amazing and cute at the same time. She has a very white behind from being so tan everywhere else.

Well, today I guess she was not quite finished swimming for the day at 8:30 PM. Brent had left to go to Walter's house for a few if you know what I mean, so Josie and I played outside since it was still light out. Jamie, Jacob, and Presley are coming over tomorrow to go swimming, so we decided to vacuum the big pool to make it sparkle for our guests. While I was standing on the ladder vacuuming, Josie made beautiful pictures on the sidewalk with chalk to greet our guests when they arrive and then came and told me that she was going to "cook." She went up on the deck and into her playhouse she went. She loves her playhouse. I could hear and see her in the kitchen part of the house cooking up a storm. That was until all of a sudden, I was like I do not hear my Josie girl. I started to call for her, no answer. I knew she was on the deck, put no answer. I started to walk over to the deck calling her name to find out where and what she was doing. I knew she was up to something when she did not answer back or pop out so that I could see her. Then, all of a sudden there she was. In the little pool, clothes and all. When I could not see her it was because she was laying on her belly like she likes to do during the day and when I got closer she sat up. I could not help but laugh my butt off. I simply asked her "what are you doing?" Her response was exactly what I was expecting "pool" and then she patted the water next to her meaning that she wanted me to get it with her. I thought I was going to loose it I was laughing so hard now. I let her do her thing, while I finished cleaning the pool. Finally, it was time to pick up our daily outdoor mess and get ready for bed. I emptied her pool, put away the pool rafts, and so on. To turn around and find her yet again in the little pool, however this time it had no water and she did not like that. I tell you she loves the water man.



It is hard to tell but the temperature on the wall thermometer stated that it was 100.1 degrees outside on Tuesday at our house. Can you believe it? The thermometer is on the front porch in the shade, so this reading really tells you something. It was only 12:24 PM. Inside the house, it was 78.1 degrees. Now, you know why Josie and I are always in the pool.


Josie playing in the pool clothes and all.

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Bite Me!

Josie and I must have had some sort of signs on our backs that stated "Bite Me" or something last week. It was just a bad week for bites.

I was bit by a spider or something on my ankle. It got to the point that I had to go to the doctors to have it looked at. My ankle swelled up pretty good and left a really dark red circle about the size of a penny. It looked very bad so to the doctors I went. It did not look infected, which is great. It did not have any fluid behind it also. Thank god! It itched like crazy however. We decided to give it to yesterday before being put on extremely high levels of antibiotics. The antibiotics was just going to be a precautionary type of a thing that way nothing bad would come of this nasty bite. We decided not to but them on them right away because she said that the med is very strong and I said it was looking better. I would have had to be on it for 10 days 2 times a day. Man that is a lot of meds. However, it had some side effects such as I could not be out in the sun at all, I would be extremely tired, and so on. When I went to the doctors it appeared to look better than the day before, however I did not want to take any chances with this nasty bit because it looked so bad. When I called the doctors they did not even have me make and appointment they made me come in ASAP. When that happened I knew I had did the right thing by calling the doctors. I have had the bite for a little over a week now and it is almost healed up and the itching has stopped. Thank goodness! Plus, I did not have to go on the meds.

Josie was outside playing in her playhouse when she came to me and was whining about her knee. Not really crying just whiny. I simply thought that she had just bumped it on something and wanted me to kiss it to make it feel better like she makes me do all of the time for any little thing. However, when I went to go kiss it I noticed that she had not bumped it, but had been stung by a bee or wasp. By her knee had a welt that was starting to grow and you could see where it got her. So, inside to do my Mommy job. You know because I am not just a Mommy, but I am also a Housekeeper, Maid, Cook, Doctor, Driver, and millions of jobs beyond that. Well, Doctor Mommy got it making feel better and off to go play again she went with her Popsicle instead of a sucker.

All I can say is "those dang bugs."

Monday, June 22, 2009

It's Potty Time!

Josie has been showing signs and interest in potty training since Christmas time when she was only 15 months old. We have been working a little bit with the potty training, but not much. I am not pressing the issue, because I want her to not get upset and scared of the potty. She is at a point where she will tell you that she has gone potty and occasionally 2 seconds before she goes. So, if she says potty it is one of two things, either she just went and wanted you to know or you have 2 seconds and counting to get her to the potty before she goes. This makes is very difficult to determine which one that it is, because nine times out of ten you do not make it to the potty before she goes, so once you get her diaper off she has already gone. That was until Saturday. Josie went pee pee in the POTTY for the very first time! Yeah Josie! She was so excited! She got a sticker, CANDY, and sported the PEE PEE DANCE! Which I have to say is really darn cute. Each time that she says potty we rush her to the potty, but Saturday marks the first time she succeeded in going in the potty and since then has been the only time she has pee peed in the potty.






Take my photo on the potty, I do not care I will still say "cheese."

You know there is something wrong when your child's potty seat is sitting in your kitchen rather than your bathroom. Well, hey it is in the middle of any path we may travel so, it is easier to try to get her to go potty when we are not making a mad dash for the bathroom. Laugh if you must, but it works for her.

Speaking of the potty issue...poor Brent had a potty situation yesterday. I know what all of you are thinking that I am finally getting Brent potty trained well, no. Brent was getting his baby fix with Presley yesterday as he always does when she is around. He just loves her to pieces. She had been swimming and Brent was cuddling with her when....you guessed it SHE went potty. Her diaper was wet from the pool and he had opt not to but her in a towel due to the heat yesterday. Well, most of you know that babies are ticking time bombs. She did her business and it ended up coming out the sides and top and you guessed it all over on Brent. He had to change his clothes into his swim attire and wear his trunks home to change before going to see his Dad for Daddy's Day. Let's just say Brent and Presley had a little talk about NOT POOPING on Uncle Brent in the future.


Way to go Presley! Way to make us laugh so hard!

Sunday, June 21, 2009

Happy Daddy Day!

Josie would like to say "Happy Daddy Day!" Today, we enjoyed a nice afternoon with Josie's Daddy, Papa Dave, Great Grandpa Dave, and Uncle Jason. We had lots of yummy food and did a little bit of swimming. I mean it was so hot and humid outside to do anything but that. Josie had a hay-day swimming with cousin Jacob. She wore water wings that let her have a little bit of freedom with us standing there and she loved every single second of it. At one time, she would run around the pool and just jump in herself. I do not know if that is a good thing or not, but we were right there following her every move, so do not worry. Our pool does not have a deck around it so, we do not have to worry about Josie just going for it and jumping in.

We ended the evening with a trip to see Grandpa Terry and wish him a Happy Grandpa Day! Overall, it was a nice day with our Daddy's and Grandpa's.


Josie and her Daddy


Daddy's kisses...there is nothing like them.


My Daddy and my Grandpa (My Daddy's Dad)


Jamie, Kasey, Dad, and Jennifer


Josie and Grandpa Terry (She surprises her Grandpa all of the time with her funny self)

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Like Mommy, Like Daughter

Yesterday, as all of you know it turned out to be a gorgeous day. Unlike today, well at least this morning. Josie and I had a blast playing outside yesterday in the sun catching up on our long lost tanning time. As all of you know Josie cracks Brent and I up. She is saying more and more words every single day and is imitating and soaking up a lot of what we do. For instance, today we were going to go and meet Aunt Jamie, Cousin Jacob, and Cousin Presley for a walk when out of nowhere I heard Josie yelling at the door "Come On." I guess I was taking to long to get her juice and my purse and she was simply just ready to go already. When I got to really thinking about it, that is what Brent tends to yell at me at the door to get me going when we have to go somewhere. You know when you have somewhere you have to be there at a specific time and you are putting your shoes on to walk out the door and you forget your purse, sunglasses, the diaper bag, something and you have to keep running inside because you keep remembering something that you have forgotten. Well, I do it all of the time and each time I hear Brent yell at me "Come On." So, Josie has picked up that little thing from her Daddy. Besides, learning how to talk on the phone, paint her nails, do her makeup, and lots of other things she has picked up from me the funniest of all is...SUNTANNING. Yes, I said suntanning. Yesterday, she was playing in her kiddie pool and I was comfortably sitting in the lounge chair with my feet in the pool, sunglasses on, reading a People magazine (of course not a current issue it was an old one my grandma gave me because I do not have a subscription) watching her have a ball. When Brent got up from sleeping, he came outside to play with us. I decided to do some yard work and let them play for a while. Later, Brent goes "I know what you were doing before I got up today." I said, "Really how do you know exactly what I was doing?" He said, "Josie showed me and I have pictures to prove it." At that point, I was like crap what did Josie tell or show Daddy I did. Is she throwing me under the bus and ratting me out on something that would make Daddy mad? What was it? These pictures below tells you what Josie told Daddy I was doing while he was sleeping. Lets just say LIKE MOMMY LIKE DAUGHTER.


Eat your heart out Daddy!


Hey, NO flash photography without my swimsuit top on Daddy!


You are blocking all of the good sun.


Man, is this so relaxing just to sit here in the sun and read my magazine.

However, I do have to add here. I did have my swimsuit top on yesterday. Just to make that clear. Josie just was not sporting hers.

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Complain And You Shall Receive...

Man, was it nice outside today. In Brent's opinion, it was a little on the warm side, however I thought it was great. Today, Josie and I were able to play outside and catch up on our tans. Yeah! It is about darn time! We went to the library for "Book Babies" this morning, to the grocery store, ate lunch, took a nap, and then played outside the entire rest of the day. It was wonderful! I guess all that I needed to do to get us some much needed sun around here was complain (Yesterdays post). So, I guess complain and you shall receive.

Josie had a ball playing in the water. I filled up her kiddie pool for her to splash around in which she adored. However, she thought she needed to move on to bigger and better things. AKA big pool. She showed off her swimming skills in the big pool with Daddy. What a day we had and we loved it!




Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Swimming Anyone?!

What is up with this crazy weather? Does anyone know? It is mid-June and there the swimming
pool sits. Still cold (water temperature). Still waiting for someone to upset the waters. Something. I have been out of school for 2 weeks now and you would think that Josie and my tan would be pretty good by now. Well, it would be if the weather was good. However, all it has done for the past 2 weeks has been really cloudy and rainy. Whoever, wished that kind of weather should be sentenced to year-round-school then. I like my summers and have not been able to enjoy it in the pool as planned. Instead, I have been indoors due to bad weather cleaning the house. Which I have to say is way past over due, but I want to be outside soaking up the sun and swimming in the pool. Josie is quite fed up with it also, so it is not just me that is complaining here. Look for yourself...do you think Josie wishes it was nice enough to go swimming.

Are you sure Mommy we can't go swimming today?

Saturday, June 13, 2009

Loving Summer

Josie loves being outdoor all the time rain or shine. One of the first things out of her little mouth is the morning is "outside." She wants to go outside and play. The weather as all of you know has not been all that great. Meaning the sun has not been as shiny as Josie and I like it. She has been dieing to get in the pool, but unfortunately it is still a little to cold. In fact, the temperature in the water this evening was 72. It is getting up there in temp. Perfect water is around 85 or so degrees in my opinion. It will not be long before we will get up in the morning and change from our jammies into our swimming suits and then back into our jammies again. Man, I can not wait for that. I am a summer girl and so is Josie.

So, summer here we are...ready or not here we come!




Friday, June 12, 2009

Happy Birthday Grandma Debbie


Happy Birthday!


Today, is Grandma Debbie's Birthday! YEAH! I will not state her age, due to the fact that she may kill me if I post it on the blog for all of you to see how old she actually is. Yesterday, we surprised her with a little surprise birthday party due to Brent having to work nights and all. She was a little surprised. Josie was jumping up and down in the living room when she saw that she was home and could not run fast enough to the door to greet her with at BIG SURPRISE! We enjoyed pizza and ice cream cake, which for some reason Josie did not like the pizza. It was Monical's, so come on who does not like Monical's? I guess Josie. She loves pizza and in her words "piz." She kept stating that it was awkie and would not touch it. However, when the ice cream cake rolled around she thought it was yummy. Imagine that!?




Tuesday, June 9, 2009

First Sleep Over

Josie enjoyed her very first sleep over Saturday night with Grandma Debbie and Grandpa Terry. Can you believe it?! This was the first time she has EVER stayed the night other than at home with Mommy and Daddy. I have to say that it felt a little weird not waking up to the sound of Josie jumping up and down on her bed yelling Mama or Dada for us to come and rescue her from her crib. Brent and I enjoyed a nice evening out. We had a wedding and a reception to attend for a girl that I went to high school with. It was a great evening! Just ask the bartender. The wine was a flowing. Saturday was not just the first sleep over Josie had, but also the first date that Brent and I have shared together alone with no Josie since she has been born. She is almost 2 if that tells you anything. Man that makes me sound old.

When I ask Josie what her and Grandma did all night all I get is smiles. Not just any smiles, but you know those "I'm up to something" looking smiles when you just know that she has done something that she knows that she is not suppose to. I guess whatever they did is their little secret. Well, like my mother used to say I have friends everywhere and eventually will find out everything.

Sunday, June 7, 2009

Ready To Go Fishing

Josie loves to go fishing. Can you believe it?! She is all about the fishies. Brent caught a fishie today and showed it to her. She was all excited, but just like other animals she liked it from a distance. She did not want to get close and/or touch the fishie. She sat on the dock down at the pond on my lap and fished using her very own fishing pole that Papa Dave gave her. It is a pink and purple princess pole. She had a blast and so did we watching her.




Thursday, June 4, 2009

Tea Party Anyone?!

Oh, Josie...Tea Parties are not just for girls.
Josie loves having Tea Parties, whether it is with Mommy, Daddy, or Cousin Jacob. Grandma Debbie and Grandpa Terry bought her for Christmas this cute Tea Table. So of course, I had to go and purchase her a cute little Tea Set to play with. Let me just tell you that these items were worth the money. Josie is constantly playing with them. When she has her snack for the day, you have to put it in her little tea cut or on the tea plate. She will sit down at the table and eat her snack and drink her pretend tea. It is beyond adorable. I knew it was just a matter of time before Josie conned Jacob into having a little Tea Party with her. And she succeeded on this on Monday with Cousin Jacob and Presley came over to play for the day. It was snack time and Josie insisted that Jacob join her for Tea with their snack and he agreed. What an excellent sport. With having Josie and a baby sister, he better get used to the Tea Parties and girly things, because obviously he is out numbered 2 to 1. I just can not wait until the time when we have to dress up in our fancy hats, dresses, and gloves to attend one of Josie's Tea Parties. Josie will I am sure try to get Jacob to wear the Tea Attire.


What a lovely day for a Tea Party!

The look on Jacob's face is hilarious. It is that look of "Man, when I get older I am going to regret having Tea Parties with Josie. Aunt Jenny has way to may photos to scare away any potential girlfriend with all of these photos of Josie conning me into doing girly things."



Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Can't Forget Presley


Presley was there on Monday, don't worry I didn't forget about here. I do not know why I did not get a photo off all three of the kids together, but I did get this adorable one of Presley by herself just chilling. Poor thing with her rashes. Hopefully, they will go away soon.

Best Of Friends

Jacob and Presley both came over to play with Josie on Monday for a few hours. Josie loved hanging out with the cousins, as usual. She was jumping up and down on her bed with I said that they were here to play for the day. You would have thought that I said she could have ice cream for breakfast or something she was so exited. They acted the same as they usually due, however they tried to include Presley in on the fun, but she was not cooperating with them in their opinion. Josie would cover her up and make sure that she had her pacifier. How cute, I know. Josie is on this baby kick right now, but let me just say that Jacob did not like it that Presley was getting all of Josie's attention. He is not used to that. It has been just Josie and Jacob and now we through Presley in the loop 20 months later and he is beside himself. If Josie is playing with the baby he gets upset and states "my baby." However, if Josie is playing with him he could care less. Here are a few photos of Jacob and Josie as they played for the day.

Real Boys Drive PINK Cars! Just don't let my Daddy know!

Should we make a run for the swings?! Do you think Mommy/Aunt Jenny would notice?


Enjoying the Christmas gift from Papa Dave...To them this house is just their size

How cute!! Jacob is taking Josie for a ride and even gave her a kiss.

Best Friends for Life!

Monday, June 1, 2009

Cowgirl In Training

If I have said this once, I have said it a million times...Josie is truly a girl! I have to say that I believe that she is the youngest shoe fetish person that I know. Brent says that she gets that from me. Well, I don't know were she would get that?! It could not be the fact that I personally have over 50+ pairs of shoes or anything. Josie LOVES shoes, YES LOVES SHOES. She has to be the one to pick out her shoes for the day. If you pick out a pair for her to wear and she does not like your selection, she will let you know. Believe me, you better pick out the right pair or else it is a real battle. In fact, she will absolutely refuse to wear a pair of shoes if they do not suit her for the day. It does not matter what kind of pair of shoe it is as long as she looks good in them. It could be a pair of sandals, slippers, boots, dress shoes, Mommy's shoes, Daddy's shoes, heck it could even be your shoes and if she likes them she will strut her stuff in them. So, when Grandma Debbie went on vacation and brought her back a gift...of course they were shoes. Not just any pair of shoes however, oh no that would be un-stylish. No, they were/are PINK COWGIRL BOOTS! Now, how adorable is that. They are a little bit big, but that does not seem to stop little Miss Thing. Oh no, Josie loves shoes and in fact REALLY loves boots! Just ask her what kind of shoes she has on and her response would be with a huge grin on her face BOOTS!


Hey! I better get paid for that photo!


Man, I love leather boots and these pink boots at that.


Boot Scooting!


Man, working these boots really makes me tired!