What? I'm not a toddler?

Josie is still using a little bit of support to get up and down, you can see her flat hand on the book still on the shelf and her other hand resting on the printer.

Last week, when stairs were a challenge...

Here is Josie testing out each step as she goes up. This was about a week ago, before she internalized stair climbing.

More Favorite Things

Playing peek-a-boo around the kitchen island with Mommy.

Standing everywhere now!

Chasing the camera!

Using knees/shins/hips/elbows to balance so she has two free hands to play!

Emptying things that are full!

Work on the Deck

Railings are going up!

Betty puts up the final railings!

August--SO much to do outside

We've had really nice weather this summer, for a summer in Colorado. Here Josie played in the hose until she was blue and shivering!

She continues to get better and more confident in her standing up each day

Each morning we go right outside when we get up and water the garden--I water, she eats things off the ground most days. Our garden hasn't been our priority this year, but we have a few vines of some kind that are doing well. One seems to be producing gourds (small decorative ones) and the other might be producing some kind of squash.

More eating dirt!

Josie is, as you can see, very excited about her first geocache find. Well, she found the toy on her baby carrier and Betty and I found the geocache that is closest to our house--we have been working on it since we moved here and finally found it!

July Standing Up

Standing is pretty much all Josie has time to do in the end of July (including any time she wakes in the night!)

Clearly makes here pretty happy to be practicing this new development!

July Favorite Toys

Vacuum cleaner hose

And Mommy. You can see that she is already excited, anticipating the upcoming tummy kiss!