Finally!!

We got a new camera this weekend, so hopefully that will make both taking and sharing pictures easier! (Plus, it's pink. How cute am I?!?)


All ready for Stroller Strides. It was chilly on Monday morning!


Bundled up and ready to go.


Silly face at playgroup after class.


Josie, very focused on her snack.


Nora pushing a doll stroller, teaching her own Stroller Strides class.


More silly Josie faces...


Today was sunny and warm, and we played outside all afternoon.


Both girls were really focused on the bubbles in their laps.


Josie, discovering that perhaps bubble wands aren't the most tasty thing ever.


Nora, having just reached the same conclusion.


A silly pose. (Also, I think I like the new camera - it makes our yard look like a botanical garden or something!)


Josie heading over to get some more dirt out of the flowerpot.


Sunny day girl! We had just finished planting the vegetable garden, and there was some hose play afterwards, which is why they both have wet hair in these pics!

Josie Speaks!

Josie turned 18 months yesterday, and to celebrate she asked me to write a list of all her words. So without further ado, here's her current vocabulary. Combining signs and spoken language, she has nearly 50 words!

Signs:
more
milk
all done
water
dog
Daddy
baby
phone
hi/bye
up
no
bird
ball
please
cheese
food/eat
shoes
sorry
thank you
cat

Spoken words (organized by initial sound, for my own amusement):
M words:
Mama
more
my/mine

D words:
Dada/Daddy
Ida (her baby doll)
doll
dog
done
diaper
down
beer
bra
boot
shoes
cheers

B words:
ball
balloon

W words:
wow
water
whee
flower

Vowel words (she basically just drops the first consonant in these):
Nora
Hi
Bye
uh oh
uh huh
yes

G words (these are all new in the last couple of days):
go
good
buckle
yogurt

N word:
banana


She makes the sounds of a cat (mowm), dog (woo woo), monkey (ahh ahh ahh), cow (oooooh), and car/truck/dinosaur/monster/bear (growl). She knows the motions for Head Shoulders Knees & Toes, Twinkle Twinkle, Itsy Bitsy Spider, and If You're Happy and You Know It.


Ok, so pictures. I know we sorely lacking in those around here lately! I am trying to figure out a way for my lazy self to get them up more easily. I am starting to use Flickr, so here's what would be perfect: if I could upload pics directly from my camera to Flickr, and then it would automatically post an update (here? on Facebook?) that I had done so. Anyone know if that's possible? Right now there are just too many steps for me to get the pics off the camera, onto the photo software on my computer, and uploaded to here or flickr or facebook. I just don't get that kind of computer time to myself, ever!