Maine 2011

We took a grandparent bonding trip to Maine (Acadia National Park). Thanks to both sets of grandparents for surviving the long drive! We had a great time, minus cell phone, TV, and Internet for a week. How did we survive? We played lots of games (dan being the phase 10 champion for the week), explored the beautiful nature (great weather for 3 of the 5 main days), and all stared at baby josie the whole week! Searched all over but couldn't find the moose, but lots of deer and a fox! Thank you grandma and grandpa and grandma and poppa!

me and my girl

Since we've found that I seem to have no pics with the girl...dan snapped one of us snoozing on the couch and another when we caught her in a good mood one evening (which is a rarity....seeing that her "fussy period" is always b/t 7 and 9 at night! Oh well...she's so good during the day so we can't complain...and her morning smiles make the night forgettable!

love (and miss) uncle joey.....

Uncle joey came in from Arizona for our friend's wedding. He and Dan drove all the way back from the rehearsal dinner to meet Josie at the airport! She loved him and can't wait to see him in December! Here's some pics of their meeting!

Josie's 2 month MD visit---aka SHOTS!!!!

Today was Josie's 2 month check up....attached (hopefully if I got the uploads to work) you will see her vaccinations, her measurements, and just a view of her doctor's office. It was traumatic for both her and I to get the shots. I decided to get the flu vaccination as well so that she wasn't the only one in pain! Enjoy her videos:)

Josie's First (or second?) Airplane Ride!!!

So Josie was fortunate to finally fly after her MD gave her the ok after 6 weeks. We followed the guidelines and she ate on take off and landing so that her ears wouldn't pop and she did AWESOME! On her 2nd flight, the cabin pressure changed mid flight and she started screaaaaaaming...however, every baby started screaming and people were even awakening from sound sleeps it was so bad...but it resolved! On the last lag of our second flight, we were fortunate enough to have the entire back row to ourselves so I was even able to bring the carrier on. Josie had a window seat (airplane requirements) and all of the stewards were nice enough to personally show me the infant oxygen mask location if needed. We also got to board first and even got our own line in the security checkpoint. Traveling with a baby isn't so bad!

eyes still blue

Josie's eyes still appear to be light....like dan's....they change color according to what she's wearing. Sometimes they look blue, sometimes grey, and now a little greenish too....guess we'll still have to wait it out and see. But one thing's for sure...they are BIG beautiful eyes!

attempted photo shoot....attempted!

So here's 3 of probably 75 pictures that I attempted to take in our afternoon photoshoot.....needless to say....this will have to be redone. She was not diggin the tutu or the "boots with the fur."