We sent out the invitations for Josie's birthday party last week. Everett is one of Josie's best little friends so of course, he is on the guest list. Tiff told me that he carries the picture around with him all the time and gets very upset with her if she takes it away! We will be saving these pictures for when they are older! I think that these pictures are way too cute! Thanks for sending them Jason and Tiff!
We had so much fun at the circus on Saturday! It was a long day, but she did great. The only part she really paid attention to was the elephants and the Tigers. Other then that she just wiggled around non stop and tried her hardest to fight off her nap. I found out that she's a little young to go somewhere that requires two hours of sitting in one place! 
On Friday night we took Josie to meet one of our old friends who works at the place we had our tattoo done. So we had to get a picture of her first (and only) trip to the tattoo parlor!
This is little Josh Headley. He is one of the young men competing for our daughter's affection. I feel bad for all these gentlemen. While any of them would make a fine husband for Miss Josie, she will not be dating for a good 25 years. Her Daddy is the only man she needs. 
And here is our little bed hog! Andrew and I only let her sleep with us once in a while, but we love it when we do! There's nothing better then having your whole family wrapped up in one bed together. However, she is quite the bed hog and usually ends up with her head on Andrew and her feet in my ribs! That little doggie is the first stuffed animal that she is really attached to. It's so cute the way she snuggles it. She has become quite the affectionate little girl. I guess all the kisses we give her are starting to wear off!
My brother just posted his pictures from when we were all in Florida for Thanksgiving. He takes awesome pictures. I won't post all of them, but here are a few of my favorites! 
I couldn't get her little thumbs to go in the thumb hole of her mitten so she couldn't hold the snow! Opps.
Sydney got Sara good with a snowball! It was pretty funny.
In my mind, there is only one thing to do on a cold, snowy day...
Snuggle up in your PJ's with your favorite people! I love these two people more then I thought possible. I don't think my life could be any better then it is right now. Well, it could be a little warmer outside! If I wanted to wear a jacket I'd move back to Minnesota.
If you've never lived in the south you may not think that a little snow is a big deal. However, even the suggestion of snow causes a mass panic in Georgia. The first year I lived here we had about a centimeter of snow that lasted about 1 hour before it melted away to a 60 degree sunny day. Even though that was all the snow that we had, the front page of our local paper said, "Snow Blankets McDonough Square." The picture made me laugh out loud, you could still see the grass and the benches were void of any snow. Of course, I cut out the article and sent it to my mom so they could have a good laugh. These people don't even know what a real snow storm looks like. I remember the Halloween that we got 6 feet of snow during the school day and we had to stay at school until like 6pm before our parents could even get there to get us. That was some snow!
Josie went to her first birthday party on Saturday! It was so cute! Her and Everett are good friends so they had a good time! She was pretty jealous that she didn't get cake, but she settled for some birthday kiwi. Everett wasn't very interested in opening presents, so Josie felt it was her job to fill in for him! She loves tissue paper! That should make for a cheap birthday for her next month!
She also went on her first church outreach. We went to a local apartment community to hand out free popcorn. She thought it was pretty fun! It was neat to think that she'll be doing outreaches for the rest of her life. Sometimes it's awkward and scary for us to do it because we are scared of being rejected, but it will just be normal for her! I'm so glad we are raising her to serve God.
Suzy won the prize for best suprised face!
Our little ladybug is 11 months old today! Who told her she could grow up so fast?!?
She's also pulling up pretty well now. She can get to her knees with no problem but it takes a little more work for her to get to her feet. She's still bad about just letting go of what she's holding on to and free falling, she thinks that's the most fun thing to do! Uh Oh, a dare devil like her Daddy! 
Her other major change is that she is LOVING table food! Tiffany gave me a great website with recipes for finger foods that have ingredients that are safe for babies. So now I'm a cooking fool! I made her baby meatballs last night for her lunch today. They smelled so good, I almost brought them for my lunch! She'll eat some baby food still, but she is all about feeding herself. My goal for this weekend is to start giving her her own spoon to let her start learning that skill. She does well with utensils if we help guide it, but sooner or later she'll have to do it herself. Bring on the paper towels!
