Josie's First Rides

On Friday we went to the pool (Mt. Adams pool worthy of its own blog post soon) and then cleaned up and headed to Coney Island for their most busy day of the year (according to the gal who sold us some pizza). Although Louie & I were a little timid about the idea of Josie riding the rides, she was more than ready! Really, I can't tell you how 'monumental' this memory will be. It was last night at Coney Island that I fully realized that our little Josephine is not a baby anymore.

Here she is on the little turtles - where you can see she had a blast! (We were fully prepared for pulling a screaming Josie off of the ride, but she just smiled and waved.)
Doesn't she look so proud?
Next it was on to the boats and trains - where she kept herself busy by "steering" her boat around and around.Then, after some pizza and some discussion, we decided to let Josie have her way and ride the rockets. She kept saying "Josie ride da rockets" but we were nervous because unlike the turtles and trains, these went up and down on their own. All that worrying was for nothing, she thought she was "Top Gun" for sure.

And because Louie and I were feeling a little left out, we headed over to the Carousel so that we could actually ride something too. :)
So, now I can talk about having a baby in the past tense. I loved having a baby, but it's a blast having a little girl. This weekend opened up a whole new range of possibilities for family time and we can't wait to get out there and have some more fun together!