Our new favorite place

We love the Mt. Adams Pool!! So much in fact that we just decided to have Josie's birthday party there in a few weeks. It's great - just one foot deep on one end and three feet deep on the other. Could there be a better place for our little fishy?
There will be lots more pool pictures to come - with our big family vacation to Florida coming up in a week - and then August in Cincinnati so I thought I'd get you started with a few of Josie actually enjoying the sunglasses more than the water.
She has some really cute purple shades, but it didn't take long for her to trade them for Louie's sunglasses and make him defenseless against the glare - give his sunglasses to me, then take my sunglasses and put them on - even upside down. Good times.
Josie's always a hit at the pool, earning cheers from the crowd like "Yea Girl, Sing it" when she bursts into "I Found A Little Baby Bumble-Bee" poolside or makes up her own songs while splashing around in the shallow end. Our personal favorite so far went something like "Splashy, Splashy, Splash, Splash...Swimmy, Swimmy, Swim, Swim...Fishy, Fishy, Fish, Fish." She definitely got her Granddaddy's song-improv gene. And with the extra encouragement from Lou who is sort of an expert at "Adam Sandler-esque" song creations just for Josie, there's a good chance Josie will continue to turn out the hits!

Wedding Weekend

On Saturday, we went to the wedding of our good friend Kelly to our soon-to-be good friend Nick. I think Josie got swept up in all the excitement of seeing us dressed up, because she decided to play a little dress-up herself. Grandma & Granddaddy arrived to find Josie clicking around the house in my heels.
And I'm really hoping this photo captures how hilarious this moment actually was. Carissa (who was there to watch Josie while the rest of us went to the wedding) was sitting on the couch to Josie's right and I was on the chair to Josie's left. Grandma & DD were standing up. We were all just standing there talking and then Carissa pointed to Josie who had silently put herself up on the couch, covered herself in a blanket, grabbed a bear, and put on a hair bonnet from her doll clothes collection -- all while wearing Grandma's heels. She was just sitting there silently kind of nodding along like she was involved in the grown-up conversation. Luckily my camera was sitting right next to me, so I was able to snap this little gem.
Kelly & Nick's wedding was a blast! Aside from "Tia and Tio," I've honestly never seen two people more happy at their wedding. I have no doubt whatsoever that Kelly and Nick have many, many, many years of happiness ahead of them.