Josie at 18 months & Issac's Birthday Pictures

On June 10th, Josie turned 18 months old.  I can't believe how fast the time slips by us.  Issac and Josie are so similar, yet so different.  The kids are different and the same not in just how they play but how they communicate, eat and learn.  When outside, both kids enjoy the water table and the pool.  Josie loves to play in the yard with Issac, sometimes they play together & other times they play individually.  When playing alone, Josie loves to push her baby around the yard in her shopping cart or collect pine cones in a bucket.  Inside, Josie will play with toy food, mixing stuff in a bowl, line up her babies on her bed or play cars with brother. Both kids also enjoy their little people stuff.   Josie enjoys coloring and playdoh with Issac but sometimes she still tries to eat the colors or dough, YUCK!!! Both kids also enjoy playing their elefun game, memory games and with the dulpo legos. 

Josie loves to play pic-a-boo.

When it comes to TV & movies; Josie will ask for what she wants.  She will say, "Blas-toff" and put her hands over her head for little einstiens, "boo clue" and do the little fist flashing motion for Blue's Clues, "umbo" for Dumbo and "pooh" well, for Winnie the Pooh of course!  Everyday Josie's vocabulary is growing.  In addition to naming her favorite shows, she also says many other things including- "move, mine, more, milk, movie, ball, water, socks, shoes, alright, let's go, yaya, you okay, doggie, bell bell, shake(dance), ucky, nummy, Momma, Da-Da, Issac, here, what's that, no-no, please and thank you".  Tyler & I enjoy teaching our children new words and activities.  We try to enforce manners by asking the kids to say please & thank you whenever they want or receive something from us, even  a snack.  When Josie says please she has the cutest lil teeth smile and currently it actually it sounds more like, "eeeeeezzzzzeee".

Our Princess Josephine.



Both are kids are healthy eaters but Josie is just like I was when i was a kid and she needs to eat something first thing to get her going.  Usually when we wake up the kids watch a Disney movie while enjoying chocolate milk and dry cereal.  Issac prefers Kix & Cheerios but Josie also enjoys Chex and Life.  Most of the time Josie eats what we do but she has yet to enjoy PB&J's.  Makes me sad because Issac & I love to have PB&J's in the park but I have to pack something different for Josie because she'll go without.  At dinner, Issac is very picky about his food's temperature and doesn't eat until things are cold.  However, Josie will dive right in to whatever is put in front of her, steaming hot or ice cold!

Josie loves to climb on brother.

Josie can identify the majority of her body parts.  as with Issac, I started with the mouth & nose.  Now Josie can identify where her eyes, nose, ears, mouth, and pretty girl hair are located.  In addition, I have begun to teach her the location of body parts bellow her neck and Josie now can identify where her hands, feet, bootie and belly are.  Currently we are working on knees and elbows.  Josie loves one on one time when Issac is asleep or playing by himself.  She loves to be sang too and enjoys kido rhymes like jack & Jill and humpty dumpty. 

We took the kids in for pictures again. These are Issac's 3rd birthday pictures & Josie's 18 month pictures.  To be honest, even though they turned out good, in the past we got more shots of both kids and more of Josie.  I think that in the future I will be sure to ask for a female photographer because Josie didn't seem to fond of the guy we had this time.  The guy also didn't try to change the backdrops, I had to ask him to do it each time.  Then although there was a flip chart at the entrance showcasing some new picture editing techniques and backdrops, during my session, we were offered not one new backdrop or any of those new editing options on the pictures.  In fact,   not a single one of my pictures was edited into anything other than color and in the past at this very same Sears Portrait Studio at South Center we have gotten both black & white & sepia prints.  The majority of editing I did when I took our photo DVD home & used my own picture editing software.  So for Christmas pictures, we will be trying somewhere new.  This new Manager, who was completely unprofessional and kept talking about how his sales are best in the district just lost a valuable customer.  But none-the-less, when you have SUPER ADORABLE CHILDREN it can be hard not to get a few good pictures. =D

 I love it when the kids give each other loves, hugs and kisses.

It shows how precious their relationship is to each of them.

Bellow are Issac's pictures.  he had a nice nap & a snack before the pictures and he was truly enjoying himself during the session. We got about 12 great pictures of Issac alone compared to just 4 pictures of Josie alone.  I sure hope by her 2nd birthday pictures she is more cooperative!!!!  We also got some pictures of the kids in their 4th of July outfits, but I will share those in our Independence Day post. 

Well, I hope everyone likes the pictures as much as we do.  i enjoy picking out unique outfit for our children's pictures.  These outfits were made by Casanee's.  You can find her on facebook or etsy.  This is my third order of handmade goods from her & each item is beautifully made and looks fabulous.  This was a built on to her spring love bird brother-sister set.  She had it showcased as the dress & tie set.  i asked her if hats, suspenders and purse were possible and she replied yes.  I'm so thankful for these unique outfits because I think they really make the pictures. 

Until next time- Hugs & kisses from us to you.