I am the luckiest girl alive to have this handsome man ...

 and this adorable girl...

in my life.

Jon is loving his job at the prison.  He works night shifts (6pm - 6am) and since he works 12 hour shifts his days rotate throughout the month.  So we have learned that the time of day or day of week doesn't really matter.  We enjoy all the time we have together, no matter when it is.  When Jon is working or sleeping, Josie and do I our best not to be too loud or get too bored.  I must say...I miss the summer much more than I have in the past.  It is only the beginning of winter and I am already starting to feel cabin feverish (partly my own fault).

A little about Josie:  

Josie is such a fun little girl.  She spends her days teasing me, climbing on everything, and pretending she is a princess, kitty, puppy, big bear ... or whatever else enters her sharp little mind.  She also loves to pretend to cook and eat food.  Although, right now her pretend food is a bunch of bead necklaces (she needs to wait until Christmas for a food upgrade).

She is talking and talking and talking.  It amazes me some of the things she ends up saying.  She knows her colors and her numbers.  I can't really take credit for what she knows, I just show her a few things and she picks it up so fast.  I have determined that her favorite color is red.  She is always asking for red things.

Josie loves to sing and dance, especially when I turn on her favorite Disney and Glee songs.  She sings along ... and it is so cute.  Sometimes I am willing to listen to the same song over and over again just because her singing is so cute.

Josie is so friendly and outgoing.  She is always saying hi to people that we don't know.  She loves to give hugs and kisses.  She has such a good happy nature about it, I really can't complain about the few tantrums that happen during the weeks.

I just wanted to give a quick update and talk about Josie.  I need to be better about writing down her stages and the things she loves to do.