B is for Busy, Babysitters, and Bay Beach!

Last week was a departure from the ordinary at the Josephs' household. Our babysitter was on vacation all week, so that meant that we had a live-in nanny! Aunt "Mimmy" came up on Sunday evening and stayed until I was done with work on Wednesday. Mads and Mimmy had lots of fun all week. They took trips to the park, saw the ducks at South Park, went swimming, went to Target, and even went out to lunch! Kim took lots of pictures while she was here, so I will share those with you. We had fun having Kim stay and we really appreciate her help!

Playing in the sand on Monday:

Swimming on Tuesday:



Fun in the coupe:


Speaking of "Mimmy" Mads has had a language explosion in the last week. She's now able to tell you when things are "hot" or "stuck." She can also point to her "shoe," "bubbles" or "baby" and tell you what they are. She also loves to say hi to "Melmo" - That's Elmo if you don't speak baby! :) She can also say "Peees" (Please) when she wants something. She likes to repeat words to you when you ask her if she can say something. We've gone through names and she can repeat all of them to the best of her ability. This includes: Grandma, Grandpa, Kimmy, Jill, Eric, Claire & Nick. I love listening to her learning new words!

On Thursday I had the day off. Mads and I ran some errands in the morning and once those were done we headed over to the Menominee Park Zoo. It's a little zoo here in Oshkosh that has free admission. It was a fun little trip.
Watching some new friends:

Sheep:

Goat:

Calf:

That afternoon, after Maddie's nap, we did some swimming in the pool. Mads is such a fish. She could play in the tub/pool everyday!



Friday was Maddie's 18 month check up. She weighed in at 22 pounds, which is a little less than 25th percentile. Her height is 30 1/2 inches, the 25th percentile, and her head circumference is 46 cm which is in the 45th percentile. She only had to get one shot, which was a piece of cake compared to the evil thermometer! She cried and cried about the thermometer, but barely fussed when she was given her shot.

Saturday was a busy day. I like busy days, they're much more fun than sitting around the house! :) We started by driving to Madison to meet with Gramma Jackie, Grandpa Thom and Grandma Honey for lunch. Mads had a blast playing with all the toys they brought in their goodie bags! She loves seeing her Grandmas and Grandpa Thom!

When we got home that night we took a bike ride down to Menominee Park for a dinner picnic. We packed up some PB&J's, chips and Twinkies. It was Maddie's first time to have both a PB&J and a Twinkie! It was the perfect weather for a bike ride and a picnic.





Sunday was another busy day. Before we could do anything, though, we had to take Maddie's 18 month pictures. I busted out the 12 month outfit, and wouldn't you know - it FINALLY fits!! :) These are probably the last pictures we will get out of the outfit because it will be too short when Maddie turns 2. I can't believe that my little Peanut is already 1 1/2 years old!






We went to church and then headed up to Green Bay. We first had lunch at Grandma Mary's and then we headed out to Bay Beach with Grandma, Aunt Jill, Claire and Nick. It was a super fun day and Mads loved every single minute of it! I take that back, she didn't love when she had to get off the rides!

Sharing a ride to the rides!

Fun for a quarter a ride!





Mads was big enough to ride on the ponies this year!



At the end of the trip Grandma said that the kiddos could get a tattoo! The legal age for tattoos is 18 - I didn't realize they meant 18 MONTHS! ;) The kids loved their new tattoos and Claire was especially excited because hers matched Maddie's!





After Bay Beach we didn't head home quite yet - we went to the park that has the little swimming pool. The kiddos got into their suits and cooled off in the little pool. It took Mads a few minutes to warm up to the water, it was pretty chilly, but once she was warmed up she was a swimming fool! She even showed off some of her swimming moves.






After the pool we did call it a day. Mads actually went home with Aunt Jill, Claire and Nick as our babysitter still had Monday off. Mads was lucky enough to be able to go stay with her cousins. The report is that they all had lots of fun during the sleepover. Thanks so much to Aunt Jill for watching the babe!

That's the recap of last week. This week is going to be pretty long and uneventful as I work Monday thru Thursday at the office and Friday at the hospital for 12 hours. Have to put in some extra time so that we have a little extra cash on our Myrtle Beach trip that we're REALLY looking forward to!

Here are some more pictures from the week.

Playing with Aunt Mimmy at Dad's softball game:

Checking out the potty:

Playing tug with Lily:

Blueberry pancakes!

Pulling Nick around:

Holding hands with Nick on the way to Bay Beach:


Thanks for stopping by!