Starting solid food

We just introduced rice cereal to Josie's morning routine. She seems to like it, but there is certainly a learning curve when it comes to eating food, as evidenced by this photo. Yummy!

So Darn Cute!

Josie loves looking at photos of babies (including looking at "the other baby in the mirror"). We recently discovered she loves seeing photos of herself in her baby book. I guess she also can't believe how cute she is!!!

First Camping Trip

We attempted our first camping trip with Josie this weekend. We drove down to Henry Coe State Park outside of San Jose and met up with another family for a one-night trip. It was crazy hot when we arrived, but thankfully cooled down that evening. Josie got a gold star for sleeping through the night in a makeshift porta-bed/co-sleeper in the tent with us. We did a short hike through grassy fields and oak forests the next day (Dan was our flora guide), and though it was still pretty hot, she did really well. We hope this is just the first of our many outdoor adventures together!

Here's a link to see more pictures:
http://picasaweb.google.com/danjoh99/HenryCoeTwo?authkey=Gv1sRgCPT1luOcxJSPLA

Peek-a-boo!

Josie has learned the art of peek-a-boo! On the changing table or on the playmat, give her a cloth and she throws it over her face, pants in excitement, then pulls it off and smiles like it's the best thing in the world. At first we weren't sure, but she does it over and over again and it's definitely intentional.

Memorial Day Hike

Auntie Kathryn and Uncle Justin joined us for a Memorial Day hike on Mt. Tam in Marin. Josie had a good time checking out the wildflowers and identifying native plants with Daddy, but got tired midway through and napped while in the ergo baby carrier.

We're looking forward to the day when she's old enough to go in the new hiking backpack we bought.

Drooling and Talking

For several weeks, Josephine has enjoyed chewing on this rice spoon and talking. You can also see how easily she rolls around now.

Out-take from Rattle Video

This footage was "left on the cutting room floor." For the blooper reel.

Shaking the Rattle

Here's a video of Josie shaking her rattle while we're making dinner. We think she's right-handed!

5 months old

Josie turned 5 months this past weekend. The time is flying by... She has changed so much since she was just 1 month old!

Cousins

Josie loves hanging out with her cousin Colin. He likes to show her books and share his toys. They share a nanny, and when Josie arrives in the morning, Colin greets her by saying, "Baby... Jo-Jo!"