The Princess

If you didn't know...I never intended to have 4 kids...shit, I never intended on having 3. You could say that Jake was our "oopsie" and Josie was our "to have got to be f@#*ing kidding me"! But here she is....and I am not sure that our family would be the same without her. She is a handful!! The last one always is...right? When she was a baby I thought she was going to be my one kid that was going to be a total breeze. She slept through the night at 2 months...she hardly ever cried and even ate anything you fed her. That was all a giant trick....big joke on me. Honestly, she could be the hardest one so far.
Josie thinks that the world revolves around her. We all simply exist to tend to her every need and want. You ask why she gets away with this?? I didn't say that she did....but she certainly thinks that she should. It's a work in progress with her. She is a princess and princesses are hard to change. JoJo is funny too. She has her own sense of style. Most days she resembles an Atlantic City Hooker with the outfits she wears. She likes bikini tops and leggings. She also loves lots of blue eye shadow and hot pink blush. I try not to discourage the look...I want her to be able to express herself. I also want some great ammo for later in her life. You never know when you will need to pull out that embarssing picture. And with her...I got an ass pot of them!
Sometimes I think that Josie must be older than 4 years old. She acts like a teenager half the time. She can give you one hell of a stink eye if you piss her off. It amazes me that someone so little can have so much attitude. I have no idea where she gets it?!?! Chris would probably tell you it has something to do with me and our older daughter Sarah Grace. I think it comes from watching too much T.V. I am sticking with that....I will blame Dora the Explorer for anything!
JoJo entertains us also. She can come up with some pretty creative words. She calls a pineapple...pinealope. She calls a sneeze a bless you. But our favorite is that she calls her "private parts" her Do-La-La. We think it is rather sophisticated and a little french. It has caught on in the house.....the boys have wee-wees and us girls get the Do-La-Las. When you read this....it will help if you put a little french accent on it....it makes it very catchy.
I think back to the time when Josie felt like such a shock....and now I would be shocked if she wasn't part of this family. As big of a handful as she is, she is the sweetest little girl. She loves her family, loves to dress up, loves to dance and loves to make you smile. She is my baby and always will be. I am trying to remember to treat her like the big girl that she is now....but it is hard. She still sucks her thumb for pete's sake. But she promises that she will stop when she turns 5. Part of me hope she never stops....it lets her be the baby just a little longer.