More new tricks...

Well, Josiah has been busy learning new things by the minute. He now LOVES to dance! The second he hears music, he begins to move back and forth and shrug his shoulders! The little guy dances just like my dad...not exactly a good thing! He actually reminds me of my dad quite often. Aside from "busting a move," Josiah has been learning to give a high five. He especially loves to do that with daddy! His Mimi watched him the other day and I think they worked on it awhile because he LOVES to give high fives. It is so amazing to watch him learn new things!

Josiah is into everything! He continues to rip things out of drawers and cabinets (especially pots and pans). Another fave of his at present is to watch the laundry spin out in the machine. It cracks me up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I will include those pics!

Catching up!

I didn't realize that it has been a couple of weeks since I have blogged!!! It is definitely not because J-bird (as I call him lately) isn't doing new tricks. J is definitely ALL boy!!! He seems to love to put himself in danger which scares mommy to death. He can be both sneaky and faster than anything I have ever seen! He is trying to stand up in the tub, which is a big no-no with mommy and he is into EVERYTHING!!!!!! He opens cabinets and drawers and in the process has shut them on his little fingers which makes mommy cringe. However, it doesn't seem to alarm him. The other day he slammed three of his fingers in a kitchen cabinet...stuck them in his mouth and gave me a huge grin! I just don't get it...his fingers were bright red and he seemed to enjoy it! I have one fearless child on my hands and that frightens me a little because I worry about everything.

Anyway, J had many "firsts" these past two weeks, starting with POOPING IN THE TUB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have several "mommy" friends that have warned of this very thing, but for some reason I didn't see it happening until the other day. I saw about 30 rabbit turds floating around in the tub. I was completely mortified by the sight! Once again, his response was a grin from ear to ear...such a boy!

Josiah has also gotten quite good at standing up in his crib when he is refusing to go to sleep. At times, when he is really angry about being in there, he begins to throw his toys out in defiance. That is normally followed by screams and angry babbling. I am hoping all of the words he is trying to say are clean! Ha!

J has also picked up how to point. He uses two fingers instead of one however! He points at daddy and says, "da da." He knows what he is talking about. We also believe he knows how to say "dog." He has his own version of the word (sounds like daw daw). Whenever he says "daw daw" he is looking at Sasha. Yes, he is a genius...I agree! :)

Finally, Josiah is getting really good at cruising! He goes across the furniture and sometimes gets really close to completely letting go and standing!!! I believe that will be his next milestone and we think it is coming soon!

I WISH I could say that J had teeth come through. I am always telling people I see teeth, but they never come through. I don't know what I see! I still see a white line on the right side on the bottom. I am SO ready for them to be here. I feel like we are going through a prolonged teething phase and I am ready to actually see one! Oh well, I guess I can enjoy those toothless grins for a little while longer!!!!

One more year of the twenties!

I can't believe I am turning 29 today, but I can honestly say that I feel that I have certainly been blessed in life. My husband is wonderful and my baby Josiah is the best gift I have ever received! I have a really good feeling about my twenty-ninth year! I will be an auntie for the first time and hope to take some sort of vacation...I could use one! I just look forward to another great year with Seth and J and the possiblity of a second babe...way down the year! I also hope this will be the year of reconciliation...I am praying about that one! Anyway, whatever this year brings, I am truly excited!!!

First day of nursery...and 10 month birthday!!

Today was the first day that Josiah went to nursery!!! I guess I thought that it woudn't be a big deal since he would only be there a little over an hour. However, I couldn't stop crying as I left him there. Today is his 10 month birthday so it was definitely time for him to go! They said he did well, but my friend Sarah had dropped her son off there and said J had had some rough periods, but was doing great. I kind of got the feeling that everyone was trying to ease this nervous mommy's spirit. When I arrived to get him, he was crying. I like to think it is because he missed his mama!!! I love the nursery coordinator there. She is probably nicest person out there and she kindly asked me if I noticed anything different about Josiah. Apparently when they tried to change him, he peed on his khakis so they had to give him the nursery pants to wear. This made me crack up inside because Seth's parents frequently tell me about how Seth had to wear the "brown pants" at Peter Pan pre-school due to urination issues. I guess what they say is true about the apple not falling far from the tree is true. Good job in nursery today baby J...know that it was harder on your mommy than it was on you! Sorry everyone (Amy and Molly hee hee)...no pics from today. However, I will leave you with a funny pic from this afternoon. When we got home from church, Seth was reading the paper and I put Josiah on the couch with him and gave him a part of the paper and shot these!

Okay, so it has been awhile!!! Seth and I went to Rodney's (Betsy's boyfriend) graduation party yesterday and while talking to my sister-in-law, Molly, I realized that this blog is not just for me as I had previously said. As we chatted, Molly said to me, "when are you going to write another blog?" That made me smile! So now I guess this blog is for mommy and Aunt Molly:) ( and amy if you still come to this one:) ). So, where to begin? I guess the reason I did not post a blog recently is because Josiah was sick last week. He really wasn't terribly ill, but to his mama, it felt like it. He had a slight temperture (101 was the highest) and a cold (little did we know that he would have a tooth surface this week! YAY for teeth...we have been waiting for you guys!) Seth and I spent our New Years Eve at home with our sick baby, but we knew that was where he (and us) needed to be. During his brief illness (his first real sickness in 10 months by the way) , he moaned and cried most of the time. His only happiness came in the form of a radio flyer wagon that he had gotten for Christmas. Seth and I had to take turns buckling him in (with Elmo in the other seat of course) and pulling him all over the house. That was tiresome work! That is where these pictures came from! I know what you are thinking...what kind of mommy takes pics of their sick baby??? I guess I happen to be the kind of mommy that has a pic of every "first" including the first time he was sick.