More Photos

I posted about 20 new photos from this past week. We are getting ready for our trip so things are busy! Joshua's latest sound/word is 'Achew' when he pretends to sneeze.

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Joshua's language skills are improving daily. He added "no" to his vocabulary last Friday and used it successfully last night with Grandad when Grandad told Joshua not to get into the cat food :-) He added "down" on Tuesday when getting out of his stroller. He added "bye" today when I was out to lunch with Miss Dorothy. Tonight when I read the lines, "Goodnight light and the red balloon" out of his story book he reached out for the light above his head. It is so much fun to see this communication appearing!

Since the 10th when we last posted we went to Ladew on Monday the 14th. There are photos. He loved looking at the butterflies an bugs flitting around, running on the grass towards the fountain and touching the flowers. On the weekend we went to the art fest downtown and had fun watching people and dogs wonder around. On Sunday we also went to Aunt Carie's birthdy party and had fun running around and playing outside. He thought he was a big kid! Tuesday Aunt Amy and Grandma met us to go shopping with Dylan, Stephanie and Noella, too. We also went out to eat. Wednesday we visited Nanny & Pop-pop then went to Grandma V's house. We also got a photo with the Dylan, Stephanie and Noella at Sears. Thursday we visited Miss Dorothy. It has been busy.

We are getting ready this weekend for our trip west and the beach after that. Check out the photos as I am adding new ones regularly. Tonight I posted a bunch from a photo shoot I did of Noella.

Baby Signs

We are working with Joshua on a few baby signs to help him communicate (not scream) what he wants to share with us. We have about three so far: waving 'bye bye', opening and closing his hand for 'more', and panting for 'dog'. We are also working on 'all done' and 'kitty'. He can already meow like a kitty. It is already helping a bit during dinner time. We are hoping to take the lead from Joshua as he begins to try and communicate more with us.

Beach, Birthday and More!

Over the weekend we enjoyed a visit from Aunt Beth, Uncle Ray, Janet and Matthew. It was the first time for Joshua to meet them and he did great. He is enjoying meeting new people now and warming up a lot faster. Here we are at the beach on Friday. We also went to First Fridays downtown that evening.



On Saturday, we visited everyone at Grandma's house. Then Sunday was a down day to recover from all the weekend festivities. We went swimming in the evening with Ellie, Kim & Ryan. Joshua went under water for the first time and did very well. He would have stayed in the water all night if it hadn't been dinner time. We had a fun hot dog dinner at Kim and Ryan's after the pool.

Tuesday was library time and then we spent the afternoon with Grace, Caleb, Chloe and Ben. We did it again on Wednesday, too. Wednesday was also Joshua's 10 month birthday. He measured about 30.5 inches and 21 pounds. My scale and measurements are not quiet as accurate as the dr. but we don't have another appointment anytime soon. His next one is 1 year.



Yesterday evening we had a visit from Joshua's godmother, Carie. She shared dinner with us and then went for a walk with Joshua and me. After that was bathtime, storytime and bedtime. It was so nice to have her there for our little routine.

First Word...

Joshua distinctly said his first word tonight, DOG. He was petting Jack at the time and said it twice.

This weekend we met with the other couples and their babies from our birthing class. It was neat to meet the babies and hear their birth stories. On Sunday we celebrated Stephanie's 2nd birthday at my parent's house. Today, Amy and Michelle came up with Dylan, Stephanie, Noella and Trey for a play date. It was a fun afternoon.

The weather is miserable so we are not getting out for our walks. We are just trying to keep cool.