First Sentence

Not only did Joshua say a new word yesterday, 'yogurt'. He said it in his first sentence, "Eat yogurt." :-) He now says, 'cheep' for birds and 'roar' for lions. He said, 'Bye Daddy' this morning when Jason was leaving for work. His vocabulary is amazing to me!

Also, it snowed! Finally a nice sticking snow. It wasn't much but I took Joshua outside for about 10 minutes to check it out. He didn't really seem to notice. When it is deeper, I think that he will be interested.

15 mos. Well Baby Checkup

Joshua had his 15 mos. well baby checkup today. He weighs 24 lb 8 oz now and is 32" tall. The dr. was very pleased with all of his words (he showed a few off :-)), physical capabilities and said he looks like a healthy, happy 15 month old. Great news!!

Tip Toe Through the Tulips, through the tulips...

Joshua started tip toeing around the house tonight. He was doing laps around the kitchen island and up and down the entrace hallway. So silly!

He still has a little bit of a cough but it is clearing up. He is still a bit fussy.

This weekend was pretty fun. We had swimming class on Saturday morning and he lasted about 15-20 minutes before getting too cold and getting out. We came home, had family naps, and then went to Memaw and Granddad's. On the way we stopped to check out furniture for our living room. Today, was lazy. We all stayed in pj's, took naps and played. It started snowing after lunch. It has been coming down slowly since then. I don't think we will even get and inch by morning but it is our first snow so we are excited.

Updates

Although he still has the cough it is not nearly as bad and he took a 3 hour nap today. I hope that tonight he will sleep until 6 or 7 in the morning. That would be great!!

It has been really cold. Looks like winter finally hit. So, we are not really going out for walks. Although, last night, we did put Joshua in a snow suit and boots and throw him in the stroller. It was nice to get out. We made it quick (only 30 min) because we didn't want to freeze our faces which are harder to cover.

Sick Again

Joshua has had a cough again this week. He is irritable and tired and not sleeping well and we can't wait until he feels better, AGAIN! I guess he is building up his immune system.

Happy Birthday Nanny Grandma!

Joshua and I took Nanny out to lunch today. Afterwards, Nanny suggested going to the library, which we did. It was a lot of fun. They had a wonderful children's section and Joshua loved looking at all the books and climbing on the sculpture they had.



Joshua has been testing limits a lot recently and we are working on helping him learn the rules. He takes his job as 'Rule Tester' very seriously!

2007 going great!

Joshua is having a very good year so far :-) The weather here has been fantastic. Unseasonably warm at 70 degrees, we have been able to enjoy lots of outside time. We went to the park with Ellie, Kim and Ryan on Thursday afternoon. Joshua loved the playset and running around. Also on Thursday, Joshua went to the dr. for a followup appt. His lungs sound much much better and he only needs the nebulizer on an as-needed basis. Saturday was his first swimming lesson. He loved being in the water and jumping in from the side of the pool. After swim class we went to Grandma and Grandad V's house to open Christmas presents there. We also took a nice walk in the afternoon. Today was a lazy day which we all needed!

Other highlights: His molar is definitely coming in on the bottom and he has two teeth (one right, one left) coming down on the top. He can say all sorts of new words including potato, better, milk, door. He can open round handled doors and he likes closing them, too. He likes to turn lights on and off. He LOVES pushing his vacuum around and this activity takes up a good portion of his day. He is eating and drinking well. Today he had black beans for lunch and applesauce for dinner. Whatever works!

Happy New Year! Back on Track

Well, Joshua is really back to his old self these days. He is busy getting into trouble, climbing on the chairs and tables, running around the house, laughing like a crazy man and talking up a storm. We are so happy!!! Jason and I are still on the mend but we are doing ok with the help of tylonal and sleep.

Joshua sat and read this story to himself the other day:



He loves his new vacuum and finds it in the morning when he wakes up:



Here he is after a successful climbing onto the chair and sitting at the kitchen table:



He also has another tooth in and the molar has finally broken through.