Playtime!

What a cutie!! Joshua just yesterday started reallly playing on his little floor gym. He smiles and bats at the toys hanging down and then they move and make noise. He gets all excited and starts moving his arms and legs. He coos and chortles at them too. It is great!

Thanksgiving

Joshua has had a busy few days here. On Wednesday evening he went to Ron and Christine's house for dinner. I don't know that he will be invited back however, he screamed his way through dinner and the rest of the evening until just before we left at 10:30pm.



Thursday was Thanksgiving and after getting up slowly, we made our way to Grandma and Grandad Vasbinder's house for dinner. We arrived early and enjoyed just hanging out and helping where we could. Great Grandma held Joshua until just before dinner when he decided to wake up. Luckily, Thursday was nothing like Wednesday and he only cried a little.



Friday, Joshua got up with me to go shopping. Just couldn't resist those Black Friday sales!! We only hit one store and were home by lunchtime. It wasn't too bad except for the weather. It was 23 degrees outside!!



Friday evening, we went to dinner with Carie, Joshua's Godmother. He slept through that meal giving us a nice dinnere where we both were able to sit and enjoy!

Saturday and Sunday were lazy days. But, on Saturday, Joshua did enjoy a conversation with Grandma and Grandpa Owens through video chat.

Christmas shopping

Joshua went Christmas shopping with Mommy yesterday. He picked out a couple items for himself, including these super cute shoes from Old Navy.

On the way to Grandma's House

On Saturday Joshua packed his bags (toys, diapers, several changes of clothes) and headed over to Grandma and Grandad's house to have his first visit without Mommy and Daddy. Mom and Dad went to see Goblet of Fire, their first outing without the little munchkin. Here he is in his new overalls all ready to go!



While at Grandma's, Joshua enjoyed a visit from Mom Beam. They snuggled until Mommy returned home from the movies...



Later that day, Aunt Amy and the gang joined everyone at Grandma's for an early Thanksgiving dinner.



Today, Joshua made his way to church for the first time. Everyone was so excited to meet him! When he arrived he was awake but quiet. He fell asleep part way through the service and never screamed once! What a good boy.

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday

On Tuesday, Joshua went to visit Grandma, Great-Grandma and Great-Grandpa. Over lunch he met Mrs. Debbie Morrison and while visiting Great Grandma & Grandpa he also met their friend Kay. He was very polite and slept (instead of screaming) the whole time. He and Grandpa shared a few guy moments on the couch after he woke from his nap...



On Wednesday, Joshua met his Aunt Jo for the first time when she came into town. He liked the way she held him just right...



On Thursday, Joshua had a laid back day of reading, napping and eating. In the afternoon, he enjoyed a visit from Miss Kim and Ellie.

Joshua had been having longer periods of alert/play time and has been enjoying his swing. He also likes to lay on the changing table and look around. He held on to his caterpillar toy for the first time tonight. He is starting to establish a bit of a routine and generally has a period of awakefulness in the morning followed by a light nap. When he wakes up he is usually alert until mid afternoon when he takes another nap. Then he fusses in the evening and goes to bed between 8 and 11pm.

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A little under the weather

Joshua has stuffy nose that started Friday morning. We are not sure if it is from the fire we had in the fireplace Thursday or a cold. He has not been around anyone sick that we know of. In any case, he is making lots of frowning faces and snargling sounds.



Yesterday, Grandma and Grandad V. came over and we all went for a hike along the Susquehanna river. Joshua enjoyed the hike through closed eyelids. He does like being outside and walking and is always calm when doing so.

Happy Birthday!

Joshua found his hands tonight and was touching them together and playing with them :-) He is one month old today! Happy birthday, Joshua!

Reading Lessons

Tuesday was a busy day for Joshua. He and Mommy went to the breast feeding support group in the morning. His weight yesterday was 13 lbs, 1 oz. Then Joshie tooled around Walmart in the front carrier while Mommy shopped. When Jason returned home from work, he read Harry Potter to Joshua (since he was in a good mood and not screaming). Here are a few pictures from the evening.

Monday, Monday

Joshua had a good day today (even though he is suffering from the evening fussies now). He let Mommy take a shower this morning, while he rocked in his rocker. Then he read several books, the baby animals was his favorite. In the afternoon, he took a walk in his front carrier up to see Miss Kim and Ellianna. Both Ellie and Josh napped and ate while the Mommies visited. He took a long 2 hour nap in the afternoon. When Daddy got home the photoshoot began. Here are a few of the best ones:

Another Drs. Appt.

Joshua visited the dr. again on Friday for a re-check of one of his screening tests. The nurse also weighed him...12 lbs, 8 oz. He has gained about 1 lb a week! No wonder he eats all the time!

More sleeping and errands

Unfortunately, Tuesday night's sleep was not as successful as Monday's and Joshie was up every hour on the hour. However, we still had a fun day with Grandma V.



In the morning, we planted mums outside. Joshua loves the front carrier so he helped by quietly hanging out in the carrier. Joshua also loves reading and Grandma read him a story while he touched the pages.



We ran a couple of errands to Target & Gabriel Bros (clothes store) where Josh received the attention of the pharmacist and cashier. Everyone is always amazed at his size and alertness compared to his age.

Grandma went home in the afternoon and Mommy & Daddy spent the later part of the evening soothing Joshie. He did sleep from 11pm-3am and then from 4am-6am which was a huge accomplishment. We won't get too excited about it though as the trend is not likely to continue.

Right now, he is sleeping, grunting and squeaking while I type.

Visit from Grandma V.

Last night Joshie was soothed back to sleep with head-rubbing... a first!

Today, we went for a walk and Josh subsequently screamed himself to sleep while grandma changed his diapers. We then took a small errand trip which Josh slept through---all in all a pretty low key day. The only highlight was our car seat adventure: it seems as though Josh has already outgrown the car seat (either that or I can't adjust the straps properly). Either way, we had to install our other seat instead.

Dad was at work. How fun.