10 MONTHS OLD

It’s hard to believe we are almost a year old! This has been the fastest year of our lives. I’m glad he is a growing like a weed, but I would love for it all to slow down.

Joshua is still just as happy as ever and makes us smile more so everyday. His favorite word right now it ah oh. He loves to drop things and say,” ah oh”! He also loves to clap when we say “yea Josh”! He also claps when he doesn’t want to go to sleep; he knows it makes his mommy laugh!
First time with any kind of candy!!!

Yes, he is on our new carpet with his dirty little red body! It was all dry he had been like that for 30 min!

Licorice is one of his favorite things to eat. Looks like he takes after his mom and her sweet tooth! I gave him licorice to keep him happy in the car the other day and he sure had a good time with it. He had it all over him except his cloths! How he didn’t get it on his cloths I will never know. After that his little tongue was so red.

He is also trying to crawl more and more everyday. He gets on all fours then he rocks and falls down. He gets so upset he is not moving but he is so close to crawling!!

All in all he is blast to hang out with and we love to see him change everyday!

Laughing Baby!

Josh loves his little dog. Don't forget to stop the blog music to hear the audio in this clip.

Counter Tops

We're getting closer to having the kitchen finished. Last weekend, Don and Lori came down and we worked on counter tops. The little old lady sure liked pastel colors. The kitchen was purple, the master bath as pink, and the guest bathroom was blue. Now they are all a dark brown color. The counter top is WilsonArt HD and is supposed to look like granite. It turned out pretty good. Don did almost all of the work and gets the credit for a successful project. It was his experience and tools that helped us through this one. Matt finished up everything this weekend and they are all installed again. Here a some shots of the work. You can see who did the work! We're only short the backsplash now and the kitchen will be finished. We're debating between tile and a stamped tin type product. We're also slowly reclaiming the garage. Each completed project means a section of the garage opens back up. There's room for the Yukon again, but the Jeep still has to sit out in the snow. :(

OK, Matt did do some of the work.

And now, it's done!

9 months old!!!

Joshua is now 9 months old! Time is flying and he is changing everyday. It's been a little crazy around here with the remodel so I'll make this one short. He got his first professional picture in Feb.. Dave Ramsey would be so proud of me I didn't buy them, but did take my $10.00 one and ran before I couldn't say no! He has two top teeth and one R bottom tooth. He looks so different with teeth! All in all he is a healthy happy boy.

Quick Remodel Update

Everybody's been asking, so I'll give you a quick shot of the tile. We're nearing the end of the remodel on the main floor! We'll post some "after" shots once we get all moved back in. I'm happy with the way the tile turned out. It was a big job, but definitely worth it. Matt.

1000 miles

Josh made his first trip to Parsons! He did great on the way out to see Aunt Beth, Uncle Matt and Cousin Tatum but on the way back he was tired of that seat. 1000 miles makes anyone a little crazy.

We went to celebrate Tatum’s 2nd birthday with her and decided to spend a few extra days. Mom had the trip planned and asked us to go and we decided it would be fun!

One night I decided every little boy must become a girl for a day! So I put him in the Christmas dress mom made for us girls when we had our first Christmas. Tatum had used it for her first Christmas also!! I renamed him Josephine for 30 min and he really made a beautiful girl. I didn’t get very many good pictures because he wouldn’t look at the camera. I guess the boy new what he was doing.

All in all we had a great time thanks to Grandma Kathy whom Tatum renamed Ronny I think she might have been trying to say granny / gronny and it turned into Ronny. She sure is fun to listen too. Tatum loves to talk and really try’s to tell you what she wants. It’s a little hard to understand her but she will repeat it for you until you get the point!

Hope you enjoy all the pictures we sure had a great time and hope to do it again!!

8 MONTHS OLD

Did 8 months already go so so fast? Josh has now been born as long as I was pregnant with him. I'm not sure how time can go so fast when you see them every day, but it sure did! Many new things going on in his life. He can roll like a wild man sometimes too fast to keep a close eye on. He likes peek- a- boo and is now good at saying mama, dada, baba and nana. He started mama and dada at Don and Lori's during Thanksgiving. He was 5 months old, so it was a little harder to understand. But now he says it in front of people and they say it back to him. I didn't want to be the mom who said he could talk before anyone could understand him but me!! One new thing he just started yesterday is pushing himself backwards while on his belly. He did this so well today he fell off the bed. I feel horrible I let him fall, I was just glad he didn't hit his head on the nightstand! I went to toss a dryer sheet in the trash just like I do every time Joshy lays on the bed and helps me do laundry. When I walked 10 steps to our bathroom trash I heard a thump and new exactly what it was. When I left him he was in the middle of our KING size bed! How he fell off the edge I will never know but my best guess is he tried his new trick of pushing with his arms to go backwards and fell right over. He cry for just a little bit then looked up at me and smile and said mama. Poor little man has had a rough start to his first day of being 8 months old. All in all he is happy and healthy and we are so so blessed to have him. He and Maddix are buddies and are sure fun to see them grow up together. I did some V-Day pictures and I think they had a good time rolling around! Hope you all enjoy and we will blog again soon.