We're Finally Back

After sharing a cold for about a week, we are all feeling much better.

Here is a picture of the boys, both feeling pretty miserable:

I wanted to share a few highlights from the past couple of weeks, since we've all been out of commission. The first is a couple of pictures of the small Super Bowl celebration Chris had at our place. He was thrilled to share this experience with Josiah and his two brothers, although, I must say that Josiah had to go to bed right after kick-off. All of the TV, shouting, and excitement exhausted him. Chris was left to watch the game with Mitch and Scott (probably for the best!).

#1

This is Josiah, acting very hyper. I think he was picking up on his dad's energy!

His limbs just couldn't seem to stop flailing all day.

Here are all of the boys, just before the big game.

#2

After I gave birth to Josiah, a group of girls got together, and gave me a gift certificate to La Spa. Finally, a couple of weeks ago, I had my appointment. It was so nice and relaxing.

They started by serving coffee, then doing my hair, then a massage, then finishing my hair.

What a perfect afternoon!

#3

In developmental news, Josiah is getting so strong. He now spends quite a bit of time playing on his tummy, rolling over, and he is mobile! Not is a traditional sense, like crawling, or walking, but he lays on his back, lifts his bottom, and scoots himself. He can get pretty far in a short time!

Josiah is loving stories too! Here he is reading with daddy. He loves to hold the other corner, turn pages, and occasionally grab the book and suck on it. Everything is going in his mouth. Any tips on how to teach kids that books are not edible?!

Eating cereal is still going well. We have increased the amount a bit. Josiah continues to fight to hold the spoon, and the bowl, which makes it all feel a bit like a wrestling match.

The other problem is...the huge mess! The stuff is like paste, and sometimes if I forget to rinse the bowl, it has trouble coming off, even in the dishwasher.

Oh, and it's not that easy to get out of hair either.

#4

On Valentines' Day, my mom came up and spent the day with Josiah so Chris and I could go out together. It was so wonderful to get away for the afternoon! We went out for lunch, then to a movie, and finished off by strolling around Chapters. We really don't get out much together (actually only two times since the beginning of December)! I'm sure this will be easier once we feel Josiah is old enough to pay a babysitter to come stay with him, but for now it is a struggle. Although this month we have started a babysitting swap with some friends, which we have done once, and we love it!

Oh yeah, and Josiah continues to grow and grow like crazy. The pants he is wearing in the picture were too big on him just a month ago!

And that pretty much sums up everything new in our house.

Hopefully I will be back to posting more regularly now that everything is back to normal!