More Easter Pictures

I know it's a lot of pictures and very late, but I figured the family would like to see them. Sorry to bombard you! Most of these are from my Dad.

Why are sink baths so stinkin' cute?

"Excuse me. A little privacy please! How would you like for me to take a picture of you in the shower and put it on the web for all to see?"

Things don't last long on his head.

Josiah can shave off small pieces of a banana with those two little teeth. It always surprises him when I give him something to put in his mouth and swallow.

"Ladies, ladies. Enough with the kisses, I'm just one baby."

"Hey crazy lady. I think you're funny."

Chillin' with my Uncle Ronnie.

At church on Sunday, Josiah decided he didn't want to celebrate Christ's resurrection in the nursery, so he had the workers page me. He feel asleep about five minutes after I went to get him and stayed conked out until we got in the car.

Isn't my Mom pretty?
My home church has this neat tradition. They have a huge cross with chicken wire around it and people bring flowers to fill it out.

I don't know why he likes grabbing the back of chairs.

Future Farmer of America

At Easter, Josiah received a tractor from Ronnie/Gail/Ryan/Susan/Jaclyn/Hank crew. It's now one of his favorite toys. It drives forward, but most of the time he prefers to flip it over and see the wheels turn. And he's learning to eat his meat - the hauling part has a cow, chicken, sheep, pig and horse, all of which he enjoys grabbing off the back and sticking in his mouth. They also make noises when you press on them. Thanks for great gift!

Aunt Amy...

My mom picked this flower for me to give you for your birthday.

But I knew I wouldn't see you for a few weeks, and it wouldn't ship well, so I decided the best option would be...

To eat it.

I knew you'd think it was a good idea.
I love you! Happy Birthday!

Ruffner Mountain Hike

Jonathan has had this week off, so we've been trying to do some fun family things, but also keeping it very relaxing for him. We planted our garden and some flowers in the front. We considered going camping, but realized that would be a little bit complicated with a baby. So we decided to a do a miniature camping experience at Ruffner Mountain. It's only about ten minutes away (when you have the right directions).

I think he likes it!

Jonathan doesn't like to use the Bjorn for hiking, or a stroller, and we don't have a backpack, so we just carry him. Which puts Josiah in some interesting positions...

We made it to the quarry, which is the highlight of the hike. We liked this trail because it was very quiet and undiscovered.

Yes that's me and the boy.

Here I'm showing him how to eat a rock. OK, I was trying to prevent him from eating it, but it looks like I'm feeding him.

Jonathan taking the road less traveled.

Showing the boy some flowers.

Our plan was to hike and then make a campfire and cook hot dogs and smores, but it rained after we got back from the hike. So we came home, put Josiah down for a nap and had our own picnic on our back porch.

7 Months

Daddy was around for this photo shoot to help me get some smiles.

Oh Bear, I'm glad we're friends.

Look how tall I am now!

Mr. Bear, you're so short I could punch you in the face.

7-Month Observations:
-Isn't doing a full-out crawl yet, but is definitely doing a forward army-crawl and lots of rolling. We have to keep an eye on him now during his play time because he can get around the whole floor.
-Is doing well with solids. So far he's tried rice cereal, oatmeal, applesauce, bananas, carrots, sweet potatoes, pears, apricots, peaches. He likes them all pretty well, but I would say rice cereal and applesauce is his favorite combo so far.
-He's babbling like crazy, but in spurts during the day. He says "Dada," but we don't think it's an actual association. We've been trying some sign language with him, and we think he's done the sign for 'drink' back to us.
-Funny story: In the grocery store yesterday, I was putting some baby food in the cart. Josiah saw it and starting grunting and opened his mouth really wide like he does when he's eating it. He definitely recognized it.

More Family Pictures

Josiah got to meet Great Aunt Marisa for the first time. She wasn't crazy about him at all.

With Cousin Ryan

Snuggling with GP. GP let him play with remote, so he was very content. He LOVES our remote, but we normally don't let him play with it.

Finally getting a nap!

Meeting Sandy. Sandy was very interested and very sweet to Josiah. The cat was also curious, but also scared.

Cousin Hank going fishin' - the professional at work.

Jaclyn trying her hand at feeding.

Granny Parker couldn't make it down, but she sent this sweet bunny to Josiah. It played Jesus Loves Me.

With Uncle Ronnie

And Aunt Gail

Mimi and GP babysat him on Monday night so Jonathan could have a date night (our first one since he was born!). We played putt-putt and arcade games and went out to dinner. We had a blast!

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Uncle Parker and Aunt Rachel

Parker and Rachel came down from Boston for the weekend to warm up (and then we had snow flurries on Monday) and eat some barbecue. Oh and to see their nephew!