Thanksgiving at the Moseleys

So I said I stopped birthday posts, right? Well once again, I'm posting a picture of someone on their birthday! Sooo...

Happy Birthday to our wonderful Mom, Mother-in-law, and Mimi! Have a wonderful day!

We had a great early Thanksgiving with the Moseleys on Tuesday. We had a delicious dinner and then Jonathan and his Dad ducked out to go to the Carolina basketball game.
Josiah had lots of fun playing with Caleb, but he actually hugged him so hard that he knocked him over a couple of times.

Anna with cutie Jacob, who we discovered is the world's hottest baby. He started sweating in his normal clothes. Apparently he spends most of his time indoors in a diaper because he's so hot-natured!

Hayride

Our church had a really fun chili cook-off a few weeks ago, and Josiah got to go on his first hayride with Daddy. Fun!

Smiling.

"Micah's Awake!"

Micah was taking his morning nap, and I thought Josiah went up to use the potty, but a few minutes later I heard, "Mama, Micah's awake!" I came up to find this...

Suspicious, but also pretty cute.

He asked to have a blanket so he could snuggle with Micah.

Fascinated by everything his brother does.

Anna's Musical and Happy Birthday!

I know I gave up my Happy Birthday posts, but I just happen to be posting these sweet pictures on Granddaddy's birthday, so I'm sending him a Happy Birthday shout-out!

We went up to Raleigh at the beginning of the month to see Anna perform in her school musical, "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown." She played Sally and was completely adorable. We were so proud of her!
Josiah sat still for the whole play and seemed to enjoy it. It was a very kid-friendly play with lots of short vignettes instead of a big story line, plus lots of singing and dancing.

Cute picture of Micah and Uncle David at lunch on Sunday.

Micah at 5 Months

I am way behind on blogging, but part of the reason is because Micah is five months old! And we have been trying to break him of some bad sleep habits that his parents have gotten him into. He's been nursing or walked to sleep mostly so far and has been doing pretty poorly at night. We checked back on our notes for Josiah, and we had already been doing some "sleep discipline" with him at four months. Oops! We've been trying to do better with routines and putting him in the bed awake and letting him try to sleep in his own (which entails some crying). He's been fighting it at bedtime big time, but ultimately he's been doing much better during the night.

He's still a sweetie during the day though! His favorite things to do are giggle at Josiah and Daddy (and sometimes Mama too).

He's been rolling and moving a lot more. He has flipped, but doesn't do it a lot. He has been grabbing everything and placing it directly in his mouth.

"Take that Mr. Giraffe! Go on and call me chubby-cheeks one more time!"

"Aw, I'm just kidding. I love you Mr. Giraffe."

Note: His skin is also very dry. We may eventually use up all our tub of Eucerin on him.

Josiah Says

• Josiah: Look Daddy, those clouds are pink!
  Jonathan: Yes, the sun is setting. Do you know what a sunset is?
  Josiah: It's when the sun goes to sleep.
  Jonathan: Sort of. It's when the sun rotates and moves to where we can't see it anymore.
  Josiah: Actually, the earth moves around the sun.
  
  Seriously? Thank you, Chick-fil-A book about the seasons and time that I thought was too old for Josiah to understand.
  
  
• "Hey Mama. I went to Jesus. I went to Jesus and wrapped my arms around him because I need him."
  
  
• Josiah whispers to Daddy, "He needs to use the potty."
  
  
• I explained to Josiah about the government and voting on Election Day. Josiah thought about and said, "Mama, I think Granddady should run the government."
  

• "It's OK, Micah. You don't have to be afraid. Mama and me are here with you. God will protect you."

  
  

Did I Ever Post These?

These are from Micah's four-month pictures when Josiah joined in and Daddy had them both giggling.

Here it comes...

Hysterical!

He's gonna get us again! We love this guy!

Visit with the Lyes

We were so blessed to meet up with some of our friends from our medical school days, the Lyes. Jamie and Jonathan were in med school together, and now Jamie is practicing pediatrics in Charlotte. So we meet at a park in Salisbury, an equidistant drive for us.

Caron and Katie, our first time meeting their youngest!

Our family on the train at this fun park!

Daddy and Micah

Will Micah get the train bug like his brother?

We were a little concerned about the train being a "Spooky Train" for Halloween, but it was really not scary.

The carousel, however, was scary, according to Josiah. Jonathan verified that it did go pretty fast. The poor kid looked pretty fearful for most of the ride, but he held on tight with Daddy.

At the petting zoo.

Josiah and Matthew

Micah loves this crunchy book.

Up close with the friendly donkey.

Matthew and Katie on a motorcycle

Katie-goat and Josiah-cow

Matthew giggling at his sister

The two docs talking shop

At the restaurant for dinner. They really got a kick out of playing "Ring Around the Rosie."

So wonderful getting to catch up with them! They actually moved really near my aunt and uncle in Charlotte, so hopefully we'll see them again soon!