Ever since we moved Josiah to the big tub, bath time is fun time. In fact, when I go to turn on the water, he looks at me, smiles and laughs excitedly. He's got fun squirty toys, which for now are used for chewing, and these great magnetic turtles.
Jonathan will grab Josiah's toys with his teeth and shake them. Josiah thinks this is hysterical.
Jonathan shook the dust off his trumpet the other day. Josiah is very interested and calmly watches him play. It's very sweet.
And of course walking
And Jonathan has even put him down for a few naps, even though playing, not napping, is more his area of expertise.
Hanging with Aunt Amy
And Uncle David
The happy grandparents
Saturday morning everyone came over for breakfast at our house. Since we didn't get to see the Moseleys for Easter, I decided to make some of their traditional Easter goodies: bunny cake, Jello Jiggler eggs, deviled eggs, pear bunnies and ham (in biscuits for this though, because it was breakfast). It was a fun celebration.
Pear bunnies
Bunny cake - I don't think mine came out nearly as cute as Sharon's does.
Flying with Granddaddy
Getting some lovin' from Anna
They might be grown up, but they're still brother and sister.
I love these pictures because they illustrate Josiah's love of standing, but most of all they show off his outfit. Grammy Moseley smocked it for him. Didn't it turn out cute?
A new generation of Berean babies!
"I've heard a lot about your red hair, Hadley. It feels nice."
I promise that Hadley's anguished cry is not due to Josiah's grabbing her hand - or at least I hope not. I seem to recall her getting unhappy before he took her hand. Maybe he's trying to comfort her.
"There, there, Hadley. I remember how it feels to be one month old. It's not easy. "
Mama Gordon was on hand to take all these pictures. Thanks!
GP, I love you THIS much!
Josiah's new favorite thing is standing up. He started pulling up on the coffee table a little bit on his own and can pull himself to standing by our hands. He takes some steps forward with encouragement and does this cute little dance when he gets upright. I don't know if we should be encouraging this!
Josiah is very into standing lately, and Leslie was very accommodating. You're a natural!
Gordon Conwell represent.
Last time Drew and Leslie were here Josiah was in a unsocial phase, so this was a much more pleasant visit.
This picture doesn't quite do it justice, but I was trying to capture the grimace that he gives me whenever he tries a new food or one he's not particularly fond of. "Really, is this what I have to eat?"
We started trying to give him a cup. He does pretty well with it and actually enjoys it. He gets excited when he sees it coming. He normally spills half it it down in shirt, but that's par for the course, right?
The trick is trying to avoid him grabbing it, as seen above.
Sometimes he's fussy when he's eating, but he also does a lot of belly laughing from it. When I laugh, he laughs with me. Maybe I just look funny from this angle.
We started using this handy little invention tonight. It's a food feeder, basically a mesh bag with a handle on it. You put some squeezable food in the bag - in this case a banana - and lock it. The baby can suck on the end and squeeze the food out through the holes. Essentially, they make their own baby food.
Despite the fact it was recommended by other moms, I was a little hesitant. I thought that he wouldn't catch on to it or that it would taste too plastic (not that he minds chewing on plastic). But he LOVED it. He was very content and occupied with it. He downed a whole banana through the thing. I think he liked the independence of it. I'm looking forward to trying more foods with it.
