A Farewell to Nona

Nona has been volunteering to come in to the church to watch Joshua for the last year. This has been awesome for Joshua and I both in so many ways, and Nona should definiely be considered for sainthood, especially considering how colicky my poor baby was for those first months! Here is Joshua with Nona.

Pizza Delivery

Joshua is very excited about putting things into and taking them out of boxes. This includes himself.

Littlest Shepherd

Joshua was in the Christmas pageant at Church last Sunday. He was the littlest shepherd. I thought about suggesting he play the baby Jesus, but since Mary was only 5, I thought it was unlikely to work out.

Cute baby or little physicist?

Joshua is a cute baby, as shown in exhibit A, but in exhibit B you can see the physicist hair genes beginning to kick in. He also loves experimenting with gravity on the stairs and in his high chair.

I turn my back for one minute...

Well, I thought the bathroom door was shut. Apparently I was mistaken.

Happy Birthday, Joshua!

My baby boy is one whole year old!

Happy Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving was a big success. Everyone stuffed themselves and Joshua had a great time.

Water Baby

Joshua LOVES the bath. He calls it the "bah." He loves to take a "bah" with his "duh."

My little bear

I just thought these were too cute.

Silly Baby

I arrived at Joshua's Halloween party and opened the door to the car. This is the sight that awaited me. I think it's safe to say he's teething.

Happy Halloween

Joshua has gone "trunk-or-treating" at the church, played at Steve's Halloeen party, and he's got 2 more baby Halloween parties in the next 2 days. Here he is in his matching star fleet costume with mommy, playing with his tribble, and playing with a yarn ball with Siobhan.

11 Months

Joshua can sit in a chair now and loves to clap his hands when he's proud of himself.

Having a snack

Joshua is growing into all his 1 year clothing, which is good since the weather is getting cold and he's outgrown all his old long sleeved tops. Joshua is enjoying some cheerioes from his new spill-proof snack cup. I'm constantly amazed by how fast he's growing.

Look at all those Teeth!

7 teeth total, and one more on the way. I'm not sure why he's so excited about taking off his sock, but obviously he is.

Joshua and grandpa

I thought these turned out really well.

Joshua and the kitties

Joshua is continuing to enjoy the kitties. They run around the house with the energy that only babies can muster. We're starting Joshua on German and French songs in the hope that something will sink in, but we'll have to wait and see.

Joshua update

Joshua is growing and climbing and playing with kitties. We're fostering kitties at the moment. Joshua is having a great time playing with them, and also playing the piano.

Sprinkler fun

I realized that we're coming nearer and nearer to the end of Summer, and my little Joshua has never played in a sprinkler. I had to fix that right away! joshua loves the sprinkler. He'd shriek and sing every time the sprinkler hit him.

Playdate at the Fountain

Joshua was having a great time playing in the fountains, even if mommy did make him wear a silly hat to keep from getting a sunburn.

Joshua's First Camping Trip

Joshua and I went camping for a couple of nights this week. He had a blast! The only problems were getting him to go to sleep once he'd seen the bonfire, and keeping him from eating everything he saw.