Joshua got a lot of use out of his Halloween costume this year!  We had quite a few opportunities to get together for dress-up with friends.  First, the student spouses club had its annual Halloween party where the kiddos went trick-or-treating around the med school’s offices.  It was a lot of fun but so many […]

I was in the kitchen making lunch this afternoon when a naked little Joshua wandered into the room (he was playing with his trains & cars when I’d left him in the living room to go cook).  Josh had taken off his shorts & training pants independently (he’d never shown an interest in trying to […]

Joshua started school a couple of weeks ago.  Through the county’s Infants & Toddlers program, Joshua & I are enrolled in a program for late talkers.  He attends a pre-preschool class with a speech therapist & special education teacher while I attend a parent class to learn techniques for parents of kids who have speech […]

Joshua had his 2 year pediatrician appointment this morning.  This was the last time for Josh to be weighed on the baby scale—from here on out, he’ll be standing up on a regular scale, so hopefully he won’t get so freaked out.  We had quite a wait to see Dr. Foxx so Joshua & I […]

I’ve written a lot about Joshua’s milestones & his birthday celebrations but realize that it’s been awhile since I’ve mentioned much about the little things that make him the cute, silly kid he is.  Joshua is definitely a unique little boy & his little quirks make me laugh (at least most of them do).  So […]

It’s official—Joshua is 2 years old!!!  Yesterday was a great day from start to finish.  I made “key-key” (translation:  pancakes) for breakfast since it’s Joshua’s favorite breakfast food.  My Mickey Mouse pancakes aren’t as good as Erick’s but he still ate them & asked for more.  After breakfast, we opened presents, which Joshua had fun […]

Joshua & I went to Sears to get his 2nd birthday portraits taken this morning.  It went sooo horribly!  We were there 20 minutes early like they said to be, only to have the people ahead of us get there more than 15 minutes late & they took them first (this is the 3rd time that’s happened […]

We celebrated Joshua’s 2nd birthday yesterday with a fun little party.  He turns 2 on the 7th but Erick had to leave town so we had his party early.  Erick & I chose a train theme for the festivities because Joshua has developed a love of trains recently.  He’ll pretend to pull the whistle & […]

Joshua is officially a little potty boy!  He pooped & peed in the toilet twice today.  We sat on the pot this morning for quite awhile & eventually he went—yeah!  I’d gotten him a ”Potty Power” DVD & pulled it out for him to watch today since it seemed appropriate & he watched the whole thing while […]

Joshua is quite a weird little kid.  His little quirks are very interesting & make me smile (almost) all the time.  At our FunFit classes, he takes awhile to get used to it but then he has a blast.  He spent a good portion of this morning’s class running around the room with the balls […]