Monday, April 27, 2015

Monday: 9 months old

Joshua is 9 months old!  A three quarters of a year!

Sleep - he's slept through the night (11pm-7am) a few times.  He takes two or three naps a day, depending on how long the second nap is.  He seems to be a pretty light sleeper as he wakes up shortly after Isaac does most days.

Eating - this is going so much better.  Sweet potatoes seem to be his favorite (and they also seem to help him sleep through the night the best).  But puffs and rice crackers are a big hit too.  Yogurt and peas are eaten pretty easily.  I haven't been giving him a ton of new foods this month, trying to just get the eating thing down.  It doesn't help that summer produce isn't here yet.  But he has a good tenish foods that we rotate through.

Moving - he can (and does) roll to get somewhere, but it isn't continuous rolling until he gets to his destination, so it might take him a bit.  He's been pulling himself onto his knees.  He can eat his finger food by himself  (puffs, sweet potatoes, peas) and gets most of it in his mouth.  He still enjoys his jumper.

Attitude - still pretty mellow.  Usually he's happy to play with his toys, especially if someone else is in the room.  Most of the time he's ok being with people that aren't Ben or me, but there are issues sometimes.

Talking - he does quite a bit of babbling.  I hear mama and dada a lot, but I'm not sure if that's just what my ears pick out.  He knows to holler if I'm not feeding him fast enough, unfortunately.  He doesn't like to be put in the excersaucer and have you walk by it a lot without picking him up and he lets us know.




Saturday, April 25, 2015

Saturday: Critter Barn

We went to the critter barn today with another family.  We had been planning on going to the zoo, but it was just a bit too cold.  The critter barn was nice as it still got us outside, but there was a lot of stuff out of the wind too.


Getting ready - we had to find Joshua a hat.  Apparently we like raccoon hats.

Petting bunnies

Feeding sheep.

Feeding a goat.

Friday, April 24, 2015

Friday: silliness

This morning we were waiting for the library to open and Isaac wanted to know what Ben was doing at work.  Maybe jumping or exercising or a game?  

We got an Amazon shipment today.  It included an attachment for changing high-up light bulbs.  (Side note: high up light bulbs are dumb.  We had one in the NY house too, but it was under a fixture.  So we didn't use that light.)  Anyway, I put LED light bulbs in so we can use these lights now.  And I really, really hope they never ever burn out.

(Below is the stick still sticking to the light bulb, but it came off pretty easily when I tilted it.)

The other thing in the shipment was ultra-washable markers.  Roommate used them with her kids for face drawing.  Isaac wouldn't let me draw on his face (although he drew on it himself a bit).  But he was happy to draw on mine.  He gave me a mustache and a goatee.

Thursday, April 23, 2015

Thursday: last day

Today was the last day of classes.  Exams are next week and then summer!  I'll miss it and I won't.  It's probably a good place to be.  I will be teaching again next semester, so I can look forward to that.

Tonight Isaac starting putting this bag on everyone's head and called it a party hat.  It seemed appropriate!

Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Wednesday: snow

It was snowing today.  I tried to get a picture of it because there were huge flakes.

It didn't work.  So I had an impromtu photo session with Joshua instead.

Then it was time for Isaac to get off the Ipad, so he joined us.

But he didn't want to look at me so I turned Joshua around too.

And Joshua wasn't thrilled with that.

In other news, Joshua slept all night last night!  I woke up once as I heard the pitter patter of little feet go to the bathroom at 4am, but luckily he was dressed in easy pjs and so a few minutes later I heard the pitter patter go back to their bed.  I didn't have to get up!  But I was still sleepy in the morning.  I probably need a few more good nights.  I'm also not sure how tonight is going to go as he woke up early for his 11pm feeding.

Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Tuesday: male conversations

Joshua: mamadadaba
Isaac: Are you telling us a story, Josh-E-a?
Joshua: dadmabraamm
Isaac: I'm not a broom!

Ben: I'm going to give you a hug.
Isaac: I don't want a hug!  I'm going to give it back to you!
Isaac then hugs Ben to give it back.

Also, Joshua only cried for 15 minutes last night before going back to sleep.  I only had to go in once to tell him that he needed to go back to sleep.

Monday, April 20, 2015

Monday: 38 weeks

Joshua hits a milestone this week...he has been alive longer outside the womb than inside.  Hooray for not being pregnant.







Last night we started having Joshua not eat during the middle of the night.  He was rather unhappy for about 40 minutes.  But it was a good night to decide to start...he woke up really early (about 1:30) and he doesn't need to eat then, so it helped my will power.





He also seems to have discovered that he can make loud noises and get attention or food.   It makes being quiet in the morning a bit hard.

Joshua also ate sweet potato pieces by himself today. He did a really good job with them.