King of the Couch

Josh climbed the "mountain." In other words, he won't stop climbing on furniture. The passed few weeks he has been obsessed with going up and down, up and down.

Well the down thing is a little bit iffy. He's good at up, but if he goes "down" by himself it's usually a big crash followed by lots of crying.

Play Group

Josh and Josh are playing on the teeter-totter!

It's the coolest one I've ever seen. I know it's sad that I'm excited about such a thing, but it was so neat. One to four kids could ride it and all you have to do is bounce it.

Up to no good...

I know he knows better. His faces tell me so. Like when he starts to run really fast toward the tv he starts to laugh and gets this cute little look on his face. He KNOWS he is not supposed to do certain things, but it never stops him.

The other day we had some family here and so he was running around free. For some reason he kept trying to run up the stairs instead of staying downstairs with us. So I started sitting there. But then when I would get up to chase him, he would circle around and dart for the stairs again. So then I started to just stay put. Well he is sooooo smart. I couldn't help but laugh even though it just encourages him more! So he would run over to me then run off thinking I would run after him. Then he would peek back around the corner to see if I was still there. When he saw me still sitting there he laughed so hard that it made me laugh so hard.

Being a mom is the BEST!!!!!

So this is the face that he usually makes when he is up to no good!

Which brings us to...

...yesterday. Hopefully this will be it for back tracking. Don't get me wrong. I would love to spend hours going through old pictures. But it makes me so sad. He has changed so much in so little time.



As soon as he was able to grab and pull his foot in his mouth, he started chewing on his toes. He did it for a long time then stopped. Well, he has picked it up again. Weird b/c it has to hurt now that he has a lot of teeth, but oh well. I tried to catch him in the act. This was yesterday when we were out and about at some yard sales.

Side note: He LOVES to be able to look around and see things now that he is in his front-facing car seat.

ROLL TIDE!!!!

Josh's first AL game. Not that Tulane was a great debut, but you take what you can get!

Overall, it was fun!




Daddy's old band.



Mommy's all red from the hike up to the nose bleeds.




I love the shaker!!! Roooooooooooooooolllllllllllll Tide, Roll!

Aren't I cute in my little jersey?

Thank goodness we had very understanding people in front of us. Josh kicked them, threw the shaker at them a few times and then his sippy cup. It was definitely an experience. (I was like, What? There is a football game going on?)




Love my daddy...



The "ride" home.

Man of Many Hats, Literally

He used to not mind hats, but now he hates them. Some times he will keep them on if you can make him forget about it, but it doesn't last long.

He is so cute in hats. I wish he would. I still keep trying.





First hat. Still in the hospital.



Great-grandma bought him a Santa suite.



Check out those chubby cheeks. He looks so different now!



Beach baby...beach baby...you get the idea...



Stealing Uncle Ray's hat.



Roll tide!



Yes, this is a woman's hat. I couldn't resist. How cute is he?!? I love to put hats on him in the store. This one is in Target, the Al one above is in Steve and Barry's.



One of Uncle Matt's hats during a diaper change!



Al visor from Nanna. Trying out something different. But he won't leave it on either.



His newest hat from some lady friends (he has a lot of them).

His hair is getting so long now. It's curling here under the hat. Even after his bath, as soon as it dries it's back to the curls.

Oil Change

So if anyone has an active little guy like mine, you will understand what a blessing it is to have something like this available. We had to wait 30 minutes for an oil change. Josh can't sit still on my lap for 3 minutes, let alone 30. So I was so excited when we walked into the waiting room at the oil change place and they had toys, etc. waiting for him to play with. And yes, he ran around the whole time and never sat still. Plus I had a coupon for a free oil change. What a great day!




They even had a play house!



Funny story, the girl told me when we were checking out that she had a mom in there one time that tried to buy a toy because her son was freaking out when she tried to make him put it down, but when she told her no the mom threw some money at her and ran out the door. Wow. Crazy people!

Grandpa's little buddy...

Okay, today I'm going to make a bunch of posts just to get caught up with all the pictures I want to show off. Plus, Greg is watching football so I need something to do while Josh is asleep. So here goes it...

My dad sent me some pictures today, I will start with those.




Grandpa with Josh, Hayleigh and Jordan (my brother's two kids).



Lots of laughs!



Grandpa's little buddy!



He LOVES swinging. This is at my dad's house.

I swore I never would....

I swore I never would create a blog. Well, here goes it. I realized that I rather enjoy seeing pictures of my friends and their babies that live far, far away from me. So, I'm doing the same for all those out there that don't get to see my baby boy growing up. He just celebrated his first birthday, so I guess I'm a little behind...

And for all those that say we need to get busy having another baby (not that it would be anyone even reading this), that is why it's JUST THE THREE OF US. For now, I love just spending time with Josh. We need time alone. A LOT of time!

To get you started, here are a few pictures from his birthday...



The Ball Pit was my childhood favorite so of course I had to make one for him! Even the adults loved it (but I won't name names).



Opening presents. The paper was the best part! It was a football theme. You can sort of see his cute little football jersey in this picture. (And of course football was on in the background.)



No cake made it to his mouth. He just kept smearing frosting everywhere.