A Troubling Trend

I think if Joshua could talk he would say his best friend is Terrence. They spend a lot of time together and Terrence really doesn't get crabby with Joshua like Natalie does. Recently Joshua has realized his friend Terrence is hungry. And Terrence has realized Joshua has food. This is really not good. Anytime Joshua is eating something he merely likes (as opposed to loves; no one is getting that kid's formula) he generously gives a handful to Terrence. Here he is sharing his snack. You can see his in his mouth and he is handing Terrence a piece. The worst is when Terrence only bites off half of it and then Joshua wants to eat the other half. I am not sure what to do about this. It would be easier if it started some time other than the hottest part of the summer because I could just send Terrence outside at mealtimes. But Joshua is a slowish eater and I really can't have Terrence outside for that long when it's so hot since he's a pug.

Magic Baby

Today Joshua was playing in his room and I was going through his clothes since we are putting away some of the ones that have gotten too small. I looked over at him to make sure he was still being safe and this is what I saw. I have no idea how he got into this basket. The sides are high enough that I don't think he could step over or anything like that. My best guess is he turned it on its side and crawled in and then flipped it back over onto its bottom while in the basket. However he did it, he was quite proud of himself.

So Tired

Today Joshua went over to the Becks for the afternoon. Angie sent me this photo. He was so tired that he fell asleep while eating his snack in his high chair.

All-American Baby

In planning for this year's Fourth of July, we weren't sure how it would go, as babies sometimes get scared and cry when they hear fireworks. Knowing Joshua doesn't seem to be overly sensitive to those sorts of things, and knowing we had a backup plan of sitting in the car, we decided to try it.  Fortunately, all went well, as he wasn't fazed by the booms, and he sat there and watched and enjoyed them just like an adult would.

Four Grandparents and a Baby

Today Mom and Ron hosted a mini get-together as we went over there along with Mark and Barb as well as Joanna and Kirk and Julie and Andrew.  This was the first time Joshua was with more than two of his grandparents at the same time, so we took a picture to commemorate the occasion.  Mom had bought Joshua a little soccer ball, which he loved to eat, of course.  But Ron also worked with him to practice kicking it, and Joshua even caught on a bit and kicked it a few times on his own.  Since soccer is my favorite sport to play, it made me really happy to see my little son with his first interaction with it.  Hopefully some day this picture is famous, much like the Tiger Woods footage.

A Legendary Dinner

Since my parents are staying in Basehor with Christine, we decided to have dinner tonight somewhere down that way so we went to the Legends and ate at Styx. It was very enjoyable and we had a delicious meal.

Deanna Rose

Meghan's parents arrived in town last night, and this morning Barb joined us to take Joshua to Deanna Rose Children's Farmstead.  Meghan and I had been there before, but this was Joshua's first time to go.  He had a lot of fun climbing on the playground equipment, and he was very intrigued by the goats.  Apparently Joshua thought the goat looked tasty.  At one point he stretched his little head with an open mouth toward the goat's ear.  The goat was not amused and retaliated by trying to eat Joshua's outfit.  At that point we separated the two before a goat/baby brawl broke out.  Animal confrontations aside, it was a fun trip for everyone.