Chicken's On the Good List

Although our first couple efforts at feeding Joshua solid food didn't go very well, we've kept trying in an effort to find something he likes.  The first moderate success was when Ron fed him tiny bits of Cheerios at Easter dinner.  That was followed up by today's session, when he was happy to eat many tiny bites of chicken. So maybe he just doesn't like purees but likes actual regular food. Anyway, we're just happy to have found something that he'll eat.

Family Night at the K

Mom and Ron recently decided they wanted to have a family night with a Royals game at Kauffman Stadium, and they generously got tickets for all of us to see the Royals play the Twins tonight. Joanna was at K-State, and Meghan had to stay home with Joshua, but otherwise all of us "kids" were in attendance. It was buck night, so the peanuts, pop, and hot dogs were all a dollar (while supplies lasted, apparently), and there were fireworks after the game. To top it off, the Royals even ended their long losing streak and beat the Twins in an exciting finish.

Hangin' with the Canucks

Although Canada isn't in my sales territory, one of my coworkers was unavailable, so I filled in for her by going to a meeting in Vancouver.  I was excited to see the city, as everyone says it's beautiful, and I've never been there.  Unfortunately our customer was... the airport.  The Vancouver Airport Authority is who we were visiting, so unfortunately although I got to go to Vancouver, I never got to even leave the airport, as I flew in and flew out the same day for a meeting in the airport, so that was disappointing.  But at least this time I was trying to go to Canada, unlike last time.  Here I am posing with a member of airport security.

A Wriggly Worm

Diaper-changing time for Joshua is one of his favorite times.  He's happy to be naked for even a few seconds, and of course he's happy to have a dry diaper.  It was a reasonably fun time for us, as he sat there quietly and happily.  Over the past couple weeks, this has changed.  Because he's mostly mobile now, he often doesn't like to lay around, especially not on his back.  So changing time is now a bit of a struggle, because as soon as we lay him down on the changing table, he tries to flip over to his tummy to crawl away, which he would do if we didn't stop him. Here he is in the process of twisting away, even though it looks like he's doing a ninja kick.

Almost 20/20

I had lasik about two weeks ago. My left eye went perfectly and I am seeing 20/20 out of that. My right eye had a lot of complications that required an additional surgery. But now things are healing well and I am seeing much better since both eyes can work together again.

Eyes on the Prize

Joshua is getting better at crawling.  Just in the last few days he's gone from barely being able to pull himself forward an inch at a time, to scooching across the carpet with decent speed.  He's not doing it quite right yet, as he doesn't use his legs very much, but he's getting closer to something that is undeniably a full crawl.  To help him learn, I gave him an incentive by putting his bottle down the hallway from him.  Here he has an expression of both glee and determination as he heads toward his goal.

Happy Easter!

Today we celebrated Easter. It was really fun to give Joshua his first Easter basket. We went to church as a family and then we went to Lawrence where Joshua got an Easter basket with this bunny in it that he really likes.