First Word

Dearest Joshua David~

Hello my little angel!  This morning we had some beautiful weather.  It was nice and cool, so you had your first bottle on the front porch.  Daddy trimmed some bushes in the front yard while you and I sat up in the chairs.  

You did a lot of sitting and tummy time this morning playing with your toys.  Oh, daddy and I woke up this morning and again found you on your tummy snoring.  You must be getting better at rolling over in the middle of the night.  

So, you said your first word today .... though I think you and daddy have been planning this for a while.  You and daddy were playing on the bed this morning when I went to take a shower.  When I came out of the shower, daddy said, "Look Joshua!  It's mommy!  Say 'Mama'!"  You smiled right at me with that wonderful, cute face of yours and said .... crystal clear .... 'Dada' .... and then continued to smile and clap your hands!  You've babbled the noise 'dadadada' before, but this time you said it perfectly!  Daddy couldn't stop laughing and told you to say 'Mama' again .... but alas, you said 'Dada' once more!  :-P  One day you'll say 'Mama' .... I just have to be patient!  ;-)

You can also suck on your toes .... you were playing with them on the bed this morning and kept pulling them up to your mouth.  It was really cute!  

Daddy put another episode of Fraggle Rock on while you had your lunch bottle, but then you fell asleep!  You slept for about 2 hours!  

You woke up just in time to see Grandpa Mike come over.  He brought us a swing to put on our front porch!  They got a new swing for the screened in porch, so we were able to use the old one.  Grandpa Mike cleaned it all up for us and then he and daddy hung it.  It looks good!  We already sat in it and swung back and forth.  They used pre-existing holes from a swing that was there before we moved into the house, so we may have to drill new holes to make the swing more sturdy.  For now, we'll wait until the new holes are done before really getting too comfortable in there.  ;-)

 After the swing was up, we got ourselves cleaned up and then headed over to Mimi's house (Grandpa Mike was already back).  We visited for all little on the porch (you had a bottle) and then we all ate dinner at Wildflower Pizza .... you've been there before a few times.  ;-)  The pizza there is really good!  :-)

This evening you did something new, though I'm surprised you haven't done this already (or perhaps you have and I never noticed!) .... you peed once we placed you in the bathtub!  :-P  So, after cleaning out the water/pee and rinsing you, we tried it again and got your bath done!  

Oh, I almost forgot .... you're getting tooth #Q in .... that's your lower right primary lateral .... it's just a little nub right now, but you can see and feel it.  :-)

Tomorrow is a big day sweetie .... we have another OB appointment and our ultrasound .... we'll see if you're going to have a little brother or sister .... any preferences?  ;-)  We'll take whatever God blesses us with .... and I'm sure you feel the same way!  

Sleep tight my little miracle!

I love you!  :-)

~Mommy