Fifty One Weeks

Dearest Joshua David~

Hello cutie pie!  How are you?  :-)  Today you are fifty one weeks old!  Do you know what that means?  I'll give you a hint .... there are fifty two weeks in one year .... one more week and it'll be your first birthday!  Are you excited?!  I am!  :-)

Today we had a fun day together.  After your first bottle, you and I hopped in the car together and drove down the road to the neighboring subdivision.  There, we met another family with two children (both older than you) with a colorful play yard for sale.  It consists of ten gates (blue and red) and ten corner pieces (yellow) that fit together.  The two children have grown out of it, so we went over there to check it out and buy it (if we liked it).  We liked it, so we packed it in our car and then set them all up in the bonus room.  Now, we call the bonus room the play room, or Joshua's Play Place.  :-)  I wiped down all the pieces for you and then set up play areas with all your toys.  Now, you have more freedom to crawl around everywhere and not get hurt (like if I need to wash your bottles or go grab something from downstairs .... now you don't have to stay in the crib and wait for me).  Plus, daddy and I like hopping over the gates and playing in there with you! 

The rest of the day you and I pretty much stayed in the play room and played with all your toys in the new play ground.  ;-)  You wore yourself out around 4pm and ended up taking a little nap until I woke you to put you in the car seat.  Daddy picked up Uncle Brennan after work (by the way, this was daddy's last day at this office .... he starts his new job on monday) and they went to the hospital to see Mimi.  So, you and I went to see Gigi and Grandpa Jim for a little bit.  We had dinner with them .... you had apple sauce and a bottle .... and we all visited.  

We got home just before daddy did.  I had already given you a bath and was about to put a new outfit on you when daddy walked in the door.  He said Mimi was doing a lot better today.  There's talk of her possibly going home this weekend.  That's exciting!  :-)

After daddy got in, we showed him your new play place!  He liked it and got in there with you to play around.  ;-)

Tomorrow you get to see your Great-Grandparents!  We're going to celebrate your birthday with them a week early because next weekend your Great-Grandpa is singing in the choir.  They're bringing a cake just for you!  Woo hoo!  

Oh, you slept better tonight!  You fell asleep around 10:30pm tonight without hardly a fuss.  I hope you sleep through the night too!  ;-)

Sleep tight!

I love you little man!  :-)

~Mommy