Long time no see!

It has been a while since the last post so it is definitely time for an update. We just returned from a 12 day trip to Kansas City for the Holidays. It was a great trip however it was a little long. By then end Josiah's schedule was so messed up and still is 3 days after we have returned.

Josiah is about to start crawling any day now. He saw some of our friends babies crawling and it scared him at first. But I think he is starting to catch on! The main thing that happened with Josiah is he has started saying "Da da da" in reference to Steven. It is cool to hear and I can tell Steven is proud. I have tried getting him to say "ma ma" but all he does is respond with "Da da" and Steven gives me a sly grin. Such is life...

We got to KC on Christmas Eve and had a good evening with my parents. My mom had a knee replacement ten days prior so she was still resting and trying to heal. I don't think it was the ideal Christmas for her but she made the most of it! On Christmas Day we had a nice morning with my family and then went over to Steven's parents house for the Worstell Family get together. It was good to see Dexter again. He is staying there for a while until Josiah get's more mobile and can get out of his way. :-) He is in dog heaven by the way. He's getting spoiled rotten! It was good to see that he is happy and healthy. After an afternoon there we went back to my parents house and had a small family get together with my parents, my sister Kate and her boyfriend Ian, and then C (a Korean International Student) and Bill (a Chinese International Student). It was Bill's first Christmas ever! I had to show him the proper way to open a stocking. Dump it!

The next day we had the HUGE Dickerson get together. Josiah was a little overwhelmed by all the people and activity it seemed. It was also a birthday celebration for my Uncle Gary who turned 60. We threw him a surprise party and celebrated by giving him vintage items from the 1950s. We bought him the movie show boat. We also got to see my Uncle Jack an d his new wife Aunt Mei. They are as happy as ever. My uncle Drake came over too. Later in the week my Aunt Linda and her friend Tina came and we had two get togethers with them. It was a nice visit as well.

The rest of our time was spent seeing friends and helping out with my mom with what we could. I hope everyone else had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

a week of milestones

This has been quite the week for Josiah! I have found that there are some weeks that go by where I don't really notice much about his development and then a week will come along and BANG we see a bunch of things. Here is a list of some of the things he is doing:

1. He is now rolling from his back to his tummy. The first time he did this he was laying across my lap on his back and he just rolled down my legs. He almost fell off but I caught him. It was pretty cute. Now he is really starting to enjoy periods of laying by himself on the floor or our bed. This is a big thing for him because most of the time he wants to be held by either Steven or I.

2. He is able to sit up unsupported for a couple of seconds before he falls. His balance is getting a lot better and he is working those ab muscles! He also can stand and hold himself up against the couch or ottoman without support from us. He loves to straighten his legs and stand. I try not to let him do it too much because I'm afraid his leg bones aren't ready for it!

3. He has moved from 3-6 months clothing to 6-9 month clothing. He is only 4 1/2 months long and about 17 lbs but this kid is LONG. He clothes often become too short in the torso before they fit around his waist. Luckily the cloth diapers help fill out the pants a little bit more so it actually all fits. (We are loving the cloth diapers by the way... we'll do a post about that later).

4. This one I think is the best of all. On Thursday he had his first full on giggle/ belly laugh. It was so sweet. He did it for Steven while they were sitting at the kitchen table and Josiah was in his bumbo. Steven was just playing with him and he let out this adorable full on giggle. I had been waiting SO long to hear that from him. On Friday he did it for me! My heart melted.

5. He is also talking more and really grabbing for things. I can no longer hold him on my lap while eating without having to hold the food/wrappers far away from us. Also, his favorite toy is an empty water bottle. We discovered this after buying him a $20 teething giraffe. Haha. Her name is sophie and he still likes her but he prefers the water bottle.

That pretty much sums up the week in the life of Josiah. He did have his first "hoodie" day on Tuesday. The picture at the top shows him enjoying the day.

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