He's a giggling man

I kind of feel bad throwing a block at him, but he seems to like it!

Visiting Opa

Last weekend my Dad was in St Albert and the Alberta and NWT Regional Agility Trials with their Golden Lab, Bogey. Joshua and I decided we would go and spend part of the day with them and cheer Opa and Bogey on! The day turned out to be quite nice although there was a bit of wind which prevented me from realizing that I was getting a bit of a sunburn. Thankfully Joshua was asleep in his stroller so he was shadded from the sun.

Just Pictures

4 Months Old

Where has the time gone!

Today Joshua is 4 months old, I can hardly believe it. He went for his immunizations on Tuesday and he weighed 15 lbs 13 ounces and was 25 inches long, he has now moved into the 75th percentile (at his last checkups he was always in the fiftieth). He handled his immunizations better this time and was happy for the first four hours but after that he was quite cranky, we made sure he got lots of extra cuddles!


He continues to make us laugh with his adorable smiles, silly giggles and interesting sounds; his newest sound is a gurgling at the back of his throat. He is starting to notice his toys in front of him and conentrates really hard on them and he is really working up to figuring out how to use his hands.
Sleeping is going well, he is averaging 7-10 hours of sleep straight and then gets up to eat and goes back to sleep for another 3 hours or so, I really can't complain.

Happy Father's Day

We celebrated Chris' first Father's Day today. We went out for breakfast with my Dad, Wendy, Grandma, Poppa, Uncle Steve, Aunt Jan and Meaghan; unfortunately Geoff (aka "the godfather") had to work. After breakfast we spent a quiet afternoon at home.

This is a first

Joshua was happily playing on his mat this afternoon and I was in the kitchen I look over at him and he was passed out cold. Normally he cries to tell me he is tired and closes his eyes but nothing he just played himself to sleep, maybe its from his busy day of practicing rollover and giggling up a storm. I guess I will just leave him there!

Our Family This Week

Joshua is continuing to grow like a weed, I took him to be weighed again last week and he was 15 lbs 3 oz, he is quite the little pork chop!









Last week we picked up an exercauser for him and I was suprised that his feet rest quite easily on the bottom, I was anticipating having to put a book under his feet for a little while. He seems most fascinated with the mirror on it and spends most of his time staring at himself!





He seems to be more interested in the Jolly Jumper as well, he is still not quite sure about the whole jumping thing but he is slowly getting the hang of it.

Tummy time has gotten a lot better, he seemed to go from screaming his head off with his face pressed against the floor to lifting his head up and looking around, over night. I now prop board books and stuffed toys in front of him so that he can look at them!

Jump, Jump, Jump Around!

Now that Joshua is three months, we have started putting him in his Jolly Jumper. He likes to stand in our laps so we thought he would love it. At this point he is still not to sure what to do with it other than spin around but I think it will likely take a couple of tries for him to really figure it out. Since Joshua loves to look around outside we have set the stand up infront of the big window in our living room so that he can look outside.

The stand takes up most of our living room so hopefully he enjoys it because it is quite the eyesore, oh what we will do for our children!

Sitting in Higher Places

We have set up Joshua's high chair! He still seems a little uncertain about it so will only tolerate it for a couple of minutes at a time. I think this new chair will come in handy as Joshua really seems to be slowing his swing down with his weight, even on the maximum setting it takes forever to get going..

Three months!

Last Tuesday Joshua turned 3 months. I don't know where the time has gone. I took him to be weighed the Friday before the long weekend and he was 13lbs 11 oz and 24 inches long. He has gained almost 7 full pounds and grown 4 inches in only 3 months.



He loves to sit on the couch or floor in his Boppy Pillow while smiling and talking or just plain staring at the wall/ceiling.

I packed up all of his 0/3 month clothes a couple of weeks ago (I put one of his sleepers on and it turned into a v-neck with 3/4 length sleeves) and now his 3/6 month sleepers are getting a bit snup as well, although his 3/6 month outfits still have quite a bit of room (I am bit confused by this!)

The smiles have progressed!

My days are now filled with lots of smiles, they have been coming for a few weeks and started just before my Nana came to meet him for the first time, by the time she left he was flashing his gummy smile all over the place. Now he is chatting up a storm, he will sit in his pillow and chat away and when I talk back he smiles his big smile right back at me, on a few occassions I have even got what sounded like a giggle, it is the sweetest sound!

Some much needed sleep!

I am happy to report that Joshua is pretty much sleeping through the night. It has been five nights now that I have enjoyed at least 7 hours of sleep straight (or should I say he is getting at least 7 hours straight, I need to start going to bed earlier). I have discovered that if I let him have an early evening nap and put him to bed at around 10:00 he won't wake up until around 5:30 to eat and then goes back to sleep until 9 or 10 o'clock. It is so wonderful to only have to get up once a night, although he has only ever gotten up twice a night so I really can't complain. He is also napping alot better during the day. It is true what they say, a well rest baby sleeps better!

This is an old picture, but the most recent one I have of him sleeping!

Joshua's Baptism

On April 28 we celebrated Joshua's Baptism. He was baptized at the same church and by the same priest who married Chris and I, Father Andrew.

Joshua wore the same gown that my sister and I wore.

Many visitors came to celebrate with Joshua, including Auntie Sarah, all the way from England; Great Grandma, from Ottawa; and Grand Aunt Pat, from Vancouver.

Joshua sitting in his Boppy Pillow with his Chris before the service began, we take this pillow almost everywhere we go.

Joshua and his Auntie Sarah, who is also his Godmother, and his Grandma!

Joshua and his Godfather Geoff, my cousin

Joshua and his Grand Aunt Pat from Vancouver.

I am missing some pictures that are on other people's camera's so I will update this when I get them.

Playtime!

I have to share these pictures because I laugh everytime I see the last one.

This is how play time usually starts out, all happy, he is even waving hello to the camera.

And this is how playtime ends."Please mommy I am done, no more pictures."

Tummy Time

Joshua seems to enjoy sleeping on his tummy the most, which I don't let him do, so whenever I put him on his mat for some good ol tummy time he puts his head down as if he is going asleep. I have now started to prop him up on his Boppy Pillow and that seems to keep him awake and he enjoys being able to see around much more.

Wow 2 Months Now!

Ok, it has been a while since I last updated!

Joshua is now over 2 months old and I can't believe how fast the time has gone by. He has been growing like crazy, he gained a whole pound in one week and now weighs 11 lbs 8 oz and is 22 inches long. He smiles and coos more and more everyday which makes my job so rewarding. Sleeping has been going fairly, it has been a little disrupted by the move and then by his shots, but things are getting better he still on gets up about twice a night.

Joshua is One Month Old today!

Where has the the time gone!

He continues to grow, and is over 8 lbs now, I have noticed a difference when I pick him up! I took him to the doctor yesterday and his bilirubin count was down far enough that he doesn't have to for blood tests anymore.

We are going to spend the day visiting his Nona (my stepmother) at work and we may also go and see his Opa (my Dad) too.

I think we are crazy!

Since the arrival of Joshua, Chris and have been noticing a dramatic decrease in the amount of space available in our house, wow babies and there toys take up a lot of space. We weren't really even thinking about moving for another 4 years at least but we happened to notice a house for sale down the street that we really liked. We decided to just go and take a look at it and see if it was as good as we thought it would be. Turns out it is better! So on Tuesday we put an offer on it and this morning the called and accepted our offer.

We love our current house but as I mentioned the >1200 square feet is feeling really tight now that we have another body in the house. This new house is 1562 square and has everything we wanted in a house, 3 bedrooms, two and a half baths, decent size kitchen, etc. It is also brandnew, the current owners never moved in.

Here are some pictures.

Rollin, Rollin, Rollin

Joshua has been enjoying some playtime on his activity mat, he can entertain himself for about 10 minutes by just staring at the toys that hang over him.

The other day, I put in on his tummy and he rolled over within seconds. He doesn't seem to mind his tummy time, but it has to be on his own terms.

Unfortunately, I didn't catch the moment on camera but here is some footage of him playing (don't mind my camera skills, I was just messing around).

My little Gloworm

A few days after Joshua came home, he started to develop jaundice. He is now almost four weeks and it finally seems to be clearing up, thank goodness. It was tough, since he was born we have been taking him for weekly blood tests so they could test his bilirubi levels. I am not sure who the first on was harder on me or him, thank goodness for Chris becuase he stayed with him while I stood in the hall and cried. We are pros at it now and the last two times they were able to get it from his arm instead of squeezing it out of his foot.


In this picture you can see how yellow he was!