Josh is growing like a weed!! Whenever people ask us how old he is, they're shocked that he's not any older than he is. It's hard to believe he'll be 8 months old tomorrow!
Aside from getting bigger, Josh is now eating table food. He did really well with baby food, until we got to Stage 3. I don't think he even ate a single jar of the stuff! He hated it!! So our doctor said we could start trying new things. We started with chicken and mashed potatoes. The boy was in heaven! Since that day, he's eaten pretty much every kind of meat that Mom and Dad have eaten, including steak! The only thing we've tried that he hasn't liked is macaroni and cheese. Sorry, Aunt Janette, if you babysit you'll have to come up with a better menu or have Smitty cook!!! Teasing, of course.
Josh's shirts are constantly wet from drool. You'd think an entire mouth of teeth was starting to come through!! He does have four teeth already, two on top and two on bottom, which come in very handy when steak is on the menu!
We're not crawling yet, but anxious to. I'm not sure Mom and Dad are anxious because, unlike his sister when she was a baby (no baby proofing back then), Josh is a very curious little boy and will be into everything, we're sure!!! And if he gets his hands on something, it's bound to end up in his mouth!
Here's a picture of our little man, who Dad has nicknamed "Turbo", with one of his favorite toys from Christmas.
Emma, too, has decided to have a growth spurt. A few of her pairs of pants, which we had to hem up last spring and summer, are now high water pants. But that's okay...better up than out, right?? Emma loves Kindergarten and is doing really well. She recently participated in a cheer clinic and will be cheering during halftime of a Southeast Polk girls basketball game this Friday. It'll be fun, although 3 hours of practice 6 days before performing is not enough for a bunch of little girls to learn not only a cheer, but also a dance routine!! Don't they realize that 5-6 year olds naturally all have ADD!!??? Okay, bad joke, but seriously...it's like the little kid picking flowers in center field, but this is 50+ little girls doing it! It will be interesting, I'm sure!!
February 5th will be a special day for Emma. She and Daddy get to go on a date! SEP is holding a Father-Daughter dance. Emma will get her hair, makeup and nails done that afternoon, and she's so excited for that and that she will get to wear a pretty princess dress and Daddy will be in a shirt and tie! I guess Josh and I will have to have a Mother-Son date night too. Where do you take a (will be) 9 month old on a date?
Here is Emma with her Rapunzel doll that Santa brought her!
Well, that's it for now. Happy blogging everybody!
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