Joshua is walking!! He took his first steps by himself on Mother's Day and ever since has been walking a lot. He was 11 months and 1 day old. He still crawls but he is walking more and more. Today he walked about 20 steps on his own. It is so exciting to see him learning how to walk. He concentrates really hard every time he tries and I get all excited and start clapping for him but then he starts to laugh and get excited and fall over. I am learning to hold the excitement for the end of his walk.
Other Joshua news is that he can say Dada (usually Dida), Mama, and kitty (kikiki). He waves hello and bye-bye. He reaches out his hand and opens and closes it when he wants something. He loves cars, balls, the sand box, slide and swing. He especially loves being outside anytime I bring him inside he gets really mad at me. He laughs at his daddy and mommy the most, and loves playing peek-a-boo, getting thrown on the bed, getting tickled, this little piggy, and the "I'm gonna get you" game. The greatest news is it looks like he has outgrown his protein intolerance. I have been eating some eggs, dairy, nuts and soy and so far no reaction!! I have not given any to him yet. We are going to still go really slow introducing those foods after he is a year. He eats all the time now, basically anytime we eat he will sit and eat little fruits and veggies cut up small. He kind of skipped over the baby food stage which I was very glad of because I would rather just nurse him than sit and spoon feed him food. It always takes to long and is usually such a struggle. Of course he is still breast feeding, which is his favorite food choice.
Other news is that we have a little vegetable plot with all sorts of veggies growing. I am so excited I love working out in the garden and especially love eating fresh food. We also have tons of flowers and herbs growing all around our house. Everything is just starting to get going and hopefully it will all look really pretty. It is my favorite thing to do in the summer so Joshua and I have been out everyday working on things. Caleb is busy with his rotations. Right now he is working at the community health clinic, which is basically for the uninsured. He says it has been a very interesting experience, he does something different everyday. I have decided that I prefer outpatient medicine way more than inpatient. The outpatient hours are great regular work days, the inpatient days are long, and he would have call in the evenings. That is just my personal opinion. Caleb says outpatient is slow, but he said that about inpatient too, he just wants to do emergency med where he is doing procedures all day.
Pictures are on the way.
Other Joshua news is that he can say Dada (usually Dida), Mama, and kitty (kikiki). He waves hello and bye-bye. He reaches out his hand and opens and closes it when he wants something. He loves cars, balls, the sand box, slide and swing. He especially loves being outside anytime I bring him inside he gets really mad at me. He laughs at his daddy and mommy the most, and loves playing peek-a-boo, getting thrown on the bed, getting tickled, this little piggy, and the "I'm gonna get you" game. The greatest news is it looks like he has outgrown his protein intolerance. I have been eating some eggs, dairy, nuts and soy and so far no reaction!! I have not given any to him yet. We are going to still go really slow introducing those foods after he is a year. He eats all the time now, basically anytime we eat he will sit and eat little fruits and veggies cut up small. He kind of skipped over the baby food stage which I was very glad of because I would rather just nurse him than sit and spoon feed him food. It always takes to long and is usually such a struggle. Of course he is still breast feeding, which is his favorite food choice.
Other news is that we have a little vegetable plot with all sorts of veggies growing. I am so excited I love working out in the garden and especially love eating fresh food. We also have tons of flowers and herbs growing all around our house. Everything is just starting to get going and hopefully it will all look really pretty. It is my favorite thing to do in the summer so Joshua and I have been out everyday working on things. Caleb is busy with his rotations. Right now he is working at the community health clinic, which is basically for the uninsured. He says it has been a very interesting experience, he does something different everyday. I have decided that I prefer outpatient medicine way more than inpatient. The outpatient hours are great regular work days, the inpatient days are long, and he would have call in the evenings. That is just my personal opinion. Caleb says outpatient is slow, but he said that about inpatient too, he just wants to do emergency med where he is doing procedures all day.
Pictures are on the way.
