Great Video Clip

My dad sent us this youtube clip the other day. It was a great reminder of life in Russia back on our missions.

12 Month Pictures

I took Joshua's 12 month pictures today. These were some of my favorites. They show Joshua's many expressions.

1 year old.

On June 10th Joshua turned one! I can't believe it has been a year since I had him, it has gone way to fast. He is getting so big. He has been walking all over the place for a few weeks, and is really starting to communicate. He shakes his head yes and no, and says uh-oh. He will point to things he wants, and is very determined to get what he wants. He has a great personality and is really fun to spend my days with.

In the morning I took Joshua to see all the animals at Shelburne Farms. Even though he didn't know it was his birthday I wanted to do something that would be special and fun for him. He loves the chicken and tractors and always has a great time.

For his birthday party we made him a fruit salad, chicken and a pile of vegan cupcakes. He is doing really well with allergies but we are still taking it slow. We tried to get the grandparents on web cam but it didn't work out so they ended up singing with us on speaker phone. He was very excited about the cupcakes, and candle.



Initially he didn't really like the flavor.



Then he started to dig in to it and started to like it, but was still a little unsure.



For his birthday present we got him a sporty little car. We can push him down the side walk, and when he gets older the bottom comes our so he can drive himself. He loves it! We have been driving every where in it. He will sit there and totally turn the wheel and shift the gears. It was a great Craig's list find.



After dinner and cake he was really tired and went to bed. It was a fun day with him.

Updates

First of all I need to start with Joshua’s 11 month pictures. We have not had internet for a while and then our camera keeps breaking, basically blogging has been difficult lately. This is Joshua a month ago. As you can tell he is pretty hard to catch on camera, he was crawling all over the place. I have never been one for the serious portrait shot anyway. My favorite is the raised eyebrow smirk, it is a classic Joshua look. He is a very happy baby.

 

 

 

 

On memorial day our friends had a lake house that their family had rented. We had a BBQ and went canoeing on the lake. Joshua loved the water and the sand. He had been walking about a week at this point. You can see how he holds his arms up and out to balance himself when he walks.

 

We also gave Joshua his first haircut. He had a major mullet, so Caleb felt pretty strong about fixing it.

Internet Woes...

Here it is: a new post, finally. You see, we had been splitting the internet bill with our neighbors, until they moved out a month ago. Since then we've been stuck mooching a wireless connection off of our other neighbors until we figure out a real solution. The end result is that we haven't had much of a chance to keep up at the blog.

Summer's here, so we've been keeping really busy around the house. We decided to try doing a bit of a video blog this time to see how it turns out. Most of it is Joshua growing up and getting funnier. Some of it is also things around our house, so for those of you here in Vermont it's probably not worth the time. Of course, even then it's probably a bit cheesy.

Enjoy at your own peril...

Joshua always laughs when we blow on his belly, but now he's figured out how to do it back. He's trying to mimic everything we do now.



This one he thought up on his own, without any encouragement from me. He always likes to play in the dirt, but all the sudden started dropping handfuls of it on the cat and laughing at her reaction. Smart kid...

One of his favorite foods has been grapes. If he sees them around, good luck getting his attention on anything else until he has it.

His other favorite food lately has been watermelon. He gets a piece and chews his way through it without taking it from his mouth. It's funny, but very messy. Hence the outside and no clothes.

Lastly, here's a quick video of our garden. Kathryn has been working hard at it, and Joshua has been doing his best to sample all the dirt. It's been a fun project so far, and hopefully will give us lots of food throughout the summer and fall.