coming soon...

Video clips - we went out and bought a hard drive Sony video camera today. As soon as I learn how to use it and imovie there will be lots of clips for you to view. You'll get to hear Josiah cry, coo, and also watch him smile. Have a great weekend!

baby wise

so josiah really hasn't been on too much of a schedule until last week. i got the book babywise from a friend. numerous people have recommended it and say that it is the best thing ever! the main goal is to get your baby on a routine but yet still be flexible and fit into the parents lifestyle. none of this "child-centered parenting" where the child runs the parents schedule. the best part is we still go out and have fun with friends until all hours of the night or is that morning? the routine is feed, awake, nap. in that specific order is the key. so far it's working great. he's getting closer and closer to having every four hours feedings and he's doing good falling asleep on his own - in his crib. the last few nights he's been only waking up at 3:30 am and having one feeding. i've found that in the evenings he likes to just eat continually, so that's one thing we are working on. but other than that i would say it's working great and would recommend the book to anyone. lots of great tips and interesting concepts.

tonight joel and i sat on the couch with him and sang some songs and talked to him a lot...he really smiled big time and came close to laughing. i think it was the first time he really focused on the both of us. tomorrow we are going to do some research and find the best video camera - hopefully we will have it by the weekend and you'll soon be watching a lot more clips of him on here. time is gone by so fast - i've already got a few outfits that he has grown out of. i'm ready to have another one - yeah i'm crazy - but i'm ready to be pregnant again - maybe not have the baby - just be pregnant.

pirates

we got a pirate onsie from sarah and betsy. he's ready to play some dread pirate...all he needs is a patch for his eye.
also, below is a picture of josiah coming in from a long car ride/trip to branson. it was a full day of shopping and eating pizza.

big smiles

today josiah was playing on his surf mat and he is starting to focus a lot more. we got him to give us some good smiles for the camera. he even started to laugh slightly. oh and by the way if you haven't visited the site in a while, i've posted a lot recently so check out the previous pages...only 3 posts show up at a time on the front page. And don't be afraid to comment, josiah's been wondering if anyone out there is reading this!

surfer boy

we had a baby shower last Saturday with people from Joel's work and Josiah got a lot cool stuff. here he is on the surfer board mat. it's pretty neat and even has water with floating fish for him to look at. as you can see in the pictures below Josiah thinks it's a ton of fun...he even fell asleep surfing on it.

fall pics

we found a great place that had some beautiful fall colors in the trees so we snapped some quick pictures of all of us.

pics

here are a few quick pictures that I snapped of Josiah this morning before heading out for some shopping.