~Josiah's 1st attempt @ quad riding with Daddy ~

Below is a priceless photo of Steve and our son, Josiah, riding together for the 1st time on the 450 Kodiak Quad! Josiah was helping Daddy move some of the irrigation sprinklers & hoses....AND going V-E-R-Y slowly. They both had a blast, to say the least!!!!

Posts for Josiah.....

I just wanted to let everyone know that my plan is to keep most of the blog posts that are mainly pertaining to Josiah at the following blog of: ( http://www.josiah-roberts.blogspot.com/ ) until he's around a year old. About that time, my hope is to start posting about him on our family blog site of: ( www.steveandtraceyroberts.blogspot.com ) , as I do the rest of our family members. That said, if you are interested in some updates and photos about our little man until that time arrives, please visit the postings at this site!

~Tracey

Milestones.....

Mr Josiah just keeps hitting his milestones! It's so neat to see him close to being "on schedule" with his development. There are a few areas that he's still a bit behind, but he's quickly catching up....quickly enough that we can't really classify it as "behind" anymore since he's within the normal range for the skills he has yet to develop! My 4# 11oz boy has sure made some progress...he's now 16# 10.5 oz at 8.5mos old. Where, oh where, did the time go?!?!?

FIRST TOOTH!!!! Our little man just got his first tooth on June 29th! He didn't seem to have much problems with getting this tooth in. I always check each day and he just happened to have a tooth that day!

ALMOST CRAWLING!!! He's as close to crawling without actually crawling that a baby can get, I think! He gets up on all fours, rocks back and forth, then lunges forward to do a chest plant into the carpet...then back up for another lunge! He also rolls and does the army/combat crawl in between. It's now time to start baby-proofing this house! With three big sisters, and all that "big girl" stuff around, he's got plenty to get into!

Kiddie Pool JUST for Josiah ~ and a tour of the big pool!

Josiah in his very own blow-up kiddie pool for the very 1st time (along with big sister, Miranda, for support). He absolutely LOVED the chance to splash and kick around! We filled it with warm tap water from the house faucets to help keep the little guy warm!

The picture to the left was taken the same day of Josiah in our larger pool (4' deep, 18' across). Of course, his big sisters were standing just outside the view of the camera!

Happy Boy!

Mr Josiah, taking a break from playing to smile for the camera in May 2007.

Starting fresh with updates....

I've been so behind in updating my blogs that I've decided to just start fresh from the present with updates. I'll update previous happenings and events as time allows. I kept procrastinating posting updates because I was so far behind....just waiting for time to catch up, and finally decided that I'll just start fresh!

~Tracey

Jump! Jump! Jump!

Josiah decided he finally likes his "Johnny Jump-Up". Our boy will jump in it until his legs and body are exhausted! All three of his older sisters loved thd "Johnny Jump-Up" when they were infants, so it is very pleasing to see him finally decide it was fun for him!

Josiah's 1st foods

May 28th, 2007 (almost 7.5mos old): My blue eyed boy anxiously (?!??!?) awaiting his first attempt at solid foods. We discovered (thru research) that avocado typically make an excellent first food for baby ~ ~ however, our little man wasn't that impressed. Next time, I think I will prepare it finer, since I'm thinking that the texture might part of his dislike for it, considering it does have a fairly bland flavor.

June 5th, 2007 (a solid 7.5mos old): Here is a sweet picture of the boy tasting (baby) rice cereal for the first time. From the look on his face, I'm sure you can tell it wasn't very tasty to him, no matter how we prepared it. However, just a few days later on, he decided he truly did like it!

Bright and oh, so blue!

Here is Josiah treating me (mommy) to his beautiful smile before I left for my first day back to work. I work one day a week and Josiah stays home with daddy on that day. It seems they are both really enjoying their time together while I enjoy a day at a job I enjoy! It's so fun to see how much closer daddy and Josiah have become since I've started back to work....they are great buddies now!

A little "pre-dinner" fun at our house!

The girls and I had a little fun wtih the boy while making dinner one night! He was actually having a good time just hanging out in the pot!

Josiah is just such a welcome, wonderful addition to our family! We are so lucky to have him in our lives and his smile brings such joy to each one of us!