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!

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!