2 yr old stats

And this is how he sleeps.

Sweet pumpkin baby at Gigi and Teetoes

baby  pilates

 Gigi trying to round up the grandkids to read them a story

 Poking Mama in the booty and thinking it is the most hilarious thing ever

Shoulder Dimples!

Best Friends!

We had our well visit this last week. Here are his stats:
Weight: 28 pounds and 65%
Height: 34 3/4 and 56%
Head: 49 1/2 and 82%

We had to see a new doctor, Dr. Kruppstadt, at STEP Pediatrics. Our old doctor, Dr Byrd moved away. I was so sad to hear that because Joseph used to always say "Dr. Byrd, tweet tweet" We liked the new doc and she said his growth looks good, big head means big brains. He has always mmeasured a big head but it's funny because I do not think he looks like he has a big head at all, it looks normal to me :) She said his feet will get bigger soon and he will start to get taller, she said he is still chunky. She gave me the names of a few books that may help with some issues we are having. One is "Slove Yours Child's sleep Problems" as Joseph's nighttime sleep is not on track anymore. He is getting up at 3:45ish am and staying up wanting to play and begin his day. He will scream bloody murder when we close the door and leave him in there. We've put a door knob lock on the inside to keep him in there and boy does that make him mad. I usually cannot let him scream for long but I don't know what to do and we need our sleep....Another book she suggested was a "Guide to your Child's nutrition". She is positive he is eating good balanced meals and enough protein but she said this will help me introduce different kinds of foods. He is kinda stuck on the same thing every day...Eggs, yogurt, peanut butter, applesauce, grapes, banana, beans or tofu, crackers, salmon patties, broccoli and kale, and he drinks milk, water or juice and water mixed. She said we need to switch to 2% milk now, no more whole milk! She also suggested "Toilet Training in a day". She said it does not take a day (it takes longer) and to not push it, if he is not ready then it is not a good time.
Joseph got 2 shots and his blood drawn :( I helped hold him down for the blood, they took it out of his arm. He watch and did not even cry!! But then he screamed when he got 2 shots in his thigh. He got the flu shot and his last Hep shot. If he stays well then he won't need to see the doctor until he is 3 years old! I wonder if any child goes a year without seeing the doctor ha! That would be nice.

I will begin working full time from Nov 12th until the beginning of Feb. I am taking a co-workers hours because she is on maternity leave. I will get off at 3pm, so it's not so bad and Mrs. Claudia doesn't mind keeping Joseph a few more hours a day.

Next post will be pics of his 2 yr old HOT WHEELS birthday party! Stay tuned!

Busy baby at 2 yrs old

Making a call on his birthday

A little scared of the candles

 Opening his gift from Mommy and Daddy

Loves the horse!

At a picnic given by the water company, he loves sliding!

 He enjoys skying with family, and loves sitting at the computer with you.

Here he is checking Tee-toes e-mail.

He has had a lot of 1st's in the last 2 months.
-First fast food, a taco bell taco (he loved it)
-Climbed (fell) out of his crib for the 1st time, now we have the side off
-Understands if he walks down the hallway at night, mommy and daddy are sleeping in bed
-he's been locked in his room for the first time. I've had to get a door knob lock on the inside so he will stay in his room at night.
-he is starting to NOT take naps, ugh. He puts up a huge fight. He won't nap for the sitter either, he climbs out of the pack and play.
-First major scream fit in the car and I could not get him in the car seat so thank goodness I had the stroller in the trunk. We strolled for about 30 min before trying again.
-first train ride at St. Edwards fall festival. I don't think he even realized he was on a train, he had no facial expression the whole time.
-He started not liking bath time, I'm not sure why, but I've had to bathe with him the last few weeks.

On Wednesday when Joseph turned 2 we had a nice family evening together. The 3 of us went to Mario's where Joseph loves the beans and rice. He likes looking at the fish in the aquarium there too. We got home and Joey had bought him a snickerdoodle cupcake at The Cupcake Shake down the road. We lit the candles and sang to him. He was scared of the candles and would not blow them. Then he would only eat the cupcake if we put it in his mouth. He took 2 tiny bites then was "all done" "all done"! He opened the gift from us which was a hot wheels car and a bouncy red horsey from Babies r us. He loves the horse!!  We had a nice evening together for his birthday. This weekend we had a get together with family and neighbors. I will post pics once I gather them all up. Overall I think he had  great 2nd birthday!

Joseph goes for his well check with a new doc on Wed. so stay tuned!

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Where did the time go?

Pumpkin Head

VERY rainy camping weekend

My favorite picture of Quinn and Joseph

Beck and Jenna chillin in the pack and play in our camper

Joseph LOVES to jump and roll around on the bed in the camper.

Sweet potato pancakes! Yummy for my tummy!

The wet campers

 The traditional camping picture

Jenna and Joseph taking a snooze on a misty walk

All the kids!

We headed to Hunstville State Park with some friends for the weekend about 2 weeks ago. We thought about cancelling because of the rain, but we only camp with these friends about once a year and didn't want to miss it. It wasn't a normal camping trip for any of us, we didn't go far from home because a friend had passed away tragically and Saturday morning all the guys attended the funeral together. Us mom's stayed and tended to the children. So Joey was away until about noon on Saturday, but it rained all afternoon so we just rested and napped in the camper. The rain broke just enough so we could have a cook out for dinner with everyone and a campfire. THen once the electricity went out Saturday night, we called it a night and it rained some more and even as we left the next day. Not my ideal weather for camping. So besides Joseph standing in an ant bed right when we got there, the rain all weekend, Tony's funeral, and no electricity Saturday night, we are glad we went. As our good friends were mourning the loss of their very close friend, it was nice to have our own friends next to us and listening to the children laughing and playing made it all worthwhile. 

Please pray for the soul of Tony and for peace as his parents struggle to live life without their son.

Celebrate at the ZOO

Here he is relaxing before he saw any animals

First stop, the petting Zoo at the barnyard. There were little brushes and he gave each goat ONE brush. Yes, one brush and then he moved on to the next goat.

He loved this machine at the barnyard. You press the red button and it made the animal sound. There was an empty cage behind this machine and everytime Joseph pushed the button he would go look in the cage for the animal, it was so funny. He did NOT want to leave this machine and we had to coax him away...

 He loved these drums !

The giraffes scared him a little but as long as Daddy was holding him he was ok. He did not take his eyes off of him though!

Joseph really enjoyed watching this otter swim back and forth in the water.

The elephants were up close and personal. We saw 2 babies and mommys. They loved the hay!

Joseph crawled through a tube that sent him within a large aquarium. He LOVED this, he wouldn't let any other children crawl through and then he wouldn't come out. So yes, Mommy had to get in this STINKY tube and drag him out. Then I stood up too soon and hit my head on the rock ceiling, it hurt like the dickens.

We met a dinosaur too.

After our good news at Dr. Roy's office, we planned an evening at the zoo! I was SO excited about the zoo and couldn't wait to see Joseph's reactions at all the animals. I think we covered the whole Zoo except the seal and panda bear. Those will have to wait until next time. My favorite was the elephants and I think his favorite was the barn yard! We were there from 3:30 until 7pm. I think we got our money's worth, all 3 of us had a great time!