Special

Over the Thanksgiving break we stayed a week in Corsicana. We visited my Memaw and Aunt Eileen at the nursing home. Here is Joseph holding each of their hands. Very special :)

Yummy but tired

Halloween

I'm trying to get caught up before the end of the year :) Joseph was Batman at all the Halloween festivities we attended the month of October. He ate more candy this month than he ever has. We went to the Trick or Treat trail at Jesse Jones park where he loved the hayride most of all. Halloween night we ate hot dogs with the neighbors and decided to head to a few houses. He was a challenge that night, it all began when he did not want to be batman. So he ended up being a barefooted fireman. At about the 2nd house of trick or treating, the decorations scared him (a skeleton) and then he wanted to us to carry him. I was cold and went home and Joey took him to a few more houses. We will probably do something different next year. Depends if he is still scared of Halloween things! All his pictures of the barefooted foreman are on joeys phone.

My Batman

 

Random phone pictures

Daddy makes things so fun. We bought this bike trailer and during october he would put my yard flag into on the trailer while we went on rides.

Just a little water cooler fun.

A cool but sunny october day.

He loves helping me make bread and then watching the machine go to work.

A beautiful fall flag.

3 yr Stats

The blogger will not separate my paragraphs, so I'm sorry it posts all as one... Weight 33 pounds, 65% Height 38 inches, 66% As Joseph begins his 3rd year, I am happy to say I will be staying at home with him again. I was a stay at home momma for his first 18 mths of life, then I went back to work part time for the next year and a half. Thankfully, after many hard months and many, many migraines we made the choice for me to stay at home again. I had much anxiety about this, but I believe it is the best for our family at this time. I still pray my headaches will go away, something just hasn't been right with my body for the last year and a half. Here's to hoping by me staying at home, my pain will cease. It is hard being a wife and mommy when you feel like the pain never goes away :( enough about me.... Joseph is such a joy! As always he keeps us laughing and he has many a tantrum too. Food: I feel like he eats the same things over and over again because he does... Eggs with kale and cheese, oatmeal with tofu and banana, plain yogurt with tahini and applesauce, raw sunflower seeds with dates, beans, rice, corn, sweet potato frys, cereal-frosted mini wheats, cheerios, rice krispies, crispix, tuna, pasta, spaghetti, raisins, he is on a huge apple kick right now, he wants them all the time. He had a few bites of tamale yesterday :) He won't try new things and he barely eats any veggies :( Oh well, the doc said he is growing great and he is getting enough protein (prob because he would eat eggs for every meal if I let him)Unhealthy stuff he eats is the hot dog weenies, spaghetti O's, tons of Halloween candy that made him constipated, pizza, and granola bars. Favorites: playing with his cars, everything with wheels is his favorite, kicking the soccer ball, reading his books, playing with the marble track, wrestling with daddy and gina, going in his new "fast" stroller, and playing tools with daddy and his motorcycle. He isn't really into crafts but will ask to paint every now and then, he also asks to play "scrapbooking" with me and I let him use my stamps. He started imaginary play and wants his cars to talk to each other, so I am one car and he is another and we play out a scene, usually consisting of the other car going to a car show, or going to Mr. Greg's house where Shauna is. LOL He also likes to pretend he is a character out of his books. The doctor said a 3 yr old can watch 2 hours of screen time a day, this includes tv, phones, and i pads. So if our schedule allows, he will watch sesame street, and/or Thomas the train. He loves watching these shows, and when I tell him to turn it off he will fake cry everytime and then push the power button :) and we move on to the next activity. His Daddy: Joseph LOVES his daddy. Today for nap he asked for his daddy's pillow. I'm not sure where that came from but he is sleeping on it now. In the mornings he will say, Daddy is outside mowing, or Daddy is asleep, I always tell him, no Daddy's at work! He wants to know where Daddy is all the time. At bedtime he only wants his Daddy to read him books, he will tell me to leave, or go "eat lunch" just to get me out of there!! It is so funny and I don't take it personal! Joseph loves working on Joey's motorcycle with real tools. We will ask if we can start it up and Joseph says NO!, it's too LOUD!! He loves when Joey pulls him behind his bike in the bike trailer. I will ask Joseph if I can pull him and he gets all bent out of shape because only Daddy can pull him haha Talking: I really need to start writing down everything Joseph is saying. He talks wonderful and will repeat any word you want him to say. I am currently working on teaching him my phone number. He says the most funny things ! I'll post some soon! I can't believe my baby is 3! It make me sad to see him growing up and not a baby anymore. I've loved every stage with him and although he has had some major melt downs, it's nothing we can't handle! I have taken a break from grocery shopping with him after the last melt down in Kroger... it was the worst ever. Other than that, we are good!

3rd Gear Birthday Party!

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So months in advance I started planning Joseph's b-day party. (I'm a little obsessed) I had adorable gear scrapbooking paper that I made his invites with. And I decided to go with the theme of "Gears" and have it at the Woodlands Children's museum, inviting about 10 children. I had a hard time finding paperwear with gears and not so much robots. Joseph is scared of some robots and I wanted to make sure I found something that stuck with the main theme of gears. After searching a lot online I came across the gear plates and napkins with a cartoonish robot that I thought were perfect. I found robot/gear wrapping paper at the dollar tree I used for some decoration. I had a banner with about 5 scrapbook pages I had made from newborn-3 yrs. I cut our gear shapes with my cricut for the table decorations. I also had take home favors for the children that included adorable gear bowls and gear cups I found at Target (they were PERFECT!) The menu included Chicken salad sandwiches on croissants, a meat and cheese tray, fruit bowl, chee-toes because that is Joseph's fav and I never buy them, gear cookies, juice boxes, Gear cake, and cupcakes. We had the party room for 2 hours, so the children got to play and then we did happy birthday and opened gifts. Of course Joseph held his ears for "Happy Birthday" like he does at every birthday party. So funny... I dressed him in a "3 3" shirt but forgot his b-day hat for the party. The picture posted is when we got home. He blew out his candle perfectly and was excited to open his gifts. He would have been content just opening one, but we urged him on to open the others. He had a fun time. He would play with the train set there for hours! My family was a great help and I wanted to thank all of them!! I was a little crazy trying to get everything in order and making sure the party was perfect! It was fun and I think Joseph really enjoyed it! Excuse the double picture postings, I can't seem to get blogger to post my pictures correctly.....