Thanksgiving fun

We had a very nice holiday in Corsicana, Elm Mott, and Elk. We went to my Aunt and Uncles for turkey dinner and then over to my Grampy's for another plate! It was nice to see the family and kiddos. We got to meet Addison for the first time, such a cutie! We also visited my Memaw in West. She really enjoyed seeing all the kids. My dad got a new big screen and Joseph's eyes were glued to it every time it was on. No turkey for Joseph this year, but maybe next year he can have a leg or two. We are looking forwards to Christmas!

Decades Party for Marilyn

We had a fun party for Marilyn's 60th birthday. Becca came up with an idea to have a decades party and people could dress up if they wanted. We had cute decorations ranging from the 50's to the 80's and balloons and good food. Max and Evan had fun dancing and eating lots of candy from the candy bar! Joseph enjoyed crawling around and he loved looking directly into the strobe light...It was a fun time and nice to see family friends!

Happy Birthday Evan!

Birthday Boy!Max!
Joseph signing "fan"

Becca and the boys were here for a week and we were able to celebrate Marilyn's birthday and Evans! It was great to see and spend time with the cousins. We had dinner at Red Robin for Evan's birthday. THe boys got balloons and Max and Evan had yummy ice cream. Joseph only got mac and cheese, mama didn't want him to have ice cream just yet :) Can't believe Evan is 2 !

Happy Thanksgiving!

Turkey Trot 2011 James L. Collins Catholic School

1 year well-visit

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Daddy was laying on his back on the floor and Joseph brought him a book and climbed up in his "lap". LOL It's a good thing Dada had this book memorized!
Poor Joseph and his girly bandaid


Since Joseph was sick with fever the week he was suppose to have his well visit, we rescheduled and went on Monday. We saw a different doctor this time because Dr. Byrd was sick. I really loved this doctor, he seemed well experienced and his cousin went to school with our ENT, Dr. Roy! We also had a discussion about Joseph's misdiagnoses of laryngomalacia and this doctor had 2 babies with that diagnoses and actually had heart problems-not laryngomalacia. It seems as if ENT's are quick to diagnose malacia issues. I still pray other families and doctors will learn from our own experience.

Joseph was in a great mood at the doctors office. He talked and babbled the whole time and the doctor assured me his speech was coming along great! Joseph had a HUGE mosquito bite on his head the doctor said I could give him oral Benedryl for the swelling.

Stats:
Weight 21.5 #, 43%
Height 30.5", 60%
Head 47 cm, 70%
The doctor had a small concern about his growth, but he said they would not jump to conclusions about anything. Joseph has dropped in every percentile and only grew 1/2 inch since he was 9 mths old. He went from being in the 97% to the 60% in height. His head only grew 1 cm also. I am not concerned at all. I think he just grew real fast at first and now he is leveling out. Dr. Byrd will take a look when we go back in a couple months.

Joseph got 4 shots and I got one :(
He screamed bloody murder, but once i picked him up and gave him a cracker he was fine the rest of the day. He goes back in December for the booster shot for the flu. Me on the other hand... they gave me a flu shot and I was sick all night with fever, aches and pains. I feel fine now but it was awful!

Joseph is really enjoying picking out which books we read now. He will hand us one and sit in our lap. We've hung a swing on the back porch which he loves. He also loves riding in the wagon. He loves being outside! Joey is teaching him to go down the stairs feet first, and get off the couch feet first. He loves when Dada gets home from work because that means playtime. We love listening to him "talk". He makes a cute little baby talk voice when he talks about Kitty. He loves pointing out a picture of a baby and saying "Bebe". He now blows on his food if it is hot or not. He knows his tongue, nose, ear, and hair. He knows his socks and shoes go on his feet. I'm sure there are more but that's all I can remember.

I still can't believe he is 1 ! I'm so glad he's mine!

Just had to post these...

Dry Double Lake

Mama relaxing while baby naps
This was taken on the way home...you might be wondering why the baby has no pants on, read on to find out...
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We were SO excited to take the camper out on it's first trip! We took a mini family vacation up to Double Lake. The park ranger had called Joey to tell us the lake was all dried up from the drought, but we had no idea just how dry. Wow, we were able to walk across the lake on dry land. It was pretty sad, we had never seen anything like it. We enjoyed hiking around the lake with baby in stroller and just letting him and Gina play around the camp site. We didn't see much wildlife except for a few birds, squirrels, and a bunny. I was worried about where they were getting water. Joey assured me they drink he morning dew from grass...but I think they all looked thirsty. The first night it was freezing outside and I got cold inside, but we had a space heater to keep warm. I didn't want to use the campers heater cause it smelled bad when it turned on. The baby slept (more like cried) in his pack and play, but I've decided it's not coming with us next time. The second night I finally just put him in our bed and he slept better. Needless to say I didn't get much sleep...
So Joseph has never had diarrhea his whole 1 year of life...that is until we go camping. He broke in the camper good with many, many poopie blow out diapers. We're talking up the back and or down the leg. He messed in ALL his pants I brought him. And that's why he has no pants on in the picture above. He had been on antibiotics that caused his digestive system to get all out of wack for about a week! He's better now :) Overall it was a fun weekend and we are looking forwards to going again! We love our camper!