First, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone! As I'm sure everyone has, we have been busy these last few weeks. We spent most of last week in Lexington, visiting my Aunt's Thursday night for Christmas Eve Dinner (Andy and I took time out and enjoyed the babysitters while we went to Porter's Christmas Eve service). We spent Christmas morning at my mom's then drove to Owensboro to spend Christmas evening with Andy's family. Joshua had a great first Christmas...and was very blessed with lots of toys and clothes. It was a little overwhelming (both for Joshua and his parents), but we're grateful for so many family members that love him and us. Most of all, we're thankful for God's gift of salvation through Christ, which is why we can celebrate and have hope all year round.
Before Christmas, we celebrated my grandfather's 92nd birthday. He is in Country Place nursing home, which is attached to the Lafayette where my other grandfather and uncle Johnny live. My grandfather has not able to get out of bed for the past several months after a fall in September, but he is now comfortable, and we appreciate your prayers for him and our family through this season. We feel blessed for the long life God has blessed him with and hope he will continue to be comfortable until the Lord calls him home.
We had a get together at Mark & Traci's two weekends ago and enjoyed getting to see many friends. Joshua was able to play with two of his friends, Ben Marsh and Hallie Johnson. It was great to catch up with so many of our friends.
We went to Eric & Joni Beth's in part to move furniture after their painting finished up. We had a great visit. First, we laughed as Joshua pulled all the bows off Aunt Joni Beth's Christmas gifts. Then, we all played Beatles Rock Band, which was so much fun. We're again glad they found jobs and a great house in Lexington, and we look forward to many more times together.
Joshua continues to crawl everywhere and has started looking for anything possible to pull up on. He can cruise along the couch, his pack-n-play, and on some of his toys. The funniest development of his new mobility is his interest in Emma's cage. He often crawls in the laundry room, opens and closes the cage door and sometimes even crawls inside. He also likes to bang Emma's food bowl on the floor or the cage. This upsets the dog to no end. When Joshua moves to the laundry room, Emma will sit outside the door and whine. She looks at Joshua, then looks at me, then back at Joshua as if to say, "Do you see that he is messing with my stuff! What are you going to do about this!" She then sneaks in the cage as soon as he moves to one side and begins to save her things (blanket, sleeping pad, toys etc.) from his evil grasp by pulling them out into the kitchen or living room. All the while, Joshua remains generally oblivious to her stress level. This Joshua/Emma showdown moved to Owensboro where Andy's family enjoyed it immensely. As you can see, Joshua sat in an empty cage since Emma had already rescued all she could carry.
Since he's now 9 months old, he is allowed to try all kinds of new foods. Almost nothing is officially off limits anymore, but with only two teeth, the list is still narrow. Though, Joshua gets better at chewing/gumming every day. It's been exciting to see his expressions as he's tried cheese, potatoes, rice, lots of fruits, breads, muffins and soft veggies. Our favorite was his experience with our peppermint chocolate chip Blizzard. We gave him a tiny taste, thinking the extreme sweetness or peppermint flavor might be too much. At first, he cringed at the unexpected taste. Then promptly opened his mouth as wide as he could to let us know he wanted more of that.
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