Co-Sleeping

I've been wondering why we've been loosing sleep over Joshua not sleeping just because he won't sleep in his bed, in his room. So, for the past two weeks he has been sleeping with us. He sleeps in bed with us and will talk for 5-10 minutes until he passes out....FOR THE NIGHT. We are in bed around 8:30pm and he wakes up at 5:30am. So, it is nice to say that we are now getting some sleep in this house. I've talked to a friend who's daughter co-slept with them till she was 18 months old and they transitioned her to her crib then and it went smoothly.

I know people are saying we should just let him cry-it-out in his crib, but Joshua works himself up so badly that he ends up throwing up he cries so hard. Yes, my son does not whimper because we aren't in the room with him, he goes into hysterics.

So, while this may not work for everyone who has kids, it has been working for us and I love having his little body pressed right up against mine, where at night he will wake for a minute, find my hand and hold it while he goes back to sleep. I figure that by July we will work on having him in his crib, but for now I am enjoying all the rest that we can get.

Big Belly

Joshua gets a little belly after he is done eating and we always ask if he has a big belly and he now shows it to us. He did this all after dinner, getting undressed for his bath, during his bath, and while getting dressed for bed. He started it again this morning. He thinks it's the funniest thing in the world to show off his "big belly".

Dancing Away

Joshua loves music....all kinds of music and will dance every where he goes when he hears music. You know the kiosk things in the stores that you can hear a sample of the music before you buy it? Well, walk by those and they automatically come on and Joshua is dancing away in his shopping cart. He is so cute when he does it. I love watching him dance and can not get enough videos of him cutting the rug.

At The Park

We went for a walk this morning to the park so Joshua could play in the playground. He is loving the swings and is still trying to figure out if he likes the slides or not just yet.

On the playscape looking out the half globe.

In a little crawl tunnel.

Joshua loves to be pushed on the swings and will laugh so hard.

Then and Now

Just to show how much Joshua has grown in the past thirteen months.

Then:

Now:

Randomness

Reading his book

Showing us what he is reading.

He just has the sweetest expression on his face in this one.

Daddy and Joshua reading before dinner.

Big Boy Bed

I took off the front of Joshua's crib and put on the toddler rails and lowered his mattress to the lowest setting. He slept in the med for an hour the first night and then last night he slept for three hours. We think it's going to just be a process of gradually getting him to sleep in his room. Right now he is sleeping from about eight at night till four-thirty in the morning. Mind you that the first three hours are in his bed and the rest is in our bed. He wakes at four-thirty crying and being fussy, but will go back to sleep till six after about a minute or two.

John Deere

Joshua loves his little John Deere tractors. He will drive them around and make little car noises while he does it.

San Antonio Rodeo

It's almost time to take Joshua to his first Rodeo and concert. We bought tickets today to take him to the San Antonio Rodeo and to see Tim McGraw in concert. He is going to love seeing ALL of the animals. He loves to walk around with his little farm animals so it will be fun to see how he reacts to being able to pet them. Petting Zoo here we come!!!

Room Decorations

This fall we plan to redo Joshua's bedroom into a cowboy theme for our little cowboy. So here are some decorations we bought.

Monkey Balloon

We went for breakfast and Joshua got a Monkey balloon...complete with Banana. He had it all undone by the time we got into the car.

Joshua's One Year Photos

Let's Read A Story

Joshua is learning new things every day. He is able to get down from a bed all by himself. Might need to transition his bed to a toddler bed sooner than we think. Could be why he hates his crib so much, he likes the openness of the bed.

Mamma.....I'm Hungry

He's become very, very aware of what the boppy pillow means. I am hoping to gently wean him and have him weaned from breast feeding by the 1st of January. Which, probably means the boppy pillow needs to be put on a high shelf in the closet so he won't be able to find it.

Touchdown

We've been working with Joshua for a while to get him to do the Touchdown hand signals for football season and at dinner last night he was all over it. He thought it was funny.

He Dances

I was playing around on the computer and this song came on (yes, I do realize it is a Christmas song) and Joshua just started dancing away. I tried to get him to dance to Apples & Bananas but he just wouldn't and his dancing was just way to cute not to post.