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I'm not even sure where to begin with all the growth Josh has done in the last several weeks. I think I will start a list to make it easy:

• He consistently says "Bless you or God Bless you" when you sneeze and waits to hear you say "Thank you." Plus, he is beginning to say "excuse me" more and more too.


• Josh is speaking in four and five word sentences more and more.


• He can carry on short conversations with you.


• He will talk on the phone and not just listen, although he still does that sometimes.


• Yesterday, when my allergies were a mess and I needed a shower to get dog hair off, I asked him to play with his train table in his room while I took a shower. He said "OK", and did. I was very thankful for that.


• He is able to sit at the table without a high chair or booster seat and eat his dinner. He doesn't monkey around in his seat as much either.


• When we went birdwatching on Sunday, Josh was more interested than ever in the birds, water and other animals we saw. He even walked a good three-quarters of a mile on the trail.


• Josh is doing better at dressing himself. He was able to pull his shirt over his head all by himself the other day.


• We're still at a stand still on potty training. He knows to pee in the potty, but anything else is a no go. We keep at it, though. It will come.


• He is stuck with his ABC's and numbers. He combines the two 99% of the time as in - A,B,8,9,10. Plus, everything is red. Sometimes he will recognize green or yellow, but he calls everything red.


• Josh's library time starts on 1/20. He has upgraded to the 2's class.


• The biggest thing is that he is finally calling the grandmas "Grandma." Thank goodness for that.
• His imagination is really taking off. Just today, on the way home from the gym, he pointed out the car window and said "there's elephant". We said "there's an elephant over there?" His reply "Yes, and monkey". Us: "There's an elephant AND a monkey over there? is the monkey riding the elephant?" Josh: "yes, it's funny!". A couple nights ago he was eating some chips and after every bite he would point to it and say it was an animal. I think we had an elephant, a Rhino, and a puppy. He would then point out the different body parts of the chip animal (leg, feet, nose, tail).
  

This is Matt and Josh playing with his tunnel.

This is too funny. Matt puts the tube on and than "eats" Josh. It was hilarious watching them.
The things that go on at night when I'm at work!!

Josh has no where to go between grandpa and daddy.



Josh's convoy!

This is the latest picture of Josh's battle scars. Josh vs. Table. Obviously the table won. It was right at eye level and he walked/ran right into it. I was trying to get to him, but it felt as if I was moving in slow motion. Oh well, there will be more to come.

As far as Matt and I are concerned, which we know everyone just wants to hear about Josh, we are just working and playing with Josh. Matt starts a Hazardous Material class in two weeks. My sister Lisa is coming down this weekend, I think.

M, J, and J