Drool Boy!

As you can tell when you look through the pictures of Josh he is a "Drool Boy" right now. He's teething again and has been extremely cranky all week, but he has been in a great mood the past two days.

Josh has learned a couple new "tricks." He can point to his belly button when asked. He will sometimes point to his ear when asked. (This one is still a work in progress.) He will also open and close his hands to the Open Shut Them song. This is one of the songs we sing as the library each week. He also is doing a better job of stacking his cup and putting blocks together also.

Our Great Wolf Lodge trip is almost here. We can't wait. We are going stir crazy in the house this winter. We'll put pictures up on the blog when we get back. We're there just Sunday and Monday. We will have to get the pictures developed fast because our 6-month Home Study is also fast approaching. It is March 8th.

There has been a bit of excitement around the house this week. We turned in our tax paperwork over to our accountant friend and she had it done within two, but there is a problem. It has taken longer to get Josh's Indiana Birth Certificate than expected and we were waiting for it to get his Soc. Security Number. We can't file the taxes without that number. Plus, we won't qualify for the child portion of the tax rebate without a Soc. Security Number for Josh. Rrrrrrrrr. Well, we can't wait anymore so we called the attorney retrieved our Certificate of Citizenship and headed down to the Soc. Security Office. First, we knew that we were going to have to go through security in the Federal Building, but I didn't realize that the Leathermen was still in the diaper bag from Christmas. Thankfully, the guards let us through. Secondly, who knew that you could get in and out of the Soc. Security Office in 20 minutes. We packed lots of snacks and books for Josh and we were in and out. Thirdly, the Soc. Security website says it takes 12 weeks to get a card. Oh my gosh! The lady at the office said it would take 7-14 days. Thank goodness! Within the next couple of weeks we'll have his Soc. Security Number and our taxes filed.

Josh is climbing on everything. He pulled out the under-the-bed storage container and climbed on it the other day.

The fire house is such a fun place to take pictures and I have been wanting to get a picture of Josh in Matt's fire boots for sometime. How cute!

This one is my favorite of the ones I took. He is so happy here.

Boys and their trucks!

I think this picture is so sweet. Here Josh is looking down at his daddy's fire helment.

Caught in the cabinets again!

The pots and pans aren't safe at the fire house either. Just like at home he climbed right into the cabinets.

Although we aren't NASCAR fans, Josh is playing with an inflatable NASCAR that he got for Christmas.

Josh loves to put his cups on his feet. He tried for several minutes to stand up with his cups on his feet and finally did it. I can't believe he was able to walk with those things on his feet.

Who new that stacking cups would be the latest trend in shoe fashion?

Hope you enjoyed the latest and greatest about Josh,

Matt, Jenny and Josh