Growin' Boy

Finally, Josh is completely healed from his surgery and has a clean bill of health from the urologist.

Josh is now 30 inches tall. He has almost outgrown his 6-9 months clothes. He has grown over an inch the last three weeks of January. Also, he is up to 23 pounds. If your wondering, yes that is heavy to carry around.

On February 1st Josh participated in Baby Dedication night at church. Basically, Matt and I got up infront of the congregation and promised to raise Josh believing in Lord Jesus Christ. It was very special and all the grandparents were there for this special moment. After the service we went to get some ice cream. (My mom has the pictures. Sorry none to share right now. Maybe I'll add them when I get them.)

Josh can not resist getting into the cabinets with the pots and pans.

Yes, I'll help get the lasagna out of the oven!

I'm not sure why, but Josh drags the pots all over the house. He also likes to drop them off the step in living room. I think he likes the sound they make.

Every kid loves the paper tube from paper towels. Here Matt would make a sound in the tube then Josh would repeat the sound in his tube.

Trip to Aunt Lisa and Uncle Chris's

February 2-3 Matt, Josh, and I went up to my sisters for our first visit to her house. We were really worried about how Josh would do on such a long car ride since he can't ride across town without crying. He did terrific. We even pushed him on the way back for a 3 1/2 hour stent in the car seat with one 5 minute break. A few short crying spells, but all in all not to bad.

Josh and his two cousins had such a great time playing together. Josh absolutely loves his cousins Alex and Marianna. Josh also was able to play with three of Marianna's friends at a small SuperBowl party Sunday night. Plus, Josh and Alex got to wake up Marianna on Monday morning which was fun for everyone. Oh, Josh also loved climbing the stairs in Lisa's house.

On Monday, we all went to the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago. Alex stayed with grandma so that he wouldn't have to be in his pumpkin seat all day. It was a lot of fun. We saw the dolphins and all kinds of different sea creatures. Both Josh and Marianna enjoyed all the creatures.

Marianna, Matt, Jenny and Josh infront of a huge tank of fish

Josh and Marianna had a snack on the way back to the house. Marianna had fun feeding Josh goldfish and fruit snacks.

This is such a sweet picture. They were holding hands as they both started drifting off to sleep as we drove back to Lisa's house.

Thanks Lisa and Chris for letting us come up. We had a good time and kids did too.

What's next?

Well, hopefully anyday now we will receive Josh's Indiana birth certificate. It has been at least six weeks now. In three weeks will be going to the Great Wolf Lodge in Cinci for a break of winter blues to play at the indoor waterpark. Then Josh has his next doctors appointment. I'm sure that means more shots. After that on March 8th, believe it or not, we will have our 6 month home study done. Can you believe that it's almost been six months? That home study goes back to China to let them now how well Josh is doing.

Love, M,J, & J