Easter 2008

Josh is continuing to learn new things everyday. It is fun to watch his face as he tries to figure things out. You can just see the wheels turning in his eyes. Just today, Josh is now able to climb onto the kitchen table chairs. We do have a new problem though, food tantrums. Matt and I are trying to keep Josh eating about the same time for each meal to avoid meltdowns. It's rough being 16 months old and not understanding that food is hot or not done cooking yet. This will pass eventually. We hope?

Josh likes to help put the dishes away. Somehow he put this pan in the cabinet this way twice.

The newest way to put pans away.

Josh absolutely loved playing with this box. Of course, he did fall off it once and started crying.

Matt took this picture of Josh playing inside the cabinet. He had pulled everything out and climbed into it. Silly goose!

A Day at the Park

It's hard to get nice weather in Indiana in March, but it was fairly warm (in the 50's) so we decided to head to the park. We did have to watch out for water though because of all the rain we have received in the last week. Despite that Josh had a great time and is doing a good job of staying with us on the walking paths.

The big climb!

Why oh why, does he always try to go down the slide head first at least once. He started crying by the time he reached the bottom because he bumped his face.

The next series of shots is Josh going down the correct way. He loves it!

I caught Josh climbing into this pot so I helped him a little bit and put him totally inside. Someday he is going to see this picture and think I was really small once or I can't believe you put me in a pot. We thought it was funny anyway.

Easter Day!!!!

When I woke up on Easter I awoke to a house totally destroyed by a little boy. He had dragged every toy he owns out. Plus, he had dragged all the pots and pans out of the cabinets.

Well, the afternoon nap didn't go as well as we hoped for. Josh fought his nap a bit and then woke up in a bad mood. We had laid out eggs from his room to his basket. (Thanks Lisa for the idea.) Thankfully after he saw the eggs had fruit snacks in them, he want to get all the eggs.

Finally, the Easter Basket!

Aunt Lisa sent this cute ears for Josh in his Easter Basket.

Lovely Indiana weather kept us inside for our Easter egg hunt because it was 40 degrees outside. Once again, after Josh realized that the eggs had fruit snacks in them he want them all. We hid them in plain view for easy finding. Josh didn't want to put them in the basket. He would take them to Matt or his grandpa to open. After the hunt we had a big spread with ham sandwiches and all the side dishes one could imagine. It was nice to have our family and friends over for Easter. Thanks for all the goods for Josh too. He played with them all day today. We love you guys!

Love, Matt, Jenny and Josh