Adam and Lisa's Blog

One step at a time

2008-06-29T15:29:27Z

Lisapants here. Joshua has been walking for about a week now and everyday he gets a little bit better. This is from this morning. Enjoy!!

Grandma's swing set

2008-06-23T22:19:40Z

We've had a pretty cloudy and rainy spring, and I can't believe it's already summer now. Weather wise, it still feels like March or maybe April. We're finally starting to get some sunny weather, and Joshua was able to play on Grandma's swing set for the first time last Saturday.

First swing.

First slide.

We might have to work on the landing a bit.

Joshua is doing better on the grass. He tried pushing the car around, but it didn't push very well on the grass.

That night we were all oooing and ahhhing at Ryan taking some steps and Joshua decided he would try it out, too. He took about four steps on his own, which was the most he had done so far. Everyday since then he has gained more and more confidence and has taken more and more steps. Today I counted up to 16 steps at a time. We used to stand him up a few steps away from us and try to coax him to walk to us. Sometimes he would try, but usually he would just kneel down and crawl over. Now he is taking off on his own from a standing position, like from the coffee table to his toys. I'll be doing the dishes and the next thing I know he's walking towards me from his little table. It's CRAZY to see your baby walking. We are very excited, but at the same time it's kind of surreal to see him toddle around. He gets so excited, too, and as he laughs, he loses his concentration and kneels down. It's fun to watch him learn and grow in confidence and he realizes he can do this.

Long distance relationships

2008-06-25T08:43:30Z

Our friend Christina (High) Marriott and her daughter Audra came to visit us last Friday. They live in Denver and were in town visiting Christina's family in Federal Way and made the trek down to Spanaway to see us. Audra was born about a week after Joshua, and they had a blast playing together.

Audra definitely had the dominant personality of the two, so their playing consisted of a lot of bonks on Joshua's head. He got her back by wiping his dirty hands in her hair during dinner. We already decided they are going to Prom together. Audra has been walking for a few months now, so I was hoping Joshua would pick up some pointers from her. It was really good for him to be able to play with someone his own size.

We adults had a good time, too. Adam and Christina went to school together from 6th grade through high school and it was fun talking about all the people they knew and what everyone was doing now. We all had a grand time talking and laughing at our goofy kids. Christina has more pictures on her blog.

Again, we lament the fact that most of our good friends live in different states.

Fun with cake

2008-06-13T15:41:18Z

We celebrated my parents' birthdays last weekend (they are 6 days apart) and I made the cake for the party.

I saw a similar idea a couple months ago in the cake books when I looking for ideas for Joshua's birthday cake. Since my mom likes watermelons, I thought it would be fun to try for their birthdays.

13 months old!

2008-06-10T16:33:46Z

Lisapants here. Joshua is 13 months old today! Here are a few pictures I haven't posted yet from this past month.

These are his 1 year pictures. They were taken a week after his birthday. A few years ago we bought a Family Package deal at Yuen Lui, which make getting a few pictures there somewhat affordable.

Joshua still isn't walking yet, but he's getting better at balancing and standing on his own. He's taken one step on his own from a standing position, so there's progress at least. He loves this push walker he got for his birthday and pushes it from one end of the house to the other, at least until he runs into something.

He loves playing with his toys and can keep himself occupied for quite a while. It's fun to watch him play and listen as he babbles to himself and squeals occasionally at his toys. It's interesting to watch him take blocks and Legos out of the buckets and put them back in again. He's even starting to put some of the lids back in the lid drawer when he's playing in there. He loves electronics and my cell phone fascinates him to no end. He also loves watching Wheel of Fortune. It's on right before his bedtime, so he's usually getting tired and cranky, but as soon as the wheel starts spinning and the sound effects start beeping, he is glued to the screen. When there is a commercial break, he gets fussy again, but as soon as it comes back on, he calms right down. It's really funny, actually. His little personality is coming out more and more, which is cute when he's in a good mood and laughing, but not so cute when he's in a bad mood and throws little tantrums when he doesn't get what he wants. He's had a cold for the past week or so, and I think it's the first time he's been sick since his surgery. He's having to learn how to breath with a congested nose. I don't think before his surgery his nose ever got completely stuffed up when he was congested.

I can't wait for the sunny weather to get here so we can spend more time outside this summer.

New toys for the boys

2008-06-04T21:29:45Z

Lisapants here. Wow, this is a lot of blogging for one night. Anyway, we all had a fun day today. First, the present Grandma and Grandpa Hansen got for Joshua for his birthday was delivered today. It is a LeapPad learning table.

There are all sorts of buttons to push and levers to pull and things to open and close. Everything you touch makes a sound or plays a song. Joshua loves it already and has lots of fun walking around it and playing with everything.

The other toy we got today is a Nintendo Wii.

Ever since they came out Adam has wanted one. We were at our friends Anika and Sean's house last Saturday and Adam had a chance to play their Wii, which only served to move the purchase of one up higher on Adam's priority list. He's been casually looking online to see how easy/hard it would be to find one. It seems like every place online that has them is out of stock. Today he found it in stock at Toys R Us online, but didn't want to pay the shipping costs. During his lunch he drove around to a couple stores to see if they had any and actually found some in stock at Costco. So, now we have a Wii. It's actually a lot of fun. I might become a video game player now. You never know

This made me laugh...really hard...

2008-06-04T20:37:11Z

...does that make me a bad mom? Lisapants here. The other day I was folding clothes in the living room and Joshua was playing in the kitchen taking the lids out of the lid drawer. He started making more noises than usual so I turned around and found him like this. I tried to find the digital camera, but couldn't find it so I grabbed the video camera. Enjoy!

Memorial Day weekend

2008-05-27T22:13:29Z

Lisapants here. We had a fun holiday weekend. We went to Kevin and Brandie's house on Saturday and Adam helped Kevin and my dad finish digging out a place for their new patio they are putting in. Brandie, my mom and myself played with the kids in the yard and watched the boys work.

Brooklynn, Joshua, Ryan, and Taylor with Grandma on the trampoline.

Adam and Kevin digging and digging.

Brooklynn and Taylor with Grandpa.

Joshua still has issues being on the grass. He sat on the cushions and eventually slid off onto the grass.

Once he was off the cushions, I moved them out of the way and he had fun pulling at the grass and playing with the sticks. Ryan was having a ball crawling all over and playing on the slide and other toys in the yard.

After the hole was dug, we had dinner outside. When the bugs started coming out, we went inside and let the boys play with the toys and discovered Joshua is deathly afraid of Elmo. He is startled easily, and the toys that moved by themselves kind of freaked him out. Poor little guy. Later we played a game (Trans America) with Kevin and Brandie. It was a fun day.

On Monday, Adam didn't have to work at either of his jobs, and it was nice to have him home an extra day. We spent the morning cleaning, and in the afternoon, my parents came over to watch Joshua while we went to see the new Indiana Jones movie.

Adam was really looking forward to seeing it, and he happened to get free passes for it from a vendor at work a few weeks ago. It was a fun movie and we enjoyed it very much!

All in all, it was a fun holiday weekend. Now we have the long stretch of no vacation until the 4th of July, which I guess is only a little over a month away, but still...

World's Biggest Ice Cream Sandwich Recipe

2008-05-20T10:16:39Z

This is Adam, making my first blog post in a while. Lisa has been doing the lion's share of the blogging lately because she can add the posts without worrying about a boss getting mad. Anyway, there have been a couple of requests for the recipe I used to make the World's Biggest Ice Cream Sandwich that I made for Lisa for Mother's Day. Ask and ye shall receive.

The cookie parts were made using the best chocolate chip cookie recipe I have ever found: The one from the recipe book that came with out KitchenAid mixer. I don't know if this violates some sort of copyright, but oh, well. Here it is, with my alterations to turn it into a giant ice cream sandwich. I will also add some comments that represent my lessons learned from trying to do this for the first time on Mother's Day.

1 Cup granulated sugar
1 Cup brown sugar
1 Cup butter (2 sticks -- I use unsalted), softened
2 eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
3 cups all-purpose flour
12 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips (I usually use more than that, though)
1 pint of ice cream (whatever flavor you like, but I would advise using a basic flavor that will not clash with the cookies, or mimic them too much either. So no sherbet and no cookie dough)

Place sugars, butter, eggs, and vanilla in a mixing bowl. Mix at low speed for 30 seconds. Scrape the bowl. Mix at medium-high speed for 30 seconds. Mix at low speed while gradually adding baking soda, salt, and flour (one cup at a time). Mix about two minutes. Scrape the bowl. Fold in the chocolate chips and mix for about 15 seconds, or until the chips are evenly distributed.

Divide the dough in half and roll into two balls. Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper. Take one of the dough balls and slightly flatten it, making the center thinner than the rim. (This will promote even cooking, since if you just dropped the ball unflattened on the cookie sheet, the outside would burn long before the middle had a chance to flatten out and cook all the way through) The giant cookie will look kind of like a donut that doesn't have a hole punched in the middle. Or, like this inner tube, which has a big, rounded rim, but also has a little flat part in the middle.

Bake the first half of the dough at 375 degrees for about 12-15 minutes while you prepare the second half the same way and place on a sheet of parchment paper on the other cookie sheet. When the first half is done (slightly golden brown around the edges), remove it from the oven and leave it on the cookie sheet to cool. Bake the other giant cookie the same way.

When both cookies have cooled on the cookie sheets for about 20 minutes or so, move them to cooling racks and allow them to cool completely. (I made the mistake of rushing this step, and paid the price. You could even go so far as to refrigerate the giant cookies for an hour or two to make sure they are completely cold)

Let the ice cream sit on the counter for a while to soften enough to be pliable. Place one giant cookie upside down in a pie tin. Dish out the ice cream and get an even layer. Place the other giant cookie on top. Cover the whole thing with plastic wrap and put it in the freezer for a while to reharden the ice cream a little bit. (If you try to rush this by not cooling the cookies completely, all the ice cream will melt and run out the sides. If you don't let the ice cream reharden in the freezer, then it will all squish out the side when you try to cut a piece to devour)

Also, if you leave the sandwich in the freezer long enough for the cookies themselves to freeze, it gets really hard to cut pieces off to eat. So, try to strike a balance between the ice cream being hard enough to not squish out the sides, and the cookies being too hard to cut without a chainsaw.

Warning: This is not a low-fat, low-calorie, or low-anything dessert. It is, however, really cool looking and delicious.

Anyone for a dip in the pool?

2008-05-19T22:20:35Z

Lisapants here. Joshua got a kiddie swimming pool for his birthday and since we had some gorgeous weather this past weekend, we decided to bust it out. We bought Joshua some cute new swim trunks and some swimming diapers and we were all ready. We went outside to apply the sunscreen, and that's when everything went south. We bought some new spray lotion sunscreen because I thought it would be easier to apply. Welllll, Joshua decided he did not care for the spray action. He started crying and kept the tears flowing as we put him in the pool.

Oh, so mad!

Classic Joshua sad face with the bottom lip and everything.

After 15 minutes or so, he decided this might not be so bad after all.

He even had fun splashing himself.

Adam started watering our little garden, and Joshua was very interested in what Daddy was doing.

He even wanted to go help.

And now it's time to get out.

I'm glad he eventually had fun and enjoyed his first time playing in his little pool. I'm also glad we have a digital camera because I took a bajillion pictures, which wouldn't have been possible with a film camera. It would have been at least three rolls of film. Then you have to wait for them to be developed, then scan them into the computer, and blah blah blah. Digital cameras are great on so many levels. Anyway, I'm excited for summer to come and for more sunny days so we can play outside more. Yay for summer!!

Happy (late) Mother's Day!

2008-05-12T21:16:26Z

Lisapants here. I had a great Mother's Day on Sunday. This feels like my first official Mother's Day. Joshua was born a few days before Mother's Day last year, and I was still flush with leftover pregnancy hormones that left me irrationally and uncontrollably emotional. It wasn't a good day just because I had to work so hard not to break down crying every five minutes. Anyway, this year was much more enjoyable. I didn't want anything that cost money, so Adam gave me an awesome back and shoulder rub and made me the world's biggest ice cream cookie sandwich.

It is so big, it requires a pie plate to assemble.

Here is a cross-section pic so you can see just how big the top and bottom cookies are. Crazy, but so yummy!

I hope all of you mothers and mothers-to-be had a wonderful and relaxing Mother's Day!

Happy Birthday Babykins!! 1 year old!

2008-05-11T22:37:57Z

Lisapants here. We celebrated Joshua's first birthday yesterday. We had a party with family and friends yesterday afternoon/evening and had a grand old time. My parents came in the morning and helped Adam with a lot of yardwork, which was much appreciated. Adam's brother Kacy and his girlfriend Krissy came, our friend Kim Paden came with her new fiance Phi, Adam's parents drove over from Yakima, my brother Kevin and his family came, and our friends Anika and Sean (with their son in utero) came as well. We had a houseful, and it was fun to chat with everyone.

We had a BBQ with hotdogs and chicken with our own special garlic and lime marinade. It was oh-so-delicious. Everyone brought salads or chips or drinks, and we had ourselves a feast.

Next we opened presents.

Of course, Joshua likes the bag better than the actual present.

He got some fun books.

He also got a shirt my mom made him and some new overalls, along with a few different sets of blocks with different shapes that you try to fit in the right holes.

He almost got the hang of ripping off the wrapping paper.

He also got a kiddie inflatable pool, which should be a lot of fun this summer, if the sun ever decides to show up.

After presents, it was time for cake and ice cream!

This is the cake I made for Joshua. I wanted to make an airplane cake and looked in my mom's cake decorating books and on the internet for ideas and found the design for this little airplane cake online. I took their idea and designed my own cake around it. My mom helped me with the borders (I can never get that squiggly border on top to look right no matter how many times I try), my dad helped me get the runway right, and Adam made the propeller for the plane.

We stripped Joshua down to his diaper, put him in his new high chair, lit the candle and sang "Happy Birthday." Joshua got the little airplane all to himself. Now that I think about it, I don't think we gave him any ice cream. Oh well. There's always leftovers.

This is new and interesting.

He liked playing with the frosting.

Some did eventually make it to his mouth.

Ryan thinks it's only fair to share. Just wait a few months, little guy, then it will be your turn.

This is about as messy as he got. He was pretty careful about the whole process. No throwing fistfuls of cake on the floor, no stuffing fistfuls of cake in his mouth, just lots of frosting everywhere. Afterwards we threw him in the bathtub and hosed him down.

Later that night Anika, Sean, Kacy, and Krissy stayed and played a few rounds of our new favorite game, Bang! It was good times. All in all, we had a great day!

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In other news, Joshua is healing well from his surgery. All the pain seems to be gone, and Joshua has gotten used to his new mouth and nose, and the fact that they are separated now. Everything is pretty much back to normal. He is able to eat very well, and is also sleeping well again. He thinks his sneezes are hilarious. I guess he is tickled by the fact that nothing comes up from his mouth and through his nose anymore when he sneezes. It's pretty funny to watch the huge grin and giggles he gets after he sneezes. He is a funny little guy.

He has three more teeth coming in: the bicuspid and canine on the upper right side, and the bicuspid on the upper left side. He also got his second haircut on Friday night. He screamed through the whole thing. He isn't walking yet, but he crawls around pretty quickly. He usually squeals when he crawls, especially when he's trying to chase the kitties, but he can be pretty stealthy, too. Sometimes I'll be at the sink doing the dishes and before I know it, he is all the way down the hall and in the bathroom in our room, all without making a sound. He's getting better at balancing by himself and walks pretty well holding on to our fingers. He certainly keeps me on my toes.

This past month he has discovered the lid drawer. It quickly became his new favorite toy.

Our kitchen floor is usually littered with lids. It's funny to watch him pick up the lids out of the drawer and throw them behind him over and over again. Throwing things behind him has kind of become his new favorite thing to do with anything he picks up: toys, diapers and clothes from the diaper bag, anything he can reach on the coffee table, etc.

It is so much fun to watch him in this transition period as he goes from being a baby and becomes a toddler. His personality is developing more everyday and he is always making us laugh. It's interesting to watch him try to communicate, especially these past few weeks. He just seems so much more eager and animated. I can tell there are things he wants to say, he just doesn't have the words yet. Life is definitely an adventure with a growing boy in the house! I can't believe he's already a year old!!

First birthday eve

2008-05-09T22:33:03Z

Lisapants here. On the eve of our firstborn's first birthday, I've been reminiscing about the events of a year ago. I can't believe it's already been a year. Since I wasn't a big blogger back then, I thought I would share some pics.

This was two days after my due date. Joshua was born 5 days later.

In the hospital, waiting for the cytotec to kick in.

No wonder it took 2 1/2 hours to push him out. He's a big boy!

So sleepy.

Three days old and still in the hospital hooked up to his IV. We had to wait the weekend at St. Joseph's before he could be transferred to Tacoma General (Mary Bridge) for his swallow study, which would determine the best way for him to eat.

Finally, after two weeks in the hospital, we all get to go home!!

Anyway, I was just waxing nostalgic about the birth of our son and the events afterwards and everything we went through physically and emotionally. I hope you enjoy this walk down memory lane with these pictures.

Happiness is playing peek-a-boo at 4am

2008-04-28T00:29:35Z

Lisapants here. We were able to bring Joshua home yesterday morning. All things considered, he is doing pretty well. Here are some pictures of everything.

Playing with toys in the waiting room before they called him back for surgery.

As usual, he is the center of attention, especially with the grandparents.

Sportin' a stylish hospital gown and socks. He still has no idea what is going to happen. The anesthesiologist came and talked to us for a minute, then took him back to the OR and we went back out to the waiting room to wait.

After the surgery was over, the surgeon came to talk to us and told us everything went very well. Joshua was in the recovery room for a couple of hours. In the mean time, we were able to go to his hospital room and get everything situated for when he would come, and also eat a little lunch.

They finally wheeled him into the room, and as soon as he saw us, he wanted no more of being stuck in his crib. He still had bloody mucus coming out his nose and bloody saliva oozing out his mouth and dried blood crusted in his ears. It was a little gruesome at first. He just needed lots of cuddle time, though. The splints on his arms keep him from putting his hands in his mouth. He is supposed to wear them for the next two weeks or so whenever he isn't being directly supervised by us.

His lips were really swollen, too.

Poor little guy! I think his face says it all. The red sock is covering his IV so he can't pull it out. He was able to drink a mixture of Pedialyte and glucose water, and once he held it down for an hour the nurse said we could start giving him formula. He drank a little, but wasn't really interested in it.

He was pretty agitated when he got to the room, so the nurse gave him some morphine. He slept fitfully for the rest of the afternoon and evening. He didn't like it in his crib because he would wake himself up and start to cry. I held him in the rocking chair for most of the time, and then my mom held and rocked him for a while while Adam and I took a break and went out in search of ice cream.

My cousin Ben and his family live near University Village, which is just down the road from the hospital. They were out of town this weekend and offered their apartment to us if we needed a close place to stay. I was planning to stay in the hospital with Joshua, but Adam is not a fan of hospital pull-out couch/beds and was planning to go to Ben and Cami's house for the night. When it was looking like the only way Joshua was going to sleep was being rocked in someone's arms, we quickly realized I couldn't do it all night by myself. My mom was willing to stay, but Adam decided to tough it out on the uncomfortable bed and stay with me in the hospital. Ben and Cami, we really appreciate the offer of your house, even though we didn't end up using it. Thank you!

After that first dose of morphine, his pain meds included Tylenol with codeine that he got every four hours, and later they started an IV form of Motrin that he got every 6 hours. He finally was able to sleep restfully in his crib at about 9pm and it looked like we were going to be able to get a little sleep after all. He woke up a couple times during the night and each time I would rock him and try to get him to drink a little formula. He would drink an ounce here and there, but not much. When he woke up at 3:30am, things were starting to change. He drank, and kept wanting more until he had drunk 5 ounces. Yay! He was also smiling and playing peek-a-boo after he was done, and I knew my Joshua was back. He fell back asleep until the morning and drank 4 more ounces of formula and ate some baby cereal and some other baby food. His temperament had improved dramatically, as well. He was back to being a busy body, which is a little difficult when you are attached to an IV.

He played in his crib while we waited for his surgeon's resident to come check him out and determine if he could be discharged.

The doctor came around 8:15am, and Joshua was not a fan. I think he recognized the surgical scrubs and didn't want any part of it. It was good in a way, though, because he started to cry and that was just what the doctor needed him to do so he could look in his mouth and check things out. He said everything looked good and since Joshua seemed to be eating fine, we would be able to go home.

We were out of there a couple hours later. We swung by the hospital pharmacy on the way out to get his pain meds and antibiotics. He has Tylenol with codeine for the pain, and amoxicillin to fight against infection, I guess.

I'm really surprised by how well Joshua is handling the recovery process. Yesterday he ate pretty well and was pretty good natured, except when we had to give him his medication. He HATES taking medicine orally. Today, he was a little more grumpy and out of it.

He cuddled like this with Adam for a while, just staring into space. He's not eating as much today, either. I think yesterday he realized he was starving because he hadn't really eaten all day Friday. Now he's not starving anymore and doesn't want to eat very much. I know it's only been two days since his surgery and things are probably still pretty tender in there. I try to get him to drink and much as I can so he can at least stay hydrated. We'll see how things go in the next few days as he continues to heal.

We are so glad he was able to have this surgery to repair the cleft palate and get tubes in his ears. Now he won't have hearing loss and he will be able to eat better and be able to make more sounds as he learns how to talk. Thank you everyone for your thoughts and prayers. We really appreciate all the support!!

All is well

2008-04-25T13:23:22Z

Lisapants here. Joshua is out of surgery and the surgeon said all went well. He's in the recovery room until he wakes up from the anesthesia and we'll see him when they bring him to his regular hospital room. He'll stay in the hospital over night and if all continues to go well, we can bring him home tomorrow!

Waiting and more waiting

2008-04-25T12:28:26Z

Lisapants here. We're just sitting here in the waiting room at the Surgery Center at Childrens Hospital. We got here at around 9:20 this morning, and they brought Joshua back around 10am. Adam and I went with him and changed him into his tiny hospital gown and little socks and waited for the nurses and anesthesiologists to come talk to us. When they were ready, they took Joshua back to the OR and we went back out to the waiting room to wait. Adam's parents and my mom are here waiting with us. They took him to the OR at about 10:20am and said it would take about 2 hours, which is right about now. Just waiting.

Baby Tabitha

2008-04-25T12:52:30Z

Lisapants here. I don’t think there are very many things that are more sad than a baby casket. Yesterday we went to the funeral for Baby Tabitha. Our friends Stephanie and Matt Tyler had their second baby girl in January, and last week she died from SIDS. It is very sad and heartbreaking to see our friends hurting so much as they grieve the loss of their little one. As a new mother, I can’t even imagine what they are going through. My heart goes out to them along with our prayers. It will take a long time to heal.

Grandmas with lipstick and other random cute stuff

2008-04-17T10:44:18Z

Lisapants here with some random funny stuff that has happened lately.

The hazards of a grandma with lipstick.

This was at Erik and Gina's house in Yakima when we were there last weekend. They have three cats that aren't afraid of people (like our cats are) and just love any kind of attention they can get. Especially this cat, Mr. B. Even though Joshua is pulling his whiskers and trying to eat his ear, Mr. B just sat there purring away and loving every minute of it. Joshua was in kitty heaven with cats that actually let him touch (maul) them.

Joshua's favorite game lately has been to crawl down the hall or toward something he knows he isn't supposed to get into (like the cat food) then stop and look behind him to see if I am coming after him. If he sees me coming, he takes off crawling as fast as he can while laughing like a maniac until I catch him.

11 months old

2008-04-10T22:18:25Z

Lisapants here. Joshua is 11 months old today! It's been about a month and a half (not including Easter) since I've posted some pictires of him, so here are some from the past few months.

This was when he was 10 months old. Since he started crawling at the beginning of February, he's just gotten faster and faster. He loves to try to chase the kitties, but they are too smart for him. He still loves trying to catch them, though.

He has been more and more interested in trying to feed himself, which means his feedings are getting more and more messy. I think this one above was baby food green beans.

And this one was black beans. I squish them in my fingers and he just goes to town. He loves them!

He also loves bath time. Frankie is very curious, but is careful to stay out of the way of little baby hands. As I said above, Joshua just LOVES the cats and laughs at them when ever he sees them.

I love me a baby in overalls!

Yesterday I put a little gel in his hair to see how high it would stand up. Later that afternoon we went to my brother's house (they have clippers) to give Joshua his first haircut. Well, technically, his first haircut was when he was about a week old in the hospital and they had to shave part of the side of his head to put a PICC line in.

Here we go, getting ready. Joshua doesn't look so sure about the whole thing. He was actually in a pretty cranky mood to start with. He didn't get his afternoon nap, and he was tired. I held him in my lap and Adam buzzed his head as best he could, considering all the screaming and squirming.

Sad faces!

Since the clippers were out, Kevin and Brandie decided to give Ryan a haircut, too. He had already had one before, and he just sat there calmly, showing Joshua what's what. After dinner, they were both pretty tired and cranky and in no mood to play together.

After a little while, they warmed up and played for a little while until it was time to leave.

11 months old today!

I noticed the other day that he has another tooth coming in. It's the bicuspid on the top right. That explains why he's been so drooly lately. Joshua loves to use his teeth to bite anything in his reach, including my legs, arms and shoulders. Usually he doesn't bite very hard, but lately, he's been digging in a little harder, and it's starting to hurt. I know it's just a game and a way to interact for him and that there is no malice behind it, but we're trying to teach him not to bite. Hopefully he will learn soon. He also loves practicing his ninja skills by coming from nowhere to swipe our glasses off our faces. He loves to crawl and pull himself up onto anything he can reach. He hates to be confined and always wants to be on the move. He cruises along things holding on with just one hand, and sometimes he lets go and balances by himself before grabbing a hold again or falling down.

I can't believe how fast he's growing up!