The big weigh-in

Joshua had his two month appointment today. He is doing great and weighs 12 lbs 11 oz now (75 percentile) and 22 1/2 inches (50th percentile). Our doctor confirmed that the "babies poop doesn't stink at this stage" is just an old wives tale. Shooo-wee, I thought we had a special little stinker on our hands. He got three shots and seemed to take them pretty well. He hasn't been any fussier than normal, so we are thankful of that. After getting up for his first feeding this morning I fell back asleep and didn't wake up until an hour before we had to leave. Poor Joshua, I didn't have anything clean to put him in and he hasn't gotten a bath in several days (it was a busy weekend). I managed to sponge him down and put him in an outfit that is too big, but at least clean. Once we got home he spent the rest of the day in a Christmas outfit. I'm not afraid to tell it like it is...

Other exciting news on the block. Josh's friend across the street was born Thursday-a whopping 10 lbs 6 oz! We went to visit him Saturday, but of course Josh slept the whole time. He's a pudgy little cutie. We were out an about a lot this weekend and Joshua was very cooperative. He also had some one on one time with Daddy while I went to a card making party. We are blessed with a good baby. He is sleeping from 10:30 PM till about 6 AM these days. I just hope any future kids are just as good!

Hiking at Walnut Creek

The weather here has been beautiful, although we would love to have some serious rain. Last Saturday we went hiking at Walnut Creek. The "creek" is more of a stream now and we spent some of our hike walking though the riverbed because it has dried up so much. Joshua enjoyed being close to his dad and snoozed away. I am continually reminded how out of shape I am, but with good reason. I'm going to start my running program tomorrow (I say that everyday). Actually, going back to the weather, it has been very windy the past few days with gusts up to 30 miles per hour. Joshua and I were walking yesterday and the wind was blowing against us so hard I had to push the stroller as hard as I could to keep it moving. Guess I can say I have at least started my resistance training.

















Today Joshua had a "playdate" with friends Anabelle and Isabelle across the street. They are three year old twins. Their mom was gracious enough to watch our little guy so I could run to the dentist. (I am happy to report no cavities despite having not been to the dentist in three years!) He was happy when I left him and happy when I returned. Apparently a little fussy in between, but it went well.

He is still doing great. He hasn't been rolling over lately-maybe because his tummy has gotten too big? He is now in Size 2 diapers. We are betting how much he will weigh at the big weigh in next Monday.

What's in a name

Well, some may be asking how we chose Joshua Leighton. His middle name came from Susan's maternal grandfather, Leighton Dransfield, known as good ol' Pa Pa in the family. Susan says Pa Pa was a man of God and also very funny. His first name, however, took some time to decide on. I was hesitant at first since it is the same name as my best man in our wedding, Josh Moody. We knew that Joshua was a great biblical hero, but once we discovered that Joshua stands for "The Lord is salvation" in Hebrew, we were sold. Thus he became JLZ. So, he's not named after Josh Moody, but we certainly wouldn't complain if our Joshua takes after the elder one.

At home Joshua goes by several different names ... lil JZ, our super duper pooper, and daddy's lil WIZard (pun intended). ~Kurt

Life So Far-a note from Joshua

Mom is finally letting me do my own blog entry. Just wanted to say hi to you all and tell you about life so far. I'm seven weeks old now. Being born was quite a shock to the system, but it was nice to finally meet the voices that have been talking to me for so long.


Mimi and Papa made it into town about 30 minutes after I was born. Papa says Mimi was driving like a maniac to get to the hospital when she found out I had already been born. They stayed in Austin almost two weeks to take care of mommy and daddy so they could take care of me.




A week and a half after that Uncle Jeffrey came to visit. He liked holding me and talking about how cute I was. He also thought it was really funny that I had so much gas. Speaking of which, it took my tummy a while to adjust, so I was fussing a lot for awhile. It's doing much better now and only bothers me once in a while. Mom and Dad were thinking they should have bought stock in Mylicon!

I had my first outing with Mom at a Christmas Card making party. I like hanging out with the girls and it's nice to have new people to play with. Mom didn't get any cards made but she had fun anyway.



Mommy and Daddy had their small group over for a Christmas Party. I fussed almost the whole time, but everyone else seemed to have fun. Their friend Mike took some good pictures of me-I was glad that someone could finally get some nice pictures since Dad and Mom are still learning how to use their camera. Everyone made Gingerbread houses. It was fun to see how they came out. I am looking forward to eating the candy off the future gingerbread houses.

We had a good Christmas then Mom Mom Zeb came to visit. Mom already wrote about that so see below for details. I love Mom Mom Zeb!

Last week we watched some college football. Mom says I should be a Hokie fan and I have to go to Virginia Tech. Dad says I can go to whatever school I want to. Mom tried to put her silly Hokie hat on me but I thought it was a little over the top and let her know I didn't like it. We also watched the Penn State game but we were all too tired to stay up for the end. Then came the big game where we watched the Longhorns win the national title. We were all very excited for Texas. My neighbor says I have to be a longhorn fan since I'm a native Texan.

Now that the holidays are over, it's back to the day to day at home. I am staying busy sleeping, eating, and playing. I am starting to sleep a little less during the day. I only get up once at night to eat, which Mommy is thankful for. She snapped this shot of me fussing. She thinks I'm so cute, even when I'm crying.

Mommy and I are heading to Abingdon the last weekend in January. Hopefully I will get to meet some of you! Thanks for reading my blog entry. Hopefully Mom will let me write again soon!

Smiles

So experts say that babies don't have "real" smiles until 3 months. I saw a magazine article yesterday that said over 50% of mom's say their babies started smiling at 4-6 weeks. Glad to know I'm not the only one. Joshua started smiling in response to things around him right around Christmas. It is so fun to be able to get him to smile. He loves to sit in his swing and smile at the bear mobile above. You would think the bears were a stand up act the way he gets a kick out of them. I mentioned to Kurt that I wished I was so easily amused; he can watch them for more than half and hour smiling. Then it dawned on me that we watch him for more than a half and hour and are amused the whole time...