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!