mmmm, cereal

Last week, Joshua started on rice cereal. After a week of getting up twice a night, we decided it was time he had a little more to fill his belly. He did really well at first, with some funny faces...





A bit of a puzzled look, trying to figure it out...













A little into the first feeding, he decided he'd rather lick
the cereal off his bib than take it by spoon...




















After loosing the bib, he decided he'd rather do the spoon himself...












And eventually we gave up the spoon all together and put it in a bottle. This is one of those things that all the books tell you not to do, but most parents do anyway...

We've decided to hold off on the spoon feeding for another week. He kept pushing it out with his tongue, so we will try again soon.

"Auntie" Laura comes to visit

The first week inApril, Laura came to visit from Abingdon. Laura was in a very serious car accident last fall and is recuperating very well. I was so thankful for the chance to hang out together. Joshua had fun playing with a new face too. It's fun to have company and get out to do authentic Austin things. It's like being on vacation yourself. We went shopping on Congress Avenue and our new Whole Foods Market. (It's amazing by the way-where else can you spend $80 on a mushroom?) She got to see the bats take flight and walk on town lake trail We ate The "worlds' worst BBQ" at Rudy's and some yummy Indian at the Clay Pit. All in all it was a very fun time. We all need some "Stink" in
our lives.

Spring Training

Joshua started spring training this month. Here he is practicing his baseball in the back yard. He can't really hold the bat yet, but he sure is cute!

We got this cute shot accidentally...Joshua was posing when one of his parents (we won't implicate the guilty) lost their grip on him. I just love the look as he is going down. He was unfazed by the event even though he got a mouth full of grass.

Taking pictures for Papa Roger of his new soccer outfit.

Our latest fun event is going to the park and swinging. The first time he was in it he started laughing! The bottom swing picture is his old man look.



He's still practicing sitting on his own. He's getting pretty good!

Joshua and I have been going to the library for "Lapsit." We sing songs and play with friends. He got his first life lesson last week. He was playing with a toy and another little boy came up and took it from him. He actually started crying! I was pretty surprised he cared. I found him another toy which the boy took away. I picked up a third toy and the kid stole it right out of my hand!! At that point his mom asked from across the room if he was sharing...

It's been taking me a while to update the blog because I'm having a lot of trouble getting pictures posted. Not sure what the deal is. I'm going to try and get rid of some of the old entries. Maybe I need to update more often so I don't have as many pictures to download...

Since these pictures were taken, we had my friend Laura from Abingdon for a visit. We also went to the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center last weekend. Our other big news is that Joshua had his first rice cereal tonight. Details to come but I'm not going to get anything posted again until after Easter. Until then...