Pictures from the Hockey game we went to and Mommy's birthday

We watched the Roadrunners hockey team on November 21.

The fans: Joshua, Di, Westyn and Jeremy

Di with her birthday cake.

Di got some flannel pjs from the boys.

Pictures of Joshua's 1st Birthday

The cake below was made by Jeremy. We think he did a great job!! It was delicious! Josh loved it so much he smeared it all over his tray and his face, as seen to the left!!

Here is Josh with some of his birthday presents. As you can see in the background, we have to fence off the Christmas tree or someone thinks all of those ornaments are his play toys!!

Here is a video of Josh opening one of his birthday gifts, with lots of help from Jeremy.

The BIG 1

Well, it's been 1 year since we got that very special call to fly out to Eugene, OR and meet our new son, Joshua!! That was a very special time for us and this first year has been a wonderful time for us, as well. Joshua has grown a lot from that little baby we picked up for the first time in the hospital. We won't have official weight and height till Dec. 7 when he has his 1 year check up, but we know he is getting heavier!! He continues to develope at a normal, if not quicker, pace. He's been walking since 10 months, but still has that "drunken sailor" swagger every now and then. He is in to everything and he still just gives us "a smile" when we tell him "no". We do believe he is starting to understand, because there are times that he will walk away from you if you are trying to get something from him.

Joshua is a wonderful child and is a delight to be around. He laughs all of the time and has a very hearty laugh when he's tickled!! He's a great eater. He ate just as much as Jeremy on Thanksgiving! Jeremy spent the rest of the weekend telling us that he was eating more than Josh!! I guess he didn't like being outdone by his brother!!

Joshua now has 12 teeth!! He has 4 front upper and 4 front lower and 2 upper and 2 lower back teeth. Thus with that many teeth, he can pretty much eat whatever we eat. So "no more" baby food!!! Josh seems to be happy about that! He's also switched to cow's milk. We are pretty happy about that!! No more formula!!

We will be posting pictures after tonight when he gets his presents, etc.

Happy 1st Birthday, Son!! We Love you!

Happy Birthday, Mommy!

It's Mommy's (Di) birthday today. We celebrated this weekend by going to Topeka and staying at the Holiday Inn that has a 3 story water slide!! Jeremy and his friend Westyn had a blast!! We went out to dinner and went to our first hockey game. The Roadrunners were fun to watch. Didn't see any fights, though!! Went back to the room so the boys could swim and Mama could watch the K-State game. Too bad they lost!!! We will try to get some pictures posted later of the hockey game, etc.

Pictures of the boys

We captured a picture of the boys sleeping this morning. The boys are taking a bath together last night.

Here's our Joshua!!

Jackie and Joshua, the Big Red Dog (Clifford), at Boo at the Zoo.

Jeremy at Boo at the Zoo.

Joshua turns 11 months old

Joshua was 11 months yesterday, November 2. Jeremy is already making out lists, birthday and Christmas, for Joshua. Jeremy thinks he has a good grasp of what Joshua wants!! We all spent the weekend at Grandma H's. Kids went Trick or Treating around Grandma's neighborhood and to a few relatives. They got lots of goodies. Also, one of Di's aunts passed away and the funeral was on Monday. She was 91 and had a very good long life. We will miss her. So we had a long weekend at Grandma's with lots of time with the relatives.

Joshua hasn't changed much this month. He's grown a little. He has gotten 2 new teeth. He is now drinking some cow's milk as we are mixing in a little with his formula. He seems to do OK with it. He now walks every where, rather than crawl. He will crawl if he falls down and there isn't anything close to help him get back up.

We were able to get his flu shot and the H1N1 shot so hopefully he won't get any of the nasty sicknesses going around.

Jeremy's football ended last Saturday. They lost 8-0. It was a hard fought game. They ended up in 3rd place which is really good for their first year. Now he starts basketball. Practice starts tonight and is 2 nights a week. They will play most of their games on the weekend. He is playing with several boys that he played football with.

We will try to post pictures in the very near future. Happy Tuesday!

Joshua's First Hair Cut

Though Joshua's hair wasn't quite ready for braiding it was getting pretty long in the back so Jackie took him into J's Salon so that Shannon could give him his first haircut. Thanks to Chelee for acting as the camera woman.