*Josiah has always been a really good talker. He started talking at a young age, but he still has some cute things he says "incorrectly" and I love it.
He will ask us "May I have some WATERN?" Watern = water!
I know most kids say this but instead of saying Don't he will say something like "I not yike (Like) that." I love that he doesn't say "I don't." and he says "I not" instead!
*It melts my heart into mush when he hugs me around the neck and says "I yove (love) you so much, Mommy!" Or "You are my favorite."
*I love it when he says "Mommy, ask me nicely for...(whatever toy he wants me to have to play with). This is a newer thing that he has started and I think it is so cute.
*Sometimes when he is being silly he will pretend to wipe my kiss away and he thinks it is hilarious! He cracks up.
*He loves to say "I do it all by myself, Mommy." (I am pretty sure he gets that from my independence),
*He ALWAYS knows where we are going even when I don't tell him. He has insanely good sense of direction and can tell me where to drive to get there. He will say "turn here mommy to get to_______."
*Josiah LOVES LOVES LOVES his daddy!!! He wants to do everything that Josh does and can't wait for him to come home. If Josh has to work late and he doesn't get to see him, his first question to me the next morning is "where my daddy is?" Or if I am talking to Josh on the phone Josiah has to say something to him. He will say "Hi Daddy. I obeying Mommy today. I yove you!"
*He always wants to play with his friends and wants people to come over everyday or asks to go to someone's house.
*Recently he has gotten a really great imagination. He pretends things all day long. He loves dinosaurs, matchbox cars and Mickey Mouse! I enjoyed watching him play and playing along with him.
*He has really gotten good at puzzle and completed a jigsaw puzzle completely on his own today (of course it was a t-rex dinosaur.)
*At least 4 times a week he will ask either Josh or me (or both) "Mommy/Daddy can we go to the I-Cream place (which is ice cream)?" Our favorite place to go here is Sweet Berry Frozen Yogurt and it is so good and very cheap! We are able to go about once every 10 or so days. The employees know Josiah...and Josiah gets the same thing every time. Vanilla I-Cream with blueberries, 3 gummy bears, cookie bears (which are Teddy grahams..that is what he calls them), marshmallows and rainbow sprinkles. WE LOVE SWEET BERRY!!!
*He still LOVES his blankie and will always love it. A friend of mine gave me one that is the exact blankie, but he totally knows the difference and won't take the other one. The only time he will use the other one is if I am washing HIS and he will say "Ok, I take the other one, Mommy." He will never sleep a night with it though. I always wash his during the day.
*He goes to bed with a "friend" (AKA Mickey Mouse), but never usually ends up keeping him in there. If Josiah gets up once he looses his friend. For some reason, he very rarely stays in his bed the first time. It is like he needs one more kiss or something, so we take Mickey.
*Josiah is VERY good at sports and his favorite one this week is football. He can catch and throw a football great for his age. He also loves baseball...he can even hit a pitched baseball. He then has to throw the bat down and "run the bases." We love that he is so into sports.
*He now enjoys his bike with training wheels and just last week rode a mile on it
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*As I am sure every parent has this with their kids, Josiah tends to test the limits lately. He will say or do something that he knows is not ok with us and look at me with his big brown eyes as to say "what are you going to do?" Of course we take care of it and move on to the next thing. I wonder when he will stop testing the limits...ha ha - probably never!! There will always be a new adventure and stage we have to push/discipline through.
*Josiah loves to help and recently has started pulling his step stool out from beside the refrigerator to help me do whatever it is I am doing. I love it, but some times I would rather get it done faster...however, I know there will be a day when he won't want to help me anymore or will be busy playing with friends or in school and won't be able to help so I let him do it as much as he wants.
*We started giving Josiah showers about 3 months ago when he started getting a rash on his bottom. We weren't sure what was causing it, but soon determined that he has a sensitivity/allergy to the bathrooms wipes and it is now gone. But, now he is set on taking a shower and if we say something about it being "bath time" he quickly corrects us and says "it is shower time, Mommy." I guess bath time is in the past!!
*While Josiah was a baby we never had to deal with him being a climber or being rough. He still isn't a climber and doesn't test his limits by climbing on things. He just doesn't like heights, I guess. But...HE IS ALL BOY!!! He LOVES to play ROUGH!!! I don't mind him playing rough, but I am trying to learn a good way to teach him there is a time and place to be rough. He can't wait for Daddy to come home everyday and before Josh even walks into the door he asks him if they can wrestle. I don't want to take away his want/need for being a rough/tough kid, but I want him to be able to know when it is right and wrong. I honestly didn't think he would be like that when he was younger because he was so timid and gentle. Things have changed for sure and he keeps me on my toes all day long!!
*Josiah loves the computer and I am shocked at how well he knows how to use it. He will ask me if he can look at pictures or videos of us on there and he knows how to work it. When we go to the library he helps me with the computer there - using the arrows to look for books that he wants to check out! Kind of crazy that I didn't even know how to use a computer until I was in high school and they have definitely changed since then for sure!!
*I am very grateful that Josiah eats and sleeps well!! We never have to argue with him over eating healthy or taking a nap! I will always feel blessed with that!! He usually always asks during lunch if it is nap time and always goes right down and straight to sleep. We had a short time where it was difficult at night making him stay in his bed, but we seemed to have conquered that (I hope)! He only wakes up in the middle of the night if he has to go potty, but that only happens on the occasion he drinks to much at dinner or something and when he gets up he always goes right back to bed!
*In the last few months, he learned his very first Bible verse Philippians 4:13. We are so proud of him!!
*He knows how to spell his name out loud and I am slowly working on teaching him how to write it. That may take a little while!
*Josiah LOVES music and used to call it "mumic." He says it correctly now, which makes us sad - ha ha. He is constantly either playing his toy guitar or singing into his microphone. He gets his love for music from his Daddy. If it were up to the two of them there would be music playing in our house 24/7. I have to have some quiet sometimes.
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