Sweet Smiles and Baby Toes

Six Months - Oct 11th

Last week Josiah turned 6 months old (Oct 11). I am in awe of this gift that God has given us. He is such a blessing. When people see us out and about they tell me how blessed Josiah is that we have given him a home. I think we are more blessed that God chose us to parent this amazing little boy. He makes me smile everyday. His smile is contagious. Everyone who meets him loves him. He is incredible. I know that I am partial since he is my little man but he is an amazing little guy. We are so blessed to be a part of his life. God has amazing plans for you Josiah. I can't wait to watch them unfold.

Adoption is such an incredible journey. One day I will share our entire adoption journey on here when I have time. It is amazing to watch what God can do when you step out of the way and tell God "Whatever you want. Please use me." It is such a scary place to be and yet the peace that filled me can only come from God. How quickly I forget that peace and want to control my life instead of allowing God to control my life. When God is in control, life is amazing.

Josiah is such a blessing to us. I am in such awe that the God of our universe handpicked Josiah to be a part of our family. Josiah is now sitting up for decent spans of time by himself. I still sit behind him (or place a pillow behind him) so that when he topples, I can catch him. He is teething. Poor guy. I am so ready for that tooth to come through. He is a trooper though. He smiles and laughs. He recognizes people. He loves his family. He reaches for who he wants and he will let you know if he does not want you to hold him. :) He prefers his fruit to his veggies. He won't take a full bottle anymore. Three oz and he is done. He refuses to finish his bottle later. Maybe he just really likes regular food? Not sure. We are working on that. He started sleeping through the night every other night but has now regressed. He still takes a 6 oz bottle overnight. Overnight and right before bed are the only 2 times he will take 6 oz. On the scale at home he weighed 17.5 lbs a week and a half ago. He is solid muscle!

Josiah is rolling all over the place! He gets up in the crawling position and then lays down. He scoots on his sides. He can cover some ground. Soon he will be crawling everywhere. Right now his favorite thing to do is roll around on the floor with his toys. He likes to be mobile. He will only stay in his exersaucer for short periods of time. He still love his jumper though. He can get some air too! I may have mentioned this before but Josiah loves Mickey Mouse clubhouse. He gigles and smiles when Mickey comes over the hill on the theme song. Once the theme song is over he is done. He also loves Baby Einstein. We have the Mozart video and he is mesmorized by it. Josiah's Mimi taught him how to find his toes. If you ask him to get his toes he will! He chews on them mostly. Its the teething. He is getting so big so quickly. He is all boy! He is a rough and tumble boy who loves to play.  I am so excited about getting to watch him grow up. It is so fun watching him learn new things. Josiah is such a treasure from God!

 

 

Baseball

Last week we took Josiah to his first baseball game with some close friends of ours! He may not of paid attention to the game but he really enjoyed being the center of attention.

  

Josiah's First Aquarium Trip

Josiah loves fishies! He loves watching fish swim. His Nana and Papa have a fish tank and he will sit and watch the fish swim around forever it seems. A couple weeks ago some close friends of ours invited us to go to the aquarium with them and since Josiah loves fish, we thought he would like it. He loved it!

Mommy and I with the tropical fish.

The nice guy posed for a picture with us. Josiah wouldn't stop looking at him.

Fascinated by all the colors of fish!

Looking at the sting rays and baby sharks.

Fascinated!

Family Photo!

Friends!

Josiah and Daddy in the Shark Tunnel.

Josiah would not look at the camera when there were fish to watch!

After 5 hrs (including a 2 hr nap), Josiah was finally ready to go!

5 Months

Josiah is officially 5 months old! He is growing so fast. He rolls and scoots around. He gets up on his knees but hasn't figured out the arm portion of crawling. He loves his vegatables so far. He holds onto me now and he reaches for whoever he wants. It is so sweet. He is also a big flirt. He makes everyone smile. He could be fussing but if someone comes to tak to him, he is all smiles and laughing. He is such a mess. We are so blessed to get to be his parents and watch him grow into the man God intended for him to be.

Josiah and Cody hanging out

I like sweet potatoes!

 

Josiah with his favorite bath toy. We bought Josiah bath toys/teethers but he will have nothing to do with them. All he wants is his 2 blue cups.