Everyday Joshua

This is one of my favorite expressions: the tight-lipped smile.

He crawls on his hands & knees now, but still resorts to army crawling when he wants to go fast.

We love playing hide-and-go-seek around the couch.

"WHUH!" That is probably what Joshua is saying in this picture. He is really quite talkative!

He is just so cute!

Joshua is a great stander, but he definitely likes holding on to something.

Even though he is such a big baby, Joshua still loves his swing!

He looks so grown up in this picture! I think it's the polo shirt.

What a wild-looking kid!

Joshy does a great job sitting on his own now. Here he is playing with his newfound friend the broom. What a terrible "toy!"

Joshua loves removing our shoes from the shoe rack.
Here's my favorite smile again!

A Happy Halloween!

Joshua's first Halloween was definitely a happy one! We started the festivities early in the month with a trip to the pumpkin patch. Joshua had a great time discovering the pumpkins. He especially enjoyed their dirty spots.


We all dressed up for a Halloween party at UW for med students & their families. Joshua was a tiger, Ryan was a tree, & I was a tree hugger... and a tiger hugger too of course!


Joshua went Trunk-or-Treating at the church and collected some of "his" favorite candies. We did let him have this mini-Twix until we realized that he had opened the package & was siphoning out chocolate. Lucky boy!


On Halloween night, we had a great dinner with friends for which I carried on the family tradition of making a jack-o-lantern cake. Thanks Mom!