Happy Birthday Joshua!!

WOW.....it's been three long hard weeks. Working overtime at work, planning the last details of Joshie's Party, preparing the house for company and the arrival of the in-laws. I didn't realize that I hadn't typed one word in three weeks! It just proves that I've been busy, hands full.

Well, Joshua's Party was on the 28th, but today is my boy's actual birthday. It was an eventful day (the party), much fun to be had, games and pirates running all around my home. In the end, it looked as if a tornado hit. I'll never do a party in my house which entails children again....repeat...NEVER again! I must look into a hall or party place for next year. As for today, hubby's car broke down on the Garden State Parkway...yup. So Joshie and I spent time taking DaDa to work, stopped by grandma's job to say hello, spent the rest of our time at great-grandma's cause it didn't make sense to go all the way home and have to turn around again (this is sounding like a pepa-vent post) and then back home by 7pm to meet the last few trick or treaters. I just distributed the candy in handfuls cause I knew we'd only get the stragglers of the day.

All in all, I can't believe I was in this place last year, contracting by this time and almost fully dilated. Josh was born at 11:55pm, just before midnight. He was determined to come on Halloween. With his cord tucked underneath his arm and over his shoulder, crying for a short minute, skin clear and like butter, not a bit of vernix. I could still smell him now. He's not walking yet today, but I'm proud of my big baby. Again and again I say, I'd do it all over again in a heartbeat.

Teeth attacks

Lately, Joshua has been using his new chompers to eat very well. Problem is, he's also biting his family! He has bitten me and my mother in a 24 hour period. It amazes me that now his verbal/phonetics are really coming along. I ask him little questions and have chit chats and he will respond to the best of his baby ability. So when I ask for a kiss, he will lean in to me and give me a big one. But just yesterday, I come in from work, without asking he leans in to give me a kiss and decides he's going to take a chunk of Mama's bottom lip! Let me tell ya, he bit down so hard I saw stars! I told hubby to check if he saw blood. Thank goodness he didn't but my reaction was hilarious to Joshua. I gave him a stern look and it ended that. So yesterday I started re-teaching him how to kiss....geez.

Security Breach

Gates, gates all around and the boy still finds ways to get into some mess! I don't understand it. I guess in his little brain he thinks, "fine you silly big people, I'll just find something else dangerous to do." We have plug covers and two gates barring the kitchen (because you can enter from the foyer/living room and the dining area). I've also latched the inner cabinets that are within his reach so that they only open about 1. 5 inches. He still breaches security. He's tried to knock down the gates and reaches in the cabinets to try and get out items. We're in trouble when he starts walking. Right now, he's to the point of holding on with one hand and cruising around. I get a kick out of seeing him rock and jump when some good music is playing. I have to hit Babies R Us or One Step Ahead to see if I can find tighter security!

Breaking news: The in-laws are coming, the in-laws are coming..possible Monday of next week to spend some time. I hope I can take this opportunity to get some projects done while they're here getting re-aquainted with Joshua. It's been months since they've seen him...way too long.