Posted 11:06 AM by Kathy
Josh had a doctor's appointment this week. They checked his iron and he got one shot. This was very bad. He kept saying, "I don't like her. " about the nurse that "poked him". He likes the nurse practitioner that actually does the check up, she pretends to look for Bob the Builder in his ears. His iron is pretty good and he got 2 new Hot Wheels as a consolation.

Posted 1:44 PM by Kathy
We went to White Water yesterday. My mom came with us. We had a great time. Josh actually rode one of the "big" rides. It's a ride where 4 people can get into a huge raft and go down a flume-like slide. This is the only one he would ride as it was the only ride apparatus that didn't have a hole in the bottom. He would not sit in an inner tube and ride anything! He spent most of his time playing in the kid area and we had fun.

Josh's latest saying is, "You always....." he'll finish with... "wear that shirt", "read that book" etc, etc. It's pretty funny to hear him say that in an exasperated fashion, even though a lot of the time it's the first incident.

Posted 9:45 AM by Kathy
Josh is going to start big boy school this year. We've enrolled him in Pre-K in Tulsa. His age group will be attending in the morning. Something I am not thrilled about. He will have to go to bed earlier and so will I. His school will start at 8:45, but he can get there at 8:15 to eat breakfast. I'm a little worried about this step. It seems so huge! He's excited though and doesn't want to attend "little school" any more.

Posted 10:15 AM by Kathy
We've started a sleeping chart for Josh. Since I am not able to take my turn putting him to bed at night, we need something to get him to lie down on his own. He gets a sticker every time he goes to sleep by himself without crying fro Daddy. When he gets five, he gets a surprize. Well, we have a few small gifts that we bought on sale months ago with the intent to give them to him for his birthday. We forgot so we figured we had some built in presents for his surprizes. But, his Daddy brought home a "Caterpillar" catalogue. We're talking the big machines that are used by construction companies. Apparantly, they make smaller toy versions of these, and Josh wants an excavator for his surprize. I'm betting he'll get it too.

Posted 8:25 AM by Kathy
Josh and Shawn have a game of identifying cars. Josh enjoys his Hot Wheels and books about cars, so it seems natural to pick them out on the street. Last night, we were coming home from dinner and Josh said, "Look! A new car!" Well, it wasn't really a new one, just new to him. It was a pretty old Cadillac. So Shawn told him, "It's a Cadillac." Which in Josh speak became, "Camerlack"

For his birthday, he got a Bob the Builder Memory game. He is amazing at this game. He beat my brother Scott at it. And he beat his Daddy as well. I've yet to play him since I'm still feeling pretty puny in the evenings (actually, almost all the time). But soon, I hope, I'll be feeling better and I'll try my hand at it. It's pretty funny to watch adults play this game with him, you can see that they are hoping he won't remember a match. He usually does. But when the adult gets a match, Josh cheers for them. He's not as competetive yet. He seems to be playing "for the love of the game"

Posted 10:30 AM by Kathy
Two "quotable quotes" from Josh.

He and Grammie were going into a store to get some batteries for his gift from her. She said, "Let's look both ways so we don't get hit by a car, we'll really be in a big pickle then." He said, "Grammie, you be in a pickle, I'll be in a carrot."

He and Shawn were playing ball inside and getting a little crazy. Shawn said, "Mama's going to get me in trouble." "No get him in trouble, he's my boy."

Posted 10:34 AM by Kathy
We celebrated Josh's birthday on Sunday. We went to Chuck E Cheese. Very fun for everybody. Josh really loves that place, as did the other kids that attended.

Other news, Josh is going to be a big brother in March. I am feeling very bad. Sick all the time. I'm not a very good wife or mother right now. Thankfully, Shawn is helping out a lot. He will deserve some time to himself when this trimester is over.