Ten Months for Joshua

Wow!!! I am a little past due for this post, Joshua is actually closer to eleven months as I write this so I better update the blog with the latest in life for Joshua as a ten month old. I feel as though we're getting out of the baby days and nearing toddler life as Joshua is full on crawling and exploring anything and everything he can. Our life has become very busy! There is no more making dinner while he sits and plays with his toys. An example of the craziness was today while I was cooking dinner, Quinn luckily was being entertained by my iPad while Joshua was roaming the kitchen he managed to knock over the very full trash can sending yogurt flinging across the floor as well as all the rest of the contents of the trash. While I was cleaning this up I could literally smell dinner burning on the stove only to find little man crawling up the stairs!! Time for baby proofing the house? Anyway, here are some of the things Joshua is doing as a ten month old:

 -His own version of crawling is a very fast army crawl (belly on the ground and using arms and legs to pull his way through the house). Occasionally he will get on hands and knees and crawl too
-Pulls up to knees and sometimes feet on different pieces of furniture or toys
-Waves hello and goodbye
-Says dada, mama, papa, baba
-Can sign "more", and "all done"
-Has two teeth on the bottom and is getting two on the top
-Laughs hysterically when Quinn is silly
-Will rest his head on your shoulder and pat your back when tired or showing love
-Eats all table food now
-Drank out of a straw for the first time this week!
-Sleeps from 7 pm to 7 am without waking
-Takes two long naps: first one from about 9:00 am to 10:30 am and second one from about 1:30 to 3:00   
 -Nurses three times a day, we're gradually weaning now

He's becoming more interested in books lately, especially ones with different textures

This Peek-A-Boo book might be his favorite!

Army crawling

Cracking himself up!

New Mexico

Last week we went to New Mexico to escape the heat and visit family. It was such a great trip and we only wish we would've stayed longer!! We spent a couple days with my parents then traveled north with them to Red River. The weather was dreamy with 70 degree highs and fresh, cool air. The cabin we stayed at was right next to a stream so Quinn and Jaime loved fishing in it and even caught a few fish! Jaime and I went on a nice (and very hilly) run and a hike up the mountain. We thoroughly enjoyed spending time with family and getting out of the Texas heat for a while.

Amazing!

This weekend Jaime ran an "anniversary" 5K. The Caleb 5K was the first race Jaime ran exactly a year ago and he wanted to see how much he'd improved. I'll say going from 7 minute miles to 5 minute miles is quite the accomplishment!! This year he came in first place overall, out of 1,000+ people with a time of 17:40!  Woohooooo!! I was beyond proud as I watched him run this race, he is relentless!

Daddy's biggest fans!!

Great start

Here is Jaime's buddy, Scott who also had an amazing finish time, and with a stroller and toddler in tow!!

Race leaders

This is Jaime behind the pace car.  It looks like no one else is even running in the race!

1st place winner!

 

Fish Lips

Quinn took swimming lessons at the YMCA back in June and had the best time ever! This year she swam without me (last year we did the parent/child class) and I think this was the best thing for her. She was so open to do much more with her teacher than I think she would have been with me swimming with her. I'm so grateful for these lessons as she has become so confident in the water. Hopefully as she continues to grow she'll love swimming as much as we do! I called her fish lips because every time she swims and gets a little cold her lips turn purple, it is the cutest thing!

This was the last day, water safety day.  The kids all learned how to put on a life jacket and the importance of using one.

Look how serious Quinn is in the raft!

Here she is saving her teacher.

 

Firecracker 5k

I started running just about nine weeks ago and decided to try my first 5k on the fourth of July. It was in Lago Vista and was pretty hilly which made it a little harder than I had expected, but I finished and that was really my main goal. Jaime and the kids joined along with his running group so you can imagine they all finished quite a bit earlier than I did. Even with our double jogger and two kids in it Jaime placed 8th! I won't really disclose what place I got- it was somewhere in the middle of the group.

Ice Cream!!

Just a few pics of Quinn with her love, ice cream. She was super excited to get a free cone from Mcdonald's as part of the library reading club and was even more excited to eat the homemade strawberry ice cream she made with Mama Rose!

Swim Class

Quinn took swimming lessons in June and really enjoyed them! Last year we did the parent/child class so I swam with her but this year she was in a small group with one teacher. I think this worked out really well because she seems to want to learn and listen so much better when it is a teacher and not me. She seems so much more confident in the water and loves to show us her new tricks.