Today...

This morning while preparing "His Majesty's" (James') breakfast, he asked me for a cup of coffee... lol! I honestly didn't know what to say to him except "coffee is for mommy". Then I turned my head so that he couldn't see me, and silently giggled to myself. He hasn't been feeling very well today. He has thus far refused eating breakfast and lunch , so I have had to just give him protein shakes so that he would be able to keep up his strength and halfway function. He seems to be overly emotional today as well. He also continues to ask to go "owside" (outside). I let him play on the pourch for about an hour, before lying him down for a nap, which he also strongly objected to, but I had to just tell myself "don't give in, do what's best for him, even if he cries". I ended up having to get the spoon out and walk around with it, so that he could see I was serious, and nap time wasn't open for discussion today. Somedays we don't make him take a nap. He's at that stage now... ugghh. So... all the while tending to James, I was also feeding Josh, and doing my best to equally distribute my attention. Which I find to be very difficult these days, especially when Robby working his 24 hour shifts. It seems as though the only thing I have time to eat is a boring tunafish sandwhich or a protein shake, with a side order of guilt for taking the time to eat. Josh is getting so strong!! He's pretty advanced for his age, so that makes it a little easier to entertain him, but on the other hand, more difficult to convince him that it's ok to not be able to do somethings just yet. He tries so hard to crawl. Today I stood him up on the floor and placed his hands on the couch in front of him. He just stood there looking around, smiling ever so proudly. He has really taken to his stuffed animals. Just about any of them will satisfy him. He loves to lie on the floor and pull the animal as close to his chest as he can poosibly get it. He then begins to "wrestle" with it, and shreek ever so loudly! He has turned over 1 time, which was a couple of weeks ago, but I haven't seen him do it since then. It was back to tummy, and happened during a round of wrestling. Since Josh is eatting so much, we have had to switch bottles. We LOVE Dr. Brown's bottles, which is what we used with James as well, but they only go up to 8 ounces, so we had to switch to Avent, which are great bottles as well...honestly they are so much easier to clean and fill. He didn't like the Avent at first because the nipple felt very different than the Dr. Brown's, but has adjusted well and is eating like a champ. Josh is great at letting you know when he's full...he just pushes the bottle away from himself and spews out any milk left in his mouth that he's not interested in eating. Simple as that! He has been able to hold his own bottle for several weeks now, but I still help him. He is now in 6-9 month clothes and size 3 diapers! I know... such a big boy!! We saved everything from when James was a baby, but when James wore 6-9 month clothes it was during the summer, so Josh can't wear any of them right now since it's cold weather right now. Josh likes to be warm, especially when he's sleeping, which is exactly opposite of what James was. James HATES to wear clothes. Josh has NEVER liked the Passie...unfortunantly... but tends to satisfy himself with whatever he can put in his mouth. James never liked the passie either until he was 6 months old. I thought, well since it's been several months since he's tried one, maybe we'll see if he's interested yet. So, one day I placed one on the floor where he could see it, he crawled over, picked it up, played with it for a few minutes, then ended up with it in his mouth; he loved it after that! Of course he is no longer on the passie, but I'm sure if I gave him one he would enjoy it just as much as he used to!

James' vocabulary skills are improving more and more each day. Every morning when he gets out of bed, the first thing he does is walk into the kitchen, tug on the refridgerator door and asks for milk or juice and eggs, and sometimes a waffle. He is a very picky eater, always has been, so when he asks for food, I am overjoyed and try to get him what he asks for, unless it's one of those foods that are just completely unacceptable...like a cookie or cake. Yes...he has asked for cookies for breakfast before. I find it strange though, because we are very paticular about what we feed the kids. I have always been a stickler about having too much sugar and junk. I also prefer to eat as organically as our budget will allow. As for Josh's baby food...we have a great food processor, so we are able to make our own baby food. We do buy some, but for some reason I like to make the veggies myself. James NEVER liked the jarred veggies or meats, so we just made it, and froze it in ice cube trays. He would eat that! We are still slowly working Josh onto foods, so we will see what becomes of his great food adventure! These pictues were taken today... James didn't want to get dressed this morning after breakfast, so after we took his P.J.'s off, I just let him run around in his pull up. Josh is lounging on the couch being cute as a bug. The picture of his legs and feet is to show you just how big he is getting. I dressed him in a 3-6 months outfit...as you can see, it's considerably too small!

Well, I think that's about it for today.