Cousin Ella's Baby Naming

Keith flew to Orlando for the weekend, and Josh and I drove up from my parent's house in Juno Beach to attend our niece, Ella's, baby naming. It was nice for Josh to meet his cousins and see his Uncle Jason and Aunt Robyn. His cousin Ella is exactly 2 weeks older than Joshua. Robyn bought them matching outfits from BabyGap, and we took pictures of them together. So cute.

Josh's First Long Car Ride

Josh's first long car ride was a 2 1/2 hour trip from my parent's house to Orlando for my niece's baby naming. Well, it was supposed to take 2 1/2 hours, but it took 3 1/2 hours with Josh. He wanted to stop and take a break every hour. We were doing the trip alone as Keith was meeting us in Orlando. The car ride back was not so bad. Josh slept most of the ride, and I did not have to stop at all. The ride back did only take 2 1/2 hours. There is a nice outlet mall on the route, but I didn't want to chance it. Maybe, next time.

Talking

Joshua loves to talk. It is the cutest. He has become a real conversationalist. We talk about everything from typical things that happen in the day to sports to politics. He even likes to talk on the phone. Josh has had some nice phone conversations with dad at work and enjoys leaving voicemails for Grandmom Adele on her cell.

That Winning Smile

The first time I saw Josh smile was around 4 weeks. I know it could have been gas, but I think it was a smile. It wasn't until Halloween day that his social smile seemed to be a regular occurance. (6 weeks). I was lucky enough to capture it on camera in his halloween costume. (See my post on 10/31).

Now, we get to see the smile every day, and it is amazing. When Josh wakes up in the morning, I walk over to him and say "Good morning, Joshy". He looks back at me with a big smile. (He definitely doesn't take after his mother in being a morning person). Yet, now each night that I go to bed, I look forward to waking up the next morning to see that winning smile once again.

I Found a Nanny

I thought it was going to take weeks and weeks and 50 interviews to find the right nanny. When I found myself rushing to check references and thinking "we need to grab her", I knew I found the one. It ended up that I only had to meet 6 people before I found her. She seems to have the experience, personality, and philosophy that I was looking for in a nanny. I feel pretty good about her. Nothing compares to me being able to stay home. However, I think Josh will be in good hands.

Sorry Bubby

The first night in Florida not only did Josh sleep through the night, but he didn't wake up until 8:30am. I guess Josh knows he is on vacation too. :)

My grandmom came over for our traditional Sunday brunch, which consists of lox and bagel. She was excited to see Josh again, and I gave her as much holding time as possible. Unfortunately, maybe it was a little too much holding time.

Babies poop. Anywhere at anytime. Babies poop. More times than not, it isn't much of a problem, even if the baby poops when sitting on your lap. Today, my my grandmom was not so lucky. Josh pooped on his Bubby Evelyn. When I say that Josh pooped on her, he really did. It was the biggest explosion ever. I have never seen him poop so much. It got all over him and grandmom. I am not sure much of it stayed in the diaper at all.

Sorry Bubby!

On Our Way to Grandmom and Grandpop's House

Josh and I traveled tooday to Florida to visit Grandmom and Grandpop. It will be a nice visit and we will get to see his Bubby Evelyn as well. It will be the first time that my grandmother gets to meet her Great Grandson, and I know she is really excited.

As much as I was looking forward to the trip, I was not looking forward to the flight. Lugging all the stuff plus the baby was going to be a challenge. Plus, who knew how Josh was going to behave. I had 2 big suitcases plus a carry-on, boppy, baby bjorn, and the stroller. The airline let Keith come to the gate with me. Very nice of them, especially with the added security. It was a huge help as just getting through security was a challenge. I had to take the car seat out of the stroller, fold the stroller, and put the stroller and car seat on the conveyer belt while holding Josh through security. Fun Fun Fun. I brought the BabyBjorn so I could put Josh in that to carry him on the plane. Luckily, the plane wasn't 100% full so I got to bring the car seat on the plane and give Josh his own seat.

Well, the separate seat for Josh turned out to be a car seat holder, and he spent the whole plane ride on my lap. When I sat down, I layed Josh on the Boppy, put the nursing cover over me, and started to nurse him. The notion was that he would be feeding when the plane took off and would not be bothered with his ears during take off. Well, I started feeding him too soon. By the time we did take off, he was done eating and just hanging on there "grazing". Joshua ate too much. This led to lots and lots of spit up all over him and and some on me for the first half of the flight. I felt bad for Joshua and also for the man sitting on the aisle who was witnessing all of this. Since I was prepared, I had a change of clothes for him and changed him into something dry on the plane.

Josh was pretty good though. He hardly cried or fussed for the 2 1/2 hour flight. (Minus the spit up). I managed to not have to change his diaper during the flight. (There is no way I would have been able to get out of my seat). He didn't seem to complain about that either. Hopefully the man on the aisle seat didn't seem to notice Josh's baby fresh scent was not so fresh at the end of the flight. :)

On the landing, there was no way I was giving Josh more food. So, I gave him a pacifier and that did the trick as well. Josh didn't seem to complain about his ears popping.

Grandmomand Grandpop met us at baggage claim, and they were so excited to see their new grandson. I am now "second fiddle".