Happy 1st Birthday to Joshua!

It's already been almost two weeks since we celebrated Joshua's 1st birthday.  We had a fun party for him on 1/1/11!  There was cake (made by grandma Judy),ice cream (made by grandpa Oscar), presents (lots of them!) and guests (three families from church).  My sister gets the prize for the craziest present, my parents get the prize for the noisiest present and grandma Betty gets the prize for the most loved card...see the pictures below to highlight each of these!

Joshua hasn't started walking yet, but he has taken a few "first steps".  His vocabulary grows more and more every day...here are a few of the things he says:  go, go, go; dada; mama; all done (and he signs it too); moo.  He also signs "more"...I didn't do too much with signing, but it is neat that he understands the two signs I did teach him.  He eats anything we feed him and had no problem switching from formula to whole milk.  Hopefully getting rid of the bottle will become easier in the future, as we've tried this change a little bit.  Joshua loves being wherever his big brother is and is learning the art of tackling daddy with Gregory.  Joshua is also learning from his big brother how to be an entertainer...he's a dancer, loves music, love peek-a-boo and playing the recorder and drums.  When he is not fussy (which is become less), he is such a cutie!  Happy birthday baby boy!  P.S.  12 month stats will be next week after his doctor appointment.