Quick and Fun Facts

Joshua: Apparently Joshua pulled up from sitting to standing for the first time last night. He was crawling around in the family room and suddenly he was standing next to the couch holding on. Go Joshua! I was out on a girls' night so John is the lucky witness to this milestone.

Katie: Two funny things that Katie has said recently:

1. On several occasions Katie has mentioned "Joshua's other belly button." It took me awhile to realize that this is how she understands his different anatomical element. :-)

2. Tonight we were reading "I'll Teach My Dog A Lot of Words" by Michael Frith. We read the page below:

Her response to the bottom left picture?

"Is that JESUS??!!!!"

Happy birthday, Daddy!

Happy birthday to John! Last Friday was his birthday and we headed to the beach for the weekend to celebrate. We ate dinner at Nicola Pizza (left), where they stuck a candle in a giant roll and announced his birthday on the loudspeaker so the whole restaurant could sing to him. You can see how red he was. :-)

Afterwards, we went to Friendly's for dessert (right), and the Friendly's servers sang him a special Friendly's birthday song. The kid sitting across from us was more impressed with Katie than John though. He drew this for us:

But the best entertainment of all occurred after we got to the beach house. Just before bedtime, Katie pulled herself up to standing for the first time. It was very exciting! You can watch her 3rd "pull up" in the video below.