Keeping my day normal

A lot of people do not understand why we have to follow a routine for Joshua.

Yesterday was his birthday. We got up, he played with his cousins all day, and missed his nap because of his birthday party in the afternoon. He was grumpy all afternoon and evening because he missed his nap, crying at most situations he didn't enjoy. That night we went upstairs to read books in bed at 7:45pm, like normal, and fell asleep around 8:15 or so. at 9:00pm for about 45 mins he was awake and screaming and crying, because of something he was remembering from the day. Then at one point he didn't want to wear his pull ups anymore because they were hurting him.

At 11:45 he was back up screaming and crying and asking for cocoa milk, which we do not give him in bed at night. He was very mad at us for not giving him his milk and kept on screaming and crying. We told him if he wouldn't calm down we would spank him and did. Finally after the spanking and giving him a sip of water he calmed down and went to sleep. At 12:15 am he was back up screaming and crying because Ryan, a boy at his party, had a toy of his (this happened earlier in the day). He was screaming and crying until 1:00am when we finally caved and gave him his milk so we could get some sleep. He slept from then until 6:30 and is up and crabby as ever.

This is why we keep to his routine, nap at 1:00pm, in bed reading books at 7:30 or 7:45. He is asleep, hopefully, by 8:30pm and no matter what time of day we put him to bed he is up around 6am. If we put him to bed and he sleeps at least 10hours that night he is a lot happier in the morning. If we go to Church on Wednesday night and get back late, go to a friends house, if he watches too much TV, or anything exciting happens before bed we reenact what happen last night. So when people tell me it doesn't matter what time he goes to bed because children are flexible. That is NOT the case for him, unfortunately he has always been a horrible sleeper from birth and I don't see that changing anytime soon.

I am sure our baby inside was wishing he never has to come out of there. It probably doesn't sound like a very happy place when Joshua goes off like that. I am looking for a very normal day today.

Please pray he gets better at sleeping during the night. Every night we pray he sleeps in until 7am. One of these days that will actually happen.

Joshua is three!!!

It is so hard to believe Joshua is 3 years old already. It feels like just last month we celebrated his second birthday. Here are some pictures of Joshua when he turned one, then two, then three. He still loves making silly faces, giving us kisses and hugs, and just being a boy.

Yesterday was a lot of fun. He woke up and right away knew how old he was. We gave him a present then I made him some homemade waffles, his favorite breakfast. After breakfast Joshua and I went to the Rec-center so he could play in their play room and go swimming with Tyler. He had a lot of fun and didn't want to leave. After swimming we went home, picked up Michael and drove to Cheyenne. We took Michael's parents out to lunch at a Mexican Restaurant, they put a sombrero on his head but didn't sing Happy Birthday so we might have to go to Corona Village tonight for dessert so they can sing Happy Birthday to him there. After lunch we went to Michael's parents house for gifts. Joshua had a ton of fun opening his gifts here are some pictures of him spending his birthday. We got him a bunch of little gifts this year since he LOVE unwrapping things. He enjoyed it.















Joshua loved this clone trooper outfit. It is way to big for him but he loves to dress up.





Joshua at a year old


Joshua at two years old




Joshua at three years old

We found the ring!!!

Joshua passed the ring this afternoon. I am so thankful it came out okay and we don't need to get an x-ray done. Last night Michael and I took apart his bed and everything around it in search for the ring just in case he didn't swallow it.

I am so glad we found it now I can stop going through his poo...

Praise the Lord!

*sigh* my son...

My son swallowed my toe ring today and I would greatly appreciate prayer that it passes quickly.

I called the ER and they said I should have him go in for an X-ray, unless I have a physician in town then to call them first. So I called the Children's Clinic and talked to a nurse. She said the Dr. isn't worried about it since the ring is smaller than a nickle. I told her I was concerned because it wasn't completely round, it is the type of ring that you have to pinch to make smaller. She talked to the Dr. again and said as long as there is nothing sharp on the ring like stones he should be fine and pass the ring soon. She didn't give me a time period to look for the ring. Now I have the joy of looking though my son's poo. Lucky me!

I have to keep close eye on him that he doesn't start vomiting or have a fever, signs of infection that kind of thing.

Aside from that my son is practically potty trained. Yesterday morning we were at the library and he told me he had to go and went on the big toilet. Then last night we were at Wal-mart and told me he had to go and went on the big toilet again. I will ask him through out the day if he has to go to the bathroom and he usually says no thank you. Then later will go on his own. We do make him try to go before bed time though to prevent night and nap time wets. He has woken up a couple of times in the last two weeks in the morning with a dry diaper. :) I am so glad this is going well for us. At age 2 and 2 1/2 he wanted nothing to do with potty training. I guess just before 3 worked for us. Michael said he is making up for the fact that he didn't sleep well for us in his first 14 months of life.

Birthday card

Joshua, the ham.

Joshua is so funny with his silly faces that he loves to make. He was inspired to make silly faces by his second cousin Sofia and now he cannot get enough. He has always been fond of making silly faces even before he turned one year old. I guess he never really thought he could make silly faces when ever I take pictures of him.







Joshua received his first birthday card in the mail this week. He LOVES cards and loves opening our mail for us. He thought this was a wonderful gift. His Mimi (my Aunt Twila) gave him the card with three one dollar bills inside it. When he saw the bills he got excited and said 'more cards'. He is so cute. This picture is of his first reaction of the card.

Potty Training

Joshua is doing so great potty training. Once yesterday he ran over to the potty chair saying he had to go and he had a BM. Then at least 4 times today he ran over on his own to go potty and one of those time he has a BM. I am so proud of how well he is doing with potty training. I haven't had to ask him if he has to go for the last 3 hours. He will just run over to the chair drop his drawers and go on his own. He is getting stickers every time he goes potty and on the tenth sticker he gets a treasure.

Here is a picture of his treasure chest after he took a few items out of it.


Here is a picture of him playing with his play dough, the play dough was one of his treasures.