This little man. We love him so much. He is the sweetest little guy and has grown SO much the last few months. Since our little Amelia came into our family, Joseph has been so patient with all of us. Emma and Thomas are great to him, but he is left out at times during their play. It doesn't really bother him. I do remind Emma and Thomas to make sure and include him, but sometimes they get so involved in playing and chatting with each other, Joseph kind of gets looked over. He's learned to entertain himself and it does make me sad. I feel bad that I can't always be there to play with him. I need to be better at putting some time away for him. Whenever we do, he is in heaven. Just like any of our children are, when we have one on one.
Emma's been sweet to him since he moved into their bedroom. All three of them share a room. If he has a hard time going to sleep, she'll sit with him and read to him. It warms my heart. She's going to be a great mother some day.
We are all still adjusting to a family of six and it's been quite the change.
We all love this little man and he brings SO much sunshine into our family.
Here are some of his cute moments of things he LOVES.
He is so picky with sweets. (I KNOW!) But he does like his nutella spread on toast.
Joseph loves, loves, loves, and doesn't stop talking about diggers. ALL THE TIME!
His vocabulary has really come a long way the last couple months. But before that, he could tell you all about "Honk" and lift his hand in a claw grip to show you what he saw when one of Daddy's cars from the lot was crushed at the junk yard. He didn't stop talking about for months.
Every morning when Derek walks Emma to bus stop, Joseph begs to go. When he does get to go, they always stop and look at the diggers up the road from us where there has been construction for months and months.
A couple weeks before Amelia came and Thomas was at school, I took Joseph to see the diggers. Unfortunately the machines were turned off and no action was going on. But he was in heaven when he got to sit on the digger.
He has now expanded his vocabulary to "Ma-huh f....("truck" with an "F" :) for garbage trucks and fire trucks. "Look, F....!"....everyday, all day. :)
"LOOK!! DIG!!"
Always needs his diggers with him. He loves playing with them.
This is his face while concentrating on the construction action going on outside.
He has also been a good little helper with cleaning out the chicken coop.
Normally he hates having his clothes off for too long but not this time. Having his rain boots on is all he needed to feel secure. :) Here he is helping Daddy with the play house walls.
A month ago, I got a new stepping stool for our kitchen. He has LOVED it! He picks it up and moves it to wherever he needs in the kitchen. His favorite spot is the kitchen sink. He'll stand there forever, just running the water and washing any dishes that are in the sink.
When Amelia first came, Thomas and Joseph were staying at Oma's a lot during the day. One of the times, Joseph, Thomas, and Dylan played basketball. He never stopped talking about it. Every time we asked if he wants to go to Oma's, he'd reply "Oma, hoop" and do the shooting basketball hand expression. hehehehe.
