There have been so many things lately that I’ve wanted to write down about Josiah.\u00a0 I just wish all our far off family and friends could enjoy a fun little conversation with my blonde-headed boy.<\/p>\n
This is such a fun, fun age.\u00a0 I just recently realized that Analise was this age right after Josiah was born, and I feel that I missed alot of her at this stage, because I was so busy with Josiah.\u00a0 She also started going to preschool at this age, and I really didn’t have a lot of one-on-one time to appreciate all the little developmental things that were happening.\u00a0 It makes me sad to think I was too sleep-deprived to notice her sweet moments at this age.<\/p>\n
But I am LOVING getting to know Josiah as a little person, watching his personality develop, and spending more one-on-one time.\u00a0 We go out and about a lot more now that Analise is in school, and he’s gotten to be a very easy-going little companion… especially if I finish the running-around with a trip to the playground!<\/p>\n
Yesterday was exactly like that.\u00a0 We’d been to several stops, and he’d been great.\u00a0 He even indulged me in a long (well, long with a child.\u00a0 Maybe 30 minutes?) walk around Kohl’s.\u00a0 He rode in the cart\/stroller, munching on cereal bar and raisins.\u00a0 I’m sure the Kohl’s employees were wondering about the little black “droppings” in the clearance section.\u00a0 I knew it was time to go when he climbed out of the stroller in the underwear section, and climbed up onto a shelf in the wall, burying himself behind the panties \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 He didn’t want to leave, actually, but that’s when I mentioned the playground, and he was all ready to go.<\/p>\n
So I swung by Starbucks so I’d have something to enjoy at the playground.\u00a0 I ordered an iced caramel latte, and as we were driving to the playground, I swirled the icy drink around to cool it off and mix it up.\u00a0 Josiah heard the ice in the cup and said, “It’s gone, Mama.”<\/p>\n
“What’s gone?”<\/p>\n
“The coffee is gone.”<\/p>\n
I decided to play along.\u00a0 “Oh no!\u00a0 What am I going to do?”<\/p>\n
“You get some more.”\u00a0 Haha.\u00a0 Yes, dear.\u00a0 In our house, there’s always more coffee to be had \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
At the playground, he started running off and stopped to turn back to me.\u00a0 “Come on, Mama!\u00a0 Come on!”\u00a0 Sweet, sweet words.\u00a0 I love that the playground isn’t enticing enough to pull him away with out me.<\/p>\n
Though he’s nearly outgrown it, we still have times where he wants to rest on my chest.\u00a0 I loved those baby times of him sleeping chest-to-chest to me.\u00a0 I love that he still finds quiet, comfort and rest snuggled up next to me.\u00a0 No matter how tired or busy I am, I’ll never pass up an opportunity to hold my big baby boy so close.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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