First Thanksgiving

It hadn't really occurred to me until just now that Joshua just celebrated his FIRST American Thanksgiving! We didn't celebrate at Auntie Mona's house as we had first planned :-(. The severe cold artic air combined with lots of snow and wind changed our plans. Instead, we celebrated with friends and family at a big church meal at 1:30pm. And then we celebrated at home with the 6 of us and 2 friends.

You know what we were thankful for :-). Soooo many things including a new son!

Joshua has now been home 11 months and has grown 3 FULL INCHES in height!! But he has only gained 1#, LOL... it's getting harder all the time keeping those jeans up :-). He has gone from scribbling when coloring to doing beautiful inside-the-lines coloring. His use of a scissors and glue is improving, as is his vocabulary. Letter recognition seems slow... but he now has J-O-S from his name.

Joshua's #1 request for a Christmas gift this year? A toy kitchen! The kid LOVES to eat!!

Joshua's oldest brother, Ryan, moved into an apartment with friends 4 weeks ago... "CHANGE" is the one constant in our family and in life! Joshua sure misses seeing him daily... as do we all! But we are also thankful Ryan has this opportunity to grow. :-)