My first recruiting drive

As you know, I'm working on talking so I can become an official member of the Legion ofMary (instead of as mommy's group calls it...their mascot). We recently started up a new praesidium though and this is a picture of me helping at my first recruiting drive. Mommy and I were at all the Masses except one. It was a lot of fun...and everyone wanted to come talk to me.

Recent Happenings

(posted with mommy's help)
I had a photo shoot last week and to see my pictures go to the posted link and then use 7364ceacc6 as the access code. That was really exciting...the company even asked for rights to one picture to maybe put up in studios across the US.

I'm also developing quite quickly. I am crawling faster and faster every day. I also can sit up on my own when put at a 45 degree angle and if mommy sits me upright I can stay that way for several minutes. Daddy and Mommy also when they lift me up I can stand on my own feet and put my total weight on them and they just balance me...and sometimes I try to balance myself. That is a lot of fun.

Christmas

I enjoyed opening all my presents. This is me opening a present. It was a lot of fun. Christmas was great! . We had a very large Christmas dinner with a 20pd turkey. Then we went to Mass on Christmas Eve and left here around 10:30pm arriving in Richmond around 12:30am...course I slept the whole time. They had a crib for me and everything though and I really liked it. Unfortunately though I got diaper rash and a cold while there. Then we came back and things returned to normal. We all slept through New Years...recouping from being sick, traveling, and mattress/ white sale shopping (we upgraded to a larger mattress for daddy's birthday).

Some firsts

[posted by mommy]

I can now laugh which is a lot of fun because people act goofy to try to make me laugh. I am also starting to teeth which is no fun. When put at a 45 degree angle leaning back, I can make myself sit upright. When I'm placed on my tummy I can lift and hold my head up at least 45 dgrees. According to my doctor this Monday, I weigh 13lbs, 9 oz but my mommy took my weight at home yesterday and I weigh 14 lbs. I also ate a very soft cooked carrot slice yesterday (almost the whole thing). I really liked it. I have also tried mashed potatoes and peas. Mommy's milk is still the best. I am wearing clothes now labeled for a 9 month old. I now say mom and mama very clearly. Its my favorite word because mommy comes when I say them. I liked all the twinkles and cried when mommy and daddy took them down.

It's been a while

a post from Joshua, not through his secretaries...

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