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Home From the Hospital

Joshua and I are home from the hospital. It was yet another long night in the Pediatrics Ward but we made it through! We visited our family doctor yesterday morning who sent us to a Pediatrician. The Pediatrician looked at Joshua and then sent us to the hospital where the little guy was admitted and immediately put onto an IV. They were worried because he was dehydrated and had lost just over 5 pounds in 4 days (from a stomach virus).

Thank you to my Mom and Rick, Stephanie, Lyndsay and Joe who all visited us in the hospital (and kept me sane ... it's hard to entertain a 1 year old when he's grumpy, hungry, sick and confined to a small area). Thank you also to Joe's parents, Athina and David, for keeping James for 5 days and 2 nights this week ... it's been so hectic I don't think I could have handled having both of the boys around all the time! Also, thank you to the makers of portable DVD players, cartoons and story books, without which we would definitely not have survived the past 36 hours! ;)

Dr. Anquist says that as long as Joshua will drink fluids we can stay home tonight! :)

Lessons Learned

We had french fries with ketchup for dinner on Saturday night and Joshua discovered that you can skip the french fry altogether and use your fingers to scoop up the ketchup. Later when I put him in the bathtub I gave him some soap finger paint and smeared it all over the side of the tub. Before I realized what he was doing, Joshua ran his hand through the red paint and put his whole hand into his mouth. He looked up at me, shocked, and said, "No ketchup, Mommy. Soap! No ketchup!" He was so cute! Then he played for a while as I snapped pictures. Finally he got tired of the bath and said, "Towel ... towel ... diaper ... diaper" which I had to get on video before I took him out of the tub. As I was drying him off I realized I had forgotten to wash his hair and told him so ... he then giggled and said, "No hair. Tricked Mommy! No hair!" and gave me a huge grin. How can I be mad at that?!?

Possible Future Occupation?!?

Joshua received a Home Depot power tool bench from his Grandma Debbie and Grandpa Rick for Christmas and he absolutely loves it! :)

Joshua and James

Owen's First Birthday

We went to Owen's first birthday party last Saturday and the boys had a lot of fun! Here are some pictures that Amy sent us after the party. :)

(Joshua was really jealous of Owen and his new dump truck ... when I reminded him that he has a similar train at home he said, "Dump truck! No train! DUMP TRUCK!) :P

Similar Expressions ...

I found this picture of Joshua that looks fairly similar to a recent one of James ...The one with the orange date stamp is Joshua at 3 months, and the other one is James at 2 months.Okay, the really don't look that similar in these pictures but I love them anyway. :P