Busy Weekend

We had quite a busy weekend...

Saturday I had two kids birthday parties to go to - a first birthday and a second birthday. I was worried about Joshua surviving both so I mapped out his entire day to make sure he fed enough times and that he got enough sleep. Since we just changed his schedule from a three hour cycle to a 3.5 hour cycle, this actually made the day a bit easier.

First was Silas' first birthday. It's amazing that a year has gone by already. His mom, Andrea, and I are hoping Josh and Silas will grow up to be best friends!

I have always been a big fan of the kids making a mess with their first birthday cake. It just is so frikkin' cute and funny. I think the adults have just as much fun watching. Andrea had made a cake in the shape of a gigantic cupcake and decorated it like Elmo. It took a while to get started, but eventually Silas went to town with Elmo.





What I didn't get a shot of was his legs when he was pulled out of the chair. Before he really realized he could eat the cake, Silas was just rubbing the frosting on his legs. Andrea was smart enough to have taken his pants off beforehand.

In the late afternoon we had Ryan's second birthday party. Unfortunately, I didn't take my camera to this party. But Joshua got to see his betrothed, Josie. She is three days older than Joshua and it seems to be a tradition in my husband's family for the men to marry older women, so we're already priming Josh for this. At this party we sat these two next to each other and they were immediately holding hands. It was the cutest thing ever.

Jim and I just got new cell phones so we tried taking pictures of them with it, but it was just too slow. Then I realized that the phones also take video.

So in one day Joshua got to spend time with his best friend (according to his parents) and his girlfriend (according to his parents). Hmmm, I'm sure someday we'll let him pick his own relationships. ;-)

Sunday we decided to officially start taking Joshua to the nursery at church. It has become work to try to keep him quiet in the cry room at church and I'm not really able to pay attention to the service. The biggest reason we have been waiting is just to get past flu season. Hopefully the risk is not as great now. He seemed to do wonderful. Unfortunately we had to ask the nursery folks to feed him a bottle because good ol' mom and dad FORGOT to change the clocks. So his feedings started an hour late for the day. We slowly adjusted the schedule throughout the day and all was well. I don't get the sense that Josh has been affected by the time change at all. It doesn't typically seem to affect me much.

Sunday afternoon my cousin, Cindy, from Indiana and her best friend came over for a visit. They were in town to attend the Care and Kindness Conference my parents are involved in putting on. Cindy was so great with Josh - he would smile big and laugh at her.


And this morning at 4am, Joshua (and Cindy) got to experience a first earthquake. Did he really experience it? Probably not. Jim and I were on our feet in an instant and then just stood in our room waiting to see if it was going to keep going or get worse. Joshua didn't make a peep. It's funny, though, how my fears are changing now that I have a son. I used to like when we had earthquakes - they are never really that bad and they just become a fun thing to share stories about. But now that Joshua is here, I don't want anymore earthquakes. My biggest fear this morning was that it was a pre-shock. At least Cindy and her friend got to have the full California experience - Shake and Bake!!