Cute things my son does right now.

He really loves the moon. Every time he sees it he "ooo"s and shrieks until you look at it.

He is big into giving double thumbs ups. Last week I asked for a high five. He wound his arm back like it was going to be the biggest high five ever but at the last moment before our hands made contact he went into a double thumbs up and said, "GOW!"

He likes to walk around in a crouched position to make people laugh. If you haven't seen this...well it is sort of hard to explain because he crouches all with his legs and not really with his back. Normally this is also paired with "scary hands" and growling.

He loves to "clean". He washes dishes, and mops and dusts. He is such a good helper.

He has started to sign "help". This means he signs "please, more, candy, help, dog, cow, red, thirsty, milk" I think that is it. He will sign other things if you ask him to sign it and then show him how.

Being a mom is the best. I absolutely love everything about my little boy. I am the luckiest mom in the world.

Banana-fanna Bo Boshy!

Joshy's new trick. He learned how to open a banana. This has become his new favorite thing. He will push a chair to the counter, get up and get a banana open in less than 2 minutes flat. No joke. It is almost scary how fast he is.

Now we have banana peels all over the house. He used to eat them all. He would eat 3 a day. I would try to hide them from him but he will go just about anywhere for a banana including the top of the refrigerator.

The novelty of the banana started to wear off. He did not stop opening them though. Now he is just tired of eating them so along with the peels I am finding mushy brown banana pieces. It sure is a wonderful thing to step on barefoot.

But he is really darn cute. Really, really darn cute. I am pretty lucky to have him.

I am so glad this week is over.

The first 4 days of the week were more than rough. I did not like my classes. Even the one that I really should like I only mildly like. Going in the night and the morning is murdering what is left of my social life. The people I met were alright I suppose but not the sort of people that made me smile to think about them. Like last semester I LOVED all of the people I met in my classes. I had my regulars that I spoke to before each class and just thinking of seeing them made a tough day better. But not this time.

Today though, today was different. I was so happy it is Friday. I met a bunch of new people who I hope to have friendly relationships with. I started to feel like I was not so average. Is that bad? I hate to go to a class and feel average. I want to be top of the class in all aspects possible. Maybe that is bad, or big headed or something but it is true. No one reads this anyway so why not be completely honest?

Next semester I think I will take an acting class. I think I need to remember that I can't be happy just getting my classes done. I need that social aspect. I need that class that makes all the other ones worth it. I need those people that I can entertain with stories about the other classes. Yes.

Things will be better. I will make them better. Besides, learning about computers and statistics has been more interesting than I would have thought it would be. *sigh* I am so glad this week is over.

Winter!

Josh loves the snow!! He is such a good boy. He plays outside while I snow blow. The snow is too deep for him to walk in now but after the first snow he crawled around in it. Even then it was too hard for a wobbly guy to walk through. Mostly he tramps around my car rubbing his hands along my car and the snow bank. Normally he wears two pairs of gloves but I had taken off one pair so he could play with an icicle within 5 minutes (as you can see) his hands were frozen. We have even gone sledding! He got the fastest little sled I have ever seen for Christmas. He can't walk through the snow and he can't pull the sled so it is a big workout for me. Ah, winter. At least I am not sick of it yet.

Hooray!!

For months I have been telling myself and others that I have done everything that I could to get JT to talk but I cannot make him do it. Watching Christmas Carol a month ago, an old idea hit me a new way. Bob Cratchit says of Tiny Tim, "He said he hoped people would see him (at church) because it might be good for them to remember on Christmas Day who it was that made lame beggars walk and blind men see." I just started crying.

I do not know what God has planned for JT but I have not done everything before I focus on getting help from Him. I am not talking just having it in my prayers, that was already there. Since I was out of school I focused on doing what my religion preaches. I also told my Heavenly Father that I understood if he had other plans but I have worked so hard to get JT to talk and I know I can not make him do it. But I also know that He has worked many miracles everyday and He has worked many miracles with JT but I selfishly would like another. All I wanted for Christmas was to hear my son speak.

It didn't happen before Christmas but a few days after he pointed at a picture of Santa and said, "HO!" I asked him to say it again but instead of giving me a defeated look as usual, he looked right at me and said, "HHHO!" I couldn't believe it! Then I asked him the question I ask everyday. "Who am I?" Instead of signing mom he said, "Mmmmma!" I cried.

Happy 2010!!

Happy New Year!! I am excited about this year. I have a lot of school to do but I am psyched! Josh is doing well, I love my adorable husband. All and all I am feeling quite optimistic.