New Tricks

Joshua is learning all kinds of new tricks since learning to crawl. He enjoys exercising his new found freedom... and he's getting faster. It's all I can do to set him down on the rug, place clothes in the dryer and run back to catch Joshua before he reaches the kitchen floor. Here is an update on some of his new tricks:

*Joshua likes clapping at himself. He'll crawl somewhere, then sit up and clap at himself looking around for others to clap with him. He's so proud! He does this over and over, even if he's only crawled a foot from where he was sitting. He is so happy!

*Joshua is a fan of the song, Itsy Bitsy Spider. He stops whatever he's doing when I sing it to him, even if I'm not doing the hand signals. This has come in especially handy when I'm changing him.

*Joshua tried his first solid "dry" food on Sunday. Matt and I gave him an apple flavored wagon wheel. He turned it over in his hands before trying a bite. I think he enjoyed it, especially against his sore gums. While it was tasty fun, there was a mishap which hopefully Joshua learned from. At one point he put the entire wagon wheel in his mouth which caused him to gag and he threw up all over his daddy. Yuck!