Random pictures from the last couple of weeks. . .

Update

As you can see from the video below. . . Joseph is rolling. He rolls from his back to his tummy almost as soon as we put him down. Then, since he hates being on his tummy, he yells until we flip him back over. This is not crying . . . . this is actual yelling.

We went to Atlanta this past weekend to visit some friends. Joseph fell in love with little 2 1/2 year-old Emma and she loves him. He laughed at everything she did. In turn, she offered encouragement after every bit of food at meal time. "Yeah baby!" . . . followed by clapping. She was also quick to make sure he had Puppy and pacifier at all times. Unfortunately Joseph came down with his first illness while we were there. After a middle-of-the-night call to the doctor's office, we snuggled the little guy in bed with us where he promptly went back to sleep while Momma tried to keep him elevated and then stressed about his fever all night. He's feeling much better now although congestion is still causing him (and us) to get up at least once during the night. Hopefully our 10+ hour night-time sleeping baby will be back soon. I don't know how I did it before! :-)

Rolling!!!

Baptism

To make our weekend even busier. . . we scheduled Joseph's baptism for this past Sunday so more family could attend. We were blessed that both sets of grandparents, aunt Natalie, all of his cousins, 3 sets of great-uncles and aunts and 2 of his momma's cousins could be there. We had a brunch at our house afterwards.

Megan's Wedding

My sister Megan got married on Saturday and here are a few pictures. Joseph was a trooper and stayed up way past his bedtime. Thanks! Thanks! Thanks! to Nana & Papa for coming in for the weekend and taking care of our little sweetie while we were in the middle of wedding and qualifying exam madness.

Joseph and Rudy

At Christmas, Joseph barely knew that Rudy existed. Now it's a whole new ballgame. Joseph loves Rudy and the affection is eagerly returned. Joseph enjoys twisting Rudy's ear, smiling at him and heartily guffawing at his antics. Rudy shows his devotion by guarding Joseph's play area and licking him. (Rudy, in case you were wondering, is Aunt Megan's dog. They are in town for Megan & Chris's wedding.)

Playtime

Here are some pictures of Joseph not eating. . . . . ! ha ha.

Sweeeeet potatoes

Today we added sweet potatoes to Joseph's menu. . . and he loved, loved, loved them.

sooooo tired. . .

Joseph sat up and ate his dinner as usual . . . with his mouth open anticipating each bite. . . sometimes joined by an impatient grunting sound. I was fixing dinner while feeding him so he had to wait in between bites occasionally. I finished feeding him and took his bowl to the sink. Then I flipped the pork chops and when I turned back around. . . . this is what I found.

More pics of the little guy...