All Things Supercinski

Josiah is doing so many signs these days. Here’s a little video of him showing them off, er, momma attempting it with a squirmy boy.

I am enjoying being the mom of a little boy entering toddlerhood. Some of Josiah’s favorite things lately are:

Balls - This kid can spot them (and balloons) everywhere. In the grocery store, every piece of fruit is a ball. The cantelope ripening on our counter is making him crazy, he wants to play with it so much. As we drive along the road that runs in front of Target, he starts yelling, “baaawww, baawwww” from the backseat. I don’t know if this is common for every Target, but ours has these giant red balls in front of the store, like to keep people from parking on the curb or just to get little boys to love their store, who knows. We seriously don’t go there very often as it is hard to visit without dropping $30, so I guess the balls are just that memorable.

Diggers and other construction equipment - Our favorite car activity is to spy diggers. Thankfully, there is a lot of construction going on around town, and we can see at least one on every trip. On the rare occasion that I am in a car without Josiah, I find myself disappointed that I have no one to talk to about the diggers I see. Now, he remembers where the diggers always are and hollars, “di-di” as we get close. Recently, Josiah and I were driving to collect eggs with a friend following me with her three girls in their car. After pointing out a slew of diggers, rollers, scrapers and dump trucks, I realized that the females in the car behind us were probably missing out on them completely. It’s funny how different boys and girls are already!

Birds - There are a few doves that live on our street and sing to us in the mornings, and one is always on the fence outside Josiah’s window. Sometimes, I can’t tell if it is Josiah making the dove noises or the actual doves, they sound so similar. Another of his favorite activities is to chase groups of birds. Daddy taught him this one.

Hugs and kisses - We are entering a phase of attachment where Josiah does not want me to leave his sight. This can be frustrating at times, but also a delight when I get so many hugs and tight squeezes around my neck. And who doesn’t love a nice open mouth kiss that is repeated ten times over?

Off and on, through the years, I have thought of practicing pogonotrophy. One of these days I will. The results will probably be less than impressive and nothing like Mr. Alan B, but one of these days…
pogonotrophy

Josiah started taking his first baby steps almost two weeks ago, and then he surprised us Wednesday night at Hope Group by attempting to walk across the room! He’s kept at it and is doing better all the time. He still falls a lot, and doesn’t walk but a few steps without our prompting (or enticement), but he’s making great progress! Here’s the proof (yes, he loves cheese sticks that much):

We decided it was time to see if Josiah could feed himself with a spoon. He’s not ready, even with the most enticing of all foods (yogurt), but he sure got messy! We’re trying more to feed him what we are eating, but mostly it ends up on the floor, as did this spaghetti.

The best part was the yogurt that dribbled down his chest and rested in the crease between his chest and rather large belly.

Sorry for all the Josiah-related posts (and more to come), but hey, this kid is stinking cute and I got some really great pictures last weekend. Anyway, Josiah is obsessed with pushing strollers around. We can spend half an hour just pushing ours up and down our street and driveway. Lately, he’s wanted to make sure he’s ready before he starts pushing. Check it out:

At the park, he found someone’s dump truck and spent sometime pushing it around as well. It was so cute because he kept making truck noises the whole time he was playing with it. I’m on the lookout for a plastic, cheap dump truck similar to this, but all I can find are trucks that sing songs or cost $20.

I like this picture because it looks like they are at the beach. I guess this is our beach vacation for spring break (it’s the volleyball court at our neighborhood park.)

I think these pictures would look good in the album cover.