Happy Birthday Josh-Josh!!

I uncovered this pictures in my files and it's one of my favorites of little Joshy. Look at those cheeks and his little grin. Seems like forever ago since he was that age.

Now my Josh is a big tough 8 year old. He's ready for his baptism.

The following pictures are of him and his personality from the year.

He is just being silly and goofing off with his crazy little grin.

He enjoyed learning baseball and playing all summer.

And this boy is in a music program right here. But he refused to do any of the dancing nor singing. And the worst part was he was on the front row. He is so stubborn-he just stands up there. And this has happened a few years in a row.

Josh loves the outdoors. He will spend hours outside. He loves to go out and explore and find things. Often he'll spend long periods of time outdoors.

He is a protector. He really watches out for Audrey and takes care of her. He is the one I tend to go to when it comes to helping me take care of Audrey. If at the park, I can put him in charge of her and he'll follow her everywhere and keep her safe. He is very dependable that way.

He enjoys building things and making legos. This was a lego car that he built. He spends a lot of time playing with his legos in his room. Too much time playing because he builds stuff when he is suppose to be reading books for bedtime.

This may not depict it well, but he loves to torment his younger brother. He is giving him bunny ears and being silly. He likes to wrestle Colton to the ground. And I have to say he's pretty good because Colton cannot take him down. His small wiry build comes in handy for wrestling.

Josh is a messy eater.And obviously marshmallows are a messy food. But he sure can do a number with food.

I also found this cute picture of Josh when he was a baby. I almost miss those baby years-almost. He was a relatively happy baby.

This is one of my favorites. I had gone downstairs and locked the baby gate. Well when I came back up this is what I saw. How cute is that! I couldn't resist a picture. And I think I spent a good few minutes playing with him there.

This was more evidence of him being a messy eater. It began from the very beginning. He honestly had to be naked for every meal. I actually came across many other pictures of him in the highchair covered in food. I've finally come to accept it from him. It's one of those things that  makes him unique.

 Well, that's our Joshy in a few pictures and words. He's a pretty good kid. He does like to torment his siblings but what kid doesn't. He can also be rather loud. You'd never know that if you know him at church or school but get him home and watch out. He has one of the loudest voices out there. It must come from his dad. The older he gets that more traits he has of Danny's. It's rather scary.  He's still pretty short. Danny was almost in high school before he had a growth spurt and I think he will be too. I went to lunch with him at school and noticed that a lot of the kids had grown significantly and he hadn't. But oh well, just means I can cuddle him longer. He is typically very easy going. It actually makes shopping for gifts kind of hard. He can be happy with anything which is great but on the other hand, it can make it hard to get him a great gift. His gift lists are usually very short and simple. Although, he's the 2nd kid, he tends to get overlooked. He's in the middle of 3 boys so he's kind of the middle child, maybe that's why he's so loud. He's a fun kid. We're glad that we have him. We are excited that he's chosen to get baptized in a few weeks. Can't believe that it's already coming up.Hopefully they don't fill it too high or he'll drowned! J/K, It's been an adventure with him over the last 8 years. Who knows what the next 8 years have in store for us with this kid. I can only hope that they continue to be as smooth as they have been thus far. We love you Josh!

HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY 8 BIRTHDAY JOSH!!!!