It's Potty Time!

Josh asked to use the potty today for the first time and he went! Fast forward five days into the future and Josh has used the potty at least twice each day, going everytime he asks! We aren't starting to potty train yet (It's still early for that!), but he's very interested and thinks its fun to control different parts of his body - if you know what I mean!

Three Nemos

Being true to the titles of Aunts and Uncles, Josh received his first pets from our friends Kate, Jed, Stacey, Greg and Nan. Three fish in a tank in his room. We asked Josh what he wanted to name each fish and he pointed to each one and said, "Nemo!" So, we now have three fish named Nemo. What do you think the plural of Nemo is - Nemos or Nemoes? As you can see, the fish also love to play with trucks. When do you think Josh will stop asking us to take the truck out? Thank you for the awesome present - Josh stared at the tank until he fell asleep tonight!

Maryland State Fair

We met the Sniders tonight at the Maryland State Fair. We had fair food for dinner and dessert (but no funnel cake yet - I'm saving that for Bull Riding on Monday!), saw a bunch of farm animals, and Josh and Madison rode on some rides. We fully embraced the fair experience, which we weren't expecting! We thought we would just look at some animals and tractors while we were there, but no...we hit the rides! Josh and Madison loved it - here are some pictures to document their date. :)

Katelyn chaperoned while getting in some light reading

First stop - the train

Next came the wiggly worm

Followed by a motorcycle ride

The grand finale - race cars. This was their favorite!

We saw the biggest smiles and giggles on this ride

Happy 2nd Birthday, Josh!

Can you believe this? Two years ago, our skinny legged, wrinkly foreheaded little guy was born!

It seems like just yesterday (ok, a little longer than that!) that we were celebrating Josh's 1st Birthday

Today we had a fun-filled day. Josh came downstairs to find his new tricycle - just like Christmas morning! Josh loves it and that is all he asks to do now. We had a pancake breakfast and packed up to go for a hike at Loch Raven Reservoir. We started our adventure at the Elmer's house and jumped on their trampoline. We hiked out to the "Big Water" as Josh calls it and looked at the fish and birds. Then we cooled off in the swimming pool on our way back - we were hot! We came home for naps and then went to the Brintnalls for a cookout where we sang Happy Birthday and blew out the candles - Josh's favorite part! It was a happy day!