"Mink!"

It has been a glorious summer. Joshua loves the beach. We visited Crane's beach, Old Silver Beach, and Sandy Neck Beach where Joshua enjoys scooping sand, throwing sand, and sitting in water holes.

At Trader Joe's yesterday, Annette asked Joshua what color balloon he wanted, "Blue? Red? White?" Joshua said, "Mink!", which means pink. He's a boy who is confident in his masculinity. He also likes accessories, going up to Dottie to borrow her bracelets, or to carry around a purse, try on shoes, and wear all types of jewelry!

We also had a great visit with Grandma and Grandpa Tang, and Auntie Jenny and family. Joshua missed them a lot once they left, always running out to the living room to see if they were still there. "Yeh-yeh?" "Ah-ma?" "Guh-guh?" "Jeh-jeh?" "Aunt?" "Cheese?" he would ask.

His favorite books these days: Millie goes driving.
His favorite toy: drums.

Joshua's vocab has grown so much--I can't keep track of the words he can say. When he wants something, he says, "Iwandat!" He asks for "milk" now instead of just "wa-wa." He asks for "Elmo"--and likes to tickle him, as well as dad. He goes to town eating corn on the cob, and is a big fruit fan: plums, grapes, peach, and watermelon.

He's not quite ready for potty training yet, but he knows what poo-poo is and that it goes into the toilet, which he likes to flush.

We've realized that frequent diaper changes are the key to keeping him from itching his balls.

Joshua ready to go sailing

We got Joshua all suited up for sailing with Papa at Cape Cod.

Dedication photos

Dedication

Joshua was dedicated at this morning's church service. Annette, Josh, and I all wore matching outfits for the occassion. I don't think Annette and I have both worn white shirts since our engagment photos.

Everything is no longer "blue." Our friend Eric taught him the color "white" today! Joshua seems to be learning at a phenomenal pace. Today, he picked up the words: "pump", "spoon", and "pit" as well.

Joshua had another meltdown today when he saw me picking up our friend's son Jackson. Full out crying to the point vomitting--it took me a good while to calm him down again. Annette tells everybody that I love it--that Joshua is such daddy's boy--it's true. I cherish these days, because I sense they won't last.

I was telling Annette yesterday how amazing it is that Joshua just gets more delightful as he ages. I guess there will come a point when that stops happening--? adolescence? Uhh--I don't look forward to that teen rebellion stage.

19 months

Joshua before his Flowbee haircut.

Joshua's new favorite book: Things That Go

Run!

Joshua's newest word is "Run!" He loves to hold our hands, one of us on each side of him, and then run down the hallway together. He's a fast runner! I am very impressed by his speed.

I bought him a plastic tractor from Shaw's the other day for $3, which he loves. He makes a "do-do-do" sound when he moves the shovel part up and down, just like the way I showed him. I like it when he runs over to me and wants to play together with the tractor.

We also play the "scare" game. He pretends something is scary, and he starts to pant and runs over to hug us. He also pretends to be scared of strangers sometimes, but usually he likes to wave hi and bye to people, hand them his sippee cup, and shake their hands.

"Bye-bye Da-da"

was Joshua's first 2 word phrase. Whenever we ask him what color something is--he always says "Blue!" And when we ask him how many of something, his response is always, "Two!"

We were delighted to see Joshua playing with some older kids for the first time today. He loved especially imitating the older boy, lying down next to him on the ground, dog piling on him, and running after him.