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4 Month Stats, Cute Video, and A Day in the Life
By Jenny | April 15, 2008
Josh turned four months old this past Saturday. Yesterday we had his doctor’s appointment, so we wanted to update you on his stats. He now weighs 14 lb. 8 oz. (45th percentile) and is 25.25 inches long (55th percentile). He continues to amaze us with his development and personality. He is quite the little ham. As you can tell from the video, he loves to talk. I think Daddy is still his favorite person, although he’ll warm up to almost anyone. He loves it when Nathan plays with him, and as soon as he hears Nathan’s voice when he walks in the door from work, Josh’s eyes light up and he begins looking around for Daddy. I guess I don’t mind being his second favorite. I hope Daddy is always his hero.
I’m sure all moms have days that test their patience more than others. On Saturday afternoon, there was a series of catastrophes around the Miller house that had this mom feeling a little frazzled. I thought I’d share the story for a little comic relief. Nathan was running sound for a wedding, and his parents had just recently left after a short visit. Josh had been taking a nap in his bouncy seat, and I was taking a little time to relax. He awoke from his nap quite fussy. As soon as I walked into the living room to get him, I smelled an unpleasant aroma. I figured one of the cats was responsible and went to inspect the litter box in the corner. No, it was not the litter box. What could it be? You guessed it! Our little man had taken care of business, and it was all over him and his bouncy seat. (Not really a shocker after all the green beans and peas he had eaten earlier in the day.) I started working away to remove the clothing without spreading the you-know-what all over him (with little success). He kept wanting to put his hands in his mouth, but his hands were not clean, so I kept telling him “no” and wiping them off. I finally resorted to the paci, which he promptly pulled out and swung around in his hand, almost getting it in the mess that I was attempting to clean. This process of diaper changing took at least 8 minutes from start to finish. In the meantime, one of the cats decided to do his business. His litter box just happens to be next to one of my favorite houseplants. We always put gravel on top of the soil on the houseplants to keep the cats from digging. Well, I guess because it was next to his litter box, once he was finished, he started scraping gravel into the box and onto the floor as he covered things up. I just watched this unfold as I finished cleaning Josh up. I went to lay Josh down on his play mat while I got his clothes in the laundry when I discovered that Cub had gotten gravel, litter, and you-know-what on Josh’s mat. Plan B - I decided to lay Josh in the crib while I got laundry started. I cleaned up the gravel off the floor, put the play mat and the clothes in the washer, and scooped out the litter box. By this time, I was warm and wanted to put my hair up. I grabbed a pony-tail holder, and just as I got it wrapped around my hair - you guessed it - the rubber band snapped. At this moment, I started to realize the humor in the situation. I grabbed another one and put my hair up. Finally, I went to pick Josh up from the crib and noticed - yep - he’d spit up green beans on his white sheet. Thankfully the laundry was still on the wash cycle and I was able to toss it in with the other things. Whew! The rest of the afternoon was uneventful, but those thirty minutes or so gave us quite a good laugh. I hope this censored version of the story didn’t offend or gross anyone out. And if it did, just wait until you have children.
Topics: Family, Fun Stuff, Josh, Misc |
April 15th, 2008 at 11:01 am
The video is just adorable and the story is even more funny in print than it was when Jenny told me about it on Sunday morning!!
April 15th, 2008 at 11:59 am
LOL!!! Whew!! I love it. I’d like to have been a fly on the wall that day!! I would have goten quite a laugh myself.
I have to say that I am blesed that you were able to find the humor in all of this and laugh. Josh indeed is blessed to have two loving, easy going and gentle parents.
Love ya!
Desi