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Yes, he opened the pantry doors himself and began rolling pickle jars around on the floor.

Don’t worry, Mommy washed his hands right after snapping this photo!

Josh LOVES to walk around this glass table and play with the magazines (which are a “no”).

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This is my favorite. He was crawling around the kitchen last night and found himself under this chair. He is so good at pulling himself up, so he decided to stand up – then realized he was trapped. Then Mommy insisted on leaving him there to catch it on the camera. Poor little boy!

I love this one, too. I’m not sure who/what he was looking at, but he was captivated.

This diaper box gave him more fun than I would have imagined!

Watching the Georgia game (the Gators had the week off) with Daddy.

We’ll be visiting Florida next weekend, then Raleigh the following weekend. If you’re in one of those places, we look forward to seeing you!

Tonight after dinner Nathan and I were indulging in ice cream cones, and Josh felt a little left out. Since it was almost bath time we decided to give him a little treat of his own to entertain him – a biter biscuit. We set him on his own blanket, gave him his little biscuit, and we all watched America’s Funniest Videos together. Such fun. As you can see in the picture, Josh really enjoyed his snack.

Josh is sitting up on his own really well these days, and while he still hasn’t crawled, he likes to walk with our help (especially when a kitty is in front of him). We thought a push and ride toy might help him out with that, and we found a John Deere Tractor this afternoon that our little guy seems to love. He can push it. He can ride it. He can even sit next to it and play with the farm animals inside. Maybe one day his Pawpaw can take him on a tractor ride.

In other family news, Nathan’s new job has been going well. He works for a printing and mailing outsource company called Data Media Associates, and he’s been enjoying the job so far. He had the 4th off, so we’ve enjoyed a nice long weekend as a family. We are so grateful to God for His faithfulness in providing for our needs!

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.