Lefor Family

GI bug.  Yuck!!!  I got the bug first  on Sunday August 9th and just had mild nausea for 4 days.  No vomiting but not much eating either.  Tuesday the 12th Josiah woke up puking.  He puked two days and then everything seemed to be getting better, no puking and fairly good eating for almost 48 hours.  So the trip to Washington is still on.  I decided to pack extra clothes and etc.  just in case.  Well, my little boy decided to puke en route.  He subsequently got stripped down to his diaper and carried out in front of me to the bathrooms.  Next, a bath in the airport sink.  Poor guy, the water kept going on and off (automatic sink) and it never got warm.  He was less than happy to say the least.  At least he was no longer stinky and covered in puke.  He wasn’t so interested in food after all that.  We did manage to get some fluids down him on the trip.  Guess we’re still in the midst of all this; watch out Washington Lefor family, here we come.  The other fun part of the flight was Jonathan.  He survived the entire flight until he reached the gate in Portland and then puked.  I think this was suppose to be a vacation.  It will be memorable.

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Wow, we are officially parents of a one year old today.  I can’t believe it’s been a whole year already.  Jonathan and I have been remembering where we were and what we were doing “one year ago” a lot the last two days.  It all seems like yesterday.  So we are having a birthday BBQ for Josiah today at Scioto Park in Dublin, Ohio today.  We were able to rent the park for a minimal amount since we are Dublin residents and it was great!!!  They power washed the shelter house floor and desanitized the trash can lids before hand.  There was a grill on site and a playground right next door.  It was perfect.  The birthday BBQ was originally going to be around 20ish friends there to celebrate and quickly turned into 60 people.  It was lots of fun but of course really busy.  Josiah liked his cake but he ate it very politely for a one year old.  No smashing for him.  He did have a major sugar buzz for the rest of the evening though and had trouble sleeping.  We don’t give him much sugar so he was wired.  :-)  We also surprised Grandma and Grandpa Lefor, Aunt Nellie, Uncle Josh and Uncle Jeremiah on Skype.  We purchased tickets on-line and got really good prices so we’re going to see them on the 16th of August.  All three of us are flying out together Friday, Jonathan has to fly back Monday but Josiah and I are staying until Wednesday.  We can’t wait to see everyone, but especially Aunt Nellie and Uncle Jeremiah since they have never met Josiah in person.  YEAH!!!

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Okay so I had no idea that finding/deciding on a convertible car seat was going to be so difficult.  The infant car seat (Graco snugride) was so easy to pick because it has awesome safety ratings and its cheap.  The convertible cars seats are not so cheap and there are all sorts of things to think about such as weight and height range for the child, the weight of the car seat, how big the car seat is, the cost, safety ratings and parent ratings.  The list goes on and on.  If anyone has any comments or thoughts, I’d be interested to hear them.  We have narrowed our search some but I won’t say which ones because I really want to hear about peoples personal experiences with car seats. Okay, so since I’m so late posting here we obviously already bought our seats.  We went with the Graco Nautilus and the Sunshine Kids Radian 65.  The first converts to booster and the second will last them until 65 pounds and has the most amazing safety ratings, plus it folds in half and it is really narrow as in you can fit multiple seats in the back seat of a small vehicle.

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Josiah can officially nod his head yes as of today.  Thank goodness because it means communication just got a little bit easier.  I wonder how long it will be before he shakes his head no?  Probably not too long.  Josiah is also really into mimicking sounds.  I’ve been trying to get him to say “All done”.  He says Ahhhh da.  You can tell he’s really trying hard.  My little man is very interested in talking. 

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Jonathan and I had a fun time tonight at a Columbus Crew game.  The Columbus chapter of the Cedarville alumni had a time before the game to mingle and then we all sat together for the actual game.  We had a great time making new friends and reconnecting with some people that we had interacted with in the past.  Other than our anniversary this game was the first time Jonathan and I have been out alone (minus the baby) since last August.  We had a great time together.

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So far Josiah seems to “like” to cut teeth in bunches rather than one at a time.  I have mixed feelings about this approach.  Multiple new teeth at once means fewer grumpy, ouchy mouth times but it also means when he’s teething WATCH OUT!!!  The last week has been pretty rough especially since it took me a few days to figure out that he was teething and didn’t just have the same runny nose that our friends kids have.  Alas, we’re all better now because today the switch has been flipped, praise God the teeth have popped through the gums.  YEAH!!!!  Josiah is up to 7 teeth now.

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Josiah and I took his first trip to the pool today.  I figured since he loves the bath tub he would probably love the pool too. He was so sure about it when I first put him in the water. The Dublin pool has a baby pool that is 4″ to 12″.  He was just standing in the shallow end looking at me like “mom, what is going on, please pick me up” for a few minutes until a kid splashed by and all of  a sudden the light bulb came on.  He started splashing, laughing, shrieking and playing.  He absolutely loved it!!! I think I have a fish on my hands!

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Our nephew Matthew turned one year old today.  I can hardly believe it, the year has gone so quickly.  I remember meeting Matthew for the first time last July.  I also remember feeling like it was very unfair that I had to still be pregnant when Brittany wasn’t.  :-)  (I wasn’t hormonal or anything)  It’s been so much fun to watch Matt grow and also to watch Josiah, Matt and Adam interact as they get older.  I hope this is the start of a great friendship.

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I try to speak to Josiah as if he can speak and understand most of what I am saying even though he often probably has no idea what I’m talking about.  I wanted to make to start “please” early so I’ve been asking him to say please for a while.  One day I noticed that when I asked for please he blew raspberrys twice in a row.  I decided to test it and sure enough that was his earliest version of please. How cute!!!  Within a week he has switched from rasberry blowing to saying the sound for the p at the beginning of the word please…. something like “phu, phu,phu” .  I can’t believe how fast he’s getting all of this. Where oh where did my baby go!

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Wow, July 5th was a popular day for reunions.  Today was my 10 year high school reunion and also the annual Sinzinger family reunion at my aunts house.  To make things more interesting I had to work the night before (friday night) and both reunions were scheduled for the same time.  I came home, slept about an hour and a half.  We got ourselves together and then headed to the High school reunion first.  We stayed for about an hour and I got to see Leslie Alt, Sy Belahovak, Steve Baney, Kara Weltin, Kristin Hartsook, Wendy Valtman, James Beilfus, Mike Sharp, Tyler Alexander, Andy Milsby, Renschke Christians and Derek Burgeman.  It was interesting to see and talk to people again after such a long time.  I wish we could have stayed longer and seen more people but we had to get to the family reunion.  The reunion at my aunts house was fun but crazy.  It’s always a fun time but I always leave wishing I have more time to talk to people.  Josiah got to meet his new cousin (Bekah and Mark’s little boy) for the first time as did Jonathan and I.  What a sweetie he is and also was a chunk!!!  At the reunion  we also had a chance to meet Stephen Swingles wife Gloria and of course and chance to talk to everyone that we already know and love.  I love my family, it’s fun to watch it grow. 

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I’m pretty sure that today Josiah threw a very mild tantrum.  It definitely wasn’t full blown but I saw a precursor of things to come.  What an interesting new stage this will be.  In other news, Josiah is walking very well and generally chooses to walk rather than crawl. He still falls down every now and then but on the whole he seems to have excellent coordination.

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Happy Father’s Day to daddy for the very first time.  He really loved the card that Josiah picked out for him.  What a special day!! Happy Father’s Day to all the dads and grandpa’s in our lives also.

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Today the Ameriprise employee’s played a softball game and then had a picnic afterward.  Josiah and I had a great time sitting in the shade watching Jonathan play.  You can definitely tell that Jonathan played a lot because he basically shut down left field, the other team had to hit it else where to avoid an out.  Josiah enjoyed the grass for the first time so hopefully this means he’s getting over his hatred of grass. He even did a pretty good job of walking on the uneven ground. What a little man.  The picnic was fun too, it was nice to have a chance to meet some of the people Jonathan has been interacting with all these weeks.  Josiah liked the picnic because he tasted potato chips for the first time.  Yum…..

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And he’s walking!!!  Holy cow was that ever fast.  I thought we’d have a little bit more time between steps and walking. Josiah is actually choosing to walk rather than crawl.

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Well my baby officially took his first steps today.  Actually he took 3 steps in a row twice today.  I guess I shouldn’t be surprised because Josiah has always been early with his gross motor skills (crawling, cruising, now walking) but I can’t believe we’re already here.  I’ve been told that the real fun will soon begin since he will have access to so much more than before.  Fun but crazy is the name of the game.  I hope to have video of the steps/walking sometime soon if we can catch it. 

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