1 year!

I can't believe its been 3 months since I last posted. For some reason blogger acts funny now on our computer and I just don't have the energy to deal with it anymore. I wrote this post and saved it a while back until I asked Josh how to post it. Anyway, Josiah is now one year old! We had a good sized party for him at my parents house. I ended up doing a baby whale theme since the focus was around my parents' pool. We had lots of fun. Josiah was definitely not shy at diving into his cake... the boy loves sweets! It was really great to have the Mitchell side of the family here including, Josiah's 3 baby cousins. We had 7 babies under age one total that came to the party. I had an idea that I wanted all babies in party hats sitting in a row for a picture and I got it! I was so stoked! Josiah is growing so fast and I am constantly amazed whenever he does something new. His newest thing is that he is walking! It is so cute to see him toddle around. He loves to eat and play and he is saying more words and using his baby sign language. It is so great that he understands a lot of what I say to him now. We took him to the doctor yesterday for 6 shots :( He is still a little peanut, just shy of 19 pounds, but I am sort of happy that he doesn't break my back every time I pick him up! He still loves to snuggle and rock, but I have pretty much gotten him to where he will go to sleep on his own now most of the time. He developed a low fever from his shots and has not been feeling well, so it has been a nice treat to snuggle and rock him this morning. Its so awesome to hear other people say , "wow you have the sweetest little boy". He will hug anyone and loves to be held. I am truly blessed by my little guy and each day while he is learning, he is also teaching me things. I feel that this past year I have become more patient, understanding, and less self- centered. I am learning what it means to " have faith like a child" and I am so thankful to my heavenly Father for blessing me with a son to love and learn from.