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Hhmm so we are slackers when it comes to blogging...don't take that to mean we don't love you all or aren't busy...perhaps we are just too busy.

We wanted to give you an update on all that has been going on in our family over the last several months.  Where to begin...

Josh is doing amazingly well.  We continue to be amazed at how God has blessed him and us with his rapid progress.  He is quite the smart boy, learning new words and new skills everyday.  He is walking, although we would not say that is his primary means of moving around yet - but that is coming any day now.  Some of his favorite things are: playing chase with Mommy - he speed crawls away from you until he reaches something to pull up on, then he giggles and waits for you to get him, Daddy arriving home after being gone all day - Josh immediately stops what he is doing and heads for the door when he hears Daddy open it, bubbles, drinking from Daddy's coffee cup, spinach - yep, you read that right, spinach, cuddling up in a blanket, his green monkey, being outside, sandboxes, balls, and the list could go on.

He is doing well growth-wise, at his last appointment he as in the 45th percentile for both height and weight on an unadjusted growth chart.  (He was in the 98th percentile on the adjusted chart.)  His last hearing test showed that his hearing is still perfect.  He has about 15 words that we can clearly understand and has a few more that mean something to him.  His latest words are baby, ball and light.  Josh loves to be read to and will bring books to Mommy or Daddy and then squeal when we start to read them. 

Josh has been struggling a bit with illnesses as winter turns to summer here.  He had a nasty bought with bronchitis about a month ago.  He was on home nebulizers and antibiotics for a little over a week.  He is dealing with a cold now, which he seems to be recovering from quickly.  He finished up his RSV prevention shots and we are told that we don't have to do those next year.

We all had a blast at our church's Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday.  Josh did quite well, even though it took some coaching from Daddy for him to figure out what he was doing.  He did much better the following day when we had Easter dinner and egg hunt at our friends Dawn and Berry's house.  Josh also got his second Easter basket and Easter outfit this year from Grammie - he had a good time trying to carry everything he got around with him. 

During our time away from the blog, Daddy traveled to and from Orlando for 4 weeks, coming home on weekends.  None of us were particularly happy with this arrangement, but Josh especially missed his Daddy.  One the last week, our friend Kristi gave us passes or SeaWorld and we had an amazing time!  Josh loved seeing and touching the animals and even sat on the edge of his seat through the dolphin show (check out the pictures below).

We also enjoyed a visit with Mimi and Popi, who were up from Guatemala.  We spent time strawberry picking (sorry, no pics) and feeding horses at the retired horse farm in Alachua.  Josh enjoyed getting to spend time with his Mimi and Popi. 

So in a effort to have more of a family blog, we had decided to switch blog addresses. We have some exciting family news to share but you will have to check the new blog to find out. We hope you will follow up there, just have you had here.  The address of that blog is:

hobnobwiththecobbs.blogspot.com

(Got Milk? Enjoying some of Daddy's chai)

(No so sure about this Easter Bunny guy...)

(Josh and Nana Joan)

(Daddy explaining the art of Easter egg hunt)

(so it goes in here...?)

(Now I get it!)

(Happy Easter!)

(Big stuff in the drivers seat)

(Excited to be at SeaWorld!!  Thanks Kristi!)

(Waiting for the Shamu Show to start)

(He was totally enthralled with the show...)

(Looks its Nemo...who is Nemo?)

(Thristy boy waiting for Daddy to get off the roller coaster so we can attack, I mean pet stingrays)

(Nice picture, too bad Josh wasn't looking)

(Horse Farm! Josh loved feeding the horses - this one cracked him up!)

(Tired boy feeding horse with Daddy)

(Handsome Cobb men)



Christmas Pictures

We thoroughly enjoyed our first Christmas with our little man at home.  We are so thankful that he is doing so well and was able to really enjoy celebrating with us this year.  We are very blessed to have such a healthy baby boy.  Here are some pictures from last year and this year.  Enjoy!

(Josh with his Christmas penguin, a gift from Zoe last Christmas)

(Josh "wearing" his christmas hat last year)

(Big boy waiting outside in the cold to see Santa come around on a fire truck)

(Bradley enjoying some quality time with Santa)

(Josh fasinated with Santa's beard, which is interesting since he is afraid of beards)

(Close as he would get to smiling while sitting with Santa)

(Our house all ready for Christmas breakfast - notice our beautiful Ecuadoring table cloth - thanks Meier family)

(Josh loved his leap frog train from Grammie!)

(Josh and Uncle Matt reading a story together)

(Daddy putting together Josh's lowe's push car)

(The finished product - he loves going for walks with his new car)



Thanksgiving and First Birthday

So I know we are a little behind getting an update out, but better late then never right?  Josh celebrated his FIRST birthday on November 29th, with a party on December 4th!  It is hard to believe how far he has come, we are very blessed to have such a healthy baby boy.

He had his one year check up where he weighed in at 22lbs 13oz and was 29.5 inches long!  He was in the 50th percentile for one year olds - that means he made his growth curve for his actual age!  This is the first time he has been at a healthy level on his growth curve since he came home.  On the adjusted curve, he was in the 97th percentile for both height and weight.

We had a good time getting first year pictures done and updating our family pictures since Josh had grown so much in the last few months.  We also celebrated his birthday with lots of friends and family at a local park.  Josh had quite a good time eating his very own cupcake - you would never have known this was his first time eating chocolate cake. 

Josh is doing well developmentally too.  A few days after his birthday, he pulled up on the couch and started cruising around.  He is also becoming very quick with his crawling, we are having to keep a close eye on him all the time.  All this extra movement has resulted in some new bumps and bruises.  He handles them quite well though - Mommy is having a hard time with them then he is.  We are continuing to work with physical therapy and occupational therapy one a week, but are making good progress.  Josh doesn't seem to have any issues eating quite well now - he actually hasn't meet anything he doesn't like to eat.  He also now has his first tooth!  We are quite the proud parents in regards to that.

Enough talking, here are some pictures, Christmas ones to follow.

 (Josh spending some time hanging out with Grammie)

 (Big boy standing up, cruising on the couch)

 (Josh ready for his first Thanksgiving dinner)

 (Josh sampling some of the goodies made for Thanksgiving dinner)

 (Josh helping Daddy put the lights on the Christmas tree)

  

(Josh enjoying the swing at his birthday party) 

(Noah and Josh enjoying some swing time together at Josh's party)

(Mommy and Josh at his party)

(Daddy and Josh)

 

(Handsome blue eyed boy)

(Mmmm cupcake!! His shirt says God make the impossible, possible. Here I am!)

(Noah and Aunt Anita enjoying dinner after the party)

(Uncle Tim, Josh, Noah and Uncle Nick playing with some of Josh's birthday toys)

(Bundled up baby with his puppy hat going to celebrate Christmas with the Gamblin's)

I couldn't get his formal pictures to upload, check for them on facebook.

Oh the year we have had!

November has been a rough month for us.  I will hit the highlights for you.

• Josh was sick with a viral illness that had no symptoms other than an occasional fever (up to 103.7), poor appetite and poor drinking.  After 4 visits to our pediatrician in 2 weeks, he ended up admitted to the hospital overnight for IV fluids. Within hours of starting the IV fluids he perked up, started drinking and was a much happier baby by the next morning.
• Granddad (Mommy's Dad) came for a visit and some test at the VA, had a heart attack while he was here. Granddad and Josh got to be in the hospital at the same time and discharged the same day.  After going home on Saturday, he had a major heart attack the next day in Jacksonville.  Three days later he had double bypass surgery.  Granddad is now staying with us while he recovers from his surgery.  We are enjoying having him here with us and he is making good progress
• After Josh got over his two week illness, Daddy developed strep throat an took 3 visits to the doctor and two weeks to get over it.
• Josh then developed rota virus and we spent quite a few days cleaning up poops and doing lots of laundry.

So after all of that, we are all healthy and are thankful that Mommy was able to stay healthy through all of this. 

Josh is doing well with his physical and occupational therapy.  He is making rapid progress with his eating and is now eating only table food.  We think he could eat just about anything, if it weren't for the limiting factor of not having any teeth.  Josh is now doing an army crawl on his belly and getting quite good at going backwards.  He is learning quickly how to balance his weight and move his arms and legs reciprocally.  We think he will be hand and knees crawling in the next few weeks.  He is making rapid progress in his strengthening exercises.  He does have some tight muscles in his thighs, but we are working to stretch those muscles out everyday.

Josh got to experience his first time doing Black Friday shopping this year.  He shopped like a champ!!!  He had a good time watching people and didn't fuss once while we were out.  We are amazed at what a happy little guy he is.  He rarely fusses unless he is tired and is quite content to go with us and do whatever we are doing.  We are truly blessed!!

We are aware that the big boy is going to be one year old in just two short days!  We are thankful and amazed that he had reached this milestone.  We had no idea this time last year that we would be parents in such a short period of time.  Amazing the difference a year can make!

(Josh trying to use skype all by himself)

(Gator Baby)

(Josh enjoys reading the paper with Daddy - sometimes he eats it too)

(Gator baby ready for his first tailgating experience!)

(Josh tailgating with Aunt Lindsay)

(Josh enjoying some relaxing music with his baby Tad)

(I am working on this crawling thing Mommy)

(This is how I found Josh after his nap one afternoon - that is his lovie on his head)

(Josh loves to eat his play mat!)

(Corn on the Cobb!!!!  Thanks Peggy for making his costume!!)

(Playgroup Halloween party)

(Granddad feeding Josh)

(Handsome baby sitting on a huge haystack)

(How awesome is that!)

(family picture at the pumpkin patch - Josh was eating hay)

(Happy baby enjoying the pumpkin patch)

(Look at this pumpkin, it is as big as I am!)