lessons to learn

Since most of my posts lately have been about me and the baby, I thought I would write a little about my firstborn. :-)

He learned a very important lesson today...

We have been putting him down for his nap in our bedroom becuase that is closest area that I can keep an ear out for him. Well, also in our bedroom is all kinds fun things to play with that he doesn't normally get to "play" with. For example, the baby monitor. I had turned it off this morning after getting up as I do every morning. So, I'm sure Josiah thought, what other better thing to play with than the baby monitor that happened to be sitting right beside the bed today. Along about a half hour after I laid him down for his nap, I heard this very loud scratchy, crackly sound and then a very loud screech and cry. At first I didn't know what happened but as soon as the door came flying open with Josiah screaming and shaking from head to toe, I knew exactly what had just taken place. I turned off the monitor and then got down on my knees to hug him but he was literally shaking from head to toe. So I held him for a couple minutes while I relayed the events to my sister who was now standing in the doorway wondering what in the world all the ruckus was. She picked him up for me and put him back in bed, since I am still on a strict no heavy lifting ordinance. I got him calmed down and within probably about 10 minutes he was out.

Looking back, it seems like a comical experience. As I relayed it to my husband he kinda thought so. There are tough lessons for little 3 yr olds to learn to keep their hands off of and I guess today he learned that you can't touch things that make lots of noise. :-)

Below is a picture of my big boy from this morning. Mmm, I wonder what that face could mean?

And just for the Gramma's who read this blog, he is about 3 feet 3 inches tall and about 32 pounds or so these days. And crashing cars is still his favorite past-time. :-)

Blessings to you.