He Just Gets Better All The Time!

I thought I loved Josiah before, but as it turns out, it just gets stronger everyday. I told Jacob that I am in love so much I can hardly stand it and he says “what about me?” I remember those days that I felt that way about him, too. In fact, thankfully I still do at times, though admittedly the new has worn off (nearly 12 years later) and the preciousness of memories, commitment, the promise of a future life together, and the realization of dreams has taken over. I’m sure the “newness” will fade with Josiah as well, but something just as good will take over.

I praise God everyday that first of all he gave us Josiah, then that he is healthy, whole, and developing well. It is such a blessing to have him be “normal”. God is good! Of course WE think he is better than normal, but we have been wooed.

As far as his development goes, I was disappointed last week to find that he only gained a pound during his third month to reach 12 pounds. However, the day after I weighed him he began a 2 day growth spurt that helped him gain another pound by the time I weighed him the next week!

On another note…I have been attending the new mom’s luncheon on Tuesdays at North Florida Regional Medical Center where Josiah was born and where I weighed him (this is so worth going to for those of you who have the opportunity to). Usually you just get together with other moms with babies your age and you talk about any and everything, but this week they had a speaker about carseat safety and I learned tons of stuff I had never even thought of. They provide FREE carseat inspections every Wednesday at the Farmers Market on 121 and 441, so we went to that too. While our seats were installed correctly (mostly), we did learn a few things we were doing wrong. They are great about teaching you and not lecturing you and both Jacob and I would highly recommend getting an inspection if you have kids in carseats. We plan to go back when Josiah needs a new seat to buy a new (economical) seat from there and get it installed at the same time. If you want to sign up, go to nfrmc.com and click on the “Safe Kids” link under “Women’s Services”.