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Monday, June 09, 2008

Joshua and his girls.

Joshua has a number of special women in his life at the moment, but here are a few of his current favorites (aside from his mother, of course):

#1. Ellie (She's entertaining, kinda cute, and to-date has only made him cry a handful of times):Ellie now suggests I take pictures of her and Josh together almost daily (I guess the apple doesn't fall far from the tree). Anyhow, Joshua is most often thrilled at the chance to snuggle up with his sister.
Josh whispers some sweet nothings in her ear.
And then they share a good chuckle.
Here Josh is stoked that Ellie's letting him touch the sacred blanky. Note the guarded look on her face and hand ready to spring into action and snatch it back if Josh makes one. wrong. move.

#2: Nana (need I say more?)

#3: Keira (she's cute and ...well cute!) Josh thought it was pretty special when Keira wrapped her arm around him (we didn't arrange it, honest.)
Joshua whispers a secret in Keira's ear...
...and then she whispers one back...
...but apparently Joshua got offended. Check out that karate kick! We're enrolling him in anger management classes.

And last (but not least): The Doll (cute, silent, and a great audience)
Joshua seemed to enjoy the doll's appreciative gaze as he showed off his bouncing skills.

3 comments:

jed_elly said...

i love his expression in the last picture! what a sweetheart!! i can't wait for him and eli to meet. (as well as james and ellie). james dropped his nap by the way. is ellie still taking one? our evenings are so relaxing once again. james was staying up till 10, 10:30. sick. looks like you guys are doing great. but where are the pics of josh with his favorite lady??? i can't remember what you look like!!

Jacki said...

I can't remember what I look like, either...too busy to look in the mirror, these days. :) Yeah, I know, I felt the gap in the photos, as well. Too bad Rob doesn't have a camera glued to his face like I do. Ellie is just about dropping her nap. We put her in her crib for 2 hours in the afternoon, and 50% of the time she just plays. The times that she does actually fall asleep, it takes her till 9/9:30 to fall asleep at night. I really still want her to have the quiet time in the afternoon, though, so hopefully she just stops falling asleep after a while!

Allison said...

I love the ones of Josh and Ellie especially! Isn't it great watching these little people grow and interact? I feel so bless to be a mom. Ya I hope for you that Ellie has a quiet time each day. I think it's good for everyone to have personal space a few hours of the day, even if she's looking at books.