Joseph's Birthday

I am being a slacker in updating our blog. Joseph had a great birthday. We didn't do much celebrating on his actual birthday, because JJ wasn't feeling to good. He had a touch of the flu :(  but he recovered pretty quick. it was just a 24 hour bug on his birthday. He passed his 2 year checkup with flying colors.
The day of his birthday party was a little more hectic. We went to pick up his cake only to discover it wasn't made. Ironically I had a dream that his cake didn't get made. I ALMOST called to confirm it, but then I decided I wasn't going to be THAT mom. The manager is trying to figure out what to do as Joseph is saying "Cake where are you?". He ended up taking a Dora cake and converting it into the Elmo cake, and we got it for free. Joseph was excited and kept saying "Elmo Bird Cake!"
We had a really good party at my parent's house. Joseph was well trained at opening gifts at Christmas so his unwrapping his birthday presents was a breeze. When it came time to blow out his candle he got really scared. We had practiced blowing out a candle but we had never actually lit one. I think he felt the heat and got scared. He really enjoyed his cake though :-D Enjoy some pictures!

More Cute Joseph-isms

1. "Joseph come here please"
     Pointing to himself   "No, JJ"

2. "Joseph who is this?"
    "Cinder-lala"

3. Joseph found a baby toy on one of the benches at church. He picked it up and said "Baby?" looking around. At that moment a baby cried in the hallway. Joseph went sprinting for the hallway (with the toy) saying "baby sad". He walked up to that baby and gave her the toy.

4. We are trying to teach Joseph how to fold his arms for the prayer. He will fold his arms, but if your prayer is too long he will suddenly shout "AMEN!"

5. Joseph LOVES to count, and he insists that everyone has 6 fingers on their hand because he counts the thumb twice EVERY time. I have tried to explain that you only have 5 fingers, he says "No, 6" and points to your thumb. Think that will be a problem in the future??

6. Matt plays the organ at church and he does a pretty good job continuing to play when his son occasionally yells out "Hi Daddy!!!" or "Daddy Playing!" louder than the entire congregation singing or perfectly timed for the break in between verses. If the song is too long he will fold his arms and say "AMEN!"

7. Joseph loves to smell my Scentsy. He frequently runs into my room yelling "Scent-tse, smell" and after each scent he says "Hmmmmmm"

Busy Busy Month

January has completely flown by. We spent the first part of January in Bakersfield. Joseph got a 2nd Christmas, and he was sufficiently spoiled. We had a good time in Bakersfield playing games, going geocaching, and spending time with family we don't get to see very often. The end of our trip wasn't as pleasant due to Joseph getting really sick. He had never had a fever in his life, and while we were up visiting my grandparents in Modesto Joseph got a fever of 103. His fever got so high that he started have fever induced delusions, which are SCARY stuff. We took him to an Urgent Care and got him on his medications. He was much better after that :) The Urgent Care doctor was the best pediatrician we had ever been to, kind of wished he lived in Chicago.

Once we got home Matt headed into law school, his 4th semester. He is also trying to find a summer job and potentially one for the Fall semester as well. I had my Chicagoland Voices concert last night. I think it went really well and we had a good turnout. Joseph is being as cute as ever. His favorite movie is "Beast". He watches it at least twice a day. He would watch it more, but mommy wants him to do other things with his time... don't you just hate parents sometimes?? ;) Joseph is talking up a storm, and more often than not he is singing. He loves to sing Star Trek (theme from Next Generation), the ABCs (which is hilarious because he doesn't know all the letters yet), Mickey Mouse Clubhouse theme, and Beauty and the Beast (almost every song). He hasn't had too much time in the snow because its been SOOO cold. The few times he has been out, he doesn't know what to do with it. He mainly just walks around.

Other news is that Matt and I will be moving in June. We are not quite sure where yet, but we know that we are moving. Our apartment complex has been purchased and they are raising the rates so high that we can't afford to live here anymore. We are exploring different areas hoping to find something in our price range that isn't scary. I wish we had money for a down payment... I would LOVE to buy house and have something that is ours. I suppose we should have the income first...
Anyways, that about wraps up the Divelbiss Update!!! Enjoy some pictures!

Playing in the Snow

Watching airplanes

He got a dancing Elmo for his 2nd Christmas

Doing the hokey-pokey

Playing with Hudson

Cuddling with ALL our Elmos- and Grover

Watching "Beast"

Ronald McDonald Sasha Donation

Hey everyone I have attached a flyer with the information for a donation I'm making to the Ronald McDonald House. Children's Memorial has been so wonderful to us, that we wanted to give back. We will be donating all of the Sasha Scentsy Buddies to the Ronald McDonald House by Children's Memorial Hospital. I will be using my commission to purchase additional Sasha Buddies to donate. Please pass this information along to anyone you know who may be interested!

Christmas Morning!

Merry Christmas everyone! I thought I would share some pictures from this morning.

He ran in and exclaimed "BIG Melmo!"

Looking at our presents!

Santa brings him a brand new chair, so he sits in Elmo's lap... go figure!

Eating our candy cane

Lincoln Park Zoo

We went to Lincoln Park Zoo with my family to see all the Christmas Lights. The lights were cool :-D Joseph really liked seeing the animals. The jaguar made him squeal with joy! Enjoy some pictures!!!

My Smart Boy

Joseph amazes me with how smart he is. He was sitting in his high chair eating his cereal when he started counting it!!! He would take out a fruit loop one at a time saying "one.... two.... throo (we can't say three yet)" and then he would repeat it. He counted to three, three times! And yes, when he was finished he had 9 fruit loops on his tray. I don't know, maybe this is normal 2 year old behavior, but I was so proud that my boy could count to three!!! He is also learning his colors!! His favorite color is green. He loves to point out green things in his book and say "greee". He has also already learned how Santa is, or as he calls him "anta". We had to cancel our picture with Santa due to illness, but I'm thinking we may try again because Joseph loves him! He has a little toy Santa that he plays with everyday.
The other day mommy learned a good lesson. When your boy runs up to you and says "itty" while pointing outside... take a break from cooking dinner and go to the window. Just because your cat is sleeping in the back does not mean  your neighbor's cat hasn't gotten out and is sitting on your porch.
Other cuteness in the Divelbiss Household... Joseph now dances to Micky Mouse Clubhouse. For those of you who have kids that watch the show, he now does the Hot Dog Dance. He also waves and says hi to all of the characters as they are introduced in the intro. I LOVE IT! Sorry to all of the other moms out there, but I think my boy wins the Cuteness Award for the month :-D