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Whoops! My Brother-in-law Robb noticed that I hadn't blogged in awhile, thanks for the reminder! Not much has been going on to keep me busy, I just failed to keep updated!

Last Saturday the Callon's took on the skating rink! At first I slapped on my rollerblades and pushed Joseph around in the rink in his stroller. And then we all got a bright idea to put some skates on Joseph. We really didn't think that he would be able to do anything on them, but he was able to stand and walk around a little bit on them. He did an amazing job and I was just so excited and proud of him. I think we have a pro-skater on our hands! =) Here are some pics and videos of Joseph's adventure at the skate rink!

On the boat

Today, Josh and I took our boat out on Lake Lawerence in yelm. His parents and brother, Robb came along for the fun. This was my first time on the boat and the first time in awhile without Joseph. My sister, Holly was gracious enough to watch Joseph; I can't tell you how much I appreciate her for doing that.
We went tubing and boating around the lake. It wasn't crowded there, only about 3 other boats tubing and the weather was fair. Its been pretty hot this week, but today was overcast, but was still warm. It was enough to get a little tan. =)
Josh's mom went on the tube as well, the first time in 25 years. She was hesitant at first, but definetely had a perma-grin on the entire tubing trip.

I am excited to bring Joseph on the boat next. We picked up a life jacket for him today, so hopefully we will be able to bring him on this boating season. If not, next year. =)

Here are some pictures!

Our many adventures

Today Joseph started back up with swim classes at the YMCA. He is a Super Shrimp now! Last session we started him in the Shrimp classes but he passed his way through that group with flying colors. He will stay in Super Shrimps until he is 2 years old, which is good b/c all the other babies in his group are a tad bit older, atleast almost 2 years old.

Its weird to see the vast difference between Joseph at 16 months compared to a kid at 2 years old. Physically, Joseph looks like a two year old, but developmentally, he is right on track for his age. I think most people forget or don't know that 2 year olds are way more vastly developed in skills then 16 months old. I can't wait for the upcoming months b/c I know Joseph will just blossom into a toddler. He will start talking more, listening to me more and being more responsive. Right now he is at the cusp between understanding what I am saying. While it is still hard to take him out to restaurants, b/c he throws fits and is very loud, I know that in a couple of months he will, for the most part understand what type of behavior is ok in certain situations. At this point the behavior would be very basic, but none the less, he will learn so much within the next 9 months, that by the time April rolls around he will be a kid and not a baby.

I look forward to see Joseph grow more and more each day. He is such a smart baby and has a really fun loving personality. He hardly cries, although, he does know how to thrown a tantrum. =) But for the most part, Joseph is perfect in my eyes. He is the light of our lives! Every morning Josh looks forward to seeing his bright eyes and big smile when he wakes up. Most of the time I don't let him wake Joseph up, but there are times when I give in and can't wait another minute for Joseph to wake up.

Hello!

So I thought this would be a fun way to keep everyone up-to-date on all our happenings. You can come check us out, leave comments, or be engulfed with all the pictures I will probably be putting up. =) Enjoy!