Joshua – Heiserfamily Happenings

Bye Bye Crib

breaker119 — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 03:01:59 +0000

So now, officially at 21 months & 18 days Joshua has decided that he’s done with his crib. He insisted on sleeping in the big boy bed after escaping the stuffy confines of his crib for the third time this evening. Obviously, this is a bit sooner than we’d hoped. He climbed out of his crib three times at nap on Sunday and then once more at bed time. Since then it has been one time at bed time each night. Then, of course he climbs out in the morning once he has woken before calling for somebody to come get him. Well, let’s look on the bright side – at least we can free up some space in his room by taking apart the crib. I suppose that we should buy him some appropriate toddler bedding too. We’ve been lucky in that neither of our kids have hit the deck whilst escaping.

For comparison, he bested his sister by three months & 5 days

Joshua Turned 1

breaker119 — Mon, 07 May 2012 15:00:19 +0000

Joshua turned 1 year old on May 3rd, and this first year has gone incredibly fast. We’re not big on parties when our children are this young, but we made sure that he had the opportunity for cake. He got to open presents (when his sister Sara let him), and he seemed to really enjoy it. He scored a new library worth of books from all of his grandparents and aunts. He also got a Bob the Builder giant Lego set and watching him walk around with this giant bucket held out in front of him is pretty amusing.

He’s a very mobile dude now and has pretty much given up on crawling. Even though he first walked around 9 or 10 months he kept to crawling for another month or so for primary locomotion. He’ll be running any time now since he always watches his sister. Sara is in a constant state of run. We challenged her to only walk while we were in the store the other day and it was obvious that she was having to exercise some self control.

Joshua’s 1 year checkup was pretty uneventful. Basic stuff – development, height, weight, etc. He’s is now 21 lbs and 30 inches – quite a change in a year. Unfortunately, his last round of inoculations have left him a bit sick, but only low grade fever…so – expected stuff. At least he’s cuddly when he’s not feeling well as opposed to his normal constant state of motion.

Another Joshua update

breaker119 — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:42:57 +0000

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Now with his 3rd and 4th tooth coming in, Joshua has added clapping, waving, and standing on his own to his repertoire of crawling the doggy door and general loudness. He is now his over 9 months old and, just … Continue reading →

6 Months and Standing!

breaker119 — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 18:09:08 +0000

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I turned my back for a minute this morning and turned back to find this! Goodness, I hope that he doesn’t start walking as early as I did. (don’t worry – bottom drawers in this household are kid friendly)

Solids!

breaker119 — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 17:12:26 +0000

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Today, we gave Joshua his first solid foods. He really likes it. Now maybe he’ll sleep longer through the night

Good news Bad news

breaker119 — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 22:34:35 +0000

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Well, Joshua made it official – the good news is that he started crawling for real today while at my sister’s house. The bad news is that he started crawling today.

On the move!

breaker119 — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 23:50:44 +0000

Well, I can officially say that Joshua is on the move now. He is now 4 1/2 months old. We’ve been finding him in different places than we left him recently, but this evening I watched him army crawl to chase down a toy that kept rolling away from him. He’ll be crawling within the next couple of weeks. I was walking at 9 months – geez i hope that we have more time than that!

Also, today was a beautiful day in Dallas, and we took the opportunity to go to the Dallas Zoo. It was a lot of fun, and we even got five minutes into the park before there was a minor meltdown. Then then meltdown child’s sunglasses ended up in the lemur enclosure (thankfully that didn’t really phase her). I was happy to go too because we bought a family season pass and have hardly used it. It has been so hot this summer that going to the zoo would not have been an enjoyable experience. It was a good time today, though, and I look forward to going back often over the next several months. Since I work downtown it will be easy to take a half day and make a family event of it.

Big Boy

breaker119 — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 13:08:41 +0000

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Apparently Joshua hit 15.2 lbs today! Wow…a lot different then his big sister. Her third birthday doctor appointment is tomorrow and she is presently going through a growth spurt (tthe first in six months)

An Update

breaker119 — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 02:08:27 +0000

Joshua hit the two month mark this week and wow is he growing. He has grown about four inches and is putting on about two pounds per month. He’s doing great and big sister Sara has gotten used to his presence and is over the fact that she got a brother instead of a sister. She tells her teachers at church that “we’re going to keep him.” Phew – I guess that I didn’t know that there was a question.

We had a good time tonight with Joshua as he was just as happy as could be. He was smiling constantly and really responds – he even responded to his name tonight. He kicks and moves like crazy when I tickle him and I’m sure will be laughing here shortly. He is also pretty good on his tummy and can stand on his own if he is being balanced.

Sara will be turning three at the beginning of August and is looking forward to go back to school. We will be taking her to Sea World soon to celebrate her birthday. She doesn’t know about it yet, but she’ll have a great time. Darn television commercials, though. That’s where she learned about it. It’s not just Sea World though any commercial for Six Flags, Fiesta Texas, or any water park is followed by “I wanna do that”. I guess that she got her way on this one.

The Official Announcement

breaker119 — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 00:56:45 +0000

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