Exploring His World...

Joshua has entered into a new phase of life. He no longer is satisfied with baby food from a jar of any kind. He only likes what he can pick up himself and put into his own mouth, but will occasionally allow me to feed him only selective items like rice cereal (that stuff looks so gross to me yet he LOVES it). He likes to hold his own spoon now, even if that means double the mess. On his birthday after his bath I was brushing his teeth, and he stole the toothbrush and was trying to do it himself.He likes to open every cupboard in the kitchen and pull things out, just to look at them. Since we're planning on getting our kitchen remodeled, I'm waiting to reorganize the cabinets but there are a few that I'm already okay with him opening and exploring. Yesterday he crawled into the master bathroom just as I was flushing the toilet. Now, he wants to do it - all the time. He also thinks unraveling the toilet paper is hysterical. Silly Bean!He used to enjoy snuggling with Momma in bed if he couldn't sleep, but not anymore. With our mission style bed, he can pull up on what Shawn & I call the "jail cell" pieces and dive for things he sees like remotes, etc. He still enjoys the occasional hug, but he's not as much of a cuddlebug as he once was. He's too busy for that now. There's a whole world out there for him to experience. The above picture is of Joshua as he climbed up onto our guest bed and then climbed over the pillows to reach a vase of flowers on the dresser. He doesn't eat grass as much anymore but he loves to look for fallen leaves. Most everything goes into his mouth still, as he explores with all five senses. I was trying to show him how to color the other day, but all he wanted to do was eat the crayons. Yuck! So, we'll try again in a week or so. He is so adorable, but he is definitely all boy wanting to experience the world, in his own way and at his own time and on his own terms. We have transitioned from baby into more of a toddler, I think...