Joshua Updates End of 2018

Dear Joshua,

I have realized while reviewing the last couple years of journal entries that I haven't written very much about you and your improvements and updates! I'm so sorry! So here we go:

• I can't even tell you how much I'm enjoying you right now. You are SUCH a pleasant soul and baby... and you have been since you were born. You have added such happiness to our home. It has melted my heart. You have taught me how to treat the other kids. I remind myself all the time to smile at the other kids and treat the other kids with as much patience and happiness as I do with you... it has been a HUGE help for me and your dad with that. 
• You are a DADDY'S boy! You love your dad! 
• You love your binky. You always want to have it. We are starting to take it away during the day so you will actually start to learn how to talk. Your first words were "momma" and "Taya" (Talia). 
• You will follow Elijah around while he listens to music, specifically "Pirates of the Caribbean" music and "direct" the music together with him all the time. 
• You are very particular about things. When you take your binky out of your mouth, anywhere you are, you find a very specific place to put it. You set your shoes in your basket. You want to hold a fork to eat your food, you don't like your hands dirty.
• You are going to be a very White/Yellow personality!
• You love to have fun with your brothers and sister! You love your sister and will do whatever she wants all the time. You guys share a room right now and you always wake her up in the morning. 
• You are getting mad at me often when I won't let you outside to go play with the other kids.
• You are a blanket boy, and carry around your blue blanket EVERYWHERE. It is at the stage where I have to wash it ALL the time. You love your grew fuzzy bear when you go to bed and lay on it like a pillow. 
• You have a routine of getting into the shower with your dad of laying down on the bathroom rug until someone helps you get undressed, then you must have the toothbrush with you. If you don't follow this routine, you get very frustrated. 
• You have SUCH a sweet disposition. Whenever you see Jesus in a picture, on the computer, in videos, anytime, we say, "Is that Jesus?"... and you say, "yeah" so soft and quiet. You have such a sweet personality. It has brought healing to our family and our hearts so much.