Update on Joshua

 Dear Joshy, 

You, little boy, are a light. I just love getting to know you better and better as you grow into your personality so much. 

• Your favorite thing right now is to say, "Mom, guess what?"... "What?".... "I love you!" Then after that you want me to ask the "guess what" and do it back to you. It is adorable and it makes my day. You probably come up to me about 5 times a day and do that for me. It is a gift that you give to your mom whenever you do that. 
• You are really good at words of affirmation already. You have a very soft heart. I have to be really careful to be nice with you because I hurt your feelings pretty easily. You are always giving people compliments around you all the time. 
• You are just loving sitting down and reading with me. It's adorable! Your favorite books right now are the Usborne Phonics Books. 
• You want to be involved in everything that is going on with your brothers right now. They don't really love to have you play because it's hard for you to keep up with them on their level, but you want to be included SO BADLY. 
• You were really sick over the summer at Kalea's house when we were visiting and throwing up. We got you a blessing and you snapped out of it really quickly. I'm so grateful for priesthood blessings and how they help our lives. 
• You are turning into a picky eater. I have to feed you often. And I give into that because you are the baby of the family. haha! I never would have to done it with the other kids. 
• You love to paint, and do puzzles, and color and draw. 
• Trains are YOUR THING right now. Everything about trains you LOVE and can't get enough of. 
• You are the light of your dad's life as well. You guys are buddies and have a special bond, that's for sure. You were the only baby that before you were born, came to your dad instead of to me. I knew then that you had a very special bond with him. And how your dad was able to help me labor with you when you were born. It was quite the experience.
• You turned FOUR years old in October. How is that possible! Time flies, it's crazy. This picture is a little bit older from when you were 3 years old, but I love it!

Keep being adorable for everyone around you. You are a light!

I love you, 

Your Mom