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Mid-October we took a trip down to St. George to fix some computers for one of our clients. I think we got them a new server and some new/used computers for their office. Here are some pictures from that trip:

 Here is Dave's "work station." We go on vacation to work in our family.

 This is Joshua's "work station." He put in a lot of hours on these bad boys.

 "Don't interrupt me mom, I'm hard at work."

 We even went swimming a little bit in the pool. It was plenty warm enough for it. We were both getting over colds though, so we didn't swim long. Ok, actually I just sat on the edge of the kid pool, and Joshua sat on my lap splashing away. He had a blast.

 Drying off and warming up.

 "Please, no pictures."

 "Ok, actually I just want your camera." As you can see, now that he is more mobile, it wasn't as safe to leave him on the chaise longues...soooo...

We finished drying off in the grass.

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Here are some pictures of Joshua and his daddy. These are from October. Captions are below each picture.

 Joshua got all bundled up in his marshmallow coat to go outside with Dad.

 We read a bedtime story to Joshua every night. Sometimes Dad gets a turn to read.

He loves story time, but it's hard to sit still so long sometimes. I love Joshua's expression in this one. :)

Spring in November

Today I decided that Christmas decorations would look so much better in a clean house. So I started cleaning...which turned into a spring cleaning type endeavor.
I moved everything out of the dining room, even the rug, and vacuumed and mopped. (Joshua's hands have been turning black from crawling around--it was way past due.)
I had leftover mop water, so I figured I'd clean the baseboards while I was at it...I don't think they've been cleaned in a decade (literally, that's my estimate). I know *I* have never cleaned them in the last 3 years and the people who lived here before us never cleaned _anything_ based on the state of the house when we moved in. Plus the house was vacant for a while.
Anyway...to give you an idea, I made it about 5 feet before I had to change the water. It was gross.
But now it is so clean!
Ps: Joshua has been SO much easier to take care of now that he can crawl (I've always heard it is the other way around usually). He keeps himself occupied and therefore content until he gets hungry or tired. Yes, I have to still make sure he doesn't get into anything dangerous, but that is easy.
I was able to do all of my cleaning while he was up and about! Such a relief!

Break time is over, time for decorating!

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Joshua is going to be a break dancer when he grows up (this is from September). I swear he was going to learn how to jump from his back to his feet before he learned how to crawl.

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This is from August as well. Joshua loves music. Here he is dancing in his car seat. :)

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Joshua likes to "sing". Here is a video of him "singing" in the high chair.

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I just realized how lacking this blog is. It's lacking in Joshua pictures and videos. So for the next while, I'm going to be posting a TON of pictures and videos of cute little Joshua! :) He's my favorite! (Translation: I finally got around to taking pictures and videos of my camera, and now that my house is somewhat clean I don't feel guilty getting on to blog. Joshua is my favorite!)
Here is the first gem of a post. These are from August. Captions below each picture:

 Joshua loves bread.

 Maybe he just likes tearing apart the bread. Usually I just give him pieces, but I thought it'd be fun to see what would happen with a whole piece.

 Josh-o-lantern.

 How'd this one slip in here!? Sarah-o-lantern :)

 Joshua playing with his friend Spencer at play group in the park. They were "sharing" Joshua's Tonka truck.

 Whoops, Spencer fell over trying to crawl away.

 Henry comes over to play.

Joshua can look up to Henry and say "ok, in 3 months, I can do that, too" They're best buds.