Happy Halloween!

Yesterday was Halloween, and Joshi turned 7 months old! We didn't do anything real Halloweeny, it is not largely celebrated here in Germany anyhow. Leo is at his mother's, so we decided when he gets back we will all carve a pumpkin together. Baby Joshua sort of had a costume, his buck-teeth pacifier, gift from Amee, and his autumn warm suit with pumpkins on it. We took a walk in Westpark at dusk and saw a few autumn colors, watched the sunset and marveled at how lucky we are to live in such a beautiful place. Joshi saw his first waterfall and he was fascinated by all the plants and the trees with turning leaves

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Joshi also had his 5th examination nearly two weeks ago now. He weighed 7.5 Kilos and is 67 cm long!

Other big news. Joshi cut his first tooth today (and I don't mean the buck teeth)! He has been teething a bit these last couple weeks, but not too bad actually. Anyhow, the first one has surfaced now just about 19 or so to go for the first round!

As I said, Leo has been away for a few days. It was really clear to me today that Joshua misses him very much. He saw his picture on the fridge, smiled at it and then in an instant started crying, not just unhappy crying, but rather really sad crying, almost desperate. It was heart-wrenching. He did this same thing about an hour later, he looked at his picture on the desk and he was looking all around the room for Leo himself and started crying. Poor little guy misses his big brother terribly. It is so touching how much those two love each other.

Anyhow, Joshi is still not crawling but he is getting really close. Could be any day now! We just got a new play pen for him, sponsored by his Great-Grandma Sherrit, who sent us a generous amount of money to go baby shopping with.