Little shadow

Josiah really loves his Dad and big brother. He wants so much to be like them too. This morning Nathanael was licking the yogurt off his spoon and Josiah was watching. He looked right at me and with a huge messy grin on his face and a tongue with cheerio crumbs all over he proudly started licking his spoon too.

At night, during tucking-in, Forest usually wrestles with Nathanael. I suppose it makes up for the girly kisses I like to give him that he promptly runs off. Now that Josiah finally goes to bed in his room with his brother he watches from his crib asking to join in. So sometimes he joins in on the big bed and gets to wrestle and do "guy stuff" too.

When Forest is relaxing at the end of the day or on Sunday afternoon, Josiah will lay down just like him. If that means his tiny arms are behind his head and feet propped up on the coffee table, he'll grunt till he gets it right. And he'll work till it is precisely as his daddy. If Dad goes outside, he wants to go too. It is so much fun to watch him imitate his brother and dad, as long as I can keep his brother from teaching him bad habits. (;