Vacuums & New Words

Joshua loves vacuums. Even when I was pregnant, it seemed he would move a lot when I was vacuuming. Whenever we get the vacuum out, Joshua is instantly by our side watching or wanting to hold the handle to "help". Recently, we remembered we had an old child-sized vacuum in the garage which Nathan played with when he was little. James went and dug it out a few days ago, and believe it or not it still works. So, Joshua is having the time of his life "vacuuming". The only problem is he is always getting it stuck on the edge of the rugs, and then cries out for someone to help him get it over the rug. Oh well, it is keeping him pretty busy for the present time. I am posting a few pictures of him with his vacuum.

In addition, Joshua has been saying lots of new words lately. It is so cute! Today, he picked up his little Toddler Bible, and said "Bible". He has said "Bible" before, but I didn't know he associated it with his actual Bible, but he definitely does. Just this past week, he has been saying "Thank ye" for thank you, and "Sparkle", the name of my parent's new puppy. When we were in the store Saturday, we were passing by some dog treats with a picture of a dog on the front. He immediately started pointing to the dog saying, "Sparkle, Sparkle". He also says bottle, balloon, baby, ball, "gog" (dog), and a few other words. I love hearing him trying to talk!