JPOD 4.29.06

Joshua is 5 months old today! His STTNA is .625 over the past 8 nights (STTNA = sleeping through the night average). Here is a digital testimony of his growth.

1 month

5 months

My how you've grown!

JPOD 4.28.06

Here is Joshua enjoying a new toy from his Kinsinger grandparents. It's been in the box since Christmas and all of us, especially Josh, were very excited at its unveiling. Thanks, Grandma and Grandpa K!

JPOD 2.23.06

Joshua is showing early signs of American patriotism. His favorite poem is currently Longfellow's Midnight Ride of Paul Revere. While other books such as Mr. Brown Can Moo, Can You and The Very Hungry Caterpillar remain atop Josh's all-around literary favorites, Joshua is no less captivated by the thrilling horseride of Paul Revere. How much longer before the phrase, "The fate of a nation was riding that night," carries a much deeper meaning for this little mind?

JPOD 4.21.06

Joshua has recently displayed an preference for increasing entropy. No flimsy structures are safe unless they can avoid his flailing arms.

Behold yonder pillar of well-ordered blocks.

I must smite them down!

I love entropy!

JPOD 4.18.06

Playing Catch with Dad

Happy Birthday, Grandma!

With love from all of us.

JPOD 4.16.06

Happy Easter from the Kinsingers

JPOD 4.15.06

And now look who can sit up all by himself! For a little while, anyway...

By the way, please forgive our infrequent posts of late...we're finally in the housing market and thus inundated with home buying concerns all of a sudden! It's exhilarating and exhausting simultaneously.

JPOD 4.10.06

Yum! Oatmeal! By the way, Dad, here's a helping hand.

JPOD 4.8.06

Two major milestones were passed in the past 24 hours.


Last night, Joshua had his first taste of oatmeal. He took a couple spoonfuls, but then so passionately expressed his hunger that he received the good old bottle.


During a middle-of-the-night feeding, Joshua refused to go back to sleep. He was wide awake and wanted to play. Shortly after being placed on his stomach, he figured out how to roll over -- with absolutely no help from an outside source! The time was 4:40 a.m. and he rolled to his right, pushing off with his left hand (he appears to be a developing southpaw). Joshua and his daddy immediately roused Mommy to hold a dead-of-night party in celebration of Joshua's big accomplishment. It was a happy time.

JPOD 4.4.06

The early training of a bibliophile. Joshua finds books are great fun, in a variety of ways!

JPOD 4.3.06

Joshua and Great-Grandma Elfrieda had a marvelous hour together last Thursday, complete with giggles and smiles galore.

More from New York

Strolling with Uncle Mark.




Being admired by Mrs. Schmidt and Mrs. Andruzzi.

Backlog blog

No, we haven't been lazy all week; we've been out of town.
Joshua traveled to New York this week to visit his maternal grandparents. He's sorry to have missed all of his online friends throughout the week.
Here are some shots from New York:


Hanging out with Uncle Joe.

Swinging with some East Fishkill neighbors.