Happy Birthday Josiah!

Our big, smart, handsome, playful beezer boy.
Yes, Busy Beezer Boy became his nickname when he was just a baby.

We usually just call him "Buddy" he is our pal and he is a big helper.

He really, really loves his little brother Paul. They are so cute together.

Josiah is a sweet boy with a lot of energy. Favorite color is always red.

He is a perfectionist just like his dad. He invents all kinds of stuff.

He had his yearly check up with the pediatrician today and he is off the charts for his height & weight, over 100th percentile. He lookes a lot older than 6 years old.

He has a list of things he wants to be when he grows up from a Dentist, Firefighter, and most recently a basketball player. He really wants a dog, not a cat. I guess we could say the same about siblings, prefers his brother over his little sisters.

He has an amazing memory.

He remembers random things like the car we rented in Utah when he was 3.... ???

He says the reason he can remember everything is because he has a

secret box in his brain and he keeps stuff in it and he never forgets it.

He is so funny. He is always singing or chanting something.

He made up one for Hannah we hear a hundred times a day;

"Hannah Banana, Hannah Banana, Hannah Banana"

I think we could have a parade march with that song.

On New Years Eve {Josiah's B-day} people were doing fireworks from about 9pm-2am. Josiah thought this was the coolest thing to have fireworks on your birthday. We walked outside an hour or so before 12midnight, and people were setting them off in the streets, even big ones on adjacent roads. It was nuts! Come to find out on the news the next day. All fireworks are illegal in Jefferson & Orleans Parishes. Jefferson Parish has somewhere around 320 complaints. I don't think we have ever lived in an area like this. In Utah you'd hear a few go off only at midnight, and if it was you doing it, you could be sure to hear or see the police coming to find out who's doing it. In Cleveland, your own neighbors would rat on you for sure.

Even the next day on Jan 1, one of our neighbors was setting off huge ones in their front yard.

Anyways... we love him, we are so proud of him!