Mark Spitz, Michael Phelps, Joshua Nodine

My baby will be old enough to participate in the 2024 Summer Olympics. Hey, maybe he will bring home a gold medal in swimming! He's already started working on his front crawl. See?

Joshua "swimming" from Jamie Nodine on Vimeo.

While Joshua does enjoy "swimming" in the living room, there are lots of other things he loves as well. When he's not practicing swimming, young Mr. Nodine enjoys getting zerberts from daddy

Daddy & Joshua from Jamie Nodine on Vimeo.

and playing in the grass.

We bought a hand held massager because Joshua's therapist suggested it. He seems to have a little bit of an aversion to things going in his mouth & she thought we needed to remedy this before we started to give him food. So we got the massager and began giving it to Josh to hold (it stops his hands from clenching all the time) and put in his mouth if he wants. He loves it! Notice how open BOTH his hands are! He loves to hold it (sometimes he even holds it on his own) and suck on it.

Mmmm...gum massage! from Jamie Nodine on Vimeo.

So we decided that since the massager went in the mouth, we should try food. Nana bought Josh some special spoons that are soft & flexible so they won't freak Joshua out, we made some rice cereal flavored milk, & daddy got to feed him for the first time. Turns out it was a first for both! Joshua's first "solid" food & Ben's first time feeding a baby. They both did exceptionally well. :)

Joshua's first food from Jamie Nodine on Vimeo.