Joel Update

Joel is my sweet boy. He is my helper and my comic relief. He is such a good kid. Of course he's a toddler so he has his moments but he is great. Let's see if I can remember all the new things he does now. He loves dancing- radio, commercials, his TV shows. It doesn't matter to him. It cracks me up. I love that he loves music so much! He is talking more. Here's his list of words: Vance (although it usually sounds more like dtence), juice, this, mom, da, and ba (his universal word for EVERYTHING). He loves buttons. If he can push it he will find it and turn it off and on and off and on and off- well you get the idea. Joel is getting more social and likes to play with other kids and of course Vance. He's pretty timid in social situations but it's not necessarily a bad thing. Of course anytime we're out and about everyone always tells him how adorable he is and he of course flirts and charms everyone. Funny boy. Anyhow, here are some of his pictures.

Joel's fake smile. He is so funny. He
has figured out what he's "suppose" to
do when mom pulls out the camera.
But you can see most of his teeth. He's
currently working on 3 more. Two more
on bottom and one more on top. He
finally got his left top canine tooth. We're
all looking forward to the break in teething!

Joel's big boy haircut. Tj broke out
the electric shears and cut Joel's
hair. He looks like such a little
boy now. You can see his sincere
smile here. You just gotta love
this stage. He's such a happy little
boy. His smile and his laugh just
make your heart melt. I know
that sounds sappy but it's true.

Pushing buttons!!!! Joel found Grandpa's weather
radio and figured out how to turn it off and on.
Anytime he gets to go into the office that's the first
place he goes is to turn the radio off and on and off
and on and off and on- and well again you get the idea.

Joel is not the least bit spoiled or pampered.
Grandpa bought him a new car seat- along with
several other "essential" items (a toy laptop among
them)- and then turned the box into a little fort.
Joel loves going over to Grandma and Grandpa's
house. They have the best toys- Grandma and
Grandpa! (lol) Joel loves Grandpa and looks
forward to the weekends when he can play with
him. Grandpa always has something fun set up
for Joel. Whether it's a fort made out of blankets
or letting him walk Molly Joel looks forward to
his time at Grandma's house.