Joseph and the Wii

Joseph is apparently a fast learner. After watching us all play with the Wii over Thanksgiving he decided one night that he'd give it a try. He pointed the remote at the screen, stood on the fit, and even mimicked us conducting an orchestra with Wii Music. Cool jammies huh?

Fall has flown by!

It's been way too long since our last post...crazy how fast the past few weeks went by! Jay is done traveling for the year, so now we're gearing up for the holidays and hoping his back feels better instead of worse sometime soon. Joseph seems to have gotten taller, and definitely more talkative. Today he threw up for the first time. Lucky for us it was on the kitchen floor and only happened once. It scared him a little but after a minute of crying he was back to his normal self. Since it warmed up a bit he helped us rake the leaves outside to prepare for the eventual winter wonderland. Maybe they'll actually come collect the yard waste soon. If not I expect a credit on my tax bill! Did I just say that? I really am getting old....

Totally Toddler

Well if I had any doubt, today I realized that Joseph is totally a toddler. He runs and plays with play do, but when he's feeling more helpful he puts away his laundry and feeds Rosco. He's learning to eat his food with a fork and spoon, and brushes his teeth when he's done. And today he wanted to drink from a "real cup" instead of his sippy this morning, so I took a little video of the monumentus occasion. Actually more impressive is that apparently he hasn't been using his pacifier during nap time at daycare. So last night I put him in bed without one and off to sleep he went, no fuss or noise. One would think you could just cut cold turkey based on that performance, but no, when I attempted the same thing when putting him down for a nap today, he screamed and cried so after 15 minutes I decided we would go with the "weaning" method instead of cold turkey. Did I cave too early?

Happy Halloween

We all dressed up in our costumes last night and hung around the neighborhood for the usual festivities. Joseph trick or treated up and down three streets, ringing doorbells, waving buh-bye with his flashlight, and even uttered a thank you to one candy-giver towards the end of his travels. He lasted a full hour and was spent by the time he went to bed at 7:30. And he slept a full 12 hours which was nice for us since we were at the annual party in the hood. Though Jay could have probably used a few more hours....I'll be surprised if he doesn't go out and get french fries. :)