Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Joel is 11 months!

Every day that goes by, we grow to love Joel more. He took a step a couple of days ago, but I'm pretty sure it was by accident. He hasn't shown much interest in walking (unless he's holding on to furniture), but he's a pretty fast crawler. When he really wants to go fast, he ducks his head down and charges ahead without looking up. It's pretty funny.


He's still a mama's boy, but he will only say dada. When Joel is saying hi he points to you just like E.T., and then if he really likes you, he'll proceed to do a salute with his hand straight in the air. He's getting more and more curious, opening doors, climbing stairs, trying to see what we're doing. He's starting to like balls and cars and trains more, and he goes after anything electronic - computer, remote, cell phones. What a boy!

My Dancer

Grandparents Visit

Alex's parents came out for a visit mid-October. The first day they were here, we went into the city and met Alex for some awesome Vietnamese food for lunch. A big rainstorm came through while we were walking around the city, so we hurried back to Reading Terminal Market and got an Amish pretzel to tide us over. Yum!



When we told Nicole that her grandparents were coming for a visit, she said that she wanted to go to a pumpkin patch with them. So that's what we did! They had a little corn maze that we sent Nicole in with her grandparents, and we got some great pumpkins. We headed out to Kids Castle playground afterwards for a picnic.

    
 
 

Auntie Beth and Kerlyn came down from NY for a couple of days, and it was fun to to have them here. Nicole loved having her relatives to play with, and Joel even let them carry him around!