I'm in denial that we are closer to Joey's second birthday than his first. I can't imagine how fast time is going to go once his little brother gets here, because it is already going much to fast for my liking.
We've had a pretty eventful month!
- We started out the month by going to the Greeley FunPlex with one of my coworkers from the dispatch center. She has a little girl that's about 6 weeks older than Joey. Joey is starting to learn how to actually play with other kids, so it's always fun to watch him interact with another person his size. His favorite part about the FunPlex is the slides. Every time we go, he spends the majority of the time on the slides. (We went to the FunPlex about a week later when Neal had the day off, too. He thought it was even better when daddy was there to play!)
- Joey's vocabulary has been increasing daily. He still usually only says one word at a time, but he's getting to the point where he can better communicate what he wants, which is making for less temper tantrums (thank goodness). His favorite word is "NO." He is definitely working on establishing his independence and trying to figure out where his boundaries are. Luckily, most of the time he does very well at listening, and for that I am grateful.
- We went to the pumpkin patch with my grandpa, aunt, and cousin. My aunt just moved to Colorado, and wanted to take pictures at the pumpkin patch, so we went with them. Joey thought it was SO much fun!
- Joey got a pillow in his bed. He was super excited. The very first night he had it, Neal wasn't home. When I asked Joey if he wanted to take a picture to send to daddy to show him the pillow, Joey pointed at the pillow. It was awesome. He also got new slippers, which he thinks they're the best.
- We are officially pacifier free!!!! Joey had been getting his pacifier only at bedtimes for quite a while. The last time he was sick, I got pretty tired of getting up every hour and a half to go clear his nose so he could suck on his pacifier to fall back to sleep. After he was feeling better, his pacifiers "broke." We showed them to him, and he threw them away in the trash. That night, Neal put him to bed because I had a youth activity at church, and anytime Joey would start crying for his pacifier, Neal would go in and say "Remember Joey? Your pacifiers broke and you threw them away." It actually worked miraculously well for us. It only took him about an hour and a half to fall asleep, and there was pretty minimal crying considering how attached he was to it.
- We carved pumpkins. Joey thought it was the greatest thing ever when we lit them :)
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- We went and stole leaves from the common area in our neighborhood. We don't have a tree in our yard, and I thought Joey would find jumping in them really, really fun. And I was right ;)
- I made some kool-aid salt dough that Joey LOVES. He loves rolling it out and then cutting shapes out of it with cookie cutters. He also loves when I roll some of it into a ball and then he gets to smash it and squeeze it between his fingers.
- Joey found out he's having a little BROTHER!!!! He will pull my shirt up and rub my belly and say "baby." It's pretty much the most adorable thing (that I'm sure he will not find as entertaining once his brother gets here).
- He learned how to blow raspberries on our tummies. There have been a couple of times that he's tried to give himself one. It literally makes Neal and I laugh out loud.
- Joey started getting ALL FOUR of his canine teeth in at the same time. Only one has broken through so far, but I can feel the other three just under his gums. He's been a chewy, drooly mess. The only thing he will chew on are his hands. He literally shoves his entire hand in his mouth and just chews. His poor fingers get so red and sore :(
- Joey woke up in the middle of the night with a fever of about 103 degrees. I thought it was teething, but after looking back at all the symptoms, I'm pretty sure he had a GI virus of some sort. He ended up in our bed that night because he would only sleep if I was holding him. I felt so bad :(
- We didn't get any pictures of Halloween because Joey was still running a fever and obviously not feeling well, but we did take him trick or treating for a little bit. Once he figured out that if he went and stood at people's door, they would give him candy, he thought it was pretty awesome. He was a candy corn (I was pretty proud...I made the costume myself).
- He spent his first night away from both Neal and I...or should I say 4 nights. Neal and I went up hunting, and Joey stayed with my mom and sister. I didn't have a tag for an animal, but I know I'm not going to be able to go next year, so I wanted to go up and enjoy it. Hunting is a HUGE part of me, and I don't want to lose that. My mom said that Joey did really well, especially since he was running a fever, teething, and it was DST switch. I was thankful to know he was in good hands, but I was still a nervous wreck for the first 36 hours or so. After I came home, it took him about a week to believe that I wasn't going to be leaving him again (at least in the near future). He's finally getting to the point where he's not clinging to me like I might disappear any second :)
Joey is really turning into a little rock star. We are so grateful for him, everyday, and love who he is already developing into!
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