Every day our cutie pies make us laugh and smile because of their genius or mischievousness. We know that it's only a matter of time when we are in trouble with both kiddos working together...Heaven help us!!
Joey has been getting his top two teeth and left incisor on the side now. They are showing their little white tips and have been causing this poor little guy some pain. I thought Addie had a lot to deal with together, but I think Joey has taken the lead. I guess that it will help him eat his solids and enjoy food that much more.
He rolled from his back to his front for the first time today while we watched General Conference. He has been flirting with it for quite awhile and got 75% the way, just to roll back as happy as can be. I think he will be one who takes his time, enjoying life and not being in a rush. At least that seems to be our first impression of his personality. His smile is pretty darn cute with his two bottom teeth sneaking out, but I cant seem to get a good pic of it. Oh well.
Last weekend of September we visited my family in Idaho. It had been 2 months since we have been there and we wanted to catch a couple of football games too. It was a very fun visit, relaxed. Joey is at the age where we can go out a little bit more and enjoy activities. And Grandma (Linda) Hebdon was very helpful in watching the kids too. So it was fun taking everyone out for Ben's and Adam's football games. Joe and I enjoyed pacing the lines occasionally pushing Caleb and Addie in the stroller while Joey basked in the attention of his Grandma at the end of the field. The boys did an excellent job! However Joe and I told Kevin that we really didn't want Joey to play football due to the accidents and long term problems he might have to deal with if he was to get hurt. Kevin said we better let him play if he wants too. That if he could do it again, he would play again. He LOVED/LOVES football. LOL, so when Joey was having the time of his life playing with the football, I couldn't resist a photo sent to Kevin. I guess we have a few years to figure out what our kids will enjoy doing for extracurricular activities.
We were given some of Jenna's stuffed animals, and the kids have loved them. This "Piglet" is almost as big as Addie and it's so cute to see her dragging him, "Pooh Bear" and the other furry friends. Joey is also enjoying tackling them and slobbering them with his kisses. We are so lucky to get to many fun things from family. The Bares also gave us their Little Tikes playground!! We were so excited when they offered, and our landlord ok'd it. Now that we have it here, we need some time when we can put it together. We have already had some knocks on our door to see if the neighborhood kids could put it together. We have a feeling it might be a mistake to have it here, but are really hoping that it won't cause a problem. Addie has fun on it and Joey will too when he gets older.
Addie is really starting to do better with communicating what she wants. The other day she told me she wanted a cracker, which was the first time she spoke what she wanted! I was pretty excited about that and gave her ALOT of crackers for encouragement. It usually is a tantrum followed by my suggestions of what is wrong or what she wants. And eventually I say what she would like. It's a learning process for her and us. She has even learned a little bit of patience as we fill her cup with water. LOL, for the longest time there she would cry in devastation when she handed us her sippy cup and we would have to walk to the fridge, unscrew the lid, fill the cup up with water, screw the lid back on, and finally hand her the cup. It was quite the dramatics, but I think after months and months of the same routine she has finally figured out that we will give it back in a better condition then when she gave it to us.
And as always, she is so very sweet and loving towards her baby brother. She wakes up and often asks for "Jo Jo", and almost all of the time wants to help me put him down or get him up from his naps. These two are always melting our hearts with their affection for eachother. This a quick pic I got of them in my lap watching TV with me. I couldn't get a face shot, but I thought this was adorable, with Joey's hand on her back. They were giggling and having such a fun time.
Addie is growing up in more ways than one. Today she also came up to daddy and said "poo poo". When daddy checked her, she had a poopy diaper! We think in a few months we are going to try introducing a training potty for her. So she is growing up and that is very exciting. On the other hand, Krystell was taking Addie down for a nap before the Sunday afternoon session of general conference, Addie wasn't thrilled. The next thing I knew, I heard someone climbing the stairs, and I saw Addie poking her head around the corner of the stairs to see if she could sneak up without being noticed. I picked her up to take her down to mommy, and apparently she had shut the door on Krystell when she was busy adjusting her curtains. Addie was trying to sneak upstairs and get out of a nap. We put her down and shared the story. She made us both laugh pretty good. She is not even two, and she thinks she is pretty sneaky....and she doesn't think she needs a nap anymore.
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