Joey’s quite the daredevil these days…opening cabinets, attempting to eat foreign objects, trying to steal (and eat) Pippin’s bones, climbing on the dishwasher and attempting to walk independently (only to fall on his butt). Fortunately, childproofing will be taken care of by next weekend!
Some other shots of our 8 month old!
We celebrated Debrah’s birthday this week at none other than Hamburger Mary’s (Deb’s favorite spot).
Joey was a perfect gentleman the entire meal, despite still having a cold!
Guess who ordered this dessert??
Joey’s just getting over his first case of the sniffles. They weren’t fun for anyone, especially at night! Aunt Michy did an awesome job helping us with Joey this weekend!
What did the twosome do? Shop, obviously.
Checking out Target (Aunt Michy reported that Joey refused to wear his coat)
Aunt Michy helped us Sunday morning after The Goodman’s had a sleepless Saturday night. Her morning duty started at 8:00AM and by noon, she said “it feels like its 4PM!” She was definitely pooped from an AWESOME job watching Joey!
Here’s how I found the two after my sleep in! Note: Michele’s wearing an old maternity top of mine because Joey pooped all over her (the comforter, the pillows, etc) and she couldn’t find anything else to wear!
Mich introducing Joey to Jimmy Choo!
I’ve always been against traditional high chairs. I think they’re ugly, impossible to clean, bulky and unnecessarily keep babies away from the family dinner table. Sooo, we decided to make due with a clip on chair until Joey was old enough for his big boy chair. Definitely worth the wait (thanks Weil family) !
Joey (a week shy of 8 months)
Joey joining us for dinner…I promise, he did get some yogurt IN his mouth!
It’s been an action-packed few weeks with Joey crawling, pulling himself to a stand, a no-hands-stand and now cruising! Here are some videos from tonight…Greg and I are in awe about how quickly he’s changing. If this is what Month 7 has to offer, we can’t wait to see what’s coming in Month 8!
Today we celebrated Ellis’ 7th birthday, along with Greg’s Great-Grandma’s birthday. Despite her being 97 years young, she’s still as feisty as ever! Happy Birthday, Giza!
Aunt Deb and Joey
Joey and Daddy playing with Legos (Greg’s favorite past time)
Happy 7th Birthday, Ellis!
Joey started classes this week @ Bubbles Academy and LOVED it! He went for his first class on Friday with Poppy and Alyssa.
Today, the three of us all went together. Joey LOVED watching us clap our hands, loved dancing and didn’t love playing peek-a-boo with scarves.
After class, we stayed for “open gym.” Despite having plenty of gym equipment to climb on, Joey’s preference was to climb on Greg.
Now that Joey cam pull himself up, all he wants to do is stand and take assisted steps.
We’re stepping up Shabbat dinners for the new year…We had entertainment AND our very own award-winner this week!
Greg was awarded the President’s Cup by his company, Savo Group. He was chosen for his contribution to mobile development. I couldn’t be more proud (and happy about our free trip to Maui!
Aunt Cari, esq. also dominated this week, winning the largest verdict in Illinois history for a baby death case (uplifting, huh?!)
QT with Aunt Michy and Uncle Billy
Pippin is officially a card-carrying member of the Prozac Club! He got his script last night and we (I) couldn’t be happier! The doctor said, “since this is such a severe case of anxiety, I assume you want to go straight to medication?”
Pippin after his “behavioral consultation”
Joey cheering for Prozac!
Cool, calm and collected Pippin
The “big kids” decided to continue our vacation so we could spend some extra time with Bubbie and Zeyde (and delay the inevitable a few days longer). Joey convinced Lori, Vinnie, Michele and Billy to all extend a few extra days…and then they extended a few more days!
On Tuesday, we took Joey to the hotel’s private island so he could have his second beach experience. This visit went over a lot better, as the water was much calmer.
We decided to be active in the afternoon so we climbed up to the top of the mountain on the island to check out the views-goregeous!
Joey eating traif!
Grandpa and Grandma bought Joey a pirate ship in San Juan that he loves! He even hangs out in it when he’s not in the water.
Wednesday (1-4) was very eventful! We hung by the pool and got to see Joey crawl for the first time! He had 3 solid crawls and then a face plant, followed by some major tears. Unfortunately, I only got the faceplant on video…
After that, he decided to poop in his pants (sans diaper). Aunt Michy cleaned him all up!
We headed to the infinity pool in the afternoon-what an awesome view!
Family Shot
Zeyde and Joey
Joey LOVES the pool
Afternoon exercises!
