Everyone thinks their baby is the cutest baby in the whole world... but there can only really be one. I think we know who it is. This blog chronicles the life of this enormously blessed young man through the eyes and adventures of me, Joe Momma.
After two weeks living it up in the Motherland, Joe Daddy has returned to P-ton! I officially survived a 2-week stint as a single mom! Joe and his dad have been spending the weekend re-bonding.
Joe Daddy was surprised by all the new things that Joe has learned just in the past 14 days. Things like stacking stars and blocks, feeding himself with a fork, using a box like a slide, opening and closing drawers to get his toys, and in general he just "seemed more like a little boy". Here's a video of Joe Daddy witnessing another one of Joe's many new skills:
For the first time ever, I'm going to let Joe himself conclude this post. I, Joe Momma, proudly present for his blog-hosting debut... well... take it away, Joe-bert!
It's a tough night in the Carnes abode because we're missing our fearless leader. Joe Daddy is halfway through a two-week adventure in England. He's there for a conference and unfortunately it falls smack on top of Father's Day. He was invited to go last year, but asked to postpone it until this year so he could be with Joe during his first couple months of life. Needless to say, there wasn't any Father's Day celebrating going on around here today, because we're holding off until Joe Daddy returns this coming weekend.
I've been doing ok as a single mom thus far. There was one mishap (see pic above). See that little pile on the floor in front of the high chair? Yeah, that's poop. Joe poop. I got him ready for his bath and he took off into the kitchen butt-naked, squatted down and BAM. Better there than on the carpet, I guess!
I would be remiss if I didn't send a shout out to Uncle J who came up this weekend to help me wrangle Joe so that I could get some chores done (groceries, laundry, etc). He watched Joe solo on Friday from 8:30-6:30 and quite a bit the rest of the weekend too -- and OH all the poopy diapers! Joe had about a dozen of them and Uncle J changed almost all of them. Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you! He left a couple of hours ago and Joe cried big crocodile tears and stood at the window to watch him leave. That's babies for you, though. I tried to tell him to keep it together, but he just doesn't have the kind of poise and composure that I do. (That's my story and I'm sticking to it.)
The video above shows that Joe is just as ornery as ever. I love watching him explore everything. I don't mind if he destroys a whole roll of toilet paper, because it's only 50 cents and I've found that if I let him have his way with something he wants to explore, he gets it out of his system the first time and leaves it alone after that. Reverse proof is that I won't let him touch my computer and he's constantly trying to figure out ways to get to it.
This video is for Aunt M who said that she was in withdrawal from missing Joe pics and video. Nothing interesting happens in the video above -- it's just Joe eating some Easy Mac, but it is like two minutes long, so hopefully it will help quell some of her Joe-needs.
Joe gives kisses and blows kisses now, but only sometimes and only to those he loves. He's very selective. Uncle J get about two dozen on his way out the door. I got quite a few when I offered him bites of my pasta lunch today. He says "hi" "bye" and "yeah" all the time. I love that he learned "yeah" before "no". Also, he uses everything as a phone. The remote, his toys, his food -- he holds anything to his ear and says, "HI!" and then "bababa" and then "BYE!" Apparently I use the phone too much?
I'll update again for Joe Daddy's homecoming! Much love to you!
