The bad news is, he's spent much more time indoors getting into monkey trouble. Case in point, putting his artwork literally on the fridge.
Luckily it just took a little soap and water to clean everything off. I guess the old "crayon markings all over the wall" stereotype is a real toddler right of passage!
Near the end of 2010, Joe got to take a trip to Joe Daddy's office. He hadn't been there in many months and everyone was very happy to see him. One of the first items on his agenda was to drop nearly a dozen air biscuits onto the lap of a famous political scientist. Apparently, he felt very relaxed.
After that, he took a little break to catch up on the latest headlines.
For the second year in a row, Aunt M and Uncle J came down for New Years. Here are some of my favorite pictures from that weekend.
Since Joe Daddy was home for a few weeks, you may have noticed that he decided to grow a horseshoe mustache. I thought that it was going to end up sticking around for much longer than it did, but alas, it was just for the holidays. Joe didn't seem to notice it either way.
Last weekend, we went down to Virginia to see Kim and Walter. We hadn't seen them for almost a year. When we move, we're only going to be two hours away so we can make these trips much more often. While we were there it was decided that they are officially "Grammy Kim and Pa-Paw Walter". They showered Joe (and Joe Momma and Joe Daddy) with great food and lots of love. It's just one more reason we can't wait to move in the next few months.
Joe spent long stretches of time roughhousing with Walter on the floor. No amount of growling or scary faces deterred him.
Joe also loved to jump from their ottoman to their couch over and over again like he was in a bouncey castle.
Here are some of my favorite pictures from the weekend:
The only obstacle we faced was that Joe didn't remember ever being away from home before and he had a terrible time sleeping at night. He refused to sleep in his portable crib and would only sleep in the arms of Joe Momma or Joe Daddy. I won't lie, it was kind of nice-- not the sleeplessness part, but the snuggling part.
This weekend was the first weekend in awhile that we haven't had anything unusual going on, so we mainly did chores and hung out at home. It was nice to have some one-on-one time with Joe. He's been a real momma's boy lately. Recently, when I was upset about something, Joe came over and brushed my hair with his brush and put lotion on my cheeks like I do with him. Tonight, he said his clearest "I love you" to me before he went to bed. So, tonight I leave you with a short video of me and Joe playing the "cup stuck on the face" game. He can play this one for an hour.
Next time: potty training! Oh boy!
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