These pictures are from my cellphone so they aren't the best quality, but these are a few of my personal favorites over the last 2 months or so. I have a lot more but here are just a few for now!

Love, Daddy

Hi Joey,

I caught a couple cool new videos recently of you. First another laughing fit while your Buffer (Rocky) runs around the room, and also a video of you climbing up the side of your crib all by yourself! You do that all the time now, I it's a good thing to show you. Sorry the quality isn't that great, the video is from my cellphone.

Love, Daddy

Hi Joey,

I just wanted to post a couple of videos of you from today. Actually I was talking to your sister last night and she requested some videos and I told her I would take some today. So I figure I will post them here for her and everyone to see. You were getting very close to crawling today and I took some video of you on the bed trying. And another video of you hangin' out in your jolly jumper.

Hi Joey, it's your daddy. Long time no post, but I will do my best to post more regularly from now on. Lots has happened over the last six months since you were born, and you sure are getting big! And today you had your first hysterical laugh! Rocky was running around the room with your stuffed Pooh bear and you just found it incredibly funny to say the least! You started laughing uncontrollably for the first time. I mean, you laugh quite often but not like this. It was more of a laugh attack and it was hilarious! I managed to get some video, but I missed the best part. I caught the end of it and then it just sounds more screeching, which you do a lot of too! Have a look for yourself:



Anyway, I have to get back to work. I will post more soon and just remember that I love your more than anything in the whole world! Well.... you're tied with your sister!

Love, Daddy

Hola Joey!! Today is Super Sunday. It will be your first Super Bowl. We are going to a Potluck at Mom's Hotel to watch the game with all our friends. It should be a lot of fun!! We have been looking after you quite a bit lately. It is soo cool. You love to walk everywhere while I hold your hands. You also love to watch cartoons and you especially love to lie on our bed and play with Kramer or stare at the fan. You also love to stare at the photos of your mom, uncle and great grandma!! You can sit up now!! for about 1-2 minutes before you faceplant or fall sideways. It is soo cute. You certainly love your Kramer. Have a look at these pictures and you will see for yourself. Your Gramma has just started her own blog on the internet. It is Cathy's Natural Remedies at naturalremediesblog.net. I will be writing about the natural remedies that I know of that work really well and natural remedies that I believe will help others. A lot of them involve herbs. I am also volunteering at Angel Notion, which is a clinic for the poorer Mexicans. There is a huge garden there where they grow vegetables and herbs. I love working there. I volunteer at the Peanut Pet Shelter as well. We have cleaned up a huge piece of property for the 75 dogs!! Now they have a really nice place to stay!!

It's been a while since I last wrote, I know, but you sure do keep us busy. You are 4 months old now. You've just had your first Christmas and New Year's and you've already traveled to Vancouver to meet the rest of your family and our friends. We have moved to a new condo near Grandma and Grandpa, so you don't have your Dr. Seuss room anymore, but that's ok, you've got plenty of other stuff going for you.

Since I last wrote, the USA voted in the very first African American President. Barack Obama will be sworn in this month, and we were all very, very moved when he was elected. It's given me a little hope, anyway. Here's a picture of you and Obama:


You were also spoiled at Christmas. Mommy might have to rent out a whole new apartment just to store your stuff. Here Mommy is living out of a few suitcases in Mexico, and you need a moving truck to move your stuff, haha. It's a good thing though, shows you how many people love you when they can't stop filling your life with fun stuff and cuddles and laughs and kisses. Here you are on Christmas morning with Grandma and Grandpa:

I love those little Candy Cane pajamas. Soon after, you had your first New Year's Eve. We made some good food and had a few drinks here with Grandma and Grandpa and then we went to Bar Ranita for the countdown. There were lots of people out and when midnight struck, I suddenly became very teary-eyed because you've made it the best New Year's I've ever had.

You are so special, Joey. You amaze me every day. Every day you've learned something new or picked up a new skill. It is absolutely amazing to watch you figure out that Rocky is not like us, how to grab your toys, to discover your feet and your vocal chords. Oh boy, Joey, can you screech. The last week or so you have been non-stop screeching at the top of your lungs, and not angrily, but with pure joy. We got a video of you doing this to Daddy's head:



You are a strange little boy Joey! You have also sprouted your first two teeth. They are the two bottom front teeth and holy crap, are they sharp. Here is a picture:


You sleep through the night most nights now and your favorite thing in the world is Rocky - every time you see him walk past you, you smile from ear to ear. He sure loves you, too. Just tonight I was lying in bed reading and Rocky walked in and stuck his nose in the space between slats in your crib just to see what you were doing and when he spotted you, his tailed wagged. You also love to walk when Mommy or Grandma hold your hands.

We have gotten some great picture of you Joey, you sure are photogenic. Here are a couple:



You are a very happy baby, as you can see. It's no wonder, you have a lot of people who love you. I feel so lucky to have you in my life and I cannot wait to see what tomorrow brings. I love you so much Joe,

Mommy

Wow. Where to begin. Joey, for as long as I can remember, I knew I wanted to be a Mom one day. I thought about names, and envisioned what my children would look like. I used to have dreams about babies that were mine and I would always wake up hoping these dreams would come true one day. Well, they finally have and I can't even begin to explain how wonderful it feels. It is truly overwhelming. You are the most beautiful thing I have ever seen, you make the most beautiful sounds I've ever heard and I can't believe you came from me. I am still having trouble wrapping my mind around this whole process. Mommy is feeling a million things all at once and it's amazing and scary at the same time. You are, by far, the most incredible thing that has happened to me and I can't wait to get to know you better and better. Here is my favorite picture of you and I:



I love you Joey. Welcome to the world.

Mommy