Peek A Boo

Hello, is anyone out there?
Oh there you are. I learned that I can play hide and seek with out mom's help this week. I just grab any old thing like the blanket or sheet on a bed that is already made and if they won't come off then I grab dad's flannel and the game is on. Of course mom has to start saying 'where's Joe' the instant I cover my face or it is not as fun.
Then I pop out and everyone is so surprised to see me that I generally start the whole thing over again.

We are all doing well, just getting geared up for our trip to Washington. Traveling with an 11 month old is not very high up on Ed's list of things to do but he is making the best of it. The travel part is not bothering me, it is the time change and little man's schedule that concern me most. We are either going to have a very happy trip and one confused little man by Friday or a grumpy little man who can't figure out why mom doesn't want to wake up at 4 am and go to bed at 5 pm. Aside from these little worries we are both very excited to be seeing friends and family, as well as introducing everyone to Joe.

Love you all and those on the west coast we will be seeing you very soon.

Nikki

11 months old today

Hi everyone we are having a great day. Well we were until about two minutes ago when cranky tired baby showed up. I am not sure were Joey went but in his place I have a very cranky little man who is telling me that I should not be on this computer and that he needs all of my attention. It is a real shame because before he showed up Joey and I were playing a rousing good game of peek a boo with one of his blankets. Hopefully my happy boy will return after he gets a morning nap.

Love you all Nikki

PS I saw a couple of snow flakes this morning when I was out at the barn.

Two days in a row!

Good morning,
This is my foot,
Well I've been sitting in the same spot for two seconds, gotta go!
Oh yeah, here's a picture of mom's new truck. She loves it but I am still deciding.

Hi everyone, pretty shocking. I actually managed to get on the blog two days in a row. Hope everyone had a great weekend. We kept busy; Grandma Elsie came down Saturday and watched his cuteness while daddy and I worked on projects out at the barn. We had to put a divider in one of the stalls to separate the goats from the pony. Miss Parfai is a bit of a monster about sharing space with anyone. She's been in her own stall and the girls have been staying out at night, but it is getting chilly and it's time the little queen bee learned her place. So into a pony stall she goes. I put her in the round pen with Dancer who will not put up with her attitude but does not hurt her. Although Miss Parfai would beg to differ, she got more exercise that day than she's probably had in a year.

I'm still working on more projects than possible before Joey's party but I know super Ed will step in and save me from myself. The porch is finished and the old vinyl tiles are off the kitchen floor, now I just have to paint the stairs, touch up the fireplace wall, place the stair treads, remove the old staples, patch the holes the electricians made... you get the idea.

Of course it is so easy to get to all this done with little Joe around because he never demands attention. Yeah right! Well I better get going and pick out which project is next on my list.

Love you all Nikki

Happy Halloween!

Not quite crawling yet but getting there soon, he hopes!

Daddy's favorite Giraffe!

Joey and Jasper, goodness I don't know how professional photographers do it,

It never fails, baby looks at the camera and puppy looks away or vice versa...

What a cool Holiday. I used to love it as a kid and now that I get to dress my own kid up it is even more fun. We had a quiet holiday since Mr. Joseph has recently started skipping naps some days and going to bed at 7pm. Of course I was hoping he would take a nice long nap so we could go to the party at the fire house but alas it was not meant to be.

Grandma Elsie came to have dinner and Joe was dressed in his costume charming us with all his wiles. Which is quite easy when it comes to mom, grandma and dad. We are basically wrapped around his little pinky. After dinner I took him to the local cafe to see everyone and then we headed home because he started screaming at the top of his lungs for his bed time.

Here's some pictures of the boy and his new dog.

Love Nikki