Standing

We have a stubborn little man who hasn't been interested in walking or standing. Joe and I are working with him to get him to start standing more. He gets so frustrated, drops to his booty and starts crawling.

Joey: 15 Months

Our 19 pound, 3 ounce, 30 1/2 inch long little man is 15 months and busier than ever!

Joey is talking more than before. He's saying yea, wow and bye. He thinks it's hilarious to growl (grrr) when knocking over blocks or being goofy.

When we sing itsy bitsy spider, Joey's starting to do the finger movements and says itsy. He gets so excited and claps and says yea when the song is over.

Still not ready to walk, our little man is a super fast crawler. He puts his foot down and makes us think he's going to stand up and run around, but no go. He's also into sitting and scooting now.

Joey's turned into a bit of a picky eater. He thinks he could survive off bananas, fish sticks and chicken nuggets alone. We do what we can to trick him into eating other foods and sometimes it works. We'll keep trying. :)

Poor little guy's been sick for a few days, so don't mind the red nose in the photo.

White Christmas

It's snowing! We are having a white Christmas in Dallas and it's beautiful! It started snowing today around 1:30 this afternoon and kept going for about five or six hours.

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas from the Priest family!

Christmas morning

Joey has been feeling a little under the weather for the past couple of days, so he wasn't his usual chipper self this morning. He smiled a little here and there when he saw what Santa brought him and unwrapped the rest of his presents.

They put me in a walker!

While in Houston, we put Joey in a walker to see what he would do. He was much more interested in the turn signal buttons on the steering wheel of the thing than actually walking.

Babies, babies everywhere!

Babies everywhere at the Priest Christmas - such sweet cousins!

Joey loves John

Joey and I headed to Houston this weekend for the Priest family Christmas. I was amazed to see how much Joey loves John. I expected him to maybe relate a little more to baby Eli and baby Adley, but he just wanted to see what John was doing.

Bear

We did a ton of Christmas shopping today and snuck into Helzberg to get my wedding ring repaired. While I was talking with one sales clerk, another was showing Joey the Make A Wish bear. The kiddo fell in love and started to cry when we took it away. Needless to say, we came home with a bear. Good thing proceeds go to a good cause!

Visiting Santa

This year's visit with Santa had its high points and its low points. There was no line, no crowd, little wait - SCORE! Joey was a little unsure of Santa this year though. Only three shots between the tears. The other two were a look of terror on his face. It's a good thing Santa had a book, which Joey was alright with.

Hanging in East Texas

Joey got to hang out with his grandparents, Uncle Ben and cousin Eli this weekend in East Texas. As you can see, Grandma couldn't get enough snuggles with these sweet babies.



Grandpa calls this his "low" chair



Sharing Cookie Monster with Eli - I think he likes it!

Family photos

We took advantage of our trip to East Texas this weekend by taking family photos. It's just so beautiful out there, we couldn't resist.

Here are a few of the good ones. I feel one making it onto this year's Christmas card!