Finally, we've got all the video up we've been talking about. Here is Joy two weeks ago when she started walking with her push toy. As you'll see, she is pretty proud of herself. It's fun to go back and watch these because it helps me to see how much progress she has made in just two weeks. Turn your VOLUME DOWN for this one because she lets out a loud scream at the end. Enjoy!
Friday, July 30, 2010
Giggles
Joy got the giggles at dinner last night. She can always brighten a day, just like her Great Grandmother Joy always did.
She is eating a new recipe I tried. It's a pita pizza with spinach hidden it. She loved it!! Score for mom!! Her dad on the other hand, wasn't very crazy about it. For those of you who know Danny, that probably isn't a big surprise. :)
She is eating a new recipe I tried. It's a pita pizza with spinach hidden it. She loved it!! Score for mom!! Her dad on the other hand, wasn't very crazy about it. For those of you who know Danny, that probably isn't a big surprise. :)
Playing on the Bed
Lately, one of Joy's favorite activities is to roll around and play on our bed. Here is a glimpse of her having a good time.
Joy's Lion and Horse Sounds
We finally captured Joy's two favorite animal sounds, the lion and the horse. Enjoy!
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Joy's Tricks
We're testing out a new way of adding video to our blog. Here is a video of Joy a couple months ago, saying "Hooray", giving high fives, and waving "hi". She is doing much more now, which we'll upload soon if this works!
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Angel, fawn, and bubbles
Hi again. We are having video problems but hope to get that working again soon. Here are a few pictures to summarize our life with Joy lately.
Joy has fallen in love with our cat, Angel. However, Angel does not reciprocate the feeling. But she tolerates all the 'tough' love really well.
We've also been enjoying this abandoned fawn that's been living between our house and the neighbor. Unfortunately, it is getting sick and malnourished despite the neighbors feeding it. No one in the area is allowed to rescue it due to chronic waste disease - poor thing.
Joy also really loves bubbles lately. She made everyone laugh at storytime this week when she tried eating them. She looked like a frog sitting on all 4 with her tongue sticking out trying to catch the bubbles. :) She's been enjoying bath time more lately because she can sit, stand, crawl, and basically move about as she pleases. Is this one of those embarrassing pictures she's going go 'mom' me about later???
Lastly, Joy is exhausting us with all her walking practice lately. Thankfully, we were given this toy which helps tremendously!
Joy also got to experience her first county fair last weekend. She enjoyed showing off her animal sounds of: neigh, baa, and mmmm (moo). She also got to pet several animals including a baby pygmy goat. If only we could have goats within city limits. Both Joy and I would be sooo happy. She also added the lion to her list of animal sounds last Sunday. That seems to be her favorite evident by her roaring at her dad and I several times a day now.
Danny has been really busy at the golf course lately. We really appreciate our Sundays together (his only day off during golf season). He also works on our housing addition every night after Joy goes to bed. Thankfully she sleeps really hard, so Danny can do some pounding, stapling, drilling, etc. and not wake the baby. :)
I found out that my nanny position will be ending on August 30 because the little girl I care for is starting at a center after being on the wait list for a few years. I initially thought I would do in-home child care but that is looking pretty hopeless at the moment due to the economy. So, I'm consider finding another nanny position. Please pray for me to find a job that allows me to be with Joy.
Joy has fallen in love with our cat, Angel. However, Angel does not reciprocate the feeling. But she tolerates all the 'tough' love really well.
We've also been enjoying this abandoned fawn that's been living between our house and the neighbor. Unfortunately, it is getting sick and malnourished despite the neighbors feeding it. No one in the area is allowed to rescue it due to chronic waste disease - poor thing.
Joy also really loves bubbles lately. She made everyone laugh at storytime this week when she tried eating them. She looked like a frog sitting on all 4 with her tongue sticking out trying to catch the bubbles. :) She's been enjoying bath time more lately because she can sit, stand, crawl, and basically move about as she pleases. Is this one of those embarrassing pictures she's going go 'mom' me about later???
Lastly, Joy is exhausting us with all her walking practice lately. Thankfully, we were given this toy which helps tremendously!
Joy also got to experience her first county fair last weekend. She enjoyed showing off her animal sounds of: neigh, baa, and mmmm (moo). She also got to pet several animals including a baby pygmy goat. If only we could have goats within city limits. Both Joy and I would be sooo happy. She also added the lion to her list of animal sounds last Sunday. That seems to be her favorite evident by her roaring at her dad and I several times a day now.
Danny has been really busy at the golf course lately. We really appreciate our Sundays together (his only day off during golf season). He also works on our housing addition every night after Joy goes to bed. Thankfully she sleeps really hard, so Danny can do some pounding, stapling, drilling, etc. and not wake the baby. :)
I found out that my nanny position will be ending on August 30 because the little girl I care for is starting at a center after being on the wait list for a few years. I initially thought I would do in-home child care but that is looking pretty hopeless at the moment due to the economy. So, I'm consider finding another nanny position. Please pray for me to find a job that allows me to be with Joy.
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Our Little Monkey
Joy surprised us this week by showing us that she knows how to make a monkey sound. She also kind of does the sheep and horse sound, but they sound pretty identical to me. We haven't been able to capture those on video because she's been on the cranky side the last few days. She got another bottom tooth last week and her other top middle is about to come in too.
Joy has also started to walk with help from us. We have video but this website won't let us upload anymore at the moment, so we'll try another time.
Joy has been working on eating regular solid foods lately too. Here's her latest attempt at peas.
Joy has also started to walk with help from us. We have video but this website won't let us upload anymore at the moment, so we'll try another time.
Joy has been working on eating regular solid foods lately too. Here's her latest attempt at peas.
Lastly, here is Joy playing around with her dad.
Monday, July 5, 2010
4th of July Weekend
Joy has started blowing kisses, check it out:
She is also pulling herself up on just about everything: couches, tables, railings, window ledges...
We had a nice 4th of July with the Krafve family. We spent a little time on the farm Saturday evening and did some 4 Wheeling (aka ATVing). On Sunday, the whole Krafve family (all 13 of us) gathered at our cousin's (Jeff, Gail, and Peyton's) home in Chisago, MN. Joy was a ham for all the cameras. Below are a few pictures of our time together. Aunt Christi and Uncle Bart received a nice camera as a wedding gift. So, Christi was making the camera work hard. The trip home was the most challenging yet. We had to stop 3 times to let her get the wiggles out. One of those time, she must have been car sick, because I was quickly covered in spit-up and needed a change of clothes. Joy did a lot of yelling early in the trip but calmed down and finally fell asleep the last 15 minutes - just 2 hours past bedtime.
She is also pulling herself up on just about everything: couches, tables, railings, window ledges...
We had a nice 4th of July with the Krafve family. We spent a little time on the farm Saturday evening and did some 4 Wheeling (aka ATVing). On Sunday, the whole Krafve family (all 13 of us) gathered at our cousin's (Jeff, Gail, and Peyton's) home in Chisago, MN. Joy was a ham for all the cameras. Below are a few pictures of our time together. Aunt Christi and Uncle Bart received a nice camera as a wedding gift. So, Christi was making the camera work hard. The trip home was the most challenging yet. We had to stop 3 times to let her get the wiggles out. One of those time, she must have been car sick, because I was quickly covered in spit-up and needed a change of clothes. Joy did a lot of yelling early in the trip but calmed down and finally fell asleep the last 15 minutes - just 2 hours past bedtime.
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