Joy's first Halloween was a lot of fun. She was a lion since she has the cutest roar, which she changed to a quick roar the last few days - maybe because we've asked her to roar so much. :) The Halloween festivities started on Friday afternoon at Grandma Rainbow's house. She threw a party for all the kids in her childcare and Joy got to join in the fun. Saturday afternoon we went to our friend, Jane's, Halloween party at her house. The highlight was getting to roll in and kick around some leaves. Last night, Joy and I went to a 40th birthday party for a friend. There was another little friend there and both were dressed in their Halloween costumes. Then, finally today, we went trick-or-treating at some of the neighbors. She was a hit! Then, the best part was tonight after she was done with her bath. She escaped from dad when I was about to open the door to greet some trick-or-treaters. Thankfully, I caught her in time before she put on a full show for the kids. :) Lastly, Danny is putting the finishing touches on the addition and we are getting carpet in tomorrow. We hope to move in at the end of the week!! Enjoy the video and pictures.
Joy surprised us last night by saying the numbers two and three while we were stacking blocks. Danny, of course, grabbed the camera. I think it is safe to say she isn't actually counting but saying the numbers is a start! Enjoy!
Joy has just started to say some two syllable words and say some two word phrases. Her favorite thing to say/do, when dad is home working on the addition, is to run to the doors and say 'hi da'. Below is a video sample of how excited she gets about it. The addition is nearing completion. Danny is putting the stone up around the fire place in this video. All that is left is trim and carpet and we can move in. :)
Hi. Well, here is the latest with Joy. She has been curious about our faces lately, so dad and I started labeling our facial features about two weeks ago. Now she can point to different things that we label. She can also say 'eyes' perfectly now since we took this video. She is a very curious little girl. She is learning and growing at such a rapid rate. She is also walking everywhere now with fewer falls than in her previous video. Her favorite thing to do is go 'sigh' or more understandably, outside. She walks around the yard with a rock in her hand, swings on the 'wee', and picks flowers and leaves.
I had a VERY scary thing happen to Joy and I this past week. We returned home after having a frustrating morning at the shop with the Danny's car. After I parked, I dropped the keys in the diaper bag, got out, hit the lock as I always do in my car (manual locks), and shut the door. As I walked around the car, my brain re-entered my head, and I remembered Danny's car has automatic locks, which means I just locked Joy, keys, phone, etc in the car. Thank God we have retired neighbors who I ran to for help immediately. He called Danny at work while I waited by the car with Joy. Danny arrived with his key about 15 minutes later. Joy did great the first 10 minutes and then got more irritated with the situation the last 5 minutes, which felt like 10 years. We are all fine now, but Joy got a lot of extra love the rest of that day because mom felt, and still feels, really guilty.
Danny continues to work hard on our addition. The wood is finally installed on the walls. We are both going to work on staining trim and the windows over the next couple days. We are thankful for this stretch of warm weather we are having. But once the staining is finished, then it can get cold so we can start talking about the golf course closing for the season. Because we would love to have more time with Dad! Danny will start tiling the floor and putting up the stone on the fireplace over the next couple weeks. We hope to have that done before the assessor comes for our refinancing deal in about two weeks.
Life is busy! But we are all happy and healthy. We are very thankful for all we have been blessed with!
Joy playing in the leaves at Jane's party.
Joy having fun in the swing this morning. 