Joel

 You give Joel a few minutes and he will always come up with something to do. He never stays bored for long and is very good at playing on his own and entertaining himself. Its fun to watch because he will entertain the rest of us with what he finds to play with. 

 He's growing up so fast though.  His favorite color is "bumblebee" (yellow). Anything yellow is Bumblebee (after the transformer of course)  He loves to drink apple buice and doesn't  really like anyone else drinking his apple buice.  NO MINE!!!! is something we hear a lot around here.When he is thirsty he will ask for "babbles" Which basically means he wants something to drink.

 He will constantly say "joel do it"  and will try to do everything on his own.  He's lost all interest in going potty so I'll try again in a few months.  He has figured out that he falls asleep during nap time in the rocker while I read him stories so he will say "no lap" and will stand there barely keeping his eyes open while I read him the story.  But if I put him in his bed he goes hyper and starts bouncing all over the place.  Sneaky kid. 

He always has this gleam in his eye and will always try to do whatever you tell him not to.  We're having a hard time figuring out how to discipline him because no punishment seems to phase him. He calls dogs shoe shoes for some reason and we've all started calling dogs shoe shoes. Colin loves to point out shoe shoes to his brother.  Oh Joel - we love you.  You  make our days very entertaining and busy.  Life wouldn't be the same without you.