First Halloween

JoElle's first Halloween
JoElle dressed up as an angel and went around in her wagon on our street. She got lots of candy from our neighbors who all thought she is adorable! (Of course we think so too...)
Then we handed out candy and JoElle had a great time with all the kids at out door. After the last group of kids were gone, she stared at the door waiting for more kids to come....
She got into her candy and hand fun chewing on the wrappers. Then Daddy fished a wrapper out of her mouth, the candy was all gone!! Who knows how much chocolate she ate???
JoElle got really hyper after that; she was taking little steps, running away from daddy, giggling hysterically in Mommy's face and laughing at Mommy's socks moving around. JoElle is just so precious!
She had a great time and so did we! We forgot how fun Halloween is!

9 month checkup

JoElle went to the doctor today for her 9 month checkup; she is ALMOST 20 pounds (19 lbs 13 oz) and she is 27 inches long, making her average for height and just above average for weight.

She got a flu shot and her blood taken. I can't believe how fast she is growing up! I thought I was going to cry last night when she picked up her bottle on the floor, stuck it in her mouth, leaned back and just fed herself! She also gave up baby food several weeks ago; she prefers table food!

Wedding

We took JoElle to our friend Thuy's wedding reception tonight. She had a great time, she behaved so well for 4 hours :)
She ate up the Vietnamese food and got her picture taken with the bride!
Everybody kept telling her how beautiful she is and she loved every minute of it!

JoElle's First Steps!

JOELLE TOOK HER FIRST STEPS ALL BY HERSELF! She took her first unassisted step Friday, October 21st, at home with Daddy.

Then on October 27th, she was taking more steps at daycare in the toddler room. They told us she has been taking steps for the past several days up there with them!

JoElle is 9 months old.

Happy Birthday Grandpa

Today is JoElle's Grandpa's birthday (he is in heaven with Jesus and all of our friends and family who have gone before us). We were at the funeral home for my cousin Amy's wake. She was only 30 and just passed away from leukemia after finding out about three weeks ago that she had it. Please pray for her and her little daugher, husband, and her parents and brother.

My dad is also buried at this cemetery, but we didn't get a chance to go by today as it got dark too quickly. I did take JoElle out there on the anniversary, May 26th. So she has been out to see the graves where Grandpa and Uncle Travis are buried.

At the wake, she had a ton of admirers like my Uncle Herb, Aunt Carol, and Trisha, and all my other aunts and uncles. She was slobbering on her cousins Emily and Bailey and they thought it was gross! She loved playing with them though!

Over the weekend, JoElle got to eat BBQ and Chinese food (she loved both) but then again, we haven't found any food this girl won't eat! She loves food! She loved climbing on the steps inside cousin Peyton's house. She is a pro at it! JoElle was jumping on Peyton's kitty and trying to ride him. The kittty liked all the attention from her.

Today we visited a wonderful small group Sunday School class at our church. Tim and I were both praying for a place and God led us to it today! Also, we visited choir practice at our "new" church (we've been members at Fielder Road Baptist since Easter of this year) and we will be joining this week. Since JoElle doesn't go to sleep early anymore, it doesn't matter if we stay out later with her. She does great when we stay up past her "bedtime"( whatever time that happens to be each day! )

Happy Birthday Grandma

Grandma just had her birthday on Oct. 14th, so JoElle made her a picture with finger paints! JoElle gave Grandma her handprints and footprints, and then she at the paper and the paint :)


Lately, JoElle has been laughing a ton; she has picked up a new laught that sounds kinda fake, and she will go around laughing at anyone and anything. She tries to throw a little fit when we don't let her do something she wants to do, like eat the carpet, but she gets over it really quick. JoElle cries when Momma leaves the room, but she gets over that quick too!


She also is staying up much later, until 9:00 and sometimes 10:00 p.m. She wants to stay up and play with Mommy and Daddy. JoElle is already sleeping like a toddler, she is taking only one nap, from around 11:00 to 1:00 p.m. and that is it!
As I type this, JoElle is with Daddy at Granny and Grandad's house. She loves their doggy, Tee (who lives mostly outside). JoElle loves to stand at the window in the back door and talk to Tee. Tee is a little scared and runs off!
We are about to go to cousin Peyton's house to play with him and tell Grandma happy birthday!

Our little girl has been sick all weekend (vomiting and other unpleasant things) but she is still in such a great mood! She helped us with the laundry...while enjoying playing in the basket! Cousin Peyton, Aunt Ana, Uncle Aaron, Grandma and Granny all visited on Saturday. Then Saturday night we met up with Granny and Grandad at Cheddar's. When Grandad took her walking, JoElle saw Daddy (he was at a homecoming game in OK) and jumped out of Grandad's arms!

JoElle has been wanting me to hold her a lot this weekend, everytime when she doesn't feel well, she wants me. But this evening I was about to give her a bottle and put her to bed, and she wanted her Daddy! I am staying home from work Monday to take care of her and let her get some rest. I am not sure if she has food poisoning from spoiled baby food, a stomache virus or an allergic reaction to the milk in her baby food...
We bought her a new walker that she can also ride on, she likes it. I think she is teething again, it feels like some more top teeth are coming in. JoElle already has 6 teeth.