Love of Reading

So it looks like my love of books has been passed down to my offspring. Some of you know of my obsession with children's book (over 800 and counting). Well thankfully it seems that Joe will be reading many of them. We read every night before he goes to bed and he loves to look at books forever! He will be running around and spot a book, plop on the floor and just look and turn the pages. It is so amazing to see the little gears in his head cranking away! Here are a few pictures of him reading, and one of Papa reading his bedtime story.

Raking Leaves

Although we are not done raking leaves yet...I thought I would post some fun pictures of us trying! I am not used to raking all these leaves as this is the first year in our house. The front tree alone was 14 bags plus and the back is at 10 bags with about half the yard to go. Seeing how we can only put 5 extra bags out with our trash, we have a small problem. But thankfully my dad said we could bring the leaves over to his house. Anyway, enjoy the pictures!

Happy Halloween

I don't really have any great pictures of just Joey in his Halloween costume so you will have to enjoy these instead. The first picture is of Joey and his Grandma B looking at her decorations. Next is Joey at Daycare with his classmates. And the last picture is Joey with Daddy.

Thank Heaven for Little Boys

I am so blessed to have a little boy. It is so much fun watching him grow and learn new things. And I am so glad that God gave me a little boy. Many of you know that I say I don't want a little girl and that is still mostly true. I love little boys so much. I laugh at him and with him so much. Yesterday he was busy playing in the backyard while I was cutting bushes back for winter. He was taking rocks from the firepit and putting them into his car. Then I got him out his wagon and he went into his coupe car and was still pulling the wagon as he drove. When we went to go inside he had dirt all over his mouth and was as happy as could be. It's just so amazing how God knows exactly what you need to bless you. And to make Brian happy too, Joey has started kicking his balls around the house. MLS here we come!

Dancing with Daddy

Man, does Joey love to dance. Today Brian was playing a game on the Wii and Joey thought he would join in the fun with him! Sorry for the shakey view, I was laughing so hard that I had a hard time holding the camera still!

In for it big time

Many have commented on how I am going to be in for it with our little man! Oh man are we having fun! He gets into everything and needs to do everything! I can no longer hang my purse up with our other bags...
He sure knows what money is already! But at least I have a big helper who is always ready to clean up his messes

Time for updates

So I am really bad at this blogging thing. I hear I will catch on so bear with me. Here are a bunch of pictures from the last two weeks. Lots of fun things are happening here! We went to the apple orchard with Grandpa and Grandma Tucker (ha that's funny to type!) and Joey had a great time picking apples off the trees, riding in barrels and riding the wagon. Joey also got his first full haircut. My mom has been trimming it around the edges but I had enough. If anyone knows me I'm a little compulsive when it comes to hair (especially mine...), so I made the appointment at noon and his hair was gone around 3. But he looks so handsome now I can't take it! And the final pictures are of the Boerman family hayride that I was so kindly invited to last night by my dear friend Sandi. Enjoy!

Riding the barrels Picking apples Riding the wagon with Grandpa


Pre-haircut Post-haircut Hayride!