It's my party and I'll cry if I want to...

Joey is not so good in large crowds anymore. He has become VERY attached to me when there are lots of other people around. You can see it in his face and by the way his body feels all tense too, so I think we are having a little shy phase right now. It doesn't bother me really, except that people want to hold him and pass him around, and that usually results in several meltdowns over the course of the evening. And the worst is the night that follows. I think because of all the stimulation, noise, people, etc. he has A LOT of trouble sleeping afterwards. He cried pretty much all night for the second Saturday in a row. :( poor little guy. So needless to say, I'm getting a little anxious about what the Christmas festivities will do to him. 3 days of parties in a row, at several different houses, with lots of familiar (and unfamiliar) faces. I think Joey and I will spend lots of our time in a quiet room.

On a lighter (and smellier) note...

he is officially a pooper again (3 days in a row!!! yay for prunes!!!)

And the bumbo seat makes him throw up. I think it has to do with the way he sits in it all scrunched on his belly. Kinda funny, but kinda gross too.

Something about Christmastime

I think it's time to start wrapping. Usually I wait until a day or two before Christmas, but I think that it is going to be near impossible to get done with a 5 month old hanging around. And I am NOT staying up until midnight on Christmas Eve to get it all done. As it is, the basement and extra bedroom (and parts of the kitchen and living room too) have been completely taken over by bags of gifts. So yea... it's time. Not tonight though (yawn), maybe tomorrow!

I've Been a VERY Good Boy...

Teresa and I took the munchkins to see Santa yesterday. Gabriella wasn't having it :( but Joey willingly sat with Santa and smiled for a cute little picture. Good thing Teresa told me to bring my own camera otherwise I would have had to pay 20 bucks for a picture. geesh!!!

Take me out to the (basket)ball game!

I put this outfit on Joey purely for Ron's enjoyment. I went out for a while and when I got home Ron informed be that he took about 30 pictures of Joey in it. I'll have to admit though, he does look pretty damn cute. :)

Say Cheeeeeese!

Ron and I made total idiots of ourselves the other day in an effort to get Joey to smile for our Christmas card. While we performed a 2-man circus, Joey just sat there staring at us like we were nuts for even thinking this would go well. It was like he knew it was important, and therefore refused to cooperate. Because as soon as I changed his clothes and put the camera away he was all giggles and smiles. Bugger.

We did eventually get a good one. On a different day, after washing the outfit (again), and offering new and improved circus tricks. And it's not even that good.

I think this is far better, it really captures the mood:

Or this one shows how much we really pissed him off: