Back to the pool

We went back to the pool a couple more times.  That was one of the few resources we had to survive in Yuma, especially at the end of July and August. Little Joel seems to enjoy it more and more every time, and we love to see him having a great time.

On our way to the pool!!

This is the video (not very good resolution -taken with the cell) it shows how Joel loves to be in the pool and how excited he is kicking

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGH33yxzaGs

Leapfrog

After we got home from our wonderful trip to Seattle, we got a Leapfrog DVD that grandma sent him (Letters that makes sounds), I was so surprised by the attention he was giving it, he loves to hear the sounds of the letters and sometimes he's trying to say them in his baby talk, it looks like pretty soon he will be singing the alphabet!

New look

 One morning when Joel woke up he had this new look.  Even when I try to mess up his hair a little bit it never seems to work, but without much effort he did it! It looks like he really enjoyed his night sleep.

Trip to Seattle, part III

As soon as we were on the deck Joel wanted to go down to the back yard because it wasn't enough for him to be just looking from the top without enjoying the grass and all that environment, he enjoyed so much being outside, playing around and being in contact with mother nature.
Here Joel was trying to get through the gates really bad, so Grandpa, aunt Miriam and I went to the playground at the elementary school close by to get him out.

 After sliding a couple times he wanted to go up the slide, grandpa helped him

 That afternoon he enjoyed being on the backyard, he loved the swing

 Joel ate lots of raspberries while in Seattle

 Playing with everything he found

 This was one of Joel favorite activities, going up and down the stairs, and as soon as he was up he turned around to go down again a million times

 Exploring what was under that black cover

We went to a Court of Honor and the gym was nicely decorated, it was a huge american flag where we had to take a picture to see how small we looked in front of it.

 

  Joel liked this rocking chair!  It was the perfect size for him, especially because he could push it like that truck that a nice friend of grandma let us borrow.

 I was a little concerned about how Joel would react he saw uncle Steve.  I really wanted him to have a good time with his uncle.  To my great surprise as soon as he saw him, he was smiling, happy and playing with him as if he has been around him for a long time!  Joel was not nervous or afraid.  We really enjoyed spending time with uncle Steve and his girlfriend, yay!!!  And they had a good time meeting Joel as well.

Our last beautiful day in Seattle, saying goodbye.....! or See you later to our dear Grandpa, Grandma and aunt Miriam. Thank you for that wonderful time, we were so happy to see you and hope we can do it again!! hehhehee!!!

Trip to Seattle, part II

We went to the Temple grounds to take a few pictures. Joel got the chance to wear an outfit that for some of you will look familiar and that daddy got the opportunity to wear when he was a little boy (I was surprised that the tag said 3T when Joel was 11mo. old)

 It was hard to get him to pose or smile because he was too busy looking around at some other people taking pictures or just very distracted by the fountains.  I don't know how pro photographers do it with little ones, it's a hard task to get nice cute smiling pictures!!!

 We thought it was a good idea to take a picture with this statue, but it wasn't for Joel, who was so confused and wondering who that brown guy was......

We went to a farewell.  Joel was scared when we just got there and saw lots of people gather at the same time, but after a little while he was fine and happy, trying to explore everything and everywhere using his new skill of walking holding somebody's hand.

 This is the walker that grandma got so Joel could be safe when going specially to the chicken, because he wants to walk really bad and wants to be everywhere all the time, this is the reason : I was cooking a vegetable soup for him and he saw the steam coming out of the pot over the stove, and he was playing with some magnets but he was so curious about the steam, that when I was either washing my hands or just checking the soup, he stood up on the bottom bar from the stove and held himself onto the oven bar trying to reach where the steam was coming out, we almost had a heart-attack, so I held him so he could stop his curiosity a little bit, later when I was serving his soup he did it again, for one day it was enough, he didn't last that long in the stroller because he prefered to pushed it around that to be in it.

This is how I caught him several times when he was playing on the stairs, trying to open the door, he really wanted to take advantage of his time up in Seattle and spend much of his time outside.

Joel is very curious about everything, and when he was playing and heard a noise of an airplane or dogs barking he was always trying to find out where the sounds were coming from, he loved to see the birds, airplanes, people, and cars through the window

Joel loved to play with the rocking chair, and more after he found out that he could push it