Joey is... he's amazing. He amazes me all the time with how he cares for others.
Sometimes I feel dizzy (pregnancy) and I need to lay down. He will come lay down beside me and reassure me 'It's okay, mommy. You will feel better soon. I'll get you some water and you will feel much better'.
Yesterday, Frankie and him were sitting on an ATV and he was telling her the 'rules' of being on an ATV. 'So, if you want to ride, you just ride, Frankie. I'll be with you the whole time. You don't have to worry. Okay, Frankie? I will be here beside you the whole time, Frankie.' He said a lot more than that, but that's what I remember and I have some of it on video, too. :)
And he's such a sweet, nice little communicator. Ellie, one of his little friends was using a giant shovel and there was only one. He took the end of it and she angrily said 'I don't need help!' I thought maybe he'd pull it or get upset, but instead he let go, moved to face her and said 'Okay. If you need help, just ask me. Okay? If you need any help, just ask.' Oh mannnnn it was cute.
Once, an older girl (4) was being mean to him at the YMCA and instead of retaliating or complaining to me, I heard him say, 'You're being unkind. You shouldn't be unkind to me.' wahhhh! oh my word. He's so sweet.
Last night I was out with some women and Stuart had some friends over. One of his friends, Justin, showed up earlier than Stuart thought and he hadn't put the kids to bed yet. Joey told Justin that he should come sit on the couch with them to watch Bob the Builder and when he went to sleep, he went up to Justin and said, 'You can sleep wherever you just want.' haha! <3
He says the most precious stuff all the time. I'm sure i have a million more examples, but those are the ones from yesterday that stick out in my mind. These days I'm, more often than not, pleasantly surprised by his behavior and instincts.
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On a different note, but also something that I have to write down so that I remember around what age Joey started doing certain things: Joey can officially sound out words (read). Just a month ago he started asking incessantly what everything he saw (on cereal boxes, notes on the fridge, billboards, etc) spelled. 'What does h-o-n-e-y spell?' and I make him sound out each letter with me and we figure out together what it spells. He would ask probably 100 times a day for different words. Or he would do the reverse. "How do you spell arm?' for example. Now, he's starting to do it on his own. And not with just small words, either! I don't remember what he sounded out yesterday, but I remember it was a long word and I was shocked and so impressed!
Another thing he's been doing a lot of (probably the same amount or more than the word thing) is asking me about numbers. For example 'What does 2-2-7 make?' to which I reply 'two hundred and twenty seven'. He's mastered identifying numbers he sees up to a hundred and has for the most part figured out how to say a number in the hundreds that he sees, and thousands isn't far behind, I'm sure! It's so interesting how his little brain is curious about this and how fast he learns. So cool.
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Something I need to write down for the Frankster is that yesterday she said her first 3 word sentence! (Nov. 14/16) It was so surprising and cute! She was standing in the kitchen with me while I was making pizza and I had been feeding her little pieces of cheese while I assembled it. I guess it had been a minute since I'd given her another bite and she said, 'More cheese, please!' Up until then I'd barely heard her say much of anything and I was beginning to wonder when the heck she'd start talking! haha it was so surprising! But I actually remember having a similar experience with Joey! He had barely said anything and then one day I was driving with him after dropping Stuart off at work and I heard him in the back seat say, clear as a bell, 'one. two. three.' haha one of the most exciting moments of my life! :)
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