Photos from Earl and our Goings-on

Earl has sent some pictures that are safe for me to share:

This is SGT Aja, USMC ^ a military working dog. Earl likes her.

^Earl
^under cooked chicken that was Earl's meal one night last week.

Almost looking like he's finally gaining some weight.
Look at that belly! LOL

Priced to sell.
He likes stickers.

Conducting a symphony? ^

Me and my favorite father in law.

Oh my, he's too innocent and sweet looking. My little dream boat.

More Familly Photos

These are from the session we had before Earl left for Iraq:

Check out Joey's face on this last one ^ So funny!

Entertaining Ourselves

Joey likes getting all the stuffed animals he can fit in his arms and wrestling with them. He names all their colors, what kind of animal they are, and the sounds they make.

Washing his hair.

The other day he reached a milestone (in my opinion). He was drawing on the bathtub with his bathtub crayons, and he drew a long squiggly line. When I asked him what it was, he said "snake." He's never named his scribbles before. I think that's impressive! He's learning to use his imagination, and learning to try to draw real things. Or at least learning to see the resemblance between his drawings and real things. I was very impressed! He's growing so fast! I think he's so smart.

Playing under Mr. Chris' truck at Allie's house.

Allie, Joey, and Garrett taking a ride in the wagon.

His favorite toy at Garrett's house is this car^

Trying to figure out how Allie and Garrett got the scooter to move.

Watching TV

Allie is being the dinner entertainment.

Funny faces above and below. :-)



Ooops, wrong end Joey.

Look at these faces! Watching The Bee Movie after a bath.

One of Joey's favorite things to do is play in cars. He especially loves his Aunt Angie's car (and now he can say "angie" instead of calling her "aeee" yippeee!)

Playing in the pool at Kori's house. This is at about 7pm at night. Still warm enough for pools! I love the summer! Joey looks a little odd in nothing but swimmer diapers. Like one of those middle-aged men wearing Speedos at the beach.

This is different from last year. Last year, he'd only play with the water from outside the pool. And he'd get in only long enough to get toys in or out. He didn't care about staying or sitting in the pool.




We still hear from Earl regularly, and he is doing very well. We miss him like crazy, of course. And we're staying busy to make the time go fast. My work is going good, and Joey is always a handful. But a fun handful (most of the time). Angie will be back from Iraq in July, we have friends coming for visits in June, so we are keeping ourselves distracted with as much fun as we can muster. Earl has been gone 2 months now...about 5 to go.

We love you Earl, hope you're staying safe and missing us as much as we miss you!