February - Adventures in baby land

It's been a fun February for Joel. It was a month filled with new friends, spending time in trees, getting his feet and hands printed - somewhat - and experiencing the fun of making sushi! Joel also made the shift to his own room and has mastered the art of flipping onto his stomach with rapid precision. We're pretty sure that he's going to be crawling soon enough so it's time to start raising everything up above baby grab height!

Here's Joel doing what he does best!

OUT WITH FRIENDS

Joel spent some time with friends new and old. His fellow 4 month compadres shared some good times at Coffee and Scream. It's literally what it sounds like - Coffee for parents and screaming children. Which while it's not something for your everyday adult, it's great for parents!

Noah, Joel, and Connor rockin' the plaid

Jordon and the guys

Later in February Joel was able to experience making sushi first hand - although he had more interest in his Sophie Giraffe than in the finer techniques of rolling sushi. 

Joel relaxing with Brent, Jenn, Travis, Kat, and his folks over sushi

Joel isn't all about going out all the time though, he does like to entertain at home when possible. Outside of his standard gang of stuffed bears and rabbits, Joel was able to meet Torrey and Siobhan. He definitely liked to be the centre of attention and let them hold him (since then, Joel has moved into the stranger danger phase, but that's a typical phase so we're not too worried).

Siobhan, Torrey, and Mr. Personality

ADVENTURES

We know that only too soon Joel will have grown up, so we tried our best to get his hands and feet printed using some coloured paints. What seemed like a great idea ended up being a fun filled adventure trying to get a quality print - babies are very good at squirming!

 Joel at the beginning 

Joel at the middle

Joel at the end 

Results! No way we were going to get the hands. 

While February hasn't exactly been the coldest month of the year, there really wasn't any other time that we would be able to get him into his snowsuit. Worse yet, if he didn't wear it this year, he would be too big for it next year - and man is it cute!

(and no...we didn't put him in the tree without being held)

That was most of February, but here are some other pictures that we took of our little guy throughout the month for you to enjoy (if you're not babied out ;) ). 

Thanks for coming back and keeping up with our little guy. He's a lot of fun and we hope that you can see him soon too.