Joyful Wisdom

JoSoLo Updates

I know, it’s been awhile, but things are busy in the household de Losch.

1) Jovie had a minor outpatient surgery to place ear tubes in her ears for the chronic ear infections. It’s been about 2 weeks since the tubes and she is already babbling more and finally trying to imitate sounds like crazy.

2) Because of the better hearing, she has picked up two new words. “Bye Bye” and the one we all dread….. “No.” She hasn’t used “no” a ton yet, but she is learning it because we have to tell the dog “no” ALOT.

3) Because of us telling the dog “no,” she has also learned to swat at Jordan and babble or say “no!” when he does something he’s not supposed to.

4) Jovie also loves throwing her food at Jordan and he gladly accepts. They play a little game together called “time to feed the doggie!” or her other favorite “time to pretend to feed the doggie, then pull away and giggle!” Jordan prefers the first game. He has also become quite adept at catching food thrown in midair; less ground clean up I suppose.

5) Jovie is learning how to run faster. Usually away from us. And away from something she did wrong.

6) Jovie can use a fork very well. And not a baby fork with the dull edges. An adult fork is what she prefers.

7) She enjoys pretending to brush her teeth, or sucking the toothpaste off of it, either one. But she isn’t shy with the toothbrush.

8) She has perfected the frown. She frowns when you try to do something for her that she wants to do on her own or frowns when she is about to rage out. When placed next to me while frowning, it is, unfortunately, a spitting image of me when I frown.

I’m sure there are more, but so much has happened over the last few weeks. She’s 16 months old and out of control. :)

Makes me smile

Reason #1 of why it’s fun to drop Jovie off at daycare: When she sees her friends, she waves now with an expression of “Oh HEY girlfriend! I haven’t seen you in forever!!”