Joseph Levi

Joseph, Joey, Joe, JoJo, Or JOSEPH LEVI WERDAL is Our Oldest!!! These are all the names he gets called on a daily basis. I have been tending to use Joe the most as he is getting older and more grown up. I cant believe that my baby is almost THREE oh my what am I going to do! I have been observing him a little more closely these days and I have learned quit a bit about my ever changing little boy. I'm sure if Carver could talk he would agree with me that Joey is a typical big brother. He cuddles when its the best time for him and he puts Carver in his place a few times a day. He continues to amaze me everyday. He is in the middle of a learning curve and adds 2 or 3 new words daily and is starting to place them together properly, I know hes still a little behind what "they" say he should be but hes learning extremely fast. What words he does speak he says pretty clearly and when he puts them together you have to kinda piece them together but he does speak full sentences on occasion. He continually shocks me on what he has learned on a daily basis. He watches a show on TV that has a little girl that speaks Chinese and he also watches two shows that a little girl and a little boy speak Spanish. A few weeks ago I was putting laundry away in our bedroom and he knocked at the door I asked him to go play until I was finished when I came out of the bedroom I noticed he was playing cars on in the hallway so I quietly walked passed him into his bedroom to put clothes away in there and as I walked past him he looked up and said "Ni Hao mom" Which means hello in Chinese. I was completely flabbergasted by my 2.5 year old said hello in another language. He also Said thank you in Chinese the other day which I was also astounded at. I guess even though he is not watching the TV that is on 24/7 he is still learning. This pregnancy has been really tough for me and I have been laid up quite a bit between throwing up and trying to regain energy. Joe has been such a big help. He helps me put on my shoes and socks and he rubs my feet when I have them up and most the time brings me what I ask for within reason. He does however sometimes defy me. His favorite thing to do when I'm busy is to break into the baby's room/ my craft room and steal pens and markers and color anything and everything. This is where hes at right now and I'm so in love with my oldest little boy and I am sure as he grows up he will be a great big brother to Carver and the baby.