End of February Update

Miss Paula visits & poses with Jovi

     Here's and update of fewer words and more pictures to chronicle some Jovi & Jez'ness before February marches on out the door on us.

     It's always great when Miss Paula stops by. Grandma and Grammy live in opposite ends of the eastern seaboard, so they don't get as much grandmotherly love as they'd like to. Last week, Miss Paula stopped by and of course can't resist "squeezing those babies"! Well, with Jovi as cute as she is, who can resist, right?!

     Jezreel wasn't available for comment at the time, but he's gotten his fair share of shutter time. Promise. More Jez photos to come later in the post. For now, it's the Jovi Show!!!

Uncle Sal takes a break from classes and poses with Jovi

     Uncle Sal only lives one town away, but with all he has going on at work and in school, it's tough to make a breakaway. So, we're always grateful when he finds some time to sneak on by to see us.

     We're trying to discourage her from sitting in the laps of anyone wearing a hat for a particular team based in New York that rhymes with "stankies". But, for Uncle Sal, I guess we can make an exception. Go, SOX!

     What's with the "staring off to space" look? Oh, yeah, that's Jovi. She's our "deep thinker". Good thing, too - with Presleigh and Jezreel running around like gangbusters, it's good to know we have at least one child on the young side of the spectrum who can be entertained for hours with a book and a comfy chair, even at this age! Perhaps she'll take up her Uncle Sal's propensity for numbers, math, and accounting. She could be a world class bean-counter yet!

While we're at it, let's have Presleigh pose with Jovi, too!

      I'm hard pressed to decide whether to post this next picture on the twins' blog or Presleigh's - they're both equally cute in this photo!

     You can't see it from this angle, but Jovi's got two (very sharp!!!) bottom teeth and two big chompers on top. The bottoms are clear from here, but beware those cutie top teeth.

     Those cute, little "love nibbles" she used to give you on your chin, your nose, or fingertips? Don't even think about them anymore, unless you're prepared to lose a pound of flesh. Presleigh's been upgraded to "chief chomper" status for quite a long time now. Actually, been brushing her own teeth for a while now, too. (Let's not rush things with the twins, though...)

     Presleigh's still trying to figure out how to hold her brother and sister - they're small enough to be toys, but react very differently when thrown into the play stroller or picked up by her big Presleigh-bear hug around the waist. Jovi still just cracks up when her bigger sister tries to give her hugs and kisses. As witnessed here.

Samuel visits and takes a while to get acclimated to the bunch. He really did stop crying at some point.

     This photo already showed up on Facebook a few weeks ago. But, with highs in the 70s today, the last day of February, I couldn't resist reminiscing the great temps that made a walk in the triple-stroller possible. Wow. We LOVE Hot-lanta weather sometimes!\      To think that three weeks prior there was snow on the ground in this very spot and here they're enjoying low 60s. Awesome. Give that groundhog a cookie this year!

     We hope to outfit this cool stroller with some new tires so we can put a few thousand miles on it as the spring and summer weather allows. What a cool invention this thing is! Only two months before the community pool opens up! Fun in the sun is just around the corner!