will the 'fun' ever stop?

here are some more ridiculous pictures my mommy took during her attempt to be Olan Mills the last few days. notice in the picture below the extra set of eyebrows that her camera automatically put on my face. well, i don't know if 'extra' is appropriate since i barely have any real eyebrows, but you catch my drift:



my early christmas present, the 'Chicago bear':


you can see below that i had HAD IT!:

mom, just stop:

finally, we are done!:

i did OWLot last week!

last week i had lots of milestones! i drank from the bottle every night, i smiled a lot, i wore big boy clothes, i went to the mall (dad finally let me out in public!) and i weighed enough that when i sat in the bouncer it actually bounced! take a look...

here's a half-a-smile. mom's camera is a bit too delayed and missed all my big smiles!


here's another take on my smile. mom sure was trying really hard to get a good picture!

here you can see a visit from auntie leelee. she brought mom and dad's fave item from danny boys...pizza quesadillas! you may think this picture of me is horrible, but i actually wanted you to see my 'poop face'. it is a sure-thing that when i make this face, you can bet there could potentially be a poop emergency shortly thereafter!

auntie traci also visited that day. she did a good job taking care of me and charley at the same time. i am going to call her "t" just like her nephew gavin does!

here i wanted to give a shout out to all the other little boys out there wearing sweater rompers!

slowly but surely, charley and i are becoming real pals. i love watching him. he loves watching me too...umm, not so much.

auntie jenine and auntie krista bought me another really cool big boy outfit...something without owls! and if you look closely, you can see i am really enjoying my pacifier!

i bet next week i look a lot bigger in my pictures because i am eating all the time! i have a feeling a growth spurt is on the way...stay tuned!

OWL these pictures are of ME!

for those of you whom i have yet to meet, i thought i'd post some pictures of me since my first day here.

unfortunately, mom and dad have been busy feeding me and changing diapers, and most of the pictures are at my grandma tina's house and in my auntie leelee's twitter account ;) but let me show you some of the pictures that mom and dad have had time to take of me!

my first minutes of life...

my comfy outfit in the hospital...

my first day home...mom and dad were being silly and wanted to see how small i looked in my new crib...

my first ride in my new stroller...they really bundled me up!

just yesterday...my mom made me show you this because it's her favorite outfit and my dad made me show you because i was wearing his favorite hat. go yankees! (turn your head, i am still learning how to work this blog thing.)

i love OWL this attention!

hi, world!

it's me, joey. joey andolina.

nice to meet you!

my mom and dad told me to start this blog for all my friends and family who don't get to see me a lot. (i mean, i can't even talk yet and i'm writing a blog.)

i was a little guy when i was born (6 lbs., 11 oz., 18.25 in.), but i'm getting bigger and bigger every day. i'm already up to 7 lbs., 2 oz. and a whole inch longer after being home for only two weeks!

(btw, this place called "home" is pretty cool. we have a great view of downtown cleveland from our roof!)

dad's already got me cheering for the yankees and the bears (and something called a fantasy football league), and mommy is dressing me in owl outfits almost every day.

mom and dad are pretty funny too. so far, their best joke is when they say my poopy diapers smell like soft pretzels. maybe that's because mommy ate so many of them when i was in her belly!

daddy goes back to work tomorrow, so things are going to be interesting around here. come back soon for an update!

xoxo -
joey