monkey see, monkey do

5 months

Jovie is 5 months old already! She has been rolling over for several weeks now. Cohen did his best Jovie impression the other day, he laid down on Jovie's blanket in the living room and did two full rollovers. Too funny, that one. Jovie continues to be a great sleeper. Erin just moved out the other day, so Jovie will move in her own room soon. I will miss having Erin around, but am excited to get Jovie into her own room and decorate her nursery. Erin signed on with Mayo Hospital here in Phoenix starting in January so she'll be in town a bit longer!

Cohen's vocab has really taken off now! He repeats a lot more words after I say them now. It's so neat when he surprises us by saying a word that we've been saying to him for so long, like car, boat, and the other day he said Erin for the first time! And I was on the phone with her and Cohen said it into the phone! How special! For the last several months, I'd say "Say Erin" and Cohen would say "huh?" every time. So it was pretty neat that he said it! His pronunciation of Jovie has evolved as well, she is now "Foo-vie." Cohen loves going to the park and playing on the playground. He likes the swings and the slides and is getting brave with climbing on the playground.

Joel is currently on a gyn rotation that keeps him beyond busy. They do a few surgeries each day. He has been working till 8 or 9pm, and still starting at 530 in the morning. This past week was an exception though. One of the surgeons was out of town so there weren't as many surgeries scheduled. Joel was home by 6-630 almost every night! It was awesome to have him home for dinner. His next rotation starts after Thanksgiving and he will do 12 weeks of nights. Not really looking forward to this either. He has a week of vacation coming up though, and Thanksgiving off! I am very thankful for this. Also, Amelia is coming next week and we are excited for her to meet Jovie and hang out! I am starting to study to take the state licensing exam. Most of the jobs I am interested in require me to be licensed so I need to do this before I can think about working. Right now, I'm having a great time staying home with the kids!

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