I love you! No, I love YOU!

Here are Julie and Joe at stories-before-bedtime tonight. Joe decreed that he wanted to sit in Mommy's lap, and upon nestling himself in, he announced, "I love my MOM-my." Julie replied, "I love my JO-seph." Back and forth they went before settling in to Spot Goes to the Farm and Green Eggs and Ham. Julie soaked this all up because, it must be noted, of late, there have been more than a few times when she has been holding Joe as he wails "I want Daaaaadddddyyyyy!!!!!" Who can blame him? Ted's pretty great. What is also pretty great is how, seemingly all of a sudden, we can now chat with Joe--like real back and forth--and now, you never know when our Joseph is going to sidle on up and tell you he loves you.

*The second shot seen here is a bonus shot in which Joe can be seen saying "CHEESE!" for all he's worth, but not "Cheese for the camera!" as he has been known to parrot back exactly as you have instructed when you have said "Say cheese for the camera!"