4/10/2005 10:40am
A very quick clip where Joel was supposed to show us some dance moves, but discovered the cameraman right away...

(0:11/1.0 MB)


4/17/2005 8:40pm
Mom and Joel play "Ring around the rosey..."

(0:51/4.5 MB)


5/3/2005 5:30pm
It took several times to film this, but Joel finally showed off some dance moves for Mama! (and yeah he's got a bit of a cough, poor guy)

(0:32/2.9 MB)


5/4/2005 8:15pm
Grammy taught Joel a neat trick that he uses all the time now, blowing out lights

(1:03/5.7 MB)


5/3/2005 5:30pm
Joel and Mom cram blocks in their mouths for kicks (listen for Joel saying "Baby" with a mouth full of block!)

(0:58/5.2 MB)


5/11/2005 5:30pm
Joel plays a little ball in the yard

(0:46/4.1 MB)


5/21/2005 8:15pm
Joel pushes his golf bag around the yard while Mama and Grampa look on

(1:06/5.9 MB)


5/24/2005 5:30pm
Just a movie of Joel wandering around on the patio

(1:01/5.5 MB)


5/27/2005 6:30pm
Mom has Joel laughing for 52 straight seconds

(0:52/4.7 MB)


5/28/2005 8:20pm
Mama takes Joel for a ride on his trike (apologies for the shaky camera work)

(1:05/5.8 MB)


5/30/2005 8:00pm
Joel just got a new sandbox and loves to move piles of sand (and other debris)

(1:39/8.8 MB)


6/1/2005 7:30pm
Joel loves his little chick...

(0:51/4.6 MB)


6/2/2005 6:00pm
Playing a little indoor golf

(1:10/6.2 MB)


6/7/2005 8:30pm
Joel "helps" fold towels, then stops the filming

(0:34/3.0 MB)


6/23/2005 8:30pm
Mama reads Joel the classic "Is there an Elephant in Your Kitchen?", and Joel gets (most of) the answers right

(0:57/5.1 MB)


6/25/2005 12:00pm
Joel loooooves Jamba Juice, but can't decide which flavor he should stick with

(0:45/4.0 MB)


7/6/2005 7:00pm
A pretty boring video of Joel just eating raspberries after dinner

(1:28/7.9 MB)


7/20/2005 6:00pm
Another of these videos where Joel's right next to the camera talking to Dada (this is about all you can film these days)

(0:46/4.1 MB)


8/9/2005 5:30pm
Dada decided to take some videos of an afternoon with Joel, while waiting for Mama to come home. First, Joel starts building a puzzle then takes the tractor for a spin.

(0:59/5.3 MB)


8/9/2005 5:30pm
Then Joel builds a tower of trucks, throws a classic frustrated-baby-tantrum when it falls, but then just starts rebuilding

(2:18/12.3 MB)


8/9/2005 5:30pm
Dada tries to get Joel to count some puzzle pieces, but he ain't interested...

(0:23/2.1 MB)


8/9/2005 5:30pm
Joel shows off his counting skills, then decides to take his truck for a "ride"

(1:38/8.7 MB)


8/9/2005 7:00pm
Now Mama's home, and she's helping Joel add-on to (and identify colors in) his latest block tower

(1:22/7.4 MB)


8/13/2005 10:00am
Joel gives a kiss to the Nemo Dada won for him at the fair

(0:24/2.2 MB)


8/15/2005 9:30pm
Dada and Joel have fun with a balloon

(1:15/6.7 MB)


8/19/2005 9:00am
Joel builds a little block puzzle

(0:57/5.1 MB)


9/10/2005 11:00am
Playing with his new choo choo set, naming train colors, and closing lens caps

(1:43/9.2 MB)


9/20/2005 9:00pm
A long video of Joel amazing Mama & Dada by knowing the words in one of his favorite books (part 1)

(2:45/14.7 MB)


9/20/2005 9:00pm
The rest of the book

(1:13/6.5 MB)


9/20/2005 9:00pm
After reading his book, Joel tells us his version of the ABCs (the picture quality isn't great, but the sound is what counts here)

(0:41/3.7 MB)


9/29/2005 5:10pm
Well, Joel doesn't always get his ABCs right...

(1:15/6.7 MB)


9/29/2005 5:30pm
Joel plays with his choo-choos, until the whole system just falls apart...

(1:15/7.0 MB)


9/29/2005 9:30pm
Lately, the little guy loves to look at himself in the bathroom mirror

(1:25/7.6 MB)


10/6/2005 9:00am
Joel points out where some states are on his new puzzle

(1:58/10.5 MB)


10/16/2005 5:20pm
Here's one of these videos where I turn the screen around so Joel can see himself (watch closely to see Tony LaRussa get ejected in the background!)

(1:05/5.8 MB)


10/20/2005 8:30pm
Here's a fun game we play where Dada rolls a truck across the floor to Joel and Mama (camera work's not great, but it's good enough...)

(1:25/7.6 MB)


11/2/2005 6:30pm
Here's a typical evening in Joel's playroom, as he moves from toy to toy and chatters away...

(2:07/11.3 MB)


11/4/2005 8:45pm
Having fun just a-flopping in the bean bag

(1:18/7.0 MB)


11/4/2005 8:45pm
The bean bag game from the other side

(1:18/7.0 MB)


11/11/2005 8:00pm
Having fun trying to get away from Daddy

(1:04/5.8 MB)


11/17/2005 7:20pm
Joel and Mommy play the "Roar!" game

(0:53/4.8 MB)


11/27/2005 10:20am
They say video games make kids violent, but nursery rhymes (in this case it's Jack and the Beanstalk) can't be far behind!

(0:27/9.7 MB)


12/1/2005 5:30pm
Dancing with a bit of brushing thrown in

(1:35/8.4 MB)


12/11/2005 2:30pm
Joel does some dusting around the house

(0:55/4.9 MB)


12/12/2005 5:30pm
Joel gives us a few lines from an old classic

(1:13/6.6 MB)


12/13/2005 7:30pm
Making sure everything's nice and tidy with the brush

(2:01/10.8 MB)


12/12/2005 5:30pm
Joel draws a nice circle, then celebrates with a flop and some water

(0:44/4.8 MB)


1/2/2006 9:00pm
Joel's really into nursery rhymes these days -- here he tells a couple to Daddy

(1:04/5.7 MB)


1/11/2006 8:00pm
Joel gets dressed to go play in the snowfall in his "bulky" jacket

(1:37/8.6 MB)


1/16/2006 9:45am
Eating cookies and doing a dance

(1:04/5.7 MB)


1/25/2006 7:00pm
Just playing around the house -- nothing special

(0:39/3.5 MB)


2/5/2006 1:45pm
One of the LeapPad noises is really funny...but only one of them

(0:52/4.7 MB)


2/10/2006 8:30pm
Joel shows off his new dance to the music of the Olympic opening ceremonies

(0:25/2.3 MB)


2/21/2006 8:30pm
Dad and Joel play the online state puzzle (US States - Level 3). It's been a while and Joel's rusty so he has to make some states up.

(1:29/8.0 MB)


2/25/2006 12:15pm
This is what happens these days when Joel's not wearing a t-shirt

(1:35/8.5 MB)


2/28/2006 7:30pm
Mommy blows bubbles and Joel smashes them with his maraca

(1:24/7.6 MB)


3/14/2006 9:50pm
Joel put Mommy to bed a bit early and, of course, sang "Somewhere over the Rainbow" for her

(0:45/4.0 MB)


3/22/2006 9:20pm
Walking across bricks and counting them (in English and Spanish)

(2:11/11.7 MB)


3/25/2006 9:00pm
Ella and Luke's parents went out for dinner one night and Ella came over to play with Joel. Here she's just looking through toys while Joel plays with his crocodile...

(1:53/10.1 MB)


3/25/2006 9:00pm
...then they decided to get dizzy. But for some reason, Joel thinks it's "busy".

(1:04/5.7 MB)


3/25/2006 9:00pm
Luke fell asleep so Keri could get in on the act

(1:23/7.4 MB)


4/16/2006 8:30am
Hunting for chocolate eggs on Easter morning (and ignoring the real eggs).

(1:36/8.6 MB)


5/7/2006 7:00pm
Joel tells us about all the things he did when we went to a party at Marv's house

(1:30/8.0 MB)


5/6/2006 6:15pm
Joel decides to call his new car (whose name is "Lightning McQueen") on the phone. He also picks the car up, but continues talking to him on the phone.

(1:13/6.5 MB)


5/18/2006 4:15pm
Having fun with the camera, but then Joel makes a mess

(0:57/5.1 MB)


5/20/2006 8:45pm
Ella shares some Kix with Joel on the couch

(1:18/7.0 MB)


5/20/2006 8:45pm
The cameraman turned the screen around so Ella could watch herself being filmed

(0:33/2.9 MB)


5/24/2006 5:15pm
Joel shows off his jump rope technique

(0:33/3.0 MB)


5/25/2006 6:50pm
Joel doing a few somersaults (OK, forward rolls)

(0:58/5.2 MB)


6/6/2006 4:30pm
Playing a fun game of hide and seek with Daddy

(1:11/6.4 MB)


8/1/2006 8:45pm
Joel serenades his shampoo with a (slightly incorrect) version of "Rockabye Soapy"...

(0:22/2.0 MB)


8/1/2006 8:45pm
Take 2! This time Mommy helps him get all the verses right.

(0:38/3.4 MB)


8/15/2006 7:00pm
Joel's favorite thing to sing these days is "The Name Game"

(0:55/4.9 MB)


9/4/2006 12:15pm
Kind of a weird video of Joel enjoying close-ups of his own eye

(1:59/10.7 MB)


9/15/2006 6:00pm
Joel decided to go for a hike around the house and shows me how to do "one, two"

(1:17/9.8 MB)


9/21/2006 7:30pm
Learning how to snort, and having fun with the camera

(1:50/6.9 MB)


8/15/2006 7:00pm
Ella reads a book based on the movie Cars, and Joel likes it when the cars "rumble!"

(1:29/8.0 MB)


9/29/2006 12:00pm
Joel has learned a new way to put his jacket on (backwards and up over the top), but he still needs some practice

(0:38/3.5 MB)


10/11/2006 6:15pm
One of those videos where he was going crazy for a while, then turned into a good little boy once the camera started rolling.

(2:01/10.8 MB)


11/22/2006 12:00pm
Joel helps Grampa paint his new bedroom

(0:30/2.8 MB)


12/2/2006 2:15pm
Playing around with the camera

(1:41/9.0 MB)


12/2/2006 8:00pm
Helping out with decorating the Christmas tree

(1:38/8.7 MB)


12/16/2006 6:15pm
Joel gets into the holiday spirit by serenading us with "Jingle Bells"

(1:10/6.3 MB)


12/25/2006 8:00am
On Christmas morning, Joel opens his stocking

(0:52/4.7 MB)


12/25/2006 9:45am
Opening a gift on Christmas morning (and he even throws away the wrapping paper!)

(0:50/4.5 MB)


12/25/2006 8:00am
Playing his first game of Chutes and Ladders with Mommy

(1:44/9.3 MB)


12/26/2006 11:45am
In the first video of Max (other than background crying in the X-mas videos) Joel explains why 'fellas' are girls

(1:35/8.5 MB)


12/26/2006 12:15pm
Joel goes skating! Here Quint holds Joel while he demonstrates the technique he used on most of his laps around the ice...

(0:09/3.4 MB)


12/26/2006 12:15pm
At the very end, Quint and Daddy skated Joel in together (while Ella yelled "Daddy!" from the bleachers)

(0:28/10.1 MB)


12/29/2006 7:00pm
Joel puts a step stool on his back and tries to get around

(1:02/5.5 MB)


1/15/2007 9:15pm
Max is just hanging out in his crib watching his mobile, but at the :42 second mark...oops!

(0:50/4.5 MB)


1/16/2007 7:30pm
Max is taking a bath and Joel is (supposed to be) helping

(1:49/9.7 MB)


1/25/2007 5:30pm
A pretty boring video really -- just Max laying in his floor gym

(1:12/6.5 MB)


3/4/2007 6:00pm
Max lays in his floor gym, Joel reads a book

(1:31/8.1 MB)


3/7/2007 8:30pm
Dinnertime's winding down at our house

(1:04/5.7 MB)


3/8/2007 10:30pm
Max in his floor gym again (he's there a lot!)

(1:37/8.6 MB)


3/24/2007 7:15pm
Joel and Ella decided to sing us some songs -- Ella shows off her Jerry Lee Lewis piano style

(0:27/9.8 MB)


3/24/2007 7:15pm
Joel sings a few words from "Life is a Highway"

(0:11/4.0 MB)


3/24/2007 7:15pm
And Ella gives us the "ABC" song

(0:30/10.9 MB)


3/29/2007 9:00pm
Mommy makes Max give us a few giggles

(1:05/5.8 MB)


4/17/2007 10:00pm
Mom takes a video of a conversation with Max, and makes him laugh by saying "hoo hoo!"

(1:59/10.6 MB)


4/21/2007 7:00pm
A video of max doing some roll over attempts -- he did it for real right around that time

(1:32/8.2 MB)


4/21/2007 9:00pm
Mom bumps Max in the swing, which makes him laugh

(0:30/2.7 MB)


4/24/2007 8:15pm
Max eats rice cereal for the first time, while Joel looks on and provides commentary

(2:47/14.9 MB)


5/2/2007 10:00pm
Mommy tickles Max on the floor

(1:01/5.4 MB)


5/16/2007 10:00pm
Joel attempts winking and whistling

(0:48/4.3 MB)


5/22/2007 10:00pm
Max tries to reach toys on the floor, Joel plays nearby

(1:29/8.0 MB)


5/28/2007 10:00pm
Max cruises in his walker, Joel says "Cheese!" and chats with the cameraman.

(1:10/6.2 MB)


6/19/2007 10:00pm
Joel puts on his "cape" and pretends to be Superman...then says "Cheese!"

(0:47/4.2 MB)


6/24/2007 10:00pm
At the reunion we went to, there was a sort of talent show, and Joel performed an impromptu (and kind of quiet) song for the crowd, then took a bow.

(0:34/12.3 MB)


7/1/2007 8:15pm
Joel and Mommy make Max laugh when they read his shirt (which says, "I may be small but I'm the boss!"

(0:52/4.7 MB)


7/2/2007 7:30pm
Max is real close to learning how to crawl here

(0:41/3.6 MB)


7/9/2007 8:30pm
Just both kids playing around in a suitcase

(1:28/7.8 MB)


7/13/2007 7:30pm
Max is actually crawling now, as he works to knock down a stack of blocks

(0:48/4.3 MB)


7/25/2007 9:00pm
Max babbles a bit for Mommy

(0:54/4.8 MB)


8/2/2007 9:30pm
Max plays on the ottoman in his room



8/2/2007 9:30pm
Now he's just crawling around in his room



8/14/2007 9:30pm
Max is just starting to use his little Hippo walker



8/17/2007 9:30pm
Max laughs at Mommy while Joel just hangs out, drinking milk



8/18/2007 4:30pm
Carli entertains Max with peek-a-boo while we're camping

(0:16/5.8 MB)


9/5/2007 9:00am
Max gives us a little impromptu kazoo concert



9/5/2007 9:00am
After Max's concert, Joel wanted some camera time so he sang the ABC song



9/5/2007 6:30pm
Joel and Dad observe Max and note his behavior



9/7/2007 8:30pm
Max climbs on his mommy



9/7/2007 8:30pm
Joel talks about his favorite thing in the world: legos!



9/12/2007 8:45pm
Max rolls a big truck and wanders around



9/13/2007 9:30pm
Mom plays a game with Max and his truck



10/2/2007 6:30pm
Just Max eating Cheerios



10/6/2007 5:15pm
The boys spin in Daddy's office chair



10/17/2007 7:30pm
Max taking some of his first few steps



10/17/2007 7:30pm
A long video (15MB) of Joel doing show and tell with his lego "creations"



10/22/2007 8:15pm
The kids show off (sort of, in Max's case) their Halloween costumes



10/25/2007 7:45pm
Max pushes Joel in his own walker



11/1/2007 7:00pm
Max goes a little crazy in his high chair at dinnertime



11/1/2007 8:15pm
Max walking again, a little better this time



11/3/2007 7:30pm
Joel gets behind the camera and shoots a movie



11/25/2007 9:30am
Joel and Max play games in the playroom (more Joel than Max)...



11/25/2007 9:30am
Max and Joel play games in the playroom (more Max than Joel)...



11/26/2007 7:45pm
Max walks like a drunken sailor



12/10/2007 7:45pm
Max says Dada (more or less) for (just about) the first time



12/10/2007 8:15pm
Max gets ready to decorate the Christmas tree



12/10/2007 8:15pm
Mom confuses Joel with the similarities of "Noel" and "Joel"