Therapy Update

Jonah is continuing to make progress in therapy. He is sitting up wonderfully but still really enjoys laying on his back. As a group (Dennis, Holly, Jarrett, Trish, and I) are trying to keep Jonah motivated to stay up so we got out his Elmo walker again. We had originally put it up so Jonah didn't develop bad habits - per his therapists. However, it is back out and Jonah is loving it! It didn't take him long to start moving forward in it and now he zips around the house pretty quickly and easily. Hopefully the video I have downloaded will work.

Jonah has also started speech therapy once a week. He has taken a little longer to get used to his new therapist. . .he has really been testing her. However, they seem to be hitting it off a little better now.

Jonah is having a nightime video EEG on March 5 and 6 to check his sleep. As most of you know, he is getting up at night several times and it is beginning to wear Jarrett and I pretty thin. We have been tracking his sleep on a sleep chart and he started taking melatonin (supplement to help with maintaining sleep) but we haven't seen much of a difference. His doctor in Indy recommended that we do this to see if we can figure out the cause. We will keep everyone updated on the results and hopefully all of us will be getting uninterrupted nights of sleep.

Christmas Travels, Part 2

We also spent part of Christmas break in Pennsylvania. Jonah decided that he was a "big boy" and didn't want to drink from his sippy cup. He actually did pretty well holding the cup and drinking from it by himself.
We were lucky to have most of the family together to celebrate Christmas. We had a fun time talking and catching up with each other.
It was nice being able to spend some extra time with Grandma and Grandpa Mook. Jonah had a good time playing in the cupboards in the kitchen and watching cartoons with Grandma.

While we were in Pennsylvania, I was able to catch up with my long-time best friend, Sonya and her daughter Makayla. This was the first time the two of us had seen each other since the kids were born so it was wonderful to spend some time together. Makayla looks a little unsure of Jonah, while he is having a grand time!

Christmas Travels, Part 1

The day after Christmas we traveled to Cinncinati to have Christmas with the Platt side of the family. Aunt Debbie was generous enough to host once again. Poor Jonah wasn't feeling too well most of the time (getting teeth) but did enjoy playing with the musical Santa. Michaela was great about pushing the button on Santa so they could hear him sing. Everyone had a great time!
Papa, Jonah, and Mommy

All the cousins, except Nicole and Shannon, who hadn't arrived yet

The babies, Michaela and Jonah with Papa

Jonah discovered the stairs at Aunt Debbie's and spent quite a bit of time going up and going down. What great exercise for him and Pap!

Christmas

Always a ready smile for the camera! Jonah is such a ham!
Jonah got lots of great presents on Christmas. One thing he got was a music table that he can stand at and play with. He loves pretending to talk on the phone that is with it.

Jonah also got TONS of new clothes. Mommy and Daddy are really excited about that because Mr. Jonah is growing super fast!

Jonah loved his Elmo computer from Aunt Jenna. His face lit up when he saw it and he started pushing buttons immediately. He has played with one in the store so I know he recognized it.

One of Jonah's favorite new toys is a HUGE pop-up tent that can be either a school bus or a fire truck. Grandpa and Grandma Richards got this for him and we couldn't get him out of it on Christmas Day. He loved playing in it. It is about 6 ft. long and 4 ft. wide.

Everyone had a great time playing in his tent, even Tiffer.

On Christmas Eve, Jonah and Aunt Jenna were taking advantage of some free time to enjoy a good book. I love the look on Jonah's face...he is really concentrating on his book. He makes his Mom proud!

Pre-Christmas Fun

Jonah discovered that he LOVES sugar cookies. He has "helped" me the last few days in making them, mostly he has enjoyed eating them:)
He was being extremely generous this evening and decided to share his cookie with Aunt Jenna.

Aunt Jenna and Jonah helping me with the cookies

Jonah got a new outfit to wear to church the Sunday before Christmas. We took advantage of it and decided to snap some pictures in front of our Christmas tree.

Fall 2008

We took advantage of the great weather today and played outside a little. Jonah loves playing on the slide and swinging.
His cousins, Kaleb and Lucas came over and played with him a little and he loved that!

He has been sitting so well this weekend, close to 20 minutes at a time which is a HUGE improvement. We decided to try it outside and let him play in the leaves a little.

He really enjoyed picking the leaves up and throwing them.

Hmm. . .which ones should I pick up?

Halloween

Charlie Brown and Snoopy
Jonah and Aunt Amber playing before we went trick or treating.

Jonah kept leaning down to give Tiffer hugs and kisses and ended up with paint all over his face from Tiffer's "costume."

Charlie kissing his best friend Snoopy