Tuesday, December 23, 2008

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.

Sunday, November 2, 2008

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?





Saturday, November 1, 2008

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




Sunday, October 12, 2008

I love reading!

Jonah is doing really well sitting on his stool. He will sit there for close to 15 minutes at times.
He enjoys sitting there with one of his books to read.
He also likes looking through Daddy's magazines, they have lots of cool cars in them!
He used to tear pages in the magazines but he does really well with them now. He tries to turn the pages and points to different things on the pages. Overall he really just enjoys books. He finds his books all over the house and will look through them for the longest time. Then he will roll over to one of us with his book so we will read it to him. He has a really good attention span while we are reading which is good since some of them are a little long.

Fall Fun

My parents came the last weekend in September to attend Ducktail Run with us. Jonah enjoyed looking at the cars and eating the food (yummy hot dogs!). He spent time playing with Pap on the foot stool, just kneeling there for quite awhile.

Jarrett was in a wedding October 11 for a good friend of his, Justin. Jarrett and Justin grew up together (they were born exactly a month apart) and Justin was in our wedding as well.
We went to the pumpkin patch in Wabash this weekend as well. Jonah enjoyed picking out his pumpkin and eating pumpkin pie. He was pretty worn out though because he fell asleep during the bumpy hay ride.

Laudry Room Update

Jarrett and his brother Kirk have been working hard on our laundry room the last few weeks.
We now have walls!
This is inside the laundry room, looking behind the house. The next step is the trusses which are sitting the front yard :)

Sunday, September 14, 2008

16 Months

Jonah rolled himself to the door to watch Jarrett and Uncle Kirk work on the laundry room addition. He tried chewing on Jarrett's shoe while he watched.
In therapy, Jonah practices walking using this walker. This kind of walker is better than something that you push and walk behind because here he is doing all the work. He is making progress and desperately wants to walk, he just has to get his mind and feet doing the same thing at the same time :)
Jonah is now trying to drink by himself. He isn't always successful but he is trying. He will put the cup up towards his mouth but doesn't always make it in. Oh well, at least he has the right idea!
Jonah is expanding his vocabulary all the time. He seems to know a good amount of words but he doesn't always say them. I had him looking at himself in the mirror and I asked who it was and he told me "gonah." He pointed to a stroller going by the house and said baby. He regularly says more, usually in reference to food and in a slightly demanding way. He also has been saying go and yeah.
Jarrett was eating a pear on Saturday and Jonah started licking his lips. He loves pears but has never had one right on the core, so we let him try biting it. He did pretty well and kept wanting another bite. He has been eating all "people" food for about a month now. He loves grilled cheese, applesauce, oatmeal, pizza, and just about anything. He always eats really well and is not picky at all.