finally

spring is here.

okay, okay

I said I don't post political stuff, but this was too funny to not post.

The best part is like Scott said, the word pirate evokes this image in your mind of a one-eyed, peg-leg man and it's even funnier then. Nice work, Obama.

Found here.

messy eater

Jonah had his dinner outside tonight because it was so beautiful. He seriously loves being outside. Even since he was a newborn, I can take him outside if he is being fussy and he usually calms right down.

Anyway, he got pretty messy. His eyes are all squinty in these pictures because they're not used to the blinding light of the sun. Our dungeon basement doesn't get much natural light.

Yummy vegetable beef!

He is so happy.

Wow.

Since he is so advanced (yeah right), he can hold his own cup now.

The full body shot.

Bath time. The only way to get him completely clean was to give him another bath. He is also just about as photogenic as his mother. I always close my eyes at the perfect moment.

Nice and clean and happy.

water boy

We had nothing planned last night and as we were driving to find something for dinner, we drove past the rec center. I casually said that we should go swimming. After a little nagging, Scott finally gave in and we took Jonah swimming for the first time.

He didn't really know what to think of it at first.

Then after about ten minutes, he started screaming and wouldn't stop. We brought his rubber ducky for him to play with and he was pretty much clutching on to it for dear life. So we got him out and debated if we should leave or not. But we decided to be mean parents and make him stay. After all, we paid $1.50 for that swim diaper and we were not going to let it go to waste.

We put him in the kiddie pool and let him splash around like he was in the bathtub and he started warming up to it.

After a while, he started loving it.

Which is good because we're going to be at the pool pretty much everyday during the summer.

Kerri and Mekenzie had the same idea for their Friday night fun. We had a good time going down the slide together.

Jonah especially loved the lazy river. How could you not when you're that chubby? It's just a given.

The best part was that he was exhausted when we got home. We're glad we made him stay. That swim diaper really paid off.

six and seven months

I'm a big slacker. Jonah is now seven months old and I can't believe it. He is getting too big, but he is learning new things all the time and it has been a lot of fun.

I had Holly Hyde take some pictures of Jonah when he turned six months and I love how they turned out. She is awesome and really good with kids. So check out her blog if you need a photographer!

Jonah is a very good-natured baby. He smiles and laughs all the time now. When he's not tired or hungry, he is a joy to be around. I'm not saying anything about his sleeping because everytime I do, he seems to regress. He sits up all by himself, rolls over when he feels like it (but not very often because he hates being on his tummy), eats like a champ and will eat pretty much everything offered to him, and is still so chubby. He doesn't crawl yet, but he's getting pretty close to holding himself up on his hands and knees. We have multiple crawl-workout sessions everyday and he pretty much moans through the whole thing, but he's usually good and ready for a nap after, so that's nice.

He also had a little separation anxiety when we got back from Hawaii. Everytime I would leave the room, he would scream and cry and he would wake up in the middle of the night and not sleep unless I was holding him. I felt really bad for leaving him for that long. I guess he thought that everytime I left the room, I wasn't coming back for a week. Kind of sad. He definitely made me pay for it. Now's he good, so I think we're ready for our next trip! Just kidding.

Anyway, we sure love Jonah. He makes our home a happy place and makes us want to be better. We love him!