Birthday!

One more post- before school starts! ha- these are photos from Jonah's birthday party which we did the weekend before we left for New Hampshire- we had almost 25 people crammed in our little house luckily many of them were little and we all had a great time. I made a pumpkin apple cake with tofu frosting since Jonah can't have any dairy products which actually went over pretty well. He received lots of wonderful gifts from folks and seemed to enjoy all of the company. What a difference a year makes- it was neat to remember back to the major snowstorm which was about to hit Olympia, and just how ready I was not to be pregnant anymore. Amazing! Happy Birthday to our most curious, adorable boy!

New Hampshire

It was lovely to be home for the holidays. Jonah did really pretty well on the plane rides and we managed to dodge two major storms - phew! We had a lovely time cross country skiing all over my parents property (sometimes with Jonah) and took the little guy sledding for his first time - he didn't even know it though because he was sleeping. It was great to also visit with my grandmother who this year turned 94- so wonderful to have so many generations together. We ate like royalty and thoroughly relaxed- tomorrow off again to work and Tuesday school begins but until then- happy holidays to all!

Jonah discovered that he loves to eat pickles and popcorn much to our surprise and he looks absolutely adorable I think in his santa suit which he wore on the big day- thanks Gramms for sending that one along! The top picture of Jonah was taken after his very first bite of shrimp cocktail- is there anything he wont eat? I have yet to find it.

Beach time

A quick little video from our trip to the beach today and a promise to post lots of pictures from our trip to New Hampshire soon- we arrived home last night and had the most wonderful time- missing home and family a lot now! It was so great to be there for almost two weeks. Lots of love!

Merry Merry

A couple of snapshots from Jonah's elfin suit! Will post more pics soon from our NH trip and the littlemans first birthday! Lots of Love to all of you XOXOXOX

My first turkey! and steps!

Its true Jonah took three little steps all by himself the other night in the kitchen- and has repeated them a couple more times. He still prefers to use fingers or his fav. new walker toy or tride and true crawling to get around but we know walking is not far off! He is definitely getting into all kinds of things- in the kitchen and all over the house. Not much is safe that is within his reach- he is laughin in his stroller holding my cell phone which is now his phone because he broke it last week :)

We had a great Thanksgiving in Spokane with Dave's family. We spent the day skiing with his Dad and brothers while Jonah hung at home with Gramma cooking turkey- they did a great job and we had a delicious dinner...Jonah really liked the turkey and the turkey soup that came a day or so later too! We also visited Dave's aunt and uncle for dessert on Thanksgiving night- Jonah could not get enough of opening their beer/soda cooler!

It has been really clear and cold around here though wonderfully sunny- we have been getting out a little bit for some walks but I bundle Jonah up about as much as possible- yesterday we went for a run and the poor guy could barely get his arms down once I had put on two coats! He snoozed the whole way.

We can't wait for his birthday party on Saturday-wow! Then his real birthday on the 18th and travels to New Hampshire soon after for Chirstmas- yea :)

With lots of love,
Em, Dave and Jonah

Wowser

Not quite sure where the last month went to- all of sudden its nearly Thanksgiving and a certain someone's birthday is quite soon indeed. Perhaps the month dissolved into a frenzy of grad school, work, and last and certainly least the flu for the last week...oh and then there was the missing camera too- in any case things are starting to right themselves around here and the little man is well cute as ever! see for yourself and happy thanksgiving to all! Hope we get to connect with a lot of you over the holidays and if not we send lots of hugs!

Em, Dave and Jonah

A few shots from halloweeen at the bottom including one of his now favorite moves climbing up on the couch (don't ya just love climbing octopuses!) and some cute ones from just the last few days after we found our missing camera...this morning he was eating toast with me in the kitchen up on the counter and last night working with Dad who was fixing up his bike...in the very top one on the couch he had stolen daves apple and was eating the whole thing with his 6 little teeth...I can't believe how big he is already!

10 months old already

Wow- time seems to be moving forward lately at a rapid rate! This last weekend we celebrated J's 10 month birthday. He now has 6 teeth- 4 on top and two on the bottom and just last night spent one of his first ever entire nights in his crib- and he is back there now which gives me a moment to write! He is definitely busy and getting all around the house- he stands for periods of time without holding onto anything and has take a couple of steps forward to reach out and grab something else- so cool to see but as his gramma said we'll spend the first year waiting for him to walk then the next years asking him to sit down :). He is cruising around on pretty much anything that he can though even when we are trying to get clothes or diapers on him!

We have been pretty busy lately with work and school...the weather has turned for the most part (today it happens to be raining sideways and blowing down our leaves!) but there are some sunny breaks too. Yesterday I was trying to pack us up to go the library story time when I realized I had forgotten something inside. I ran back in to grab it leaving Jonah playing with his stroller on the back porch and when I came back- I swear it only was about 45 seconds he was down 4 steps and crawling across the lawn! He also has started to bite onto his spoon when you are feeding him and then flip it up and down (i did my best to capture it!)...he is eating lots of foods - this morning we had blueberry oatmeal...but is able to eat a lot of what we are eating now which is great.


Cant wait to see family soon for the holidays!