Happy 7 Months, Jonah!

Jonah is 7 months old today! I know I always say this, but I can't believe how fast time is going by! Jonah is (knock on wood, or whatever you want to knock on) finally sleeping through the night. At least he has been over the last 4 or 5 nights, from about 7:30/8:00pm until 6:30/7:00am. It took a few cry out sections (luckily not many or for too long) and who knows if this will all change again, but so far it's way better then it's been for the last 6 months.

Besides Mommy finally having the chance to get some much needed sleep at night, Jonah is on the move! He is sitting up on his own from a crawling position in a second. He is also crawling pretty well and will get from one end of a room to another in no time at all especially when we stack those plastic stacking cups that he loves knocking down. And...believe it or not, he is standing up when holding on to something! He pulls himself up to stand on his own in his crib at home and at Grandma's, up against the sofa, laundry baskets, his infant seat, anywhere he can find and figure out how to pull himself up. He has been doing this for about 2-3 weeks now and has even started to slowly take a few steps around the crib. None of us can believe that he's doing this already! I'll have to get a picture of him. All I know is that it seems like I'll be chasing him around sooner than I thought! It will be a very active summer for Mommy and Jonah!!! ;)

Jonah is also doing better with solids. Now that I'm feeding him fruit, he seems to have built up a pretty good appetite and is eating at least 2-3 tablespoons of both oatmeal cereal and fruit each in the late afternoon. I'm sure soon enough we'll start in the mornings as well. Maybe now that he's eating better in the afternoon, I can try some veggies again...

Anyway, we are having such a great time with Jonah, playing, talking (babbling), reading, singing, taking walks, going to the playground, and just admiring him and the little person he has become in only 7 months. He amazes us everyday! :)

Mommy's little cutie....
Getting ready to go out. "Come on Mommy, let's go!"
Hanging out on a Sunday morning at Panera...Roar!!!...like a dinosaur...

Fun At The Fire Station!

Sunday was such a beautiful day, so we ventured out for a ride to a nearby fire station. "Fireman Rob" as Mommy's students call him, had invited us to come for a visit to take pictures of Jonah with the BIG fire trucks! What great fun it was! Jonah absolutely loved it and was completely mesmerized by all the big trucks and gadgets! Here are some great pictures from that afternoon.... :)

Jonah and Daddy in the big fire truck. Look how excited my boys are!!! :)

Yay, Jonah!

Jonah with his very own fireman's hat!
What fun! Jonah was so happy, talking and laughing!!!All together on Engine #8!!!
In Fireman Rob's boots! Hey, they fit pretty good! :)
Mesmerized by the fireman.
Fireman Rob made Jonah laugh the whole time we were there. :) With Mommy in front of Squad #8.

Melanie, Mike, and Sydney's Visit

This past weekend a great friend of Mommy's from college came into town with her husband and little daughter Sydney (20 months). The last time we saw them was at our wedding when Melanie was pregnant with Syd! Well, that was almost 2 years ago. It was so nice to see them and meet Sydney for the first time. She is absolutely adorable, sweet and shy. She says lots of words and uses sign language as well! I really want to get Jonah into signing now too! It seems like a great way to ease the frustration of communicating. Anyway, we got to catch up a bit while Mel had the chance to play with Jonah and watch him on the move as he is crawling, sitting and even starting to stand up holding on to things. She, just like us, could not believe how strong he is and how much he is moving around already at not even 7 months. It was so wonderful to spend time with old friends. Every time we do get to see each other it seems like it was yesterday that we were together, but time goes by so fast now and our families are growing and I realize more and more how much I miss having them all nearby...

Melanie, Mike and Sydney...such a cute family!

Together again, with our little ones :)

Yummy, Yummy Banana!

Poor little Jonah got a stomach bug last week and ended up not keeping anything down all day Monday. It was really scary for me to see his tiny body throw up so violently. :( By the evening we were giving him Pedialite every 5 minutes for an hour to see if he would at least hold that down, per doctors orders. By Wednesday he seemed much better and had actually eaten on both Tuesday and Wednesday just fine. Then on Thursday he refused to eat. Grandma and I got pretty nervous and ended up taking Jonah to see Dr. Meyers. Turned out Jonah had a little red throat but that was about it. He hadn't lost weight at least from his 6 month visit and was acting okay. So I took him home and he ate fine for the rest of the evening. I still don't really know why he protested eating, but Dr. Meyer said and I quote "We haven't lost any to starvation yet." Since the vomiting last Monday, I stopped our afternoon meals of veggies and oatmeal cereal for a few days and decided to try fruit after resuming this past weekend. Wow, forget the peas and carrots! Jonah loves his yummy bananas! By the fourth day he had eaten more bananas and oatmeal cereal then ever before. We even tried apples yesterday! So there you have it, we are on the road to eating better at least with fruit and I'll eventually sneak in those peas and carrots too! After the week he had, I just wanted to give him something yummy.... ;)

"Mmmmm, this is good! Give me, give me...Aahhhh!"

Jonah is satisfied after a yummy meal of banana and oatmeal cereal. "Now that's the good stuff, Mommy!"