Rainboots

This is my first attempt at a scheduled post so we'll see if it actually posts. Those lovely little rainboots arrived in the mail from Aunt Megan & Aunt Molly for Jonah's birthday and we had to try them on. They have little cats and dogs on them. So cute! He'll probably wear them this spring. Toddler Jonah will be so adorable. I just picked up a couple of 18 and 24 month t-shirts for him on clearance. I figure he can wear a long sleeved shirt underneath when it is cold. I don't really have any definitive plans for this week so I don't know how busy we'll be. Matt is on call the night before Jonah's birthday and then the day after switches to his emergency medicine rotation at another hospital and does night shift. But tomorrow (Saturday) is his first day off in 17 or 18 days. That is crazy! We're all missing him (especially the dogs). The picture below is funny because Jonah has a pacifier in his mouth. Much to my dismay, he would never take a pacifier. I blame the newborn nursery who thought I didn't want him to have one. He has always been a thumb/finger sucker. In retrospect I'm glad because we never had to worry about having the pacifier with us or him dropping it and he has always been able to self-soothe really well. The only time he sucks his thumb is when he is tired and wants to nurse. So I'm sure he'll outgrow it by age 4 (after which we would have to worry about his teeth). Anyway, I found this pacifier in the drawer of his changing table and gave it to him one day to distract him so I could get him changed and he stuck it in his mouth. He doesn't actually suck on it but chews on it for a few minutes before crawling off and leaving it for the dog to take.

Happy Birthday, Torey!

It seems like just yesterday your Uncle Matt and I were sleeping on the waiting room floor awaiting your arrival. We miss you! I hope your day is filled with lots of sugar and firetrucks!

200th post!

Getting familiar with the tools of the trade. Don't worry, this is our home stethescope not used in the hospital. We've had it out because I seem to have a little pneumonia. Yep, I have horrible lungs. I've lost count of the number of times I've had pneumonia in my life.

I thought I would make my 200th post a great one but it didn't turn out that way. It is just a regular, boring one. I can't believe Jonah will be a year old in less than a week. I've been mourning his infancy. As I told Matt last night, I was so comfortable with the baby thing but now that he's moving and requires guidance in addition to his basic needs being met, I'm deathly terrified. He is giving me a glimpse of what the next year(s) will be like with fits and mischieviousness. He throws a mean fit. It starts with wrinkling up his face and screaming and then moves on to holding his breath and ends with banging his head on the floor. He continues to test me with doing things he know he shouldn't like pulling at cords and watching me the entire time. But we're also excited about how much more fun we'll have together. Last night Matt was scolding Jo for going to the bathroom on the floor (a multiple times a day occurence this week) and Jonah starting cracking up. Everytime Matt would say in a stern voice "Did you do this?", Jonah would do his belly laugh. It was so funny Matt couldn't keep a straight face.

Anyway, I thought I would get a quick post up before Jonah woke up and I hear him now. We have our first visitor coming tomorrow (Grandma Joan) and we are so excited. It will be a hard (but fun) week with Jonah turning 1 and the fact that it won't be as I imagined with all our friends and family there with us to celebrate. And because I couldn't have my 200th post be without a picture, here is our first family photo. (Edited-Added photo of Jonah) I know, I know, I look HORRIBLE. That is what pregnancy, >24 hours of labor, a c-section, TONS of fluids and narcotics do to you. Jonah looks pretty exhausted too. I do not remember this picture being taken. I don't remember much about the first day actually. I don't even remember some people visiting. Matt did get a video of me meeting Jonah for the first time. If I have time I'll try to post that in the next week. Oh yeah, I guess I would have to figure out how to get it from the video camera. Here it is and for everyone's sake, don't click on it and enlarge it. And Mom, don't you dare make this your background.

We all scream for ice cream!

He'll turn 1 in one week from today!

For some reason Jonah's nap schedule was 1 1/2 hours off today so he was napping during the time we had planned to go to Gymboree. He is usually ready to nurse and go to bed at 7 but it is 8 and he is still going strong. I hope we get back on schedule tomorrow. Matt thought he would give Jonah a little bite of his ice cream bar. I warned him that just a bite wouldn't be enough for Jonah.

A first taste...

I want more!

It's all mine!

Quack

Because I didn't have any good pictures of the little man today, here is a video. Although the quality is horrible. I think my finger must have been hitting the microphone. So, sorry about that.

I took Jonah to the Children's Museum this morning for a "Pollock-Palooza Mess Fest." Someone should have told Jonah it was about the fine arts and not the culinary arts. More paint went in his mouth than on the paper. I don't have any good pictures because I spent the whole time trying to stop him from eating the paint and brushes. Next week is dough making. I don't think we'll attend. We'll try again in a couple months. The museum is at the foot of the Space Needle. It looks like there is a lot to do around there but I hate paying for parking. We have something fun planned for tomorrow too. After Jonah's nap we are going to try to find a post office (again). I've had Torey & Taylor's birthday presents ready to go but google maps keeps sending me to residential neighborhoods when I look for a post office. Matt wasn't scheduled for any surgeries today but he still had to go in and do something. He got zero sleep on Saturday night. So he was up from 5 am on Saturday until 12 pm on Sunday. He is afraid he is becoming a black cloud because they are really busy whenever he's on call. I told him he is their Carey.

For Matt

I joke with Matt that he gets a glimpse of what it would be like if I ever had twitter via my text messages to him. (Don't worry, my life is way too boring to tweet. Have you seen the cell phone commercial with the parents getting a lecture from their kids and the dad is tweeting? I think that is so funny). Posting pictures and stories about Jonah on the blog is also a way Matt can keep up with him because he doesn't get to see him as often as he would like. I know he is missing us as much as we are missing him. He isn't always able to call home but sometimes he has the opportunity to check out the blog at the hospital. So because we won't see him until tomorrow afternoon, here is an update for him:

Jonah has started banging his head on the floor when he is mad/tired. I also caught him chewing on the side of his crib so I'll be finishing up those side covers this evening. I bought him one of those big bouncy balls at the grocery store. We went to babies r us to get the hydrogels and he was very good. I had him in the sling instead of the cart and it made a huge difference. It was packed with pregnant women and couples with itty bitty babies. Jonah seemed so old. Jonah needed more fruit so we checked out Albertsons. I haven't made up my mind about shopping there yet. It is way down on Aurora in Seattle. I'll go again on a weekday morning when it isn't so busy. I got myself some sushi for dinner. Yum! The new neighbors have 3 kids. The youngest is a 1 month old boy. The dogs didn't bark or growl at them but they were distracted by having to go to the bathroom. Oh and babies r us is no longer selling the stroller in the store either. I'm so glad I ordered it when I did or I wouldn't be able to find it anywhere. I think that is everything. Jonah is napping so I'm going to prepare his dinner because you know he doesn't like to wait.

It has been cool here this week and I'm loving it. The temperature has been in the 60s during the day. I've even had to wear a jacket. If we are going to continue having days like this then Jonah needs to get taller for his pants to fit. He has been wearing shorts with his leggings because he is too short for his 12 month pants. Matt had something tonight (I guess I should have asked what) and won't be home until late. He is on call tomorrow and will most likely sleep most of Sunday. I lost my phone for a couple days. I knew it was here somewhere but didn't know where. Matt said he heard it in the bedroom so while I was looking for it everywhere I heard it ringing in the living room (it was in the couch). Thanks for calling, Laura! Jonah is eating dinner so I should go police the dogs. Caleb tears Jonah's bib off to get the food out of it. Caleb and I are not speaking right now. He ate my sandwich I had sitting on the counter. Oh and I think Jonah said hi. He said it 3 different times but I'll have to see if I can get him to do it again. Of course, I could never get it on film because he sees the camera and tries to grab it. I'm glad you're enjoying the pictures of the little man. My camera gets a good workout almost daily. I'm going to hit 10,000 pictures soon. And this blog will hit 200 posts soon too.

Our Anniversary

Hanging out at the park. Poor kid, you can always tell when it is nap time by looking at his eyes.

Yesterday was our 3 year wedding anniversary. It is hard to believe it has been 3 years but at the same time it feels like it has been a million. We've moved twice in those years, added a dog, then a baby, and Matt graduated from medical school. He got home really early from the hospital but Jonah and I were at the park. I came home to find a dozen red roses. I don't know what came over him as he usually just gets one or two flowers because he thinks they're expensive. But I love them. He is on call again this weekend. We can't wait for intern year to be over. Can everyone see the pictures? Matt was trying to look at them at the hospital and said he couldn't see the petting zoo pictures. I didn't know if it was just a problem at the hospital or if no one could see them.

And because it never gets old (to us at least) another picture of Jonah eating.

Matt is on call again tonight. Jonah and I just got back from choosing his pictures. It was extremely hard and it might have been better if Matt was there. I'm the type of person who will order something they don't want at the drive thru because I feel rushed. Considering they were all great pictures I think I did pretty good. We'll go back to her again (when we can afford it). She also does pet portraits but I don't think that is happening anytime soon. So I successfully drove into the city by myself and back out again for the first time. It was good practice because Jonah and I have a trip to the Children's Museum planned for next week. Stay tuned for the link to the photographer's blog. She said she would try to get them posted soon. In the meantime, a picture of Jonah's mean mullet.

Happy Birthday!

Because we couldn't get the perfect picture, here are a few not so perfect pictures.

Petting Zoo

Jonah's version of a kiss. He does this to the dogs too. And me.

I've never seen a rabbit sleeping like this.

This rabbit was so cute and gigantic. I think it was as big as Jo.

Matt is home (and currently sleeping) but he had a few hours of sleep last night so we went to the petting zoo this afternoon. Jonah will have so much more fun next year when he is able to run around. They also have a splash playground at the park which he'll enjoy next year too. I'm exhausted just thinking about chasing him around. I'm going to try to get the other blog finished soon. I'm messing with the template so I can post larger pictures but that means I have to change the background and header. I'm trying to make one myself but I might just go with a premade one. So, it will be done soon.

My attempt at getting a picture with Jonah. He is making sure he gets every little piece of food off his bib.

This little bunny plays Jesus Loves Me and Jonah sits and listens to it over and over again. He also likes the bunny's bunny slippers.

Matt is at the hospital today and tonight and half of tomorrow. He called me a while ago and explained a situation and asked if he should apologize to a nurse. In this case I didn't think it was warranted but I'm glad we've had some influence on him (I was afraid aunt minnie had ruined him). Something I've been meaning to post but keep forgetting is Jonah's new habit of laughing when he's happy. Almost everything makes him happy but especially seeing Matt. He smiles really big and laughs. He is also starting to watch my reaction when he does something he is not supposed to do. After he throws his plate on the floor (empty of course, the boy likes to eat) he looks at me to see what I'll do. Before he is about to get into something or touch something (mainly the fan) he looks at me. It has become his new routine to throw a fit when in line at the grocery store. I'm never embarrassed but I wish people would keep their advice to themselves. He gets mad because he has had enough and I won't let him push the buttons on the debit machine or chew on my keys. As soon as we walk out of the store he is okay. Part of it is also that he hates riding in the cart. I don't think he is old enough for the little car carts yet. And I don't really want to push one. Here is a little video of the mess he made in about 1 minutes this evening and his escape from it.