10 Months

Two days ago Jonas reached the 10 month milestone. Oh my! Even though there are a million other things I should be working on right now (like fixing that stupid broken mirror on our car!!), I have decided to post some pictures of Jonas first. Can't disappoint the fans! ;)

 Jonas watching Michigan football with Daddy. He even has his own football!

 

Jonas loves to play with the shoes and shoe rack.

 

This is often how shoe play time ends. It's happened so often now that he's figured out how to crawl out from under it on his own. No more crying for me to help him. :)

 

Longing to go out on the deck. He has now figured out how to open the screen door, so I had to have a lock put on it yesterday so that he cannot escape.

9 Months

Nine months. Wow. I can't believe that in less than 3 months, Jonas will be a year old already. Just as everyone told me it would, time went really fast. I've enjoyed each stage (for the most part) that Jonas has gone through. I enjoy each new thing he does and look forward to what he'll be doing next. I don't "miss" months gone by yet, but I think that I may when we pass the one year mark. But, who knows?

Jonas had his 9 month check up on October 1st. He is doing great. He's making all his milestones and he keeps growing. He is now 30 inches long (98%) and 19lbs 3oz (25%).  He didn't have to get any regularly scheduled vaccines, but his mean mommy made him get the flu shot - just the first dose of it of course. Don't worry, I will subject him to torture again in the beginning of November for the second dose and possibly for an H1N1 vaccine (since there have been a couple of cases of it at ACA, where Nate and I are a lot). Just like with the regular vaccines, he cried when the nurse poked him, but he recovered.

I feel like I have to say this again and again, "I LOVE Jonas' pediatrician." She is a perfect fit for ME. I'm a worrier, but she's completely laid back, which I think has helped me tremendously. She is also just a funny person. This time she said to me, "You know that Jonas is abnormally long and skinny, right?" Ha. He is, thus being in the 98% for height and 25% for weight. Don't worry, she's not concerned about his weight. :) Just something to consider: Jonas was 21 inches when he was born, now he's 30. That means he's grown an average of an inch a month. Babies are just the craziest things, aren't they?

Jonas is getting around quite well these days, maybe a little too well. He's very curious and we try to foster that within reasonable bounds. He's a boy and he gets bruises and scratches. He is a quick crawler and pulls himself up on everything. He's climbing already too. He occasionally tries to take a step, but he's not going anywhere on that yet. I want him to walk soon and I don't want him to walk soon. He's a handful (in a good way) already.

I LOVE my son!

Sick!

We're all sick.

Nate came home Friday afternoon complaining of being achy and having a sore throat. He proceeded to run an intense fever for the rest of the weekend. Yesterday, it seemed, his fever had finally broken, but he stayed home to rest and make sure he was really ready to go back to school. This morning he seemed miserable. I told him that if it got to be too much he should just come home at lunch. He didn't even argue, just kind of nodded.

Then, while I was changing Jonas' diaper I realized that he felt quite warm. Checked his temperature, and indeed, he does have a fever. He fell asleep while trying to play at 9:30 and he's been sleeping ever since. I don't want him to sleep all day because I want him to sleep well tonight, but can you really wake up a sick baby???

Around 10 I started to feel a little achy and got a headache. Now, I have a little bit of a fever.

Blah. I HATE being sick and I HATE when my family is sick. I know I have to pull myself together and just pretend (at least till Thursday evening) that I am not sick. So, until then, I will NOT be sick!

Changes

Some change is good, right? Inspired by many friends who have recently updated the look of their blog, I felt like it was time to do the same.

So, new colors, new photos, and soon, new posts.

Here's a change you can make: post some comments for goodness sake! I just like to hear from all of you. :)

New Blog

Today I created a second blog. It's simply a place where I will be sharing my experiences, both good and bad, as a mother. I will share things I've learned. I will ocasionaly do product reviews on things I've tried out with Jonas - some will be good, some will be bad.

So, if you want more of a glimpse of my struggles and my joys in being a mother to Jonas, head on over to Motherhood: From My Perspective.

Nate CAN Fix a Car Problem

Okay, so neither Nate nor I know anything about cars. So when it wouldn't start Friday night and still wouldn't start on Saturday morning we started to think about if we would have to call a tow truck. But, we thought it might just be the battery and we were determined not to pay a mechanic just to replace a battery.

I went online, got instructions for how to properly remove a battery and Nate removed it. Then our friend Sarah (thank you!!) took him to Wal-Mart (even though we hate that store!) and he had them test the battery. It was DEAD. Go figure - we can't even remember if we've ever replaced it since we've owned the car and we've owned it for about 5 1/2 years now!

Nate bought a new battery and installed it. Now, the car is working beautifully again. Maybe we should start changing our own oil ...

Jonas Laughs