bowling

We bought this bowling set thinking it would be fun for Jonah to play with in a few months. Little did we know how much our 3 yr old would love it! I want to play bowling, I want to play bowling was all we heard for days. Fortunately he seems to have forgotten it over vacation!

ready for a swim in the hotel pool

The pool turned out to be too cold to swim in, but it was fun to watch dada jump into the cold water and then quick head for the hot tub.

random cuteness

"duck" by elijah

Elijah drew this, pronounced it a duck and then added a yellow eye.

"banana" by elijah

a warmer day

And a happy time was had by all...

the "more" we were expecting

We have had snow on the ground here since the beginning of December. Two months! Just when it gets warm enough to start to melt we get another storm.

Elijah says he loves to step in the snow and does so at every opportunity, which means wet shoes a lot of the time. We are all anxiously awaiting jacketless days and trips to the park.

growing more

four, five, six months























and here are the first three months for your viewing pleasure :)

my first time in the highchair

Not that I ate anything while I sat there, but it was fun to try it out. The whole time I was in it my brother was insisting that I needed to get out of it so that he could sit in it. The first time he's wanted to sit in the highchair in months.

Silly brother.

Love, Jonah

santa's helpers

bathtime smiles

remember these smiles? :)

toe sandwich

Toes are not quite as good as num-nums, but they run a close second.

Love, Jonah

and we're expecting more next week...

jonah jump-up

must. eat. mama's. face.

merry christmas from us to you

Of the eleven pictures of us in front of the tree, the only one where Jonah is looking at the camera is the one where we stuck our tongues out...

mama's present is very versatile

the first of many years in which they will be forced to wear matching pajamas

look's like it's going to be a white christmas

Especially since we got more on Christmas Eve.

And the day after Christmas, and the next week, and the next...