Thursday, November 30, 2006

Happy Little Boy

Here are just some cute pictures from the past few weeks! Enjoy!


Mom took off his hat and found a mohawk!


Look at him sitting up!


Who's that baby in the mirror?


This is his cutest picture yet!


First taste of rice cereal



Programming the Exersaucer


Now what to program?


Mastering rolling over



Watching Daddy pack for California



We went to Laguna Beach



Practicing the piano


What should I play next?


Just some happy pictures



Grandma Brenda's Birthday


Thanksgiving at Granny Mary's house



Cuddling with Papa Randy


Great Grandma Bea puts her many years of experience to work keeping J-Man asleep


Jonathan cheers Pappy up!

Saturday, November 11, 2006

Silly Me!

I just realized I neglected to include pictures from Halloween!





On Halloween night, we went to a friend's house since J-Man is really too young to do any trick-or-treating. We had a fantastic dinner and enjoyed the mild AZ weather. Then we walked around to a few houses while the older kids collected their goodies.




The next night, we went to Chris' parents' church for their Fall Festival. Once there, Grandma Brenda wouldn't give him back to us! We had more great food and Jonathan got to meet all of Grandma and Grandpa Schaefer's friends.





While there, Jonathan discovered something he would like to try- soda! He was very disappointed when I told him it would be many years before he could have some.

Friday, November 10, 2006

One third of my First Year is done!

Jonathan has been growing up so fast we can hardly believe it. Here are a few pictures of our adventures over the last month!

First is Young's Farm. We went with our old college roommates and had a blast checking out the crafts and delicious food! It was the last year for the annual event, since the farm has been sold, so we jumped at the chance to experience some beautiful fall colors and cooler weather.

We forgot a hat to shield his eyes so "Uncle" Mike gladly loaned out his!





The rest of the pictures just show how much he has grown up in the last month. He is 14.5 pounds and 25.25 inches long. We are pretty sure he was measured longer than he really was at his 2 month appointment since he is back to the 50th percentile in all areas.

Here he is finally enjoying, not just tolerating, tummy time. He officially rolled over on his own today from tummy to back.


Chris was playing piano for him and looked over to find he had covered himself in the blanket and was peeking out, playing peek-a-boo with himself!



We caught him napping with his best friend after a long car trip home.

For those of you who keep insisting he doesn't make noise- here is the proof!


He used to be able to sleep this way in his crib, but now he is too long!

This is my improvisational mini bathtub to help him get used to a bath in the BIG BOY tub.


He has been pulling himself up into a seated position more and more and he doesn't topple over to the side as much either!


As for the rest of the family, there have been some lingering complications for me from his delivery and it looks like some corrective surgery will be needed in the near future. Please keep us in your prayers as we consider the timing of the surgery in light of the approaching holiday season.

Saturday, October 21, 2006

The Promised Pictures

Here are the results of our somewhat frustrating day of picture taking! It started out great! He was all smiles, giggles and coos in the morning, but then he fell asleep on the way to the photography studio and was NOT happy to be woken up. Not only did he not get to finish his wonderful nap, he was forced to change out of a perfectly clean outfit (twice!) and have bright lights flashed at him for over half an hour! I have to admit, though, the pictures turned out much cuter than we thought they were going to be. I have wallet sizes of these first 5 if any one would like to have one and the others are just for fun!

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This is our first family portrait! (And a couple of individual portraits)



















These are some silly and fun pictures!








"Monkeys!"



















"Not a fan of this, Mom!"
















He has all three outfits on at one time! It was just too much to take the clothes off, then put more on :)
















"Are we done yet? Please?"














"Ok, one last smile for the camera!"