Adventures of a Family

Our first Christmas as a family of three is pretty wonderful. We wrapped gifts for mommy early this morning. Then we hung out by the tree looking at the lights while eating some breakfast snacks. Next came the unwrapping of gifts. Jonah hasn't figured out that the gift is usually inside the box and is more excited by the box then the gift. We can only hope that continues throughout his life. Think of the savings. We are all enjoying the 1.5 week winter break together as a family and looking forward to all the new experiences, love and joy in 2008. Love, Hallie Michael Jonah

Jonah is on the verge of crawling. He can get from the seated position to crawl position. Hold it. Do a push up or two. Then collapse onto his belly and fuss until put back into seated position. He has two front teeth on the bottom which came almost at the same time. And now has two front teeth on the top that have broken through the gums and two more top teeth another day or two away from the same fate. Jonah has been a good sport about all the new sensations (read PAIN) this has brought. Here is a picture of Jonah with his evolving smile.

Click here to view Jonah and his two buddies BeeBao and Gus.

If I could draw a self portrait at this moment in time, I would look like one of those multi- limbed , about-to-kick-some-butt, get-out-of her-way, Hindu gods. Motherhood is the ultimate girl power, for sure, and I pity the fool who gets in my way!! ;)

Jonah has been saying single syllables for some time now. They are as follows: bah dah buh duh guh puh mah gah Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee However, this week Jonah has started to put them together in multi-syllabic gibberish. The precursor to language. Or just imagine the first 6 words out of someone's mouth when they are suddenly awakened, "Huh? Guh? Wha? Da? Arrgh!" He even is beginning to recognize the protocols of dialogue. He waits for his turn to respond to whatever it is I ask him. Dad- How was your day Jonah Boy? Jonah- Guh. Duh buh guh. Dad- Wow! What did you do while daddy was gone today? Jonah- Bah.... EEEEEEE.... Gah buh mah. Bahbahbah. This starts me thinking about the different ways we could experiment with Jonah. Here are some things I have come up with. I don't think Hallie will allow me to try any of these and honestly, it probably is not a great idea for a child's development. Only talk with kazoos. Speak us