Adventures of a Family

Being a parent is awesome! It is like a new gift every day and it all seems that Jonah plans, choreographs and performs these daily feats just so we will get a smile and a jolt of some serious oxytocin. He has managed to make every day feel like your favorite day. The kind of day that begins with a phone call that says, "Go back to sleep or just enjoy the morning cause work is starting late (or not at all) today." Crawling. This makes for a very happy boy. Jonah was beginning to get really frustrated when playing on his own because of the lack of mobility and his ability to fling his prefered toy far from his seated location. Now, he gets on his hands and knees, wigglesd his butt a bit to warm up and then heads off in any direction he chooses. What a happy boy.

Christmas with a child is so much fun. We went out and got a HUGE tree, filled it with ornaments and lights, and were pretty much as excited as we have been for a while for Christmas to come. I've heard it said that you really do experience things through your child's eyes, and that certainly was true for this holiday. New Year's was, of course, different. We tried our absolute hardest to make it..we watched movies, drank a couple beers, had the champagne ready to go in the fridge. But it was all for nothing. Our sorry asses ended up in bed by 11:15, the bottle of champagne is still in the 'fridge and glares at me menacingly each time I open the door. I understand; it didn't get to fulfill it's destiny. I feel slightly guilty. Some other mom friends have reassured me that it was New Year's somewhere, but I still feel lame. In other news, Jonah has finally started to figure out the whole crawling thing. It has been so interesting to watch his progress. The fi