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September 22, 2005
Jonah And Caroline...
This past Wednesday, October 5th, 2005, Jonah celebrated his ninth month birthday. Okay, so he didn't really celebrate, but his Mom and I took a moment to look back on nine months and reflect. As we reflected, one common theme crept in: Where the !@#*! did the nine months go? As parents, we are learning that time is flying. We are also learning that Jonah is getting bigger and bigger every day. It's somewhat bittersweet, as we love to see him so small and cute, but we have so much fun watching him discover the world around him. Two teeth are in, and two more are coming in, and we are getting worn out chasing him around the house, but we wouldn't have it any other way.
Jonah loves pulling himself up on our coffee table.
He also loves to eat the coffee table. (Will this stunt his growth?)
Here he is coming back to earth...
...and back on his tushy.
Zoe and Jonah have an interesting relationship. She loves to lick his face over and over again, and he can't get enough of it. However, it grosses us out, so we try not to let it go on too much. Sometimes, Jonah will grab the poor dog, who whines, until we can get the boy to loosen his grip. This dog is nuts. But thankfully, these two have co-existed very well since they met.
Here's Jonah enjoying his time in the sun...
And as my father would say, "When Jonah eats, everything eats!" Seriously, this kind of thing grosses me out. I really don't know why. As a Firefighter, I see all kinds of gross things, but for some reason, food coming back out just makes me want to wretch. Go ahead, look at the pics. I won't. I'll join you after they are over...
Megan took those pics because she thought they would be cute. And, to a point, they are. But the food everywhere is just awful. (To me.) But they are required, I suppose, so there they are. This next picture is of Jonah rejecting some strained nastiness that Megan had me feed him. A few weeks ago, Megan was attending the baby shower for a friend of her's from high school. While she was there, I was instructed to feed the boy. (My wife Megan is amazing at being a Mom. She takes such good care of Jonah, that I am left in awe. That being said, there are things that she just does so much better than I could ever hope two, specifically, feeding Jonah and clothing him. I always get arms stuck, and legs bent into ways the weren't meant to bend, but she can dress that boy in no time, and with very little fuss. I have to call her in for assistance. The same is true of feeding our little guy. As I said earlier, I cannot stand to see food come back out, so I generally avoid it for that reason, and because again, Megan is so much better at it.) In this case, while Megan was gone, I was to feed him strained yuck. The first attempt went pretty normally. He gagged a bit, made a face, and then swallowed the stuff. The second spoonful, he gagged, and spit it back out. Because Megan thinks that I am impatient with Jonah, I was going to stick to my guns, and feed this kid come hell or high water. The third spoonful ended up just as you see it in this picture. I had to take this picture, because if I didn't have actual, real photographic evidence, she would never believe that I actually tried to feed him. Needless to say, he only had three spoonfuls, and we just went back to the bottle. (He to his, and me to mine.)
And after lunch, Jonah got in some lovin' on his cousin...
...Awww....
And what a beautiful little girl Caroline is.
She and Jonah are going to be very close. That is important to us, and we look forward to posting many, many more cute pictures of these two in the future!
THE END!!!!
Posted by Jon at September 22, 2005 09:40 PM