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November 14, 2005

Random, Cute Leftover Picture Time!

-->BREAKING NEWS FROM THE GROWING WORLD OF JONAH<--

(NORTH CAROLINA, November 14th, 2005) -- Parents all over the household were overjoyed yesterday, when their son took his first steps.

At ten months old, the boy has been cruising/furniture surfing for a few months, but in a fit of independence, Jonah left the relative safety of his parents arms, and took his own steps. "Guh", said the overjoyed infant, who promptly fell on his rear. "We were really hoping he would wait until after his first birthday to be walking on his own", said Megan, who described herself as sad, but thrilled at this latest turn of events. "Sure, he's Momma's little boy, but what's next? Solid food? Taking the car out for a spin?" Experts in the household couldn't stand the cuteness and tried to get those first tentative steps on video, but Jonah wasn't having any of it. "Guh", he replied, and promptly lay his head on the floor. Exhaustion took over, the wall was hit, and the boy was soon on his way to bed, in his Mother's arms.

-->PLEASE CONTINUE ON FOR SOME CUTE LEFTOVER PICTURES OF JONAH<--

Let's start with this one, because seriously, it's too darned cute!

You may have seen that picture before, but, sadly, sometimes they get buried, so here it is again!

This past Fourth Of July, Megan, Jonah and I spent the day at our friend Jason and Sara's house. This was the first time that Jonah spent any time in the grass.

He didn't like it very much.

Yes, it's entirely possible that he hated it because I wasn't very careful, and Jonah ended up face first in the grass. But, undaunted, we tried again...

This time, with much better success.

We had to stop him from eating the grass a few times, but other than that, he is getting used to Mother nature...

Well, there are plenty more pictures I could put here, but let this serve as a tease, since we promise VERY, VERY cute pictures of Jonah at Thanksgiving in New York with my family! See you after the holiday!

Posted by Jon at 08:44 PM | Comments (0)

November 01, 2005

Jonah's First Halloween!

If you've been keeping up on my 'blog (as I know you have) then you know that we like to highlight a lot of Jonah's Firsts. To refresh your memory, there was Jonah's first sick day, Jonah's first Passover Seder, and Jonah's first hay ride. All momentous, important events in our young boy's life. But all of those firsts simply pale in comparison to Jonah's First Halloween! (Okay, side note here...This 'holiday' wasn't really for Jonah. It was for his parents, who really wanted to see him dressed in something cute, but, more importantly, we wanted to eat his candy.) So several weeks ago, we were doing our weekly shopping, when we spied a cute bumblebee outfit that would be perfect for Jonah's First Halloween. We waited, and waited, and then the day came. (Another side note here...One thing that we have learned from this past Halloween, is that it comes with significantly more stress than when we were kids. We both got home from work around 6:00p, then we had to eat, feed him, get him ready, prepare the video/digital cameras, and then show our boy bee off to the world. We weren't ready for all of that!) But, undaunted by our stressors, we pulled it together, and went to our friend Amanda's house, on Jonah's first night out as a bee. (And perhaps, sadly, his last.) And so, without further ado, here is our boy who was a bee...

But first, here is Jonah sleeping on the morning of Halloween '05. He is obviously resting up for the big night ahead.

(Okay, these three pictures have nothing to do with Halloween, really, but he is so cute, we just had to put them here...)

And now, finally, our boy was a bee!

Emily was a wedding girl...

And all three got together for a photo...

And here's the Queen Bee with her son, the Boy Bee...

When we were kids, my sisters Rachael, Abigail, Gabrielle, myself and my brother Ben all got dressed in our costumes, as our parents filmed us getting ready. Upon our return from Trick or Treating, we would spill our loot, all on film, of course, and begin to separate them into piles of which candy we liked best. We really wanted to do that with Jonah, but we just weren't ready. Too much stuff happening all while it's getting later, and Jonah is getting crankier. Megan and I have agreed that we will at least take a half day off next year! So what is the moral of the story? We got some really cute pictures, and Jonah didn't seem to mind his costume. But despite the cuteness, Megan and I only got three pieces of candy. There is however, always next year!

Posted by Jon at 08:42 PM | Comments (0)