February 1, 2013

Dear Jonah, While it is your daddy who is blessed with the ability to write, I have decided that I am going to write you a letter once a month letting you know what is happening in our life. It is my hope that someday you will appreciate having these letters as you read them to your kids. I always want you to know how much your mommy and daddy love you.

I loved you even before you were conceived. You see, ever since I was young, I wanted to be a mommy. I couldn't picture my life without kids in it. I would dream about being a mom. While parenthood is a lot different than I thought it would be, being a Mom is even better than I had imagined.

Last year you became a big brother. I know sometimes being a big brother can be a rough gig, but you have stepped up to the plate. Your baby sister loves you! She lights up like a firework every time you walk into the room. I hope your relationship with grow and you will be close when you are older. Daddy is your best buddy. You two love to laugh and pretend together. Right now at night you are a dragon and you love to fly in daddy's arms as you "breathe" fire on Caroline and I. I love it, your dogie Eli hates it and will run away if the dragon gets too close. You think it is hilarious!

I can not believe how much you have grown since Christmas. Yes, I said Christmas. In one short month you have matured and became a Big Boy! I am so happy that the potty training is starting to sink in and we are I am having less tantrums about accidents. Even your teachers at school have noticed how much you have grown up! I am having a hard time with you getting older. Sometimes I just want you to be a baby again so we can rock in our rocking chair and sing "Pooh Corner" by Kenny Loggins. That is how I got you to fall asleep when you were a baby.

I will be writing again next month with more details about what our life is like at this moment. I know you are probably to young to remember what your life was like at almost 4 years old, but I hope I can help you understand what an amazing little boy you are.

I am so unbelievable proud to be your mommy. I love you, Mommy I am participating with several other bloggers in composing letters to our sons. Please visit Life With Lisa for another beautiful letter!

January 29, 2013

It is hard to capture my son's style. As he is only 3 years old people assume that we are the ones who pick out his clothes... well that is not necessarily the case. I remember back when I was pregnant with my son and how my husband and I had grand notions of how we were going to raise him. Of course, those flew out the window as soon as we actually began the parenting. My husband insisted that Jonah would not wear anything with characters or pictures on it. As you can imagine for any kid, that proved to be difficult. Trying to chose clothes for our son has been nearly impossible. You see, our son is very stubborn. He likes what he likes and he wants it his way. Especially when it comes to what he wears! Not only what he wears, but how he is going to wear it all by himself:

My daughter, on the other hand, is a go with the flow kinda gal! She doesn't care what she is wear, or not wearing! She can be without a sock and be just as happy as a clam. Jonah wouldn't be able to handle it. Speaking of missing sock... check out this video we captured of Caroline crawling for one of the first times ever! We captured this moment using our new Windows 8X phone by HTC! I absolutely love that you can get video quality like that from a phone. It makes capturing lives moments so much easier! What is your family's clothing style? Will your kids wear what you want them too?

A huge thank you to Windows 8X by HTC for providing a phone for us. Opinions are based on my own experiences and are 100% mine. #Troop8X #HTC8

September 3, 2013

I took a week off from the blog (I hope you didn't miss me too much) to hang out with my family. We all needed the break as we are still getting used to being back to school. We had a great time playing outside on the swings and playing inside with our new cars play set. How did you spend your holiday week?

July 23, 2013

I am not sure if I mentioned that our new house's neighborhood has a pool. We have been spending a lot of time there this summer. Here are a few pics!

To Jonah on his Second Birthday!

I can not believe that it has been two years since you were born.  I walked into that hospital with so much anticipation, wanting nothing more than to be a mom.  What I got was the most beautiful, kind, sweet boy full of life who has made me much more than just a mom.  Being your mom has made me a more loving, compassionate human being and I can not thank you enough!
This year you have developed a carefree personality.  You have learned to walk, talk, and throw an amazing tantrum.  You love playing "Night, Night Ball" with daddy.  You can not live without balls, trucks, choo choo's, bubble baths and Mickey Mouse.You love playing with your cousins and you love your puppy, Eli!
Your favorite thing to do is to play with balls.  You haven't met a ball you haven't liked.  You and daddy have so much fun together playing with your football.
You love your daddy!  He can make you laugh so much you have a hard time catching your breath.
Your smile can light up a room.  Your carefree personality amazes me, I wish that I had even a pinch of that.
Every day you learn more and more words.  Sometimes you can get frustrated because we don't understand what you are trying to tell us, but you are building your vocabulary every day!  We can't tell if you are right or left-handed yet.  You like to color and eat with your left hand, but then just when we think your a lefty you will switch it up on us.  You love to watch Mickey Mouse and Jake and if we let you, you could sit and watch your shows for hours!
You have been a picky eater in your short life.  You only eat certain foods, but luckily the list is getting longer every month.  Your favorites are chicken fingers, spaghetti o's, applesauce and pizza.  You love your Elmo juice, but you drink a lot of milk!  You also will eat peas only if we call them "little green balls."
You love your family with all your little heart.  You love playing basketball with Pop Pop, coloring with Grandma M, playing with your cousins Louis, and Grace and visiting your family in Idaho.  We love to Skype with Grandma and Grandpa, and you love visiting them in Boise.  You and your dad love to dance to Rock Roll as you look for balloons when you drive home from daycare.  We love to cook together and we have a special Mommy and Me night once a week when daddy is at work.  We love to rock together at night and you love it when I sing the Winnie the Pooh song to you!
Happy Birthday little man.  I am so excited to see how much you grow this next year as you get ready for preschool.  I can't imagine a more amazing life than the one you have given me.  I love you!

Jonah's First YouTube Video

Here is Jonah's YouTube Debut.

Jonah's First Birthday Party

Last weekend we celebrated Jonah's first birthday with a monkey themed party with close family members. Jonah's grandparents flew in from Idaho just like they did a year ago to spend some quality time with him. Here are a few pictures from the big day.
Jonah and his "Camera Face".  It is adorable how he gets a big grin on his face when you are taking his picture. 

Jonah didn't eat any of his cake. He didn't like the frosting on his fingers and wouldn't even taste it. Maybe next year.

Here is Jonah's "cake." I actually made 2 different kinds of cupcakes instead of a traditional cake.

This is the first kind of cupcake I made. It is a peanut butter cupcake with chocolate frosting decorated like monkeys. The other kind were banana cupcakes with a cream cheese frosting with birthday picks in them.

Here is Jonah in his adorable birthday shirt we got from Stitcheroos. He had so much fun crawling in and out of the screen door. Luckily the rain held off and we were able to enjoy being outside.

Here is Jonah and his cousin, Louis,  sitting in the wagon.

All the cousins couldn't resist taking a ride in the wagon up and down the street being pulled by PopPop.

Taking a break with Grammy and Gramps on the couch. It was a long, exciting, and perfect day!