Addendum

You don't have to read this. I just wanted to add the words I forgot to put the other day that are a part of Jonas's extensive vocabulary.

Scriptures, pray, teddy, um, lights, bus, pretzel

Latest Happenings

Well, it is 27 degrees outside today. After reading my friend's blog (who lives in Alaska) and her comment about the warm spell they had last week of 19 degrees, I have a new appreciation for the Detroit winter. Last week, we were all sick and on Tamiflu (except for Jonas). Feeling much better now. I stayed home the whole week and now that I am better, and can go outside, I see that the weather dropped 15 degrees. Bye bye 40's hello 20's. Jonas is asserting more and more independence everyday and I am not quite sure how to handle it. He wants to do the dishes all the time (even when there are none to do), climb up on the coffee table and dining room tables, read "choo choo" book all day, and get into everything he knows he shouldn't. The latest struggle is getting him to sit in his high chair and eat rather than stand up and sit on the tray. We got our first Christmas tree (fake but nonetheless pre-lit and perfect) and decorated it last night. I feel pretty good about my yard sale ornaments that I got a few months ago, figuring we'd have a tree in our lifetime, eventually. And now that we actually live in a space big enough for a tree - wha-la! It is really cool! I took Jonas to Value World yesterday since we have NO toys for him. He got a play vaccuum, and seasame street train. I got a wreath for the door...all for a total of 5 dollars! Love thrift stores. Okay, enough bragging about my good deals. This was an entry to post whatever was on my mind (since I rarely know what to say on these blogs). If no one reads it...at least I will know what was on my mind on December 8, 2009!

Oh, and I want to list all the words I can think of in Jonas's vocabulary:

1.Mama

2.Dada

3.Andrew

4.Olivia

5.Nana

6.apple

7.Paci (pacifier)

8. teddy

9.bye

10.hi

11.book

12.choo -choo

13.home

14.out

15.up

16.down

17.no

18.yes

20.thank you

21.please

22.puppy

21.shh

24.ball

25.egg

26.cracker

27. cookie

28.juice

29.milk

30.water

31.more

32.eat

33.store

34.wow!

35. okay

36. poo

37. cold

38. hot

39. night

40. sun

41. moon

42. moo

43. meow

44. cat

45. doggie

46. row-row

47. quack

48. duck

49. cow

50. moo

51. car

52. horse

53. sheep

54. boo

55. walk

56. bath

57. shower

58. help

59. dishes

60. Todd

61. Emily

62. fork

63. spoon

64. cup

65. airplane

66. two

67. three

68. one

69. cheese

70. yogurt

71. ouwee

72. hair

73. eyes

74. elbow

75. knee

76. nose

77. cheek

78. ear

79. hand

80. thumb

81. teeth

82. mouth

83. toothbrush

84. shoe

85. sock

86. coat

87. shirt

88. glasses

89. wash

90. truck

91. baby

92. toes

93. hat

94. soft

95. pee 

That's all that I can think of for now....darn, I wanted to make it to 100 - ah well.