Month: March 2009

Tom took Jonas’ picture today in the St. Patrick’s Day onesie that Grandma Jackie sent for him and e-mailed his picture to her to say thank you and to Aunt Jeanne (Aunt Beans!!!) to say happy birthday.  HeHe!!!

Happy Feet

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Lately, Jonas is all about batting at his mobile arch, pulling his knees up under his belly during tummy time, finding his voice in shrieks, and graduating out of his little baby settings (in his car seat, swing, bjorn, and bouncy seat).  At his four month check-up, he weighed in at 14 pounds and 12 ounces and measured up at 24 inches long!!!  He was cracking our pediatrician and the nurse up with his hearty kicks and vocals.

My first day back at work in the Nolensville Elementary School Library was Monday and was met with a welcome back breakfast, daffodils on my desk, and many hugs and encouraging words.  I cried all weekend long and a little bit every day, but I tried to remind myself that the blessing that is Jonas Benjamin Seyfried is being shared right now.  In the remaining ten weeks of the school year, he will be surrounded by a dear group of family and friends, including:  his Daddy, his Grandma Jackie, his Grandma Connie, his Godmother Julie, and his Auntie Sar.  

The kids at school help to ease my heart a little with the funny and endearing things they say:  “Mrs. Seyfried, I miss-ded you.”  “Have you had your baby yet?”  “Why were you gone so long?”  “You’re skinny again!”  “Did you have a boy baby or a girl baby?”  “What did you name him?”  “Jonas, like the Jonas Brothers?!?”  It’s really sweet, when you’re struggling to make it through the day, to have an entire line of kindergarteners hug you on the way into the library. And it’s at that moment that I’m reminded of the fact that these little people are all someone’s blessing being shared… 

Jonas’ newest and cutest thing is the development of the late night/early morning conversation and/or monologue.  He will nurse intently for a good while, and then all of a sudden, he will look at me like, “Wait a minute…I didn’t realize you were here…AWESOME!!!” and the expressive gooing and gaaing begins.  I wonder sometimes how I can get up at all hours of the night and morning to feed him and still be functional and even happy (because I am truly a 10-hour-of-sleep-a-night-and-a-nap-or-more-a-day kind of girl)…and it’s times like these, in addition to the mommy grace that God gives, that I know.

Here is Jonas, sharpening his rattle skills, and in his cool boy jeans and shoes.  🙂