Month: November 2009

Here’s a family picture that was recently taken for the church directory (Jonas got a big kick out of the photographer).  🙂

Here’s a recent picture of Petra (I thought she looked so pretty sitting in the light in the middle of all of Jonas’ toys).  She’s about 6 months old now and getting so big (well, sort of)…

We had a small family gathering at our house in celebration of Jonas’ 1st birthday.  I realized, after the fact, that I didn’t do a very good job of taking pictures because I was so in the moment.  HaHa!!!  But here are a few…one of his birthday cake and one of him tucking into it and one of him opening his presents with Daddy with his cousins Val, Annabella, Dylan, and Jordan gathered around checking things out.  🙂

It’s hard to believe that Jonas is one year old.  I was just telling Tom the other morning, after Jonas (and I) had a particularly rough night of sleep due to teething, that there’s no way I could ever be anything other than happy to see him in the morning because, no matter what, he wakes up talking and smiling and laughing.  What a tremendous blessing he is…what a joyful spirit and an old soul who already exhibits great depth and discernment, intense curiosity, and a keen sense of humor.  How delightful it is to watch him grow…

(To look back over his first year in pictures, click on the “First Year” picture page to the right.)

In his fifty-second week, Jonas is: cutting two more teeth; enjoying fall-ish food (like homemade chicken soup and sweet potatoes with cinnamon); adding another word (“out”) and several signs (“help”, “fan”, “pet”, “sleep”, and “thank you”) to his vocabulary. 

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We love and look forward to our annual tradition of hanging out at the Chandler’s house on Halloween night. They live in one of those neighborhoods that goes all out…practically every house is decorated, every door is open, and every child is out on the street in costume. We enjoy trick or treating with the Chandler Family and the Barefoot Family, seeing the children’s costumes and how much they grow each year, snacking on roasted pumpkin seeds, tucking into a warm bowl of crock pot chili and a cup of apple cider, and cozying up and watching “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown”.  

Here’s one of us as a family, and one of us on the way out to trick or treat, where we found Darth Vader roaming the street. HaHa!!!

Here is Jonas in the AWESOME Yoda costume his Aunt Sherri made for him for his 1st birthday.  🙂  And here is one of my favorite Yoda-isms that kept coming to mind every time I looked at him in it (aside from the fact that he is just SO adorable):  “No. Try not. Do or do not. There is no try.”