photo shoot by the water.

Check out my jammies

Sorry it is a little blurry but this kid doesn't stand still.

Chim Chim Cheroo

Jonah at 21 months

Jonah's 21-month check-up started off well. He was happily playing with the toys in the waiting room when the nurse called his name. He was happy while I was undressing him and would make comments about what he saw in the room. Then the measuring began. I had to pin him down for the nurse to get his height while he kicked and screamed as if he contracted a flesh eating virus. The weight measurement was worse. He clung to me like a rabid koala bear until the nurse literally ripped him off of me, threw him on the scale and instantaneously yelled out a number. I will post his stats here but I make no claims to their validity. He calmed down after the nurse left and played hide and seek with me while we waited for the doctor. This involved him covering his face and counting to five or higher (not necessarily in order) and then saying, "Ready not, here I come!" Then the doctor entered and the screaming resumed. The doctor said that Jonah is fine and that we get to do this again in three months. Joy.

Height: around 34.5"
Weight: around 27 pounds

In case you are concerned Jonah is normally a very happy child. I have the pictures to prove it.

Gimme Dat

All the kids love playing with my blackberry (cellphone) and they are pretty durable devices so I don't mind letting them smash the buttons. I do have to field the occasional 911 call. "Uhhh...sorry, my kid dialed 911." I appreciate the need to be able to call for emergency services but did they have to set it up so that there is a 30% chance of having the phone call 911 if buttons are randomly pressed? However, I digress.

Jonah loves the blackberry and it was one of his earliest words until it was replaced with "phone" and "play games". Lately he has started calling it blackberry again but now he confuses it with his other fruit words.

"Blackberry?"
"No Jonah, not now."
Perhaps he misunderstood me, "Strawberry?"
"I need it, you may not have it."
Clearly I've got the wrong word, "Grape?"
"No, it isn't time to play with the cell phone."
"WAHHHHH"


In Sophie news, I found her sitting on top of our coffee table while watching television today. This by itself wouldn't be an issue but she was balanced precariously upon four throw pillows and was periodically catching herself so should wouldn't crash to floor. After watching mesmerized for about 60 seconds I told her that if she wanted to balance on top of pillows she needed to do it on the floor. "Or the couch," Genevieve chimed in. While I agree that the couch is safer as you can only crash to the floor in one direction instead of four I told her that the couch wasn't an acceptable alternative to the floor. I'm amazed these kids have made it this far without serious head trauma.


Recently I've asked Genevieve if she remembers certain things we did last year. "Do you remember doing X?" or "Yes, you have done that. Do you remember when we took you to X and you saw Y?" Genevieve has informed us that she learned so much in school this year that she has forgotten these things. I am glad she is reading and can add but I wish she could remember some of the trips I've taken her on.

Juiced

Jonah was sitting on the kitchen floor with several juice boxes and was happily removing the straws from each one. I took them away from him and told him that it wasn't juice time. I then left him alone to do a few chores. A few minutes later he came up to me and said, "Here you go." He handed me an empty juice box. He had managed to get one off of the shelf I put them on, insert the straw and drink all of the contents without spilling a drop. He was very proud of himself, although I don't know if he was proud that he did it by himself or that he did it despite me.