This may be a one - time shot......so we gotta make it a BIG deal!

BEST NAPPER!!!

Yep- Jonah got his name on the board today as the best napper at Miss Julie's. Now this is a total surprise considering his designated place is now near Miss Julie since our little "innocent" man likes to "travel" and see / visit everyone during the time he is supposed to be sleeping. But today - Jonah slept the entire time, stayed on his mat, wore his big boy pants at nap time and had no accidents at all! So for his reward- he got to bring HAPPY home with him and grab a treat from the treasure box- and of course he choose his favorite- a lollipop! Ahhh, if we could all get rewards for taking a good nap, staying put, and not wetting our pants!

Jonah and friends

Because you can't just fall asleep with one stuffed animal- you must have all of your friends! Look at those long legs--- he's going to be a tall boy for sure! My baby boy is growing up so fast!

Where's Jonah?

I promise, Jonah is in this picture. This is what happens when you have a lazy Saturday morning and he just runs crazy emptying buckets and toys.

Jonah "really" swimming!

We've been teaching Jonah swimming by ourselves- sort of a work in progress. But amazingly, he's picked up really well. Of course, credit does go to his older cousins who he adores and will copy whatever they do. So as Mason and Logan get instructions on how to swim, Jonah not missing a beat, will copy what they are being told. So glad he loves the water since there really wasn't an option not to like it!

Swimming- can't get enough!

We are all over the pool! Jonah is still jumping his cannonballs, uses Rick's snorkel gear as a golf club with a wiffle ball to play golf, will try to run and jump into the water like his older cousins, has learned if he puts his head in the water he will move faster, knows how to turn himself around to make it back to the edge, knows to kick and move his arms to move from mommy to daddy and loves having the freedom to move around in his new blue lifejacket- just like his 2 favorite peeps (Mason and Dora) have! Now - question remains- will he remember all of this come June next year or will we start over from scratch! Here's praying for the latter!

Boys will be boys

Jonah hangin' with his cousins- he only wanted boys in the picture- no girls! Sorry Kirsten.

This is how our AM time is spent--

Jonah wakes up and asks: "JuJu today?" And if it's a workday, then I say yes, we're going to JuJu's school all day. If I say no, then Jonah asks: "Mason come over?" And depending on what we having going on or what his cousins have going on I will answer yes or no. If I say, "No, Mason can't come over or we can't go over to see him", then Jonah will say, "Popo and Grammy house?" And depending on if we will see them that day I will say yes or no. If I say no, then he'll say, "A-ya house?" And depending on if we will see Andrea or not I will say yes or no. Basically, I have figured out Jonah has a list of people he would like to spend time with besides his own parents! No offense taken!

Updated family pic

Oreos

We hadn't ever given Jonah an oreo before- he's had other cookies, but not this one. True story: when we gave it to him- he immediately took the top cookie part off, licked the middle cream and then at the cookies. How does someone know to do this??? It's not something that is learned!

Corner Office

We took a trip up to see Daddy's new office-- it is actually in a corner, but no window looking outside though. Rick is still setting up shop- but has been knee deep in back to school business already. So excited for his new career as a HS Counselor!!!!

Summer is winding down

Enjoying (gasp) the many days of 100 degree temps by spending time in the pool!

Have kid, will take our one night getaway now!

We enjoyed a nice 2 days and 1 night of husband and wife- in Grapevine at the Gaylord Resort! It was magical-- so nice and relaxing. Thanks to the McGee Zoo for watching little man so we can have some quality time to ourselves. We toured around Grapevine, took in a movie, ate a good meal with a beautiful sunset and attempted to eat the biggest piece of cheesecake EVER! We were all eager to go to the dance club until we found out it was country night- not our thing!