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Big Helper

This morning Jonathan and I went down to the basement. I opened the dryer door for him and told him he could take the clothes out and put them in the laundry basket if he wanted to. (More)

Posted by joyful on March 18, 2005, 10:41 am | Read 754 times | Comments (2)
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Good Night, Daddy

Last night when it was time to go bed, after I changed his diaper, I took Jonathan down from the table and said, "Go into the other room and say good night to Daddy and then we'll go to bed." (More)

Posted by joyful on March 17, 2005, 9:18 am | Read 707 times | Comments (0)
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Rhythm is such a funny word I had to look it up to double check the spelling. Anyway, Jonathan has shown advancement in doing puzzles, having patience to turn the piece more than in the past. Today, he successfully put the triangle and square pieces in his shape sorter, where before he only could do the circle. (More)

Posted by joyful on March 15, 2005, 10:23 pm | Read 644 times | Comments (3)
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One Disadvantage to Signing

For lunch on Saturday we had pasta with red sauce. Jonathan had it all over his fingers when he signed "please" and smeared sauce all over his shirt!

Posted by joyful on March 14, 2005, 8:47 am | Read 665 times | Comments (4)
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No, Thank You

While clearing the breakfast dishes this morning, I asked Jonathan if he wanted more juice. "Yes, please or no, thank you," I prompted. He replied, "No. [pause] No, thank you." Very clearly!

Posted by joyful on March 11, 2005, 1:42 pm | Read 627 times | Comments (0)
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Italian, Oatmeal, and Dolls

Jonathan has an Italian board book that Aunt Janet brought him from Italy, which I stumble through as best I can. After I read a book, he will usually turn through the pages again himself. This time, he babbled in a more singsong voice, unlike his usual talking. I really think he was trying out the Italian! (More)

Posted by joyful on March 7, 2005, 3:02 pm | Read 680 times | Comments (1)
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Thumbsucking

Jonathan was a thumbsucker since before he was born. We did nothing to discourage it, except that I would often offer to nurse. (More)

Posted by joyful on March 4, 2005, 7:08 pm | Read 822 times | Comments (0)
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Words and Doings Update

Jonathan says, "shirt" now and yesterday and today he said "undo" when asking us to undo the highchair strap. (More)

Posted by joyful on March 4, 2005, 6:56 pm | Read 603 times | Comments (1)
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Grammy Teaches a Sign

Grammy likes to sing "If You're Happy and You Know it" and one of her verses is "duh" with the hand motion of smacking your forehead. She sang it on the bus to Jonathan on our way to the museum. (More)

Posted by joyful on March 1, 2005, 6:55 pm | Read 611 times | Comments (0)
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Children's Museum

Grammy decided that it would be fun to go to the Children's Museum, and boy was she right! This place is so so so so fun. (More)

Posted by joyful on March 1, 2005, 2:44 pm | Read 826 times | Comments (5)
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Running!

I can now definitively say that Jonathan is running. At the Jubilee conference Sunday morning, there were long hallways to explore and he ran down them. It's a very cute toddler run, but it's definitely a run. And he swings his arms in a nice cross-pattern.

Posted by joyful on February 28, 2005, 11:46 am | Read 666 times | Comments (1)
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Playing with Grammy

Grammy arrived late last night so Jonathan greeted her this morning. He definitely remembered her, but still needed a little bit of warm up time. However, after playing with puzzles, books, and blocks, I'd say he's quite happy. She went upstairs to her room and Jonathan said, "Daddy?" (which I guess is for all of us now!) and then he followed her all the way up to her room - two flights of stairs and a hallway in between.

Posted by joyful on February 28, 2005, 11:40 am | Read 665 times | Comments (0)
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15 Month Checkup

The stats: 34 lb 10 oz; 33 inches tall (More)

Posted by joyful on February 24, 2005, 2:05 pm | Read 776 times | Comments (4)
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Another Cold

Jonathan has another cold and his nose is running and he is sad. Please pray for health and happiness. When we read the story about Miss Spider's Tea Party (she invites the bugs but they all run away so she is sad - then when she is kind to a stray moth, all the other bugs join her party) Jonathan kept turning back to the page where the spider is crying and he would make his sad/sympathetic face. We did manage to make it outside for some sunshine and fresh air.

Posted by joyful on February 23, 2005, 3:12 pm | Read 694 times | Comments (2)
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Animal Sounds

In addition to barking like a dog, Jonathan can also meow like a cat and whoo-whoo like an owl. He is also working on trumpeting like an elephant.

Posted by joyful on February 22, 2005, 4:29 pm | Read 696 times | Comments (2)
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