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Fun Weekend (long overdue)

Last weekend, Heather was sick with mastitis, which meant she just wanted to lie in bed all day with flu-like symptoms. It actually started on Friday morning, and she did get progressively better throughout the day, but still decided to stay home from care group that night.
I was planning on coming home around 2:00 or so to take care of her a bit, and then head off to care group after I ate some dinner. We had loaned our car to Janet, and so I was going to take the T. I ended up not getting home until 5:20 or so, and I was supposed to leave at 5:35 to get to care group on time. (More)

Posted by Jon Daley on September 24, 2006, 7:56 pm | Read 3346 times | Comments (13)
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Jonathan Quotes

A while ago, sometime before our vacation, we were out with a friend. It had been a rather long trip - getting some Italian ice, playing at a playground, walking. When we got back into the car, I saw Jonathan do his I-need-to-go-to-the-bathroom shiver. I (probably unwisely) tried to ignore it or pretend maybe he was cold. But then I heard him softly encouraging himself, "You can go pee when you get home." I thought it was so sweet that he thought of that, but I knew the drive would be too long, so I notified Daddy and they took care of it. (More)

Posted by Heather Daley on September 11, 2006, 8:58 am | Read 2465 times | Comments (0)
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Vacation Catch-up

Ah, it has been nearly a month since I posted anything. So here's a quick rundown. The boys and I went on vacation without Daddy. We drove to Philly, taking 7 hours, stopping every hour, once on the side of the road, once at a rest stop and three times at exits. If ever you need to stop on the turnpike, try really hard to make it a rest stop. You have never seen such long exit ramps as when you have a toddler in the car who needs to go to the bathroom. (More)

Posted by Heather Daley on September 10, 2006, 3:00 pm | Read 2579 times | Comments (1)
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Buttons

Jonathan just successfully buttoned down his own shirt all by himself! (More)

Posted by Heather Daley on August 14, 2006, 11:49 am | Read 2390 times | Comments (1)
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Zoo

We went to the zoo on Wednesday with the Tomans and Venables. It was a lot of fun. (More)

Posted by Heather Daley on August 11, 2006, 1:48 pm | Read 2446 times | Comments (1)
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Pronunciation and More

Jonathan has gradually corrected his mispronunciation of words as he gets older. The two remaining sounds he has trouble with are hard "G" and "C/K." Around last week, he said "car" correctly. When he thinks about it, he can do it, and he likes to over-emphasise the ccckkk. He still says "tar" when he isn't thinking about it. (More)

Posted by Heather Daley on August 11, 2006, 1:26 pm | Read 8963 times | Comments (1)
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Lacrosse, Forgetful, God, Rhymes

Jonathan seems to think that a baseball glove is for throwing the ball as well as catching it. I told him that if he wanted to throw a ball with a tool, he should get a lacrosse stick, it would work better than a glove. He then asked why a "cross like we have upstairs" (I think he was referring to the palm frond crosses) would be useful. I then emphasized and explained the difference between "cross" and "lacrosse." But he still didn't understand that part. He went to his lowercase alphabet puzzle, took out the "t" and threw the ball with it! (More)

Posted by Heather Daley on July 28, 2006, 9:14 am | Read 3329 times | Comments (4)
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The First Day By Ourselves

It started out beautifully. When Jonathan needed a morning diaper change, I put Noah in the carseat which was in the basement family room. He started fussing while I was still rinsing the diaper, so Jonathan went out and started singing quietly to him! When I got there, Jonathan was gently rocking Noah. It was very sweet. (More)

Posted by Heather Daley on July 21, 2006, 4:30 pm | Read 2275 times | Comments (2)
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Names, PKU Test, Two Scares

7/2 - Jonathan shows me his baby Joseph and says, "This is my small baby Joseph, but his last name is Noah." (More)

Posted by Heather Daley on July 8, 2006, 1:53 pm | Read 3083 times | Comments (1)
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Carseat

First ride home in the carseat, Jonathan and Noah, respectively:

Posted by Heather Daley on July 2, 2006, 8:14 am | Read 2330 times | Comments (2)
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The First Few Days

Noah's a great sleeper, we think because I already had some milk. We had our first tandem nursing session at home Thursday morning and it is sweet to see the two nursing brothers looking at each other across me. (More)

Posted by Heather Daley on July 1, 2006, 5:50 pm | Read 2558 times | Comments (1)
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Kisses

Jonathan can now give real kisses. He likes to kiss the baby/tummy, and he also discovered that he can give him raspberries, and he thinks that's hilarious.

Posted by Heather Daley on June 16, 2006, 2:32 pm | Read 2681 times | Comments (0)
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Somersaults

Jonathan just did a somersault all by himself! (More)

Posted by Heather Daley on June 13, 2006, 8:31 pm | Read 2321 times | Comments (0)
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Catch! and Helping

On Tuesday, Jonathan caught a ball for real! Usually the only time he catches it is if the thrower lands it directly into his arms. This time, he actually reached out and to the side with his two hands to make a sucessful catch. (More)

Posted by Heather Daley on June 3, 2006, 11:01 am | Read 2065 times | Comments (2)
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Grammar, Tricycle, Foreign Languages, Pens, Sun

5/16 - "That was a lot of running. Now I need some breath."

5/17 - "I leaved... I leaved... I left it a little bit open." (More)

Posted by Heather Daley on May 24, 2006, 6:15 pm | Read 2708 times | Comments (3)
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