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Spelling and Reading
Jonathan was wearing a shirt he got from Auntie E for Christmas and he looked down at his chest and said, "zero-s-h-k-zero-s-h.  Oshkosh!"  That was interesting to me because when he was first learning numerals, he called zeroes "o."  When I menioned that in... (More)
Posted by joyful on February 12, 2007, 10:32 am
Category: Jonathan
Noah's First Word!
I had been wondering for a few days if I was seeing correctly.  But yesterday I knew for sure, and this morning only confirms it.  Noah finishes what's on his tray and looks up at me expectantly.  I ask, "more, please?" with signs (sometimes it's a full sentence... (More)
Posted by joyful on February 7, 2007, 8:44 am
Category: Noah
Turnips and More Numbers
Jonathan likes to eat turnips (just cut up and boiled) - he was exclaiming over them so much I thought it should go into the blog.   He counted backwards from five the other day, on his own. He said, "That's Soot-su's address."   This morning he drew a "6"... (More)
Posted by joyful on February 3, 2007, 2:45 pm
Category: Jonathan
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... (More)
Posted by joyful on September 10, 2006, 3:00 pm
Category: General, Jonathan, Noah
Noah Activities, Similarities
Noah is a great sleeper and a great nurser. He will sleep 4-5 hours straight at the beginning of the night, and 2-3 hour segments during the day. This actually gives me time to play with Jonathan and get work done! He's also efficient at nursung and does not stay on as long as Jonathan did (or... (More)
Posted by joyful on July 28, 2006, 9:37 am
Category: Noah
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." 7/6 - We go to get Noah's PKU test. He weighs in at 10lb 15 oz, and the doctor asks the nurse if she is joking! No question now (there never was in my mind) whether Jonathan is taking... (More)
Posted by joyful on July 8, 2006, 1:53 pm
Category: Jonathan, Noah
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. Last night was a hard one, though. He had a lot of gas and would not sleep long... (More)
Posted by joyful on July 1, 2006, 5:50 pm
Category: Jonathan, Noah
Noah's Birth Story
Wednesday, June 28. 2:30am. My water broke! That was different. I woke Jon up with the news and he called the midwife while I went up to go to the bathroom and to wake up my parents. The midwife said it could be a long time before labor gets going after water breaking, but that we could... (More)
Posted by joyful on July 1, 2006, 3:15 pm
Category: Noah
Somersaults
Jonathan just did a somersault all by himself! He had been doing them with us helping him flip over. Then the other day, he did it by himself with the support of three couch cushions, then two, then one. Now zero! He is upstairs doing them over and over again with Grandma. (More)
Posted by joyful on June 13, 2006, 8:31 pm
Category: Jonathan
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." Whenever someone says that he is a big boy, Jonathan says, "No, I'm not a big boy, I'm a little boy!" Specific instances include talking about the little bed that is... (More)
Posted by joyful on May 24, 2006, 6:15 pm
Category: Jonathan
Thank You, Mom (Wightman)
On the GirlTalk blog , they've been posting tributes from daughters to mothers, and I thought I'd write one for my own mom. Dear Mom, Happy Mother's Day! Thank you for being such a great Mom and now Grandma. Here are the things I appreciate about you the most these days.... (More)
Posted by joyful on May 14, 2006, 7:33 pm
Category: Reviews
Exercise
Good advice: if you're tired, make yourself get some exercise, even (or especially) if you're pregnant! I have observed before that I feel better when I am getting exercise, but for some reason I have lacked motivation to be consistent. Jon has been bugging me a lot about exercising, mostly I... (More)
Posted by joyful on May 4, 2006, 2:40 pm
Category: Pregnancy
Breakfast
I was working on the computer this morning, so Heather and Jonathan made it downstairs before I did. Jonathan asked Heather if he could make breakfast (eggs, since it is Saturday), and Heather said that he wasn't ready to do it by himself, and do it with Daddy.When I got downstairs, he asked me,... (More)
Posted by jondaley on April 15, 2006, 10:59 am
Category: Jonathan
Independence, Singing
Jon made Jonathan a lightswitch stick so that he (Jonathan) can turn on and off the lights himself. It is a dowel with a loop of wire fastened to the end. When Grammy and Auntie E were here, Jonathan demonstrated the first observed completion of the USA puzzle all by himself. Before, I had... (More)
Posted by joyful on March 13, 2006, 3:08 pm
Category: Jonathan
"It's Dripping Everywhere"
That statement by Jonathan is what I woke up to from my nap this afternoon. It has worked before - to let him play quietly by himself while I take my nap. But today, well, he just tried to be a little more independent than he's truly capable of. He crawled up onto the bed and stood up next to... (More)
Posted by joyful on March 7, 2006, 2:50 pm
Category: Jonathan
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