I'm a big kid now

Jonah is approaching 2 months this Saturday, and looking back on his pictures from the hospital, I can't believe he's doubled his weight! He was so tiny that the pants he came home in could go over his whole body! Now...what a chunker. Today I sorted through all his newborn clothes and most of them don't fit anymore!He's changing so dramatically! Everyday it seems like he adds a new trick! Yesterday he realized he could hit the rattle hanging from his toy and he just laughs and laughs! Jonah LOVES to talk! Of course all his vocabulary only consists of goooh, ahhhh, and of course ah weeh! I love watching him grow and change everyday!

makeover!

It went from this

to this

To finally This!

Much better compared to what it was. Everything on the tree is scraps I found around the house, I even tore up an old pillow case to make more bows! I'm so impatient. I didn't want to wait to go to the store.

The Start of Christmas

We couldn't wait to put up our ten dollar Christmas tree this year! As you can see from this picture, I miscalculated how many yards of ribbon we would need for the tree. Oh well, I'll fix that later. Yesterday, Zachary and I spent the day getting in the holiday spirit. First, we downloaded the greatest Christmas music of all time. The Alabama Christmas CD. What are the odds that both of us grew up listening to that album? The difference is that his family loved that cd, and my sisters and I used to gag every time we heard Thislehair the Christmas bear. Coincidentally, for both of us, that music feels like Christmas. It was a really fun night, my sister Kelley came over and brought carmeal and apples. mmmm.. doesn't get much better than that! Sadly, the canker sore in my mouth prevented me from eating as many as I wanted.
Jonah loved looking at the christmas tree! He could have stared at those lights all night!
Zachary made sugar cookies! Kelley and I were both very impressed with his baking. He even homemade cream cheese frosting! I think I might just start trusting him in the kitchen..we'll see.

Thanksgiving Vacation

Thanksgiving was a blast this year! It was so fun to be able to spend the holiday with both of our families. Some of the highlights of the trip were:



When we ate at In N Out...I think we ate here three times in three days. We were even thinking about doing a midnight run Sunday before we went home Monday morning. Luckily I fell asleep before we had the chance to be that crazy.

Since the weather is so warm in Arizona, I was able to dress Jonah in all his summer clothes. It's the only chance he has to wear it all winter.

After Jonah's blessing on Sunday, he took a peaceful nap with his grandparents. It was the cutest thing to watch him sleep all spread out between them.

My family updated our family picture this year.

It was hard trying to coordinate the color scheme and in the end we just threw it out the window. Thanks to Erik for being our photographer. He did great considering what he had to work with and especially since he had to run back and forth to get in the picture. Overall it was a good vacation. An especially nice break for me, I couldn't believe how much help I got with Jonah. It's going to be a wake up call when Zach goes back to school and work tomorrow.

More News

I just got the most shocking news! ....... Zachary just sent me a text and.......
WE'RE COMING HOME FOR THANKSGIVING!! I can't believe it! A new guy at work is taking his shifts. It's a miracle!

News

So we've desperately been trying to come home for thanksgiving next week. After spending a pretty penny on plane tickets (And we made a smart decision and did NOT buy for south west), we find out that Zach can't get work off. So Zachary has spent hours trying to find a replacement for his shifts. A couple days ago a friend of his sounded promising, and said he just needed to double check his schedule. Sadly we found out tonight that he is unable to take his shifts. I'm so sad we aren't able to come home,especially since we were planning on blessing Jonah. I just don't know what more we could do. Unless we wanted to drive down the day before and drive back the next, .. which is crazy especially with a 6 week old.I hope everyone has a blast at home without us! Luckily my sister in law Katie is unable to go home, so at least she will be here. I guess unless by some miracle we will be spending the Holiday here. Guess I'm going shopping for a turkey.

Like Father Like Son

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We went to Macy's and got some pictures of Jonah. I don't know how the photographer did it but he actually got Jonah to smile enough to get a good picture! They turned out super cute!


Okay, does he look a little different? Not much though right? This is actually Zachary when he was about 3 months old! The only difference is Jonah got my ears haha! Heres another picture of Zach. Now I know who Jonahs going to look more like when he's older!

Happy One Month!

Today Jonah is one month old! I can't believe how big he's getting! He's changing so much! As you can see from the picture, Jonah has discovered his smile. It's so cute to watch him figure out how to use those muscles.He's also loosing his hair, poor little guy. We call him our little old man. Hopefully it comes back!