Christmas vacation!

Christmas was awesome this year! It was so great to be home with our whole family!
My grandparents spent Christmas with us for the first time! They gave the whole family a parrot. After about 2 hours of trying to tame the bird, kelley finally succeeded! She got the parrot to dance, repeat, and eat a cracker!
After we opened presents, Zach and my brother in law Vak put on a show for us all. It was very entertaining!
Jonah probably took 90% of his naps in someones arms.
Here I am sitting with Jonah's presents. I was so tired all day! My wonderful husband woke up around six and brought me breakfast in bed!
Jonah got a rocking horse from his grandparents! I think he might appreciate it more next year, but it was sure cute to watch him ride it!

Good Morning Jonah!

Jonah woke up from his nap without a tear this morning. I love it when he wakes up with a smile on his face! It's the cutest thing!

merry christmas!

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Show me that Smile again..

I finally got Jonah to give me some sort of a smile for the camera!Normally he is totally hypnotized by the little gray box flashing at him. So i distracted him this time. As you can see, Jonah is sitting in the high chair! Even though he can't exactly use it for the right purpose, he loves it.

My sister Kelley said he looks like Alice in Wonderland. I guess it's still a little too big for him.

The funniest thing was this little lion. Jonah and him became best friends very quickly. Jonah blabbered away and told stories to the Lion of goo goo gaga and wee wee oh oh. They had a really nice chat while I was making dinner.

A Diet?

Jonah had his 2 month checkup yesterday and according to our doctor, Jonah needs to go on a diet. He's in the 75th percentile for his weight and according to what the book says, he should only be eating every 4-6 hours. Instead, Jonah eats about every 2 hours!My doctor thinks that we' re mistaking his fussiness for hunger. So great. Now I'm paranoid about my baby's weight. I mean, I always thought that you shouldn't put your baby on a schedule. It's good to be fat! (My mom's sure happy) I tried to keep track of how often he was eating today, to see if I could get him to nurse further apart. But almost every two hours, Jonah was ready to nurse! I tried to calm him other than feeding him, but he's a hungry boy! My doctor said he wouldn't necessarily worry about it until he's 6 months. .and if his weight gain continues, than we need to do something about it. Gosh, I really didn't think Jonah was that big! I know he's kind of chunky, but nothing abnormal! So, what should I do? Do I continue feeding him every 2 hours or whenever he demands it? Or do I try to space it out on a schedule and probably have an angry child!
Here's dilemma #2 : Nursing. Suddenly Jonah is such a messy eater! He constantly spits milk and coughs everywhere while nursing! It's sooo frustrating! I don't know why he's suddenly having a hard time. (On top of that, He is NOT latching on well and it kills!) This morning I pumped some milk, gave him a bottle, and wallah! No problems! He gulped the milk down with no coughing, no spitting! So, do I start using a bottle from now on? Or do I continue nursing in hopes that he comes out of this phase he's going through? I don't know.. SO those are my questions. .. I'm up for any advice! I'm just new at this I guess. At least my baby eats, and his fat will keep him warm this winter!

A fun filled weekend with the Nalders

This weekend was blast! Here are the highlights of our days:
Jonah got really confident in holding himself up! He can usually only hold himself up for a few seconds, then sink down into my lap. As of yesterday, he not only pushes himself up, but than laughs as he bounces up and down on my lap! I'm so proud of him!
This picture says it all, I killed Zach at scrabble. Never challenge me! I might not know what a word means, but I know it's a word!

As Zach was burping Jonah, Jonah spit up all over Zach's foot. Gross.

I couldn't get Jonah to go to sleep, and then out of no where he fell asleep in the oddest position on me. I wouldn't want to sleep like a bunny rabbit with my face jammed up against something.

All weekend, Jonah had a blast in his crib. Since i don't have a mobile for him, I kind of created one. He loves it though.

baby it's cold outside

This literally happened in matter of hours.

My husband, who is very comfortable driving in the snow, wouldn't even go to the grocery store today. .... we're eating ramen for dinner.

So we've spent the evening lying around, watching good old 'Santa Claus is Coming to Town' a classic.

Jonah's new bedroom

(Just so you all know, I am very aware that my blog has turned into Jonatopia) Okay, well I guess it's technically not a "new room" but it's Jonahs first time sleeping in it! I decided to try out the nursery last night due to a huge baby that's too big for his bassinet! I spent all day organizing Jonah's bedroom and boy he sure loves his new 'crib'. I also feel like having him sleep in his room forces me to be a better mother and actually get out bed and rock him back to sleep, rather than just putting him in bed with me. It's also really nice having our room to ourselves, and not taken over with baby stuff and dirty diapers!

Pic of the Day

Bath time

Our little Camel

Zachary started calling Jonah CJ (Camel Jonah) because of his constant spitting up. The little guy just can't seem to get it all out when I burp him after nursing.Without fail, every time I nurse him, about 30 min. to an hour later, his clothes are soaked with vomit! Today, as Zach took phim out of the car, he noticed white vomit all across the seat in front of Jonah.. Luckily he projectiled so far out that his clothes didn't get wet one bit! So to solve the problem of constantly changing his clothes, "CJ" now wears a bib EVERYWHERE! I know he looks a little funny but it sure beats going through his whole wardrobe in one day!
Problem #2: I'm embarrassed to say that we spent a couple hundred dollars on these very fancy cloth diapers! When we first saw their display at my doctors office we thought they looked so neat! The lady who makes them swears by them and says that the one size still fits her 2 year olds! We used them for about a week a month ago and than I decided to switch to our disposables that I got as a baby shower gift, until they ran out. Well, they ran out a few days ago and since than its been nothing but problems with the cloth diapers! I don't know if Jonah's legs are just too chubby but the diapers already don't fit right, and every time he pees, they leak through! It's sooo frustrating! I can't believe we spent $200 on these pieces of Junk!
I'm so mad about it that I want to go back to the doctors office with the display and write something mean like "Only buy these if you want your baby's clothes to be covered in urine all day! " I finally just gave up and bought a huge box of Pampers today. I thought we were so smart by buying cloth diapers and saving so much money! I feel so ripped off! Zach says we should just turn the diapers into a cute wall decoration in Jonah's room.. a very expensive decoration.