The Brave One

I'm terrified of bees, worms (more like really grossed out),scorpions, and most of all spiders! Spiders are small hairy balls walking around on 8 legs!They also shoot out string and can swing around building from building and trap people in massive webs!.. okay wrong spider. But I'm used to being around 2-4 legged creatures! I have been grossed out by these creeps ever since I was young and watched the kid friendly Charlotte's Web. So Yesterday as I was doing laundry, I spotted the sickest spider on our ceiling! I have never seen anything like it, well not under the same roof.
After realizing that I was the only one around to kill the beast (Zach was at school, and Jonah was asleep, not that he could really help) I wanted to try the most resistant way to kill the monster. I decided to get the broom and smack the ceiling as hard as I could hoping that it would kill him rather than just knock him to the ground! Well that didn't exactly work out the way I hoped. The broom was back on the left side of our fridge and my arms, nor a coat hanger was long enough to reach.


Plan B. I grabbed the biggest, longest cup we had,a big gulp cup from seven eleven. I poured just a little bleach counter spray into the bottom and trapped the hideous spider in the cup. It actually worked! I finally killed it!!! I was so poud of myself I took pictures and even saved the cup to show my husband.

I love new movies!

Okay, so last night we saw Dan in Real Life. It was pretty good.. from what I saw. About 15 minutes into it, Jonah woke up and needed to be nursed. According to my sister Cristin, this is the easiest thing to do when your baby is 3 weeks old and your in a dark theater. Maybe I'm just too inexperienced because it was not as simple as I thought. I have this awesome "Hooter Hider" I got as a gift and that mixed with no light, the baby jerking his head around, and just plain awkwardness.. it just wasn't working out. Anyway, but I decided that my favorite part about going to the movie theater is watching the new trailers. Is that strange that I pay about 8 dollars just to watch all the new and upcoming releases? So after watching about ten new trailers last night, I've picked the movie that I am looking forward to seeing the most. Disney's Enchanted! Maybe it was just the mood I was in but i could not stop laughing while watching the trailer!

Jonah's Throne

Getting to Know You

It's crazy how fast you pick up your baby's body language. I remember the first night they put Jonah in the room with us at the hospital, I felt so incompetent! Suddenly there's this little 6 pound baby and I'm supposed to know exactly how to take care of him! That feeling didn't last for long, luckily. Now I understand when he's hungry, sleepy, and just wants to be held. I love being a mother! Jonah has so much personality and I love watching him grow everyday.









This is what Jonah does when he's hungry. Can you tell what he's looking for?


And this is how Jonah gets a dirty diaper, he kicks his legs all over the place trying to push all the yucky out!

pic of the day

I forget how simple a new born's life is. Eat, poop, sleep. repeat. Today after feeding Jonah for which seemed like the longest nursing session yet!.. (I don't think he understands when to stop) I put the little guy in his swing and watched as he sat with the most dull look on his face. I started feeling so guilty like, Oh no! My son is bored with his life! I must do something to entertain him! So I quickly walked (I don't think I'll be running for a while after that opisiotomy) in his room and grabbed a couple of soft toys. I attempted to amuse him by rattling and shaking toys in front of his face. There was no change whatsoever in his expression. I then realized it's going to be another couple months before he will acknowledge all of the awesome toys he has! Until then, we will just have fun by nursing, which is by far his favorite activity!

Jonah came out of the whale!

After over 40 hours of labor, Jonah Zachary Nalder was FINALLY born at 1:45 am October 6, 2007 weighing 6 pounds 7 ounces, 19.5 inches long! Zach and I are both very happy to finally have our son! Here are some pictures of the early morning: