Happy Holidays!

New Bundle of Joy

We have officially announced the pregnancy. I'm 11 weeks and feeling relatively great. 

Here are the stats:

Due Date: June 19, 2009 - as the last time I'll be induced a week early b/c of the blood thinner I take.

Sex of the Baby: Unknown - probably won't find out until the new year unless I can sweet talk the ultrasound tech on my next visit. We will be sharing the sex of the baby but not the name. Of course, it would be great to have a little girl. I don't want to lean one way or the other because my feeling are always wrong. 

Weight Gain: 2lbs so far. My appetite has been tremendously. I feel like eating all the time. Luckily, I joined the gym by my office so I can be strong for the delivery.

Other: The pregnancy is going extremely well. I heard the heartbeat last Wednesday and all my blood work is prefect. I get nauseous in the evening but eating usually takes it away (hence the weight gain). My sister will be delivering her baby girl in February. And my best friend, Gloria, will be delivering her baby in May. It's going to have cool have so many babies around the same age. 

Now to our baby Jonah - he is walking everywhere and having a blast. We put up the Christmas tree on Friday and he has already found his favorite ornaments to pull off the tree. Right now, he's walking around with a cucumber in hand. He loves cucumbers & pickles! Definitely mommy's baby - even though he looks nothing like me! We share the same love of fruits and vegetables. Jonah will be 22 months when the baby arrives. I'm not sure if he is going to understand everything by then. OK - so now Jonah is mashing his cucumber into the cabinet so I got to go clean up!  

Jonah is WALKING!

Not sure if this is a good thing or not... Well of course it is! I guess it's about time for him to grow up a little bit more. It is a little saddening to be honest. I have already noticed that he has gotten around and surprised me a couple of times! And so quickly... it was just last week that he was just taking 2-3 steps. Then 4-5 steps a couple of days later... and now he is walking all across the room! Here is the footage... ENJOY!

Busy is no excuse. . .

It's been too long since I have posted anything. Time flies when your having fun. Here are some pictures from our latest adventures. 

We had a family fun day at the Georgia Aquarium in the beginning of October. Jonah loved the fishes but I think he loved people watching more. We got some really great pictures. The aquarium is very nice. 

I run my first 5K since having Jonah in October as well. My friend, Emily, set up the relay race for us. James & Jonah came to support me. Of course, James had to get Jonah's picture with some of the Falcon's cheerleaders. 

We went to Burt's Pumpkin Patch in October. Jonah was not happy with the pumpkins. Every 

time we put he beside one, he started to cry. Maybe the rows of oranges pumpkins were a little overwhelming. 

We went to 3 Halloween parties this year. One at Chris & Stacy's house in Woodstock. They totally decked out their house as always. Then we went to my brother's Halloween party in Dawsonville the next weekend. He provided the spooky haunted trail again this year. A lot of people turned out for the party and most of the younger kids when scared to death. But not Jonah - he gobbled around in his turkey outfit! We spent Halloween night with our friends Kurt & April's house in Inman park. They always have a great turn out of kids. Jonah & Grey were the cutest as a turkey & scarecrow. 

Now we are gearing up for Thanksgiving. I have to admit this time of year is

 my favorite. I love getting together with family and eating  wonderful meals. I especially love the day after Thanksgiving when we put up the Christmas tree and decorate the house. The house feels so full, warm and festive with the decorations. I hate to take them down when Christmas is over. 

Beautiful day

I had a beautiful day.
I woke up, showered, dressed myself, put on make-up, styled my hair, ate breakfast with my family, dropped jonah off at joshua's, went to work, was productive, challenged, had lunch, sat in a meeting, felt good about expressing myself, left work, chatted with my brother, arrived home, check the mail, made dinner, ate dinner with my family, went for a walk with my family, read books with jonah, chased jonah around the living room, gave jonah a bath, read more books, kissed jonah goodnight, painted, wrote, brushed my teeth, now saying goodnight....

painting by Keith Haring, "Mother holding baby"

Smiles & Giggles

I took this picture one evening when Jonah was having the time of his life crawling around the living room. He would crawl between the end table and sofa. I would peek around from the other side of the sofa and he would giggle and crawl towards me. I snapped the picture at the perfect time.

Jonah is starting to pull up on his push toys and walk around. He will also hold on to the furniture and move around. He hasn't made the move to walk on his own but I feel is only weeks away. I guess we should get the safety locks on the cabinets soon!

I could go on and on about his daily antics. The basics are - he is a sweet, fun, curious, talkative, social, loving, little boy. His smile wipes away all my worries and I forget about all the things I need to do. In the moment, all I want to do is hang out with my guy - and James too!

Latest art project: Jonah and I made construction paper pumpkins to hang in the playroom. OK - I did the cutting and pasting. Jonah threw the crayons around the playroom and attempted to eat the red crayon. It was a fun mommy & jonah project. Now we have a pumpkin patch in the playroom.