jOnAs at 3 Months!

I can't belive this little guy is three months already, but he is! He gets more and more fun every day. He is starting to reach for toys and is just figuring out that his hands are his and he can move them. He smiles at Devin and I all the time and laughs quite a bit too, although you have to work for the laughs. We went to the doctor last week and he weighed in at 15 lbs 2 ozs! He's a good boy and we love him to pieces!

This shows the drool on his chin that is ALWAYS there! He is a drooling fool!

He still loves his bouncer and naps in it during the day.

Lately he has been eating just one finger instead of his whole hand. Great! :)

He also loves his daddy! He loves to be on Devin's shoulders and since he can't quite sit up on his own, Devin has to hold him, but he grins the whole time! Are they look-a-likes or what?

Gettysburg, PA

On Saturday we decided to venture out and drive to Gettysburg. Devin wanted to see the History. I wanted to check out the outlet mall :) So we compromised. We went to the Gettysburg Visitor's center first. It was pretty cool, except to see all the good stuff you have to pay. It wasn't the money, it was that these days it's generally not worth the money to pay to see the cool things because Jonas always ends up getting tired or hungry and we have to leave. SO we decided to wait until we can bribe him with stuff and then go back. To see all the battlegrounds, you drive from place to place. Jonas also HATES the carseat, so we just went to one battleground. It was a good choice though. We did the Water-Mark trail. Again it was great weather, so we walked around the sites and then did some shopping later. It was a fun day, and we all came home worn out! I am excited to go back, but I am going to do some studying first so I know what I am seeing!

This picture doesn't do the fall colors, or the beautiful scenery justice. It was a very pretty area!

From the top of this tower, you can see over the battle-fields for miles and miles. The stairs up to the top were steep, and it was hard to see in the dark. The view was worth it, but my camera battery died just as we got to the top. I was so angry!

Devin carried Jonas in the carrier all day. Jonas LOVED it! (he usually hates it...must be because it was Daddy:) He even took naps in it. We would be walking along and I would look over and he would be asleep! He was a trooper at the History sights, I wish I could say the same about the outlet mall. It appears he not only looks like his dad, he hates shopping like his dad does too!!

This is at the visitors center. It has a map of all the battlegrounds. The history is amazing. There were a lot of lives lost, men that were never found and presumed dead. Without the battle of Gettysburg, we might not be the U.S.A. now. It was such a brutal battle. I am so glad I didn't live back then!

A little Culture

Jonas and I rode the metro downtown last Friday to have lunch with Devin. It was his last day in the Office of Apprenticeship, and I had never met his boss, so off we went! It was the MOST beautiful day, so after lunch Devin took us for a walk. We ended up at the Museum of Natural History. It was awesome. Devin went back to work, but Jonas and I stayed for another hour and saw so many things! I want to go back again sometime. Heaman got fussy at the end and there were a lot of things I didn't get to see that I wanted to. It was also free! The best part about D.C.!

This is the Hope Diamond. It is the largest Blue diamond and is 45 1/2 Carats! I think I will put it on my Christmas list! :)

This big guy is right in the front door! It's huge!

This is the museum from the outside. They have several different rooms. Fossils, plants, ocean life, rocks, mammals, soil, gems....and some others I forgot!

Halloween Fun!

What a fun night! Okay the truth is, when your little trick or treater can't eat candy yet, its not as much fun as you would think. It was also pretty chilly and they started the festivites just about the time that we start getting little Heaman ready for bed. He was a trooper though and he looked SUPER cute in this little frog costume. He pretended to like it for a while, then he would get mad because his hands were covered which meant that he couldn't eat them. :( Poor kid. He was pretty worn out when all was said and done (see sleepy frog above). And how cute is our trunk? Jennie decorated it all, I just put my candy in there. She's so creative!

Utah Bound....and Back Again

Jonas' Blessing Day

Well, we had a great time in Utah the past week! We did so many fun things. We were able to get all sides of the family and lots of great friends together to bless Baby Jonas on Saturday the 12th. He was so good and Devin did a great job. It was so much fun to spend time with our families and friends and we are so thankful that they were able to share this special day with us.
After the blessing, Devin had to come back to Maryland so he could work :( It was no fun to have him gone. Jonas and I went to Yellowstone with my family over UEA weekend. It was lots of fun! Jonas was pretty good, even though he got really, really tired of his carseat!! We saw lots of fun animals, stayed in a really nice cabin, ate good food and just had lots of fun. It was a little chilly, so we had to stay bundled up pretty good. All of my sisters were great helpers and they loved holding Jonas whenever they could. He didn't like his coat (its just a little bit big still), and his hat made him mad when it covered his eyes.
On our way home from Yellowstone we stopped at Bear World in Rexburg. It was so much FUN!! We saw the bears run to the feedtruck to get donuts, these little baby cubs were playing and fighting, my sister Taryn got attacked by a deer, we fed the ducks and Jonas got his very first stuffed bear named Baby Ben. I had so much fun on the drive home making my sisters laugh and driving my dad crazy. It was great trip and I can't wait for next time!

All in all it was such a great trip! We always have fun when we go "home", and this time was no different. I can't wait for Christmas!!

Jonas is 2 Months!

We went to see our new Doctor last week. She was AWESOME! I liked her about 100% better than the first pediatrician!  She was great. The office staff was great. The whole thing was.....GREAT! The only bad part was that the little guy had to get shots. Seriously who do those nurses practice on? She just shoved that needle into his little leg and she didn't care that he was screaming! Maybe I was a little more emotional than necessary, but I felt so bad for him. He survived with only a runny nose, so I guess I should get over it. We have to do it next time too. Yea!

Yes, he's almost doubled his birth weight. Way to go buddy!

Oh, I'm so embarrased. :)

How cute is he?

Play Group

Jonas and I joined the "ward play group" on an outing to the National Zoo. It was such a BIG zoo and there was a lot to see. According to the girls I went with, we didn't see even half of it! There were 9 adults and 11 kids on the day we went (yipes!). It was lots of fun. I know what you are thinking, isn't Jonas a little too young for things like that? Well, yes, he is. He surely didn't know we were at the zoo. As it turns out, I think the play group is for ME to get out!

This is a giant Panda..well..this is his back-side. He was hiding. My sister Brooklyn wants to see a giant Panda so bad, so I took the picture even though you can't see much of him.

Giant turtles. I love turtles. Once when I was driving around, right after we moved here, I saw one in the middle of the road. No one was with me, and Devin always teases me that I was seeing things. I know what I saw, a turtle. It wasn't quite this big though!

Here is the little man on the metro going to the zoo. He's getting used to riding the metro down town.

 

And Look who found their hands! He used to only suck on his hands when he was hungry, but now they are always in his mouth. He sounds like he is going to swallow them whole. It's pretty funny!

Look at those baby blues! We are still in shock that Jonas' eyes have stayed blue, but they have and we love them!

Road Trip = Fun

Last weekend we went to New York! Don't be too jealous. We were in Liberty, and there wasn't much to do there! Devin's Dad is working on a job there right now and his mom flew out to see him, so we drove up to visit them. Devin's brother, Destry and his cute little family met us there too. It was lots of fun! They have the cutest girls who LOVE their Uncle Devin. Devin is so cute with the nieces and nephews. He swam with the girls in the pool at our hotel. They were in seventh heaven. It was fun to see them and spend time with them and we look forward to seeing them again soon.

The drive to Liberty was about 5 1/2 hours. (6 1/2 with a babyJonas). We used our GPS to get there and it ended up taking us through all these beautiful little towns! We saw this white barn and I promise the picture DOES not do it justice. It was HuGe and so pretty! We also saw white-tail deer, and a lot of gorgeous houses by little lakes. I know where I would want a Lake House!

There were a bunch of Sunflower fields on the drive there too. They were so pretty!

This is how we gave Jonas a bath at the hotel. He tolerated it, but I am not sure he liked it much!

This is the proof that he wasn't sure about the whole hotel adventure. We borrowed my friend Jennie's Pack and Play for the little man to sleep in and he slept so good in it! Devin and I stayed up late on Friday night talking with Destry and Loni, but Jonas just slept the whole time. He loved the chaos and noise and was happiest when all the little girls were around him. Ladies Man?

Here is Devin catching Brynn as she jumped into the pool. They must have done this 1,000 times. They did not want to get out when it was time to go!

Jonas is still trying to decide if he likes his baths or not. He doesn't cry as much anymore, but he isn't really happy about it either. He always pees on me, just as we get to the bathroom. I tried leaving his diaper on until we got into the bathroom, he still got me. Oh well! Anyway, my friend Lindsay gave him this towel and he's so cute in it. It is still so big for him, but it's so cute!

Above the changing table I have a shelf hanging on the wall. Every time we lay Jonas down to change him, he stares up at shelf. My Mom brought him a monkey when she came out after he was born and I put it up on that shelf. So now that he can coo a little bit he "talks " to the monkey. It's pretty cute.

More Jonas...

Jonas has been fighting sleep for a few weeks now. I have to beg and plead to get him to take a nap sometimes. Well on this particular day, he had been awake and crying for several hours. It's so sad because he is so tired, but he just won't give in. Devin had all but given up and then I looked over and Jonas was sound asleep-sitting up like this. The thing is he was dead asleep! That was probably the most sound he has been since he started fighting it so bad. He's a stink when it comes to sleep, but we still love him!

Devin takes the credit for "teaching" Jonas to hold his own bottle. I think it might have been chance :0. Plus his two fingers on the left hand make it look like he is giving the signal for a smoke.....YIKES!!

About two weeks ago two girls in our ward threw me another baby shower. It was so fun! There were a lot of girls from the ward that I had never met, and they still came. They came in (all with gifts) and said, "You must be Nicole." I felt bad that I didn't know them, yet they took the time to come and meet me and Jonas, and bring us gifts. Our ward here is amazing. Everyone is so welcoming and they are always inviting us over for dinner, to the park, to play group...everywhere. It has been good for me to get out of my comfort zone. Jennie made this cute cute diaper cake. It's so cute I still haven't taken it apart. The diapers are a bigger size, so I can keep it like this for a while. I love it!