23 Months!

So I missed Jonas' update for 22 months and I'm late on 23 months but I guess it is better late than never. Anyway, here is the update of Jonas at 23months (Jan. 9/10)

Jonas’ growth and milestones:
• Ht: 33 inches
• Wt: my guess is still about 25 lbs.
• Clothing: mostly size 18-24 months, shoes; size 5
• Size 4 pampers
• Favorite Movie: Still loves the short films; Same Difference is his favorite (Robot movie which has dancing so Jonas dances along, which consists of spinning around and around, so much so he usually ends up falling down)!
• Favorite Book: Still loves the Picture Dictionary book. We are amazed as to what words he remembers and can say
• Favorite toys: Has been enjoying some of his new toys from Christmas; Elmo, all of his trucks, board puzzles (still loves the number puzzle the best though), his slide, his kitchen, camera,
• Favorite Food: Still loves his noodles (or mac & cheese), bananas and apples, muffins, cheese.
• Other:
o Likes to talk to pop-pop on Skype or the phone
o Likes to take ‘Molly’ (picture of his friend Molly) on rides in his truck, dump truck, etc.,
o Has been enjoying looking at pictures of all of his relatives and is getting better at saying their names
o Likes to tell mommy and daddy where to sit while he is playing with his toys. ‘Mommy, sit here’ as he points to the location
• Highlights of this past month (Dec/early Jan):
o 1st tractor ride with Grandpa Brian on Christmas Day
o 1st sleep-over at Grandma and Grandpa Lee’s all by himself (Mommy and Daddy missed him greatly)
o Feeding Koba and Maggie doggy treats
o 1st time eating doggy treats & I think he liked them – gross!
o 1st 2-year old Molar – I think he has been teething this whole month and the molar is still not fully in!
o 1st time pooping on the potty (Jan. 7th) and then we have been continuing to potty train Jonas so far he has been doing really well. Enjoys naked time as his reward after he poops on the potty.
o Counted to 7 all by himself and out of the blue (Jan. 12)

Everyday my boy amazes me and he is such a joy in our lives! Some photos I'm sharing:

Christmas Photo - don't we all look excited!

Jonas' Christmas Photo. It was so hard this year to get a 'photo shoot' of Jonas. He wanted no part of pictures. We didn't even get a picture of Santa - mainly because Jonas was too scared!

Riding the tractor, Christmas Eve at Grandma Halwa's

Having fun at Grandma Lee's and Pop-pop's (Christmas Day).

Sleeping after a busy day.

Jonas and baby Genesis. He loves to hold GG - so cute!

The 3 cousins = Jonas, GG, Zech!

Taking pictures of each other!

Showing off at Aunty Gail's! (New Year's - Jonas also enjoyed watching the fireworks that night).


Driving Miss Molly!

Family photo minus the Gooches - Bill, Mom, Vinny, Mel, Jonas and Cory.

Jonas and Elmo and his 2 pandas.

Playing with candles - yikes - good thing they are LED ones!

Goofy Jonas!

21 months!

Croup, colds, flus - the Lee house has been struck with sickness for most of November! When is this awful month over?! I think Jonas has forgotten what daycare is!
Anyway, Jonas turned 21 months this month - yikes! Here's the update:

- Jonas is about 32 inches tall and about 24 lbs.
- Clothing size: mostly 18M clothing now. Size 5 shoes. (Same as last month). Size 4 Pampers (has been this size for a few months now)
- Favorite Food: Sill loves his bananas, apples, Cheerios for breakfast. Muffins, noodles, cheese and crackers are some of his staples. He loves juice and milk too.
- Favorite Book: Snoozers, Goodnight Moon 1,2,3
- Favorite Toys: remote control car, stuffed animals (bunny, elly, Tigger, puppy, kitty), screwdrivers & measuring tapes, lego, blocks, puzzles and balls
- Favorite Activities: He loves being outside, playing at the park, riding his car, pretending to drive the van and our car, dancing, watching his movies (home movies are his favourite right now), reading, playing with mom's kitchen utensils, climbing up and down his new step stool.
- Words: Jonas has been trying form sentences. We are always amazed as to what he will say next. Some of his sentences are: 'I'm running', 'I did that', 'Mommy, daddy, milk please,' 'Help please,'
- Since he has been sick, his new but gross habit is picking his nose and eating it! We have been trying to break this one!

Here are some photos I'm sharing with you. (Limited because I didn't take any photos for 2 weeks since we were all sick):

Oct. 11th - enjoying the snow at Grandma and Grandpa Lee's

Our little lion! Jonas loves saying 'Roar' so we thought it was fitting for him to be a lion for Halloween.

Nov.1 - having fun outside at grandma's and grandpa's.

Nov. 7th - Jonas insisted holding his milk at the store and got mad when we had to pay for it.

My baby at 20 Months :)

Jonas turned 20 months on Friday - only 4 months until my baby is 2 years old - yikes! Here's an update of my little guy's life:

- Jonas is about 32 inches tall and I'm still not sure how much he weighs
- Clothing size: still 12-18 months - though most of his shirts are now 18M to fit over his belly and all of his pants are too big around the waist unless they have the adjustable waist. Size 5 shoes. (Same as last month)
- Favorite Food: Sill loves his bananas, apples, Cheerios for breakfast. Muffins, carrots, noodles, potatoes are some of his staples. Jonas has now discovered that he loves juice but thankfully he still loves his milk. He loves to eat all of his food when he is at daycare and even eats everything that they supply. At home, it is sometimes a different story.
- Favorite Book: Snoozers, 1,2,3 Goodnight Moon
- Favorite Toys: The ride-on car that we bought for $2 at a garage sale, Tonka trucks (which he sits on), remote control car, little people zoo, bubbles, fridge magnets, stuffed animals (bunny, elly, Tigger, puppy, kitty), screwdrivers & measuring tapes
- Favorite Activities: He loves being outside, playing at the park, riding his car, pretending to drive the van and our car, dancing, watching his Pixar movies (his favourite right now is 'Octopodi' ), reading
- Words: Jonas is still trying to copy everything that we say. Some of the things he says are: 'Mommy, I want a _____' (it is usually treat), no way, Let's go, night night
- Bedtime routine: Bedtime has been a bit later at 9pm. It's still the same routine: bath, brush teeth, PJs, read, snuggle time with mom and dad and then nighttime. Still loves his blue blanket. Nap-time: 2-3 hours. Same as last month
- Jonas also adores his grandpa. He calls him pop-pop and if he see things that are associated with grandpa (beer cans, tractors, phone, Rhino, trucks) he will point to them and say 'pop-pop'.

Some photos that I'm sharing with you:

Fall pictures (mid-September).

This was at Zech's birthday. Jonas really loves his baby cousin GG (he can even say 'baby GG'). He loved to give GG her soother and any toy that he thought was hers. And he absolutely loved holding Genesis and giving her kisses.

The 3 cousins - the best picture I could get during this weekend.

Our little lion sleeping on the ride home from a very busy weekend at the Gooches.

Measuring our new/used armoire to see if the computer will actually fit (& it does with a few modifications).

Talking on the phone (to pop-pop perhaps).

Riding his horse with all of his stuffed animals. Jonas got so uppet if one of them fell off!

Family photo. I had to bring a family photo to daycare and I realized that our last family photo was in Feb. when Jonas turned 1 - yikes.

Summertime Fun!

The 1st day of fall officially starts on Sept. 22 - yikes! August was a busy month, with the highlight being our vacation to Lake Kalamalka (Vernon, BC). The month in review:

Aug 16-22 - We stayed at Kekuli Bay Provincial Park on Kalamalka Lake. Cory's parents came along so we were fortunate enough to stay in their RV. Aunty Karen also came along and we met up with a few a my friends who were staying at a cabin on the lake too. I think we ended up going on the hottest week because I don't think there was a day below 30 above.

The view from our campground.

Playing in Aunty Karen's car - one of Jonas' obsessions.

Jonas' first boat ride - he looks a bit scared. Later he enjoyed jumping into the lake from the back of the boat (of course with our assistance).

Jonas enjoyed camping especially because he was able to stay outside for the full day.

One sleepy bear.

Jonas and Grandma.

Jonas and Grandpa

Other summertime activities included:
Playtime at the parked.

Splashing in the puddles.

Running around at Grandma & Grandpa Lee's

Driving the tractor at Grandma H's.

September 9th rolled around and Jonas turned 19 months! We are always amazed at what our boy can do and what he knows!
Jonas at 19 months:

- Wt. and Ht., yet to be measured
- Clothing size: still 12-18 months - though most of his shirts are now 18M to fit over his belly and all of his pants are too big around the waist unless they have the adjustable waist. Size 5 shoes.
- Favorite Food: Sill loves his bananas, apples, Cheerios for breakfast. Muffins, noodles, cheese, carrots, beets, crackers. MILK. His favourite snack/treat are tortilla chips.
- Favorite Book: Snuggle Puppy and Snoozers
- Favorite Toys: The ride-on car that we bought for $2 at a garage sale, Tonka trucks (which he sits on), Thomas the Train, pots & pans, stuffed animals (bunny, elly, Tigger, puppy)
- Favorite Activities: He loves being outside, playing at the park, riding his car, pretending to drive the van and our car, dancing, watching his Pixar movies (his favourite right now is 'One Man Band' ), reading
- Words: It has been amazing to hear the progress with Jonas' vocabulary. He is now starting to put sentences together. Today he said 'Mommy, are you coming?' He tends to copy whatever words we tell him to say.
- Bedtime routine: Bedtime has been a bit later at 9pm. It's still the same routine: bath, brush teeth, PJs, read, snuggle time with mom and dad and then nighttime. Still loves his blue blanket. Nap-time: 2-3 hours

The hardest thing now is to get him to sit still so I can take photos!
Mom and Jonas

My baby at 19 months.

Crawling towards mom while she was trying to take a picture.

Toddler Already!?

So my baby Jonas turned 1.5 years on Sunday and according to Today's Parent, my baby is a toddler! How could that be! I thought it would be fitting to update the life of my 1.5 year old boy!

-Height and Weight: Still have to measure, but I'm guessing he is 23lbs. still
-Clothing Size: 12-18M clothing and size 5 shoes
-Favorite Foods: noodles, muffins, Cheerios, apples, bananas, cheese, ice-cream (Dibs), milk
-Favorite Books: Snuggle Puppy, Peek-a-Boo
-Favorite Toys/Activities: Jonas loves to go outside; he loves to splash in his pool, blow bubbles, pick up rocks, chase cats, play in his playhouse, throw balls, climb and ride in his wagon, shovel dirt in mom's flower bed, run, run, run. When Jonas is inside the house he loves to: play with his cars & train, build with his MEGA Blocks, stack his wooden blocks, play with mom's measuring cups, play with his magnetic cars and animals, dance and can rock out (he does the head bop)
-Some of his many words that he can say include: ball, bubbles, boo, bye-bye, hi, bus, bike, plane, keys, cheese, apple, please, all gone, all done, more, again, bite, puppy, dog, bunny, no, mommy, daddy, papa, aunty, baby, baby GG, hat
-Jonas' bedtime is 8 pm and lately he has been sleeping through the night until 7:30 am. He sleeps with his favorite blue blanket (thank goodness we have 3 of them) and with many of his stuffed animals (puppy, bunny, Tigger, moose, monkey). He enjoys reading and snuggling with mom and dad before bedtime.
-Finally Jonas likes to brush his teeth and he likes doing it all by himself (& then he tries to brush mom's teeth too)!
-Jonas likes to climb in his high chair all by himself and demands dinner.
-He likes when mom gives him airplane rides and bumps.
-He eagerly watches through the window for daddy to get home and when he sees Cory, he gets all excited and does this little dance and yells hi daddy, hi daddy!
-He is still a mama's boy!
-Lately he cries when I take him to daycare but as soon as I'm gone, he his playing, eating and content.
-He takes 2-3 hour naps. Naps are in the big bed.
-Every morning he asks for daddy and I have to tell him 'daddy is at work, bringing home the bacon.'
-He enjoys watching the Pixar Mini Movies especially on car rides. His favorite is 'The Birds'

Anyway, here is some highlights of Sunday:

After sleeping 12 hours Saturday night (he slept in until 9am), Jonas took a 2.5 hour nap in the big bed! This was after we ate breakfast, played outside in the rain and then ate lunch.

After nap-time we headed outside again. Jonas likes to ride on his car - he even pushes with his legs to move forward. This car was $2 at a garage sale and it has been worth every penny!

Riding away from mommy!


Mommy trying to take 'nice' pictures of her big boy but Jonas became distracted by a plane.

This boy just won't sit still.

Finally a nice picture of my handsome boy. This was just before he ran off to play with his toys!

Playing in his 'Princess House'. Yes it is kind of girly but I picked this house up used for a good price and Jonas doesn't really care. Jonas enjoyed throwing balls in and out of his house.

Icing his sore cheek. When we were putting his toys away in the garage, Jonas fell and scraped his cheek on the curb! I think it could have turned out worse, so thank goodness he is ok!

Relaxing in his favorite chair before bedtime!

Canada Day!

I started this post the weekend after Canada Day and finally I finished it!

Canada Day was a busy one this year, even though it was on a Wednesday! We went to the Legislature for pancake breakfast with friends, then we spent the afternoon with the Gooches at Millwoods park and then a BBQ at our place later. We didn't make it out to the fireworks but I did catch some of the Millwoods ones from my bedroom window. I should have taken advantage of the mid-week day off and took a super long weekend but many of my other co-workers did and so I was the sucker who had to work. Though Cory got the Thursday and Friday off so it was the boys having fun at home!

Anyway, just thought I would post some pictures of our Canada Fun!

Jonas and Trevor after pancake breakfast.

Zech at the petting zoo.

Jonas at home playing in his wagon.

3 precious kids! This photo was so hard to take because the boys did not want to sit still!

Baby GG posed for Aunty Mel!