Jonas - 2 years, 4 months (28M)

It has been awhile since I actually posted a Jonas update. He is about 28.5 months old already (so almost 2.5 years)!

• Ht: About 33.5 inches (if I recall correctly because we packed up his height chart)
• Wt: 27 lbs. (still assuming he is the same)
• Clothing: mostly size 24 months, shoes: size 6
• Size 5 pampers/2T pull-ups
• Favorite Movie: Has been getting into watching longer movies! Really loves Toy Story 1&2, Wall-E and Astro Boy
• Favorite Book: Still loves his Picture Dictionary book (& now I even have to tape this book up since it is so worn) and One Fish, Two Fish.
• Favorite toys: We finally unpacked some of his toys so he has been enjoying his fire station and truck and kitchen. It has been nicer outside so he has been enjoying the park, his house and his slide.
• Favorite Food: Still loves his noodles (or mac & cheese) which he requests for breakfast too but now he likes eating them uncooked! Loves bananas, muffins and carrots. Still really loves his milk.

• Other:
o Jonas ended daycare at the end of May and he doesn't seem to miss it. When we ask if he wants to go to daycare and gets upset and says 'No, I don't want to go to daycare!' Though sometimes he talks about Ritchie and his friends.
o He likes our new house and his room with his new double bed and Cars bed set, though sleeping has still been a challenge. We still have to snuggle with him at bedtime and he wakes up a couple times a night calling for mommy!
o Likes to sing (on his own terms though not when you ask him to). He likes singing ABC song and his pretty good up to G. He likes to sing-a-long with songs that he hears on the radio and TV (but sings la-la-la).
o Is obsessed with Mack trucks (from Disney Cars movie) and anytime he sees a big truck on the road, he points at it and calls it Mack. Then he also says 'Mack truck is going to dump the garbage.' He also likes to sit and 'drive' Pop-pop's Mack truck.
o Still loves to sit in the van and car (and Grandma's Jeep or Auntie's car) and 'drive'.
o Likes to feed Coba and Maggie doggie treats.
o Likes to give mommy kisses on her arm. Mommy's arm is also Jonas' security blanket and he will often say 'Mommy, I want to hold your arm.'
o Has a love/hate relationship with the new baby on the way. Sometimes he will come up to me and kiss my belly and say 'hi baby.' Other times he tells us that he does not want a baby and he doesn't want to be a big brother. I guess we will see what happens when the baby comes!
o Sometimes likes to pose for pictures and then he must see the picture on the camera afterwards.
o Points at all of the airplanes that he sees in the sky (and now there are more since we have moved to Beaumont).
o Refuses to use the potty and pull-ups and tells us that he wants diapers on. (We have to work on this one again).
o Jonas stayed over-night at Grandma Lee's and Pop-Pop's place for 2 nights without mom and dad. He did really well and even slept really well (the sleeping part was what we were worried about). Some of the highlights at his grandparents' were: throwing rocks in the river, driving the Mack truck and Jeep, and crawling through the doggie door to see what Coba was up to!

• Quotes/sayings Jonas commonly uses (his vocabulary amazes Cory and I):

Mommy/Daddy to Jonas (when he has pooped his diaper): 'Jonas, are you Stinky Pete' (from Toy Story)
Jonas: 'No, I'm not Stinky Pete, you are Stinky Pete.'
Mom/Dad: 'No, you are the stinky one, I think you are Stinky Pete.'
Jonas: 'No, I'm not Stinky Pete, I'm Jonas!' (Or sometimes he says that he is Mater, LOL)

Mommy: 'Jonas, mommy is going to the doctor.'
Jonas (when mom gets back from the doctor): 'Mommy, you were at the doctor? Mommy, you are feeling better now!'

Jonas also knows all of his Aunties and Uncles names plus he calls his grandmas by their last names! Though now he has been calling Cory and me 'Daddy Lee' and 'Mommy Lee'!

He likes to say goofy sayings like 'hokey dokey', 'yep, that's right', 'What cha talking about?' (from Toy Story)

When Jonas is not listening, his punishment is 2.5 minutes locked in his room. Then he is supposed to say sorry and I have to remind him to listen so I ask:
Mom: 'Jonas, what do you listen with?'
Jonas: 'I listen with my ears.' (as he pulls them outward to show me where his ears are)

Then the conversation goes like this:
Jonas: 'I made mommy upset.'
Mom: 'Yes, you did because you were not listening.'
Jonas: 'I couldn't get out of my room, the door was locked.'
Mom: 'Yes, it was locked because you needed a time out.'


There are probably a few more, perhaps I'll add them later!

Some photos I'm sharing with you:

Jonas at Mommy's work place seeing all of the dump trucks dump the garbage plus the loader and grapple moving the garbage. (this is probably why he thinks all Mack trucks dump garbage)

Karate moves at the playground!

Can you tell he didn't want his picture taken!

Posing with Coba!
And again!
And again!

Going for a workout!

Last bath in the townhouse - daddy got Jonas with water!

Buzz Lightyear Jonas!

Life Changes

So much has happened since my last update (in the last month) that I don't even know where to begin...

Let's see:

1) We sold our townhouse and bought a house all in the same week! It was very stressful because the purchase of our new place was dependent on the sale of our townhouse and even though we knew that the offer on our townhouse would go through, the sale seemed out of our control. We officially took possession of our new place on May 31st. We moved the majority of our stuff to the new house on June 5th with the help of Cory's family - so a big thanks to them again (we can't thank them enough). We still have a few more things to move out of the townhouse. I don't think we realized how much stuff we did have until this move. Thank goodness that we had 3 weeks to clear the townhouse!

Our new house in Beaumont!

Our back yard which backs onto a park. We also live a few doors down from Vanessa's and John's good friends (who have 2 kids, who are 2 and a few weeks old).

2) I finished work at the EWMC at the end of May and will be off on maternity leave for 1 year. I thought most of my projects would be all done by the time I left, but this was not the case. I'm confident that my good friend and colleague will do a wonderful job to complete my work (she hasn't been bugging me for help/clarification so that is good).

3) We pulled Jonas out of daycare at the end of May. I think I was more upset about Jonas quitting daycare than he was. We have been enjoying our time together at home.

Jonas with his caregiver Ritchie on his last day of daycare.

4) Now we are waiting on our new little one to arrive. My official due date is June 20th - yikes 6 more days! We still have to do a few things before this baby come (install the carseat in the van for one)!

39 weeks pregnant!

Fabulous 5

Since I can't seem to find the time and energy for an update - I thought I would go back to the fabulous 5 things that I am thankful for lately (short & simple):

1.) Good Health. It seemed like the whole family has been sick monthly and finally for the past couple weeks we have all been in good health. (Just always tired though).

2.) Doulas and Doctors. I am 34.5 weeks pregnant and I have a great support team that will help me deliver this baby! I have a different doctor this pregnancy and so far I really like him. I will have the same doula as last time and she was great!

3.) My 2 boys - Cory and Jonas.



4.) Selling our townhouse and buying a house in Beaumont, all in 1 week. It was a very stressful week but everything was finalized on Monday and we move at the end of the month! We are all so excited - even Jonas says 'I want to go to Beaumont.'

5.) My mother and mother-in-law and all the things that they do for me and my family.

JONAS - 2 years, 1 month (25M)

So again I'm late on my 'Jonas' update but I figure I better put something down before I forget and before he is another month older.

• Ht: just over 33 inches (but we didn't measure him this month)
• Wt: 25 lbs. (still assuming he is the same)
• Clothing: mostly size 24 months, shoes; size 5 & 6 (same)
• Size 4 pampers/2T pull-ups
• Favorite Movie: Has been getting into watching longer movies! Really like Cars and UP. Still loves these movies!
• Favorite Book: All he wants to read is Picture Dictionary book (same)
• Favorite toys: Anything to do with the movie 'Cars'. He loves Mater, Sally, McQueen, and Doc. cars and he likes to drive them on his road rug and on his airport. He likes batman and loves to wear his batman PJs. He still loves all of his trucks.
• Favorite Food: Still loves his noodles (or mac & cheese) which he requests for breakfast too! Loves bananas, apples, cereal, muffins, cucumbers and carrots.

• Other:
o We finally moved Jonas to his 'big boy' room (no more office stuff in his room either)
o Has been sleeping in the big bed (though mom and dad have to snuggle with him until he falls asleep) and likes to sleep on his McQueen pillow. He wakes up at least 1-2 times per night (still working on that).
o Everyday Jonas surprises us with new words - it is amazing to hear all of the words that he knows.
o He finally decided to say 'I love you' back to Cory and I when we say it to him first! (He used to reply to us by saying 'yep')
o He likes to sing 'Baa Baa Black Sheep' and 'ABC' song but only when he thinks we aren't listening.

• Highlights of this past month (Jan/early Feb.):
o 2nd year B-day party. I think his favourite gift was the batman stickers
o Still working on the potty-training - on/off
o Moved from the 'Weebles' room to the 'Carebears' room at daycare and he loves it. Ritchie is his daycare teacher whom he adores. He used to cry every time I dropped him off at daycare, now he walks right to his room and he cries when I pick him up!

Pictures:

Jonas being goofy and hiding in the closet.


Jonas' Birthday Weekend - The Gooches stayed a couple nights before the party. The kids had lots of fun!
3 little monkeys with beards!

Jonas' Birthday Party - Batman theme!

Cake made by Grandma Lee - yummy!

More batmans!

Batman Boys!


Enjoying a delightful day at the park, the day after the party.
This is why you can't turn your back on a 2 year old! Though he did pretty good to climb up this ladder!

Having fun on the slide!


Another reason why you can't turn your back on a 2 year old - silly boy!

Caught You! Of course Jonas thought he was being pretty funny!


The joys of having an empty container. Jonas insisted that we put the lid on and then we would play peek-a-boo!


Helping mommy bake - muffins of course!

Welcome Baby Beckett!

Congratulations go out to Kristy (Cory's sister) and Derek on the arrival of their new baby boy Beckett Eli. Beckett was born March 2nd, weighing in at 7lbs. 15ounces and 20" long. He is such a cutie! We are excited to watch the little guy grow and achieve the many milestones in life.

Some pictures I'm sharing with you:

Baby Beckett - around 4 hours old. Oh so cute!

Jonas - about 12 hours old. Do you see any similarities?

Jonas and Beckett - I'm sure they will have lots of fun when Beckett is a bit older!

Beckett - 5 days old.

Cousin Isabella (3 months old) & Beckett

Jonas absolutely adores his cousin Beckett and talks about him lots! Every morning when I tell Jonas that he is going to go see Ritchie (his daycare teacher), he says 'No, I want to see Beckett!' I have to assure him that we will see Beckett soon. But Jonas is kind of funny because when we did see Beckett this past Sunday, I think he completely ignored Beckett and he seemed to get a bit upset when grandpa was holding Beckett. Well, I'm sure he will become best buds with little Beckett soon!

Maui, 2010

(At the beach, enjoying the sun, sand and surf. Somebody else made this sign and Jonas was really tempted to destroy it!)


After wishing, dreaming and praying that we would go on a vacation before Jonas turned 2, it all came true when Cory won a trip through work. At first Cory was told he won a trip to Vegas, which we were half excited about since we have been there, done that. As it turned out, we got to choose where to go (within a budget) and so Hawaii it was!

Since we wanted a direct flight, we ended up flying out of Calgary which allowed us to visit with the Gooches before we flew out. We had a wonderful visit and little Zechy even wanted to come to the beach with us, awe!

We flew out on Monday (Jan. 25th). Our journey began with a rough start as the GPS directed us to the new Iron Mills Mall vs. the Park'n'Fly so we ended up taking the back roads to the airport. Then we were in a rush to get into the Park'n'Ride van that we misplaced our brand new ipod touch - we took a round-trip in the Park'n'Fly van to check our van for the ipod but it was no where to be seen. By this time we were running a bit behind, so we had to forget about the ipod and worry about catching a plane. Thankfully the airport was pretty quiet (perhaps because it was a Monday) so getting to the gates went really quickly.

And so our journey began. Jonas did really well on the plane ride - he slept for a good 3 hours, he watched his movies, and he had to burn some energy by walking up and down the aisles. After we arrived on the island, Jonas ended up getting a fever. We ended up taking Jonas to the doctor and we found out that he had an ear and throat infection. Even though he was sick (& whiny), Jonas still had a good time in Hawaii. We were supposed to fly back home on Monday (Feb.1) but Jonas' ear infection was not completely gone so we extended our vacation until Friday (Feb. 5). Here are a few highlights of the trip:


Our resort - The Westin Kaanapali on the west side of the island.

Exploring the island - this was a beach north of the resort.

Jonas relaxing on the balcony.

At Wailea Beach (southwest side of the island)

Whale watching!

Mommy and Jonas on the whale-watching boat. Thankfully neither of us got sick but Jonas did fall asleep on the boat.

After whale watching - Jonas playing (or chasing birds) under the huge Banyan Tree near Lahaina Harbor.

At the Westin Maui waiting to go to a luau. Jonas almost made a splash!

At the resort beach - Jonas loved when Cory buried him in the sand!

Bath-time after a day at the beach.

At Maui Ocean Centre (in Maalaea - 20 min. south of our resort).

Posing for a picture!

The cool Pirate ship at the resort for the kids (& Cory). Jonas liked the hot tub more though (this pool was too cold for him).

The 'fake' looking beach picture at the resort beach.

Having fun with daddy or killing some time before our dinner reservation.

When we needed a break from the sun, sand & surf (& free WiFi & coffee), we would hang out at the Barnes & Noble bookstore - Jonas loved to play with the train.

Family photo at the beach!

Cory had lots of fun playing in the sand & Jonas enjoyed destroying everything Cory made for him including his name!

We enjoyed hanging out at Big Beach (south of Makena on the southwest side of the island) on our last day in Maui before flying out at 8pm that night. The parking lot for this beach was packed full but the beach itself is so big that you don't notice all the people.

Fully buried in the sand and loving it!

Oh how we wish we were back on the beach.....