Everybody's dancin'!

A very exciting milestone in the Kent household - Jonah has figured out how to entertain himself in his bouncy chair by making the little animals jiggle around. For the past few days he has been purposely making the little animals move by kicking his legs and moving his arms around. In attached video you can see him watching the animals and vocalizing (talking to them? I wonder what he was saying...) -- he did this for 5-10 minutes straight! Yea Jonah! :-)

Cuteness

Jonah's first smile that we've managed to capture on film. Awwwwwww.

Jonah is starting to like bathtime.

No more pee showers. The infamous peepee-teepee in action.

I wonder who would have given me my first set of golf clubs. Hmmmmmm.

Blowing bubbles in my Yankees uniform.

More Family Fun

Poppy, Aunt Dr. Jen, Jonah and daddy.

Aunt Dr. Jen talks to Jonah after reading The Little Engine That Could.

What you talking about Willis? Jonah checks out Uncle Mike.

Apparently Jonah needs an American League team to root for as well. Poppy goes shopping at a Yankees Spring Training game in Tampa.

Jonah's first stroll through Old Town Fort Collins.

Champagne Bottling. The making of Jonah Juice.

To commemorate Jonah's birth, we visited a local Vintner and created a custom champagne. We selected Muscat grapes from the Asti region of Italy to try and recreate the champagne Rebekah loves so much that she named our first cat Asti. Poppy, Aunt Dr. Jen, Uncle Mike and his girlfriend Kaleena were on hand to help celebrate with us. We used the whale cartoon as our label. Below are some pictures from the bottling process.

Uncle Mike filling a champagne bottle under CO2 pressure.

Poppy takes out his frustrations on another Red Sox victory by pounding corks into the bottles with a large rubber mallet.

We bottled alongside friends who made wines of their own creation. The party included a Sauvignon Blanc, Malbec, Montepulciano, Cabernet Sauvignon, and a Chocolate Raspberry Port. And yes, there was much quality control testing going on throughout the day. Jonah was an angel and slept throughout the whole process.

Jonah and daddy with the finished product and a big Kool-Aid smile. Oh yeah!

Jonah and Grandpa

Reading Old McDonald Had a Farm with grandpa Crockett and fingerpuppet friends.


BUUURRPPPP!! *phew* Thanks Grandpa! That was a big one!

First Crockett/Kent family photo with grandma and grandpa Crockett and Uncle Mike

April 18, 2009

Jonah - One Month Old

Well, here we are. Already one month, and a couple hundred sleep-deprived hours later! Jonah is doing very well -- he reached the 9 pound mark earlier this week and has started "playing" with his toys, (if you count focusing on them for extended periods and following them with his eyes) although I think the ceiling fan still may win out as the favorite attraction. Both grandmas have been out to sing songs and read books to him so he's already well versed in Eric Carle, and knows how to brush his teeth and zip up his coat, if you've been following our video postings. He refuses to wear socks unless we tie them around his ankles, is quite talkative (i.e. future report cards will likely read "Jonah is a good student but talks too much...") and can fart with the best of of them. The cats are still becoming used to the Big Scary Baby in the house. They will stealthly creep up and sniff a sleeping Jonah, then scatter hair-on-end when the Big Scary Baby coos or twitches. Just wait until he starts crawling! Pat and I are hanging in there. I have embraced the fact that it is OK for me to be in my bathrobe until 5pm...well, to be honest if I put actual clothes on during thet day that is quite an accomplishment! Pat is becoming quite the chef, and more than compensates picking up household tasks for the former-wife-turned-zombie milk machine that now permanently occupies the glider rocker in the nursery. We're both looking forward to some more restful nights during this 2nd month, however we're not holding our breaths...

Happy Opening Day Everyone!

And let the brainwashing begin.

Grandma Kent's visit

"Now what did you think with a name like Jonah -- of COURSE my grandparents would buy me clothes with whales on them!"

Jonah in his favorite bouncy seat, wearing booties knitted by a member of the Newark United Methodist Church.

The Zipper Song:
Zip up your zipper, up to your chin
Don't you let that cold wind in!
Keep it zipped all through the town,
And when you get home zip your zipper down.
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzziiiiiiip up!
Zzzzzzzzziiiiiiiiiip down!
Zzzzzzzzzzziiiiip up!
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzziiiiiiiiip down!