Elk Viewing

Yesterday we trekked up to Rocky Mountain National Park with Aunt Jen and some friends to do some hiking, see the golden aspens, and watch/listen to the elk bugling.

Jonah's First Date

Here's how it went down:

Jonah - Hey baby, how you doing?



Kayla - I'm just fine little man.



Jonah - Hey would you mind if I just kind of lean back on you for awhile baby?



Kayla - Ohh. That would be nice. Gosh your hair sure smells nice.



Jonah - Yeah, that's my oatmeal vanilla bodywash gorgeous.



Kayla - You are so big and strong. Can I have a taste of those two fingers?

Jonah - Baby, those fingers are mine but why don't you whisper sweet nothings in my ear darling.

Or something like that.

Laird Jonah

Oh lowly peasants. Effective on the 28th day of August, 2009 as a baby gift from Joe and Kelli, Jonah became the sole proprietor of plot number 0908N63E5 which constitutes one square foot of land on the bank of Chaol Glenn River at Dunan's Castle in Argyll, Scotland. As owner of this land, Jonah officially obtains the title of Laird. He has the rights to fish in the river Chaol Ghleann and right of access to the Castle grounds. So all of you mere serfs and peons, be sure to show Laird Jonah his proper respect or it's off with your heads!




In looking at this picture, Jonah's land is to the right of the castle on a path through the surrounding forest.

www.dunans.org

Future Blackmail

Jonah - 6 months old

It's been another month of milestones for Jonah. First solid foods, First professional baseball game (Rockies vs. Mets), First airplane trip (New Hampshire), First family vacation (Steamboat Springs camping trip), First movie (Dazed and Confused, replayed at the Thursday night outdoor film series at New Belgium Brewing Company) and First week at daycare. He's continuing to grow but we won't have stats for you until after the doctor's visit this coming week. This month we also enjoyed more visits from Grandma Crockett and Papa John, Poppy, and Grammy.

The Thinker. After much deliberation, Jonah settles on these first two fingers of his right had as the most tasty of his 10 options. He's also been busy pondering the intracacies of Obama's health care bill, whether or not Brett Farvre looks good in purple, and if he prefers babyfood carrots over sweet potatoes...but then there's that banana/raspberry/peaches blend that's so good too...

Uh-oh is that the Tickle Monster coming to get me?

More happy boy in monkey outfit.

Jonah slept through his first visit to the Atlantic Ocean on our trip to New Hampshire to see Jillana.

Jonah's first day as a Little Bear, 9/8/09. He's a rock star in the infant room - cute, energetic, talkative, and relatively low maintenance. (Relative to the colicky babies in his class, we presume). We've gotten glowing reports over how well Jonah is doing, including a full run-down each day on what his daily activities were, how much and when he ate, when he napped and for how long, when his diaper was changed and what it contained. He greets his teacher with a smile each morning I drop him off. Thankfully he also greets Pat and I with smiles when we pick him up in the afternoon too! If he gets fussy, they just motion to him to suck his two fingers :-).

First Family Vacation

Before we begin, we would like to apologize for our lack of posting in the month of August. We understand that their have been some concerned followers(You know who you are!) losing sleep due to the fact that they don't know what is happening in Jonah's life. We take full responsibility for our actions and we won't let it happen again.

Now, we celebrated Jonah's six month birthday by going camping in Steamboat Springs. We hiked Fish Creek Falls, visited Strawberry Park Hotsprings and ate jars of Sweet Potatoes around the fire. Jonah had a great weekend and was a happy little camper.

Jonah watching mommy and daddy set up the tent.

Eating sweet potatoes. I can't tell who is happier in this picture.

Hiking at Fish Creek Falls.

Playing in the RV with my good buddy Camden.

Naptime in the stroller.

Cool Jonah sporting his new sunglasses.

Jonah swimming in the Hot Springs at Strawberry Park.

Relaxing after a hard day swimming at the springs. Guess which guy picked up more chicks on this day.

Playing in the tent with daddy.

THE END :)

Baseball and apple pie, I mean peaches...

Jonah's first baseball game! Last night we cheered the Rockies on to beat the Mets 5-2. You might be asking why he wasn't in a Phillies outfit...well, a little home team spirit for the boy is okay too we guess, and we definitely weren't rooting for the Mets! Jonah was great the whole game; he just sucked on his favorite two fingers, stared at all the lights and took the excitement in for all 3+ hours. Perhaps he was born a baseball fan!

Peaches peaches everywhere.... Mmmm.....

Here's Jonah playing in his new Baby Einstein activity center. He's learning that if he presses the different buttons, they say the name of the animal pictured, make the animal noise, or play music.