Guatemala gifts

Thank you Ana Silvia and Danilo for sending these adorable gifts for Jonah! Jonah is pictured here sporting his beautiful handwoven Guatemalan tunic and playing with a handmade jack-in-the-box toy (only it's a cone...I'm not sure what to call this thing, but it's reallly cute). Muchas gracias mis amigos! :-)

Jonah - 10 months old!

The little man has turned 10 months old! He's 29 1/4" long and approximately 19 pounds, has two bottom teeth, and continues to have an exceptionally large noggin for his age. Full of brains, of course! Jonah has natural rock star hair that grows straight up in the back....we think it's very cute but the first haircut may be in the not-too-distant future. He is flipping over in all directions to reach toys he wants, but would rather roll his way over to them than crawl. He loves to practice walking, and has pulled himself up once so far, prompting us to drop the crib mattress down and start babyproofing the house. He claps his hands regularly and has started waving to people and giving high-fives. The big blue eyes are charming everyone, so we know we will have our hands full come high-school.

Jonah mows the lawn (well, sort of)

For Christmas Pat and I bought Jonah this car/lawnmower thing. He doesn't seem interested in crawling, but he sure loves to try to walk! He pulls to the right a bit though, kind of like a shopping cart with one busted wheel. On an unrelated topic, today he also picked and ate his first boogie.

Jonah's First Christmas

A white Christmas in Delaware!

Jonah in his reindeer pajamas opening a new bath toy from Aunt Jen. (Note the drool spot - think we're teething again!)

Yea! I love opening presents! :-)

Poppy got me this awesome Philadelphia Eagles track suit to wear this spring!

Okay Jonah! Look at the camera! Jonah! Jonah! Over there! See the camera Jonah!? Awww...crap. It just took the picture. Let's try this again...

Cheese!

Opening presents at Grandma and Grandpa Crockett's house.

With my two grandpas.

All the Kent men (in Santa hats).

Awww.... how cute. :-) Jonah prepares to open his stocking.

I'm surrounded by presents! (Jonah has figured out that he is supposed to smile big for the camera.)

Baby Santa is all tuckered out after a big morning opening presents.

Jonah's first piano lesson.

Jonah and daddy at Rehoboth Beach.

Jonah touching the ocean for the first time. Cold!

Pucker up. After the doctor said it was okay to give Jonah table foods, we were suprised to discover that he likes lemons.

"The cow goes 'moooo', Jonah!" (again, Jonah knows to smile big when the camera comes out.)

Christmas videos: Jonah loved the train at Grandma and Grandpa Crockett's house. He would sit in the center of the track and scoot in a circle to watch the train go all the way around. He would also get excited when the train went by and stomp his feet and wave his arms.

Dancing with Uncle Mike.

Jonah opens his first Christmas presents

Last night we opened some Christmas presents here at the house before we leave to fly to Delaware to spend Christmas with our parents. He got a puzzle, some pajamas, and "The Cajun Night Before Christmas". Jonah had lots of fun, particularly with the wrapping paper. :-)

A couple nights ago Jonah enjoyed playing with his friend Charlie, son of Pam and Thomas Wilding.

Jonah - 9 months old!

Jonah is getting awfully squirmy. Although he hasn't started crawling yet (that would require taking his two favorite fingers out of his mouth), the motivation is certainly there. He sees things he wants to get (including the cats) and is starting to motivate to go get it! This past month his first two teeth also broke through. He enjoys hearing the click-click-click of his new teeth on plastic toys, and using them to chew on teething biscuits and apple slices. November was also filled with travel, with another trip back East to Delaware, and to Indiana for Thanksgiving Jonah's great-grandparents. So Jonah has now been in 9 states (CO, NH, ME, MA, DE, MD, VA, IN, IL) and Washington DC. And FINALLY - Jonah is sleeping through the night. Whoohoo! :-)

Jonah's First Thanksgiving

Happy Belated Turkey Day! It's been a month since our last posting because we've been traveling a lot. Most recently, we spent Thanksgiving in Valparaiso, Indiana with Rebekah's family. It had been several years since we last visited so it was great to be back and see everyone for a few days and give Jonah and his great-grandparents the very special opportunity to get acquainted.The fam, Thanksgiving day.

Jonah with his second cousins on the Crockett side. JR Hurd holding William Letham (left) and Brady Hurd holding Julia Letham. JR and Brady are sons of Rebekah's cousin Anne and 4 month-old twins William and Julia are children of Rebekah's cousin Leslie.

Crockett Cousins and second cousins: Uncle Mike; Brady, JR and Anne Hurd; Rebekah and Jonah; Leslie Leatham holding Julia, and Candace McGuffey with Will Leatham.

Jonah gets to know great-grandma Phyllis Crockett.

4 generations of Crocketts - Uncle Mike and Grandpa Crockett, Rebekah, Jonah, and great-grandma Phyllis Crockett.

4 Genenerations of Bretschers - Jonah held by his great grandpa Paul Bretscher and great grandma Connie (and great dog Micah).

with great-grandpa,

and great grandma Connie and Micah.

After all the family visits, we stopped in to see the Pipes family in Lafayette. We went hiking Mark and his dog Riley. Just for such occasions, Mark and his parents got Jonah this cool hiking backpack!

Ahh..I can still suck on my favorite two fingers back here in this thing!