1 day before our trip to Ohio!

Yesterday I did the rest of our laundry and started packing. I started with the diaper bag and my carry-on bag. It took me over 2 hours just to get those packed! I never realized Jonathans' stuff would take up so much space! I'm trying to squeeze all our clothes and everything we need into 1 big suitcase, 1 little suitcase and 2 carryons. I don't know if we're going to be able to do that though... but I think taking even another small suitcase is just too much! Even if the trip is 5-6 days long. :) Jonathan and I are sharing the big suitcase... and before Jonathan I could fill a big suitcase up all with my own stuff! So i've really had to cut back and pack smart. Its a good thing we'll be able to do laundry while we are in Ohio! I'm still so nervous about the flight, but hopefully it will be okay. Since we are leaving tomorrow at around 3 am, this will probably be my last blog till after the trip. Wish us luck! :)

On another note, Nathan gave goldfish crackers to Jonathan for the first time yesterday. And Jonathan LOVED them! It was so cute to watch him eat them! He's getting so big now and babbling a lot (esp in church lol). He's always wanting to stand and try to move around the furniture. I don't know what I'll do when he can run LOL....

Monday...

By the way, Jonathan is fine after his throwing up incident. The next day he was well and eating again. I'm so thankful for that, I felt so bad for him!

So... my pictures from JC Penney were not great. I won't be going to JC Penneys again, and I will be writing them a letter (which I NEVER usually do, so you can kind of understand how irritated I am with them). I don't think that he will be getting any more "professional photos". Its just too much money for them to look just ok or iffy.

I just went to the store yesterday to get some toys and snacks for the flight to Ohio, to try and keep Jonathan occupied. Its a whole day of flying, so I don't know really how it will be. I have to do laundry and pack tomorrow and wednesday, so it feels like today is my only free day before we go just to try to relax! :) I'm still nervous for the flight, I think the only way i'll be less nervous is to actually go on the flight and see how Jonathan does.

We were given a couple of pop-up books for Jonathan before he was born, so we read those to him the other day, and Jonathan LOVED them! I would hold on side of the book, and Jonathan would hold the other side and open and close it over and over again to see the animals. It was really cute! :)

It looks as if I'll be having to dig thru some of his 18 month clothes to see if any of those will fit him. A few of his clothes seem to be getting a little small (mostly a couple of his sleepers). He's getting so big! Although at church yesterday I saw a 2 year old and couldn't believe how big the boy looked. I can't even imagine Jonathan walking well and looking that big. It doesn't seem like that should happen for a long time! But he's definitely getting there...

Throwing up... and other things...

Last night Jonathan threw up. A LOT. Nathan was still up around midnight, and heard him heaving, so he went in there to see what was going on. While he was checking on him, Jonathan puked again. Vomit was EVERYWHERE- all over in his crib, and he was also drenched! This was the first time he has ever puked so much and the first time he ever heaved while doing so. Nathan and I were both worried about him. It didn't seem to faze him though. He was more upset that we were cleaning him and his crib up! He went right back to sleep. This morning he decided to boycott all babyfood and most tablefood. My mom suggested that he would eat again when his tummy felt better. He was still drinking his formula, so that was good. He was active most of the day, crawling around and playing like usual. Just every so often he would be fussy for a few minutes, then he would be acting like normal again. I have no idea what caused it, but as he didn't throw up again I figured I wouldn't call the doctor. I'm starting to wonder if all this is due to teething, although I'm not sure he would throw up because of it... He has his 9 month check-up on Friday anyways, so I'm going to talk to his doctor about all this then. In the meantime, pray that we don't have another midnight cleaning up to do!

On another note... I pick up the "professional" pictures from JC Penneys tomorrow afternoon. I will probably post a blog tomorrow either sharing them or venting about them! LOL :)

And I just realized that our trip to Ohio is NEXT WEEK! AHH! I'm excited to go, but really nervous about taking Jonathan on a plane (not just there and back, but 4 flights!)... My friend Anna recently went on a trip with her son, and she kind of eased some of my fears about going on this trip. I just hope it goes well. I'm also a little frustrated because there are so many things to do before we go, but not many things I can do now. It all has to wait till probably a few days before we leave. Anyways, this trip could be very interesting...

Sunday at the Park

On Sunday after church, Nathan, Jonathan and I went to Bush Pasture park. We had fun, just relaxing and taking some pictures. I thought I would share a few. Jonathan was really good for most of the time, even though he was getting tired. He posed really well for me too, a lot better than for the "professional" photographers! :)


One of the best pictures that was taken of Jonathan that day :)


Another good one, in my opinion :)


Our best try at getting a family photo with only the 3 of us there!


Nathan and Jonathan- SO CUTE!


Jonathan and me


Another cute pose!


Cute! :)

Unhappy Photo Shoot

This last Thursday, I took Jonathan in to get professional pictures taken. We are going to Ohio at the end of this month, so I wanted some pictures that we could give to family over there. But the pictures didn't go so well and I was very disappointed. We went to J.C. Penney's. I had heard lots of good things about them, but maybe the day we went was just an off day. I know I am not the best photographer. But I seriously could have done a better job than the photographer did this day. She made him cry by making these really loud sudden noises. He cried, and so she took pictures of him crying. Which I really didn't want. He was fussy throughout the rest of the shoot. Which by the way, wasn't very long. That also got me annoyed. She didn't take very many pictures at all. If I was the photographer I would have tried so many things to get him to smile but she didn't hardly try at all! And I don't really know what got into Jonathan because when I take pictures or even someone else does, he poses or hams it up for the camera! And he's always smiling, so I don't really know why he didn't smile except for that she scared him. So when the photo shoot was over, she said to come back in half an hour and the pictures would be ready to look at on the computer. So after an HOUR AND A HALF LATER and a very unhappy Jonathan.... I finally got to see the pictures. A lady who was apparently new, or didn't know what she was doing was enhancing the pictures- had I realized thats what she was doing the whole time, I would have told her I only want to see the regular pictures. I have never gotten professional pictures before. And later she told me that while with the coupon I had I could get 3.99 sheets, if I chose any of the enhanced ones (even if they were just black and white) they would be 14.99 a sheet. That is ridiculous. I'll scan them on my computer and enhance them myself lol. Anyways, she went through all the pictures with me, needing to tell me everything that Jonathan was thinking in every single picture. That was REALLY annoying. And then she tried to get me to buy all these pictures that I didn't like. I ended up only getting a few. They were okay pictures. So the whole process of pictures took over 2 hrs, I didn't think it would take that long. And Jonathan was very fussy for most of that 2 hrs which is VERY unlike him. The only good thing that happened is that Jonathan spit up on her nice black shirt when she decided to hold him. And then he laughed after he did it. :)

Jonathan's Smile

I just had to share; I LOVE this picture! He was in a very good mood, and was having fun posing for the camera. I'm a little sad that he's growing up so fast, but its exciting to see him become more of a little boy and less of a baby. I love him so much! :)