Lots to talk about

So obviously I'm not the best blogger, but I love reading other peoples blogs and find myself disappointed when they haven't posted anything new. I think it's probably unfair of me to feel that way since I'm way worse at keeping it up, and I don't think I should expect anyone to follow my blog if I'm not going to do regular posts. Just to warn you... those are just my thoughts and that does not mean that I'm going to magically be better at blogging, I will try though.

Some crazy, and wonderful, things have happened since February. We finally moved out of our one bedroom apartment into a two bedroom. This has had happy outcomes with regards to sleeping, both for us and for Jonas. A few days after we moved I found out *SURPRISE* I was pregnant again. After the initial freaking out... we were super excited, and even more so when we found out she was a girl. Cameryn Alexis was born, a month early, on 10/8/10. She was 5lbs 10oz and 18inches long. She was healthy and doing great just like her brother when he was born a month early. I actually went into labor on the same exact gestational day with both of them (although it was the second time I went into labor with Jonas). Everyone says I'm lucky that I don't have to carry my babies that additional month, but I think I'm blessed to have perfectly healthy, good-eating, babies who are preterm!

Being a mom to 2 under 2 is super stressful, I'm not gonna lie! Jonas has been so great though, especially for not understanding what was going on in the beginning. He is slowly starting to do big brotherly things like laying his head next to her, getting her a blanky when she cries and helping us know when she is awake. It's really only bad when they are both crying and I have to pick which one to take care of , while I leave the other one crying. Thankfully that doesn't happen too often. It's also really hard to see that Jonas isn't getting as much attention as he used to. I wish I could just play with him all the time like I used to.

Jonas is in nursery now and seems to be picking up a lot from the older children... like throwing things, hitting, throwing tantrums... it's not all bad though. I saw online that between 18 months to 2 years boys can say about 50 words and girls can say about 90. So I decided to count the words that we could distinguish that Jonas can say. He can say just about 40 words at almost 19 months. He went to the Dr. for his 18 month appointment and the Dr. asked how many words we could distinguish. I told him and he was surprised. He said that at his age kids are doing good with about 15 words! That's right, my boy's a genius ;) I'm just kidding, but I really am proud of him!

David is still on the job hunt, but things have been looking way, way up just in the past month. He has actually had some interviews, and he has been hired on in a temporary position within his field (Mechanical Engineering), which will be awesome for his resume. That job will go to the end of the year, and may turn into something more permanent (but we aren't counting on it). Hopefully he'll have something lined up by then though so I can quit my job and take care of the kids... right now we're having to have other people watch the kids until I get home from work.

Sorry there aren't any pictures on this post... but I'll make sure to have some good ones on the next post!

Just some cutie pie pics of Jonas baby :)

Life as we know it

Time goes by so quickly when you have a baby, I think it's because you're more focused on what they are doing and how to take care of them, rather than what day it is and how much time is passing. Then you look back and realize how much has happened. Jonas is 9 months old and I can't believe it's almost been a year. He has been the best little baby. He is generally happy, always cute, he loves to cuddle and has the sweetest personality. Lately we've been dealing with teething which is definitely not fun. Tooth number 4 came in about a week and a half ago and we're hoping for a little break... maybe I should hope for them all to come soon instead and then we wouldn't draw out the process. Jonas still doesn't know how to crawl yet, but I think it's our fault for not giving him tummy when he was little. That's caused us a few problems... lesson learned. We aren't to worried about him not crawling yet though, he still has some time.



We're finally moving to a bigger apartment which is very exciting. David is still job hunting, which has been frustrating for both of us. Something is out there for him, there has to be, it's just finding it that's proving difficult. We're happy though and at least we're able to live off of what I'm making for now. So if any of you who read this know of any entry level mechanical engineering positions out there (anywhere) pass it on our way ;)

Winter with the Jones'

We have had so much fun this winter! We got to take Jonas tubing a couple times. He seems to be okay with it... but I don't think it's his favorite thing yet!




























Jonas sat on Santa's lap for the 1st time, he was to tired to care though :)
And we had some excellent trips to visit family in California and North Carolina for the holidays.

Wow I can't believe how long it has been since we've posted! I'm as bad at blogging as I am at writing in my journal. So much has happened in our lives since we last posted that I don't think I'll be able to give a full account of everything. I'll just try to highlight the things we have pictures for.

Back in October 2009 Jonas got a helmet to correct a flat spot on his head. Jonas has been quick to do many things in his life so far (except for rolling, scooting, crawling, etc. We're still working on these).
So we were hoping that the helmet situation would be the same. Jonas was always really high in his percentiles for height and weight, but his head was on the small side. He got his helmet and it seemed like growth spurt after growth spurt and in 5 weeks, not only did his head circumfrance grow 3 cm, but his flat spot filled in past what our goal was, and we were able to get the helmet off. I was SO happy about this because it smelled even though we cleaned it and his skin started to be really dry and irritated. So thank you to those of you who prayed for him :) This last picture is the day Jonas didn't have to wear his helmet, and the 1st day I could play with his hair again :)

Gems of Jonas

These are some of our favorite pictures of Jonas lately.

A video from Yellowstone

This is Dragon's Mouth Spring. It kinda looks and smells like Pirates of Caribbean ride at Disneyland.

This one was like a sauna being in the steam as it blew in the wind. A lit ways off from here, there's a hillside full of dead trees with their roots sticking out of the ground. Because of the volcano under Yellowstone, the ground got so hot it cooked the trees.