Christmas pics!

Why I chose to do this every year is beyond me! It is way to stressful to try to get kids and adults to look at the camera and all look nice. Luckily, Andrew loves to smile and Jonah loved the flashing light on the camera. So, here are our family pics and one of the boys before Jonah crawled away. The ones of the boys in their pjs turned out better since Jonah couldn't get off the chair!

Happy Panda

I came across this store and being 1/2 Chinese I love the Panda gear. Check them out! You can also enter to win some of their products.

http://www.happypandababy.com/home.php?xid=7ec8517964cba7c532520959cdbea283

http://laurawilliamsmusings.blogspot.com/2007/11/review-giveaway-limited-edition-happy.html

Jonah is On the Move

Jonah just started scooting like mad! He is so fun to watch! I wonder how long it will take him to crawl on his hands and knees?

I love to win free stuff!

So, I have discovered the world of free online giveaways and I am hooked. If you look on my sidebar you will see a couple of giveaways you can enter too. So far I have won a pair of cute Robeez for Jonah and some books on being frugal. Who know what you might win if you try!

Ever see Grackles migrate?

This was truely amazing to see and hear! Andrew and I started hearing birds so we looked outside to see 100s of birds in our trees. In ALL our trees! And the neighbor's trees and the field behind our house. I got Nate and the then the birds started landing on our lawn. When they decided to go to the next stop they all flew away at the same time. Turn as a flock and off they go. Here are a few pictures but they do not do it justice at all. The last picture shows them flying off and they seemed to keep coming and coming. Sorry for so many pics but it was SO neat to see in real life!

Baby Slings

Some of you know that I like to carry Jonah around in Baby slings. Here are some really beautiful ones and you can enter to win one!

Here is link to the contest - through Nov 13th!

http://www.mamanista.com/2007/10/rockin-baby-sling-contest.html

And a link to the Rockin Baby site

http://www.rockinbabysling.com/

My favorite is the Hold Me Sling and the Pretty Baby pouch

Lead Free Toys

So, I found this website having a Fall Giveway and one blog that is participating is giving away Lead Free Toys. Recalls have been prevelant lately and of course, as parents we all worry. I try not to worry too much but this blog has a great list going of Lead Free Toys.

the blog with giveaways ALL month-

http://adopttwoboys.blogspot.com/2007/10/years-biggest-toy-giveaway-begins.html

Links to the companies -

http://www.naturalpod.com/shop/index.php?main_page=index

http://www.happygreenbee.com/toys/abbee-doll/doll

Little Pumpkin

In an effort to not shaft Jonah in the picture department, we went out and snapped some shots of him in the leaves and at the pumpkin patch. They join my stack of favorite Jonah pics. Sorry there are so many - and this is less then half of what we took.

Big Brother, Little Brother

I finally got the boys in their matching shirts. Perfect for fall! Aren't they cute?

Cape Cod

We got to spend a few days on Cape Cod - relaxing and getting away from the pressures of church. Andrew learned to crab and had a good time talking to all the people that stopped to see what they were doing. Andrew took the picture of the crabs.

Jonah's First Word

Life continues to pass in a blur. One great moment in time - Jonah saying "MAMA!" And, he does know what it means too. In the middle of the night, Nate only got a crying response but I got "mamama!" when I entered the room. Of course, it could just mean "milk" too but I will take what I can get!

Rolling on Video

I finally got a video of Jonah rolling! He is becoming quite the pro. Now he needs to figure out how to roll from belly to back because he hates being on his belly! Click on the links to see the videos.

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v313/nkmeldrim/?action=view&current=4efcd3dc.flv

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v313/nkmeldrim/?action=view&current=4602d075.flv

Here is a better video I got a couple days later

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v313/nkmeldrim/?action=view&current=35ba2267.flv

4months!

Jonah is now 4 months old! I can't believe how fast it has gone. Here is our monthly couch pictures. I forgot during the day so I quick shot some before bed. Luckily these are my favorite pjs!

Completely off centered but such a cute smile!

He rolled!

Tonight (7/8/07) Jonah rolled over from back to belly for the first time. Yeah! He learned a few days ago how to roll on his side and had even been sleeping on his side. I of course did not get a picture of it since he rolled while giving Andrew a bath and trying to clean the house. Nate and I did both witness it but no camera near by. Here is a pic of him really trying to roll on the 4th.



Here are a few other cute pics of him lately -

Tummy Time


In the highchair for the first time


In his cute hat before the parade


After a bath

Happy 4th!

Here are the boys in their matching flag shirts. We were all in the People's Parade in our town. Anyone can be in it and Nate said we "had" to. Andrew seemed to have fun. He can't wait until next year - he think he will ride his bike like all the big kids!

Happy 3 months Jonah!

Here are his couch pictures that we take every month

Here are the "professional" pics done at JCPennys. He was so laid back that day, hardly got a grin from him

Brotherly Love

Andrew really loves Jonah. He is constantly talking to him and showing him things. Here are few pics of the boys together.

Reading "The Carrot Seed"

PJ time

Andrew loooves to hold Jonah

Trying to get Jonah to enjoy tummy time

Last Day of Gymnastics

I am WAY behind in my updates so you will see a bunch of new ones!

Here is Andrew on his last day of gymnastics. He really loved going and did very well. The teachers told us that if he comes back in the fall that he could potentially move up 2 classes. We are going to wait to see how preschool goes before enrolling him again.

If you want to see a video of him - click on this link -

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v313/nkmeldrim/?action=view&current=Gymnasticsvideos.flv