Too Big!

I usually put Jonathan in this little chair while i shower and he is usually content. Today, while showering in heard some thunks and so i peek out of the shower to find him like this. I guess he wants to sit up on his own now. Gotta go now because i hear him playing with paper and am not sure where it is coming from!

The Dustmop

I let Jonathan loose in his room to play while i was out and about putting the laundry away. I heard him start to whine a little and i went back in his room to see what was up and i couldn't find him. I was looking everywhere and then out popped his little head from behind the rocking chair. The picture isn't very good because i realized that i was focusing on the washcloth and not Jonathan's head.



After i picked him up i noticed that he was missing his shorts. I guess he lost them while crawling around.



And here is a picture of the dust he collected on himself while exploring areas i don't clean very often.

Johann-athan

I forgot to post his 7 mo. picture.



I can't believe that he is 7 months already, yet it seems as though he has been around for a lot longer then that. It is not quite what they say when they say "I can't remember what life was like without him" as i have pleasant memories of full nights of sleep, sleeping in, coming home from my job and having the evening to do whatever i want but how can you resist a face like this!


I guess with added mobility i need to be a little more vigilant. Since yesterday he has found the magazines on the bottom shelf of the coffee table, books on the book shelf, daddy's dirty shoes and this leaky pen.

Behind!

I am a little behind on postings of Jonathan. He has been kind of mobile but more like rolling over to where he wants to go not really crawling. That is until yesterday when I noticed him propelling himself with his toes.



Also here are a few pictures from the last month. I call them "adventures in eating"


Apples, Plums, and Bananas


Peas













This is a vitamin D supplement that i sometimes can't resist giving to him because of the faces he makes!

He likes it.

Here is Jonathan eating some delicious rice cereal.

Guess who is 6 months old!

This is how he woke up after getting home from his Dr.'s appt. Poor kid, shots are no fun! We are going to feed him later today. If i can figure it out, i will post the video.

Arizona`

Some of you may know that moving and living in Arizona has not been the easiest thing for me and i told myself that i would limit my complaining about it on this blog. At least i can say that i don't cry anymore when C.W. and i talk about where are kids are going to high school. I think that i have a tentative promise that when C.W. retires, we can move. Stay with me.

It seems that outside of church, most people i know are transplants to Arizona. I can only think of a couple of people that are born and raised here. When i first moved here i was commiserating with this girl about living here. Her advice was to find three things you like and focus on those. I only remember hers as you can swim at midnight and it is nice and the smell of the orange trees when they bloom. Here were my original three:
C.W. was here.
The smell of the orange blossoms.
There are a lot of birds here.
They have evolved throughout the years (yes all 3.5 of them). Here are the different versions of them:
C.W. has a good job.
I work at a showroom that has really great fabric.
I like my job working with Interior Designers.
I see a lot of high end cars i.e. Bentleys, Lotuses/ Loti (?), (I do admit that this one is stupid and it only lasted a few weeks)
And this is the current three:
C.W. has some really great co-workers.
Birds.
The smell of the orange blossoms.
I think that March is the one month that i like, wait, no i don't mind living in Arizona. For those of you not here, there is no describing the smell of the orange tree. The air is heavy with the smell, like it drips off the trees.
We have a house and we have a variety of winged visitors. We even have a hummingbird nest that i can see from the kitchen window. Now this post is long enough. I try to keep'em short with a lot of pictures!