18 Months old today!!

We have survived and made it to another major milestone is Jonah's life today! He is 18 months old! That's 1 1/2 for those without kids ;) I had to add that in because friends and other people without kids usually ask me why parents always refer to their children's age in months. Well, it's becasue for example there is a huge difference between a 12 month old and an 18 month old so it order to accurately convey their age developmentally and physically you say how old they are in months. I think that stops after they are 2 years old and there aren't so many changes occuring.

Anyway, we have a big night planned for Jonah to celebrate so I'll be updating with the details later! Here are a couple of pics I took last night of Jonah and Josh!














Hope everyone has a good weekend!

Manic Monday

I hate goodbyes but I was glad to say goodbye to Monday! It started out bad and just continued to get worse as the day progressed. Jonah woke up with an upset stomach (aka major blowouts) and a horrible rash all over his bottom (He's going to be so excited to know that I shared this information with everyone when he is older!) This rash was much worse than your normal run of the mill diaper rash so I decided we needed to make an appointment with the pediatrician to have it checked out. We went to the doctor and found out that he has a viral infection which was causing the upset stomach which in turn was causing the rash. So, Dr. Alvis prescribed him an ointment for the rash and lactinex supplements to help him keep the good bacteria he needed in his system to fight off the infection. The doctor's office visit was no sweat but trying to pick up his prescriptions was a nightmare! We spent 20 minutes at the doctor's office and 4 hours trying to get his prescriptions. Right now I am not on good terms with Walgreen's. Don't these people know how hard it is to get a baby in and out of the car for numerous trips to the pharmacy? Especially a sick baby?? Apparently not! We were finally able to get home and I put Jonah down for his nap which lasted a mere 20 minutes. Nap time is a precious commodity and when they miss it, it's not only bad for the baby but it's bad for mommy too!

So, after Jonah woke up from his short term nap, he had his usual snack and juice. Then he was playing with his push lawnmower and somehow tripped and fell on the handle of the lawnmower and cut his left earlobe! It was bleeding and turned a pretty shade of purple. I tried applying ice but Jonah freaked out and after watching enough UFC fight matches with Josh, I knew that when you cut your earlobe the cartilage grows back in weird formations causing the "cauliflower effect" so I loaded Jonah up and we headed to the Acute Care Clinic. Luckily he only scraped his ear but the doctor said we had to watch for swelling and if it did start to swell we had to go straight to the ER so they could drain it. They cleaned him up and sent us back home with Neosporin and an ice pack.

I continued to watch his ear until he went to bed and I didn't see any swelling so I think it's going to heal just fine! Jonah made out pretty well and didn't seem too phased by the days events! He scored a toy truck after the first doctor visit and McDonald's after the second doctor visit! But right before his bath things started to calm down and Jonah had fun playing on our bed in our mound of pillows! But I was careful to not let him get close to the edge! That's all we needed was a trip to the ER for a broken bone!

After Jonah fell asleep I plopped onto the couch with a PB&J and immersed myself into MTV reality TV including the Hills and the Life of Ryan. Watching someone else struggle with daily life always makes me feel better! Even though I don't think Lauren's struggles with dating or not dating Jason and Ryan's struggles with hanging out with friends or his little brother Kane are not even on the same level as my daily struggles but Oh Well! :)

Jonah managing to have a little fun before bedtime! We both needed it!

The Cutting Edge

I finally broke down and we took Jonah to get his first haircut on Sunday. I've been letting it grow out because I love his blond curls but it was getting really long in the front and it was becoming hard to manage. Plus, I didn't want him to end up looking like Kate Hudson's son so I decided we should have it trimmed. We took him to Snip-its in Frisco and Miss Pam hooked him up with stylish "do" while leaving the curls in tact which made me and Josh happy! Jonah sat very still while she snipped away and kept his eye on her in the mirror! Afterwards he had fun picking out a prize and taking his picture!

Watch out Federer!

Watch out Federer! He may only be 1 1/2 but I forsee many US Open championships in his future!

A Walk in the Park

Friday night Josh and I had date night! We went out to eat then went to watch "Superbad". If you haven't seen this movie let me just tell you that it's hilarious! If you liked the movie "Knocked Up" you will like this movie.

Saturday night we were going to go to Grapefest in Grapevine but figured we would want to try all the vino and unfortunately Jonah's too young to drive us home so we ended up going over to our friends' Johnny and Sarah's house for a cookout. Jonah had fun playing with Ashton and Reese. We tried to get pictures of Jonah and Reese together before we left but they weren't having it.

This morning I took Jonah and Riley to the park so Josh could sleep in. We went to Aviator Park in McKinney. Jonah had so much fun watching the planes take off at the airport next to the park while he rode the swings! He went down the slide at least a dozen times by himself but spent an hour on the swingset! I think I wore him out because he's been asleep for almost three hours now! I'm not complaining though because it's given me a chance to catch up on our blog!

D's Art Show

Josh and I attended our friend D's art show last weekend in downtown Dallas. He had some pretty interesting pieces but unfortunately I couldn't talk him down on the price for the Audrey Hepburn painting that I liked :) I should have taken some pictures of the artwork but I only managed to get a few phots of us and friends!


Lindsey and Vicky

Us with the artist known as D
Posing for the camera

Familiar Face

Okay so my friend Amy did one of these on her blogs with her four girls and I just thought it was such a cute idea I had to copy her. Especially since it's been really hard for us to determine exactly who Jonah looks like. He has my eye shape, Josh's eye color, and Josh's hair color when he was a baby but my hair color now. Okay fine, so mine has a little help from the lovely staff at Salon at Eaton Court! Anyway, people always have a hard time deciding who he really looks like. Well, the results are in and it appears that Jonah is a perfect blend of both of us! What do you think??

Historic Evening

On Friday we took our good friends Jenn and Vince down to the McKinney Square to celebrate their recent engagement. We had dinner at Rick's Chop House in the Grand Hotel and then afterwards we took a carriage ride around the Historic distric of McKinney. We've lived in McKinney for 5 years and while we've been down to the square several times I had never been through the historic homes neighborhood! The houses were so cute. We had a good time!

Carousel Ride

This weekend we took Jonah to ride on the carousel at Stonebriar Mall. He smiled and waved at everyone as we went around and around. Everytime the horse would go up and down he would scream "Wee!" It was too cute! Even though we rode three times he still cried when we took him off so it looks like we'll be going back again very soon!

Time to Relax

After a busy weekend Josh and I were happy to have nothing to do on Sunday but relax! We (including Jonah) slept in late and then woke up and went to Stonebriar Mall to pick up a few things and let Jonah play in the new Play Area. Going to Stonebriar probably wasn't the best idea seeing as it was the day before school started and the mall was extremely crowded! We should have gone to Willowbend! Lesson learned! We picked up barbeque on the way home and lounged around the rest of the day! A perfect way to end the weekend!


"Nicole Ritchie has nothing on me! My oversized sunglasses are so much cooler than hers!"

Sarah's Birthday

On Saturday night Josh and I went out to celebrate our friend Sarah's birthday! We ate at Mi Cocina and I had the yummy brisket tacos (my favorite!) After dinner we went to the Fox Sports Bar for a few drinks and to catch up with everyone.
Monda, Jenn, and Sarah
Josh and Monda

Milk Mustache

Actually, it was more like a Milk Goat Tee! Jonah had his first bowl of cereal with milk on Saturday. He tried really hard to use his spoon but found it was just easier to pick the cereal up out of the bowl and then use the straw to drink the milk!

End of Summer Blowout!

Jonah's school had an End of Summer Blowout on Friday! He had a blast playing in the ball pit (I actually had to go in and pull him out!), eating a snowcone and cotton candy, and then riding on the train in the parking lot! He was so exhausted when we got home that he fell asleep at 7:30pm!

Nickelback and Daughtry Concert

After we got home from our reunion, Vicky, Shannon and I went to the Nickelback/Chris Daughtry concert at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco! It was so much fun. Great music and very interesting people watching! Click the Play button below (>) to hear my two favorite songs by Daughtry and Nickelback.

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Daughtry
Shannon, Monda and Vicky
Nickelback

Chi Omega Reunion

A couple of weekends ago I went to San Marcos for a Chi Omega Sorority reunion. It was so nice to get away for a weekend and hang out with all the girls! We went to the River Pub on Friday and then on Saturday Me, Vicky, Shannon and Jessica (the other girls went tubing) went to the Outlet Mall and to some local boutiques and took advantage of the Tax Free weekend shopping! (Unfortunately purses were not included in the Back to School Tax Free weekend which I just think is absurd! How do they know I'm not going to use my purse as a backpack or as a carrier for all my pens and pencils? Oh Well!) Then we went to the spa and I had a hot stone massage! That was WONDERFUL! I was totally relaxed when we left. That night we went to dinner at Grin's and then headed down to the square to J's Bistro and Piano Bar! On Sunday we had breakfast and headed back to Dallas and back to reality!

Jonah and Ryan

Jonah's friend Ryan came over to hang out while Shannon attended a Junior League meeting. So, instead of eating at the boring old table for dinner we decided to have an indoor picnic. I spread a blanket out in the living room and Jonah and Ryan munched on a bean and cheese burito, chicken nuggets, and fruit. Afterwards they played chase and they had so much fun running around and around the staircase! I guess they needed to burn off all the calories from the burrito!












I thought this photo was too funny. Ryan is feeding food to Riley and Jonah is dumping all of the food off the plate onto the blanket! Boys will be boys!












From their facial expression you would think they are watching an episode of "The Hills" but they are watching the Baby Einstein World Animals! It's pretty intense stuff! LOL












I'm not sure what they are doing in this photo but they thought it was hillarious! I should have been video taping it instead of taking a picture!

17 months old!

Jonah turned 17 months old on August 21st! He is growing so fast and becoming very independent! He's learning sign language, running all over the place, and he's starting to say phrases like "brush teeth" and "no no Riley". He's very good at pointing and trying to say what he wants even though sometimes I think he is speaking Mandarin Chinese instead of English! He loves putting on his shoes and going bye bye! His current favorite food is Mac & Cheese and he's still a huge fan of popcorn! Jonah loves dancing to music especially Justin Timberlake's "LoveStoned"! I think we may have a little JT in our family! He also loves watching his "bobby" aka Baby Einstein videos!

Tried being good....

got bored!

This t-shirt definately represents Jonah's current personality. While he has been the best baby up until now, he has recently decided to use his powers for evil! I think the terrible twos may have arrived a little early in our house! And by no means am I the best disciplinarian and neither is Josh so any advice you can give us would be greatly appreciated. Actually, he is still very good but we are having a couple of issues with him throwing things (other than balls) and having fits when we put him in his carseat and highchair (especially at restaurants). He is also not responding to the word "no" very well. He's 17 months old this month so I don't know what kind of discipline works at this age. I just don't want to let these kinds of things get out of control! I don't want him to be "that kid"!














It's really hard to get mad at a face that precious!! Aghh!! See how effective his powers are???

Risky Business

Does this picture look familiar???

I think Jonah shares a certain resemblance to Tom Cruise in Risky Business complete with his hair parted in the center!

Kayla and Jonah's weekend

Last weekend Jon and Amy came up to Dallas so Jon could compete in a USTA tennis tournament. Opa and Oma also came up so they could watch Kayla and Jonah together. Kayla spent the weekend with us while Jon and Amy stayed in a hotel. The four of us had a date night on Friday and then Josh and I had another date night on Saturday night. Thanks to Opa and Oma we were also able to sleep in on Sat and Sun! They are really starting to spoil us :) Jonah and Kayla had so much fun playing all weekend. They played in the swimming pool and went on several walks. I'm glad they are so close in age and play so well together! Thanks again to Opa, Oma, Jennifer, Jerod and Lauren for helping out all weekend! We had a lot of fun!

Life's just Peachy

Jonah was eating dinner the other night and he was playing with his toy truck Mater from the movie Cars. I walked over to his highchair and he had actually hooked one of his peaches onto the hook on the truck so I had to take a picture of it to prove it. My little guy is so smart! I can say that because I'm his Mommy :)

RIP Bob

I'm sad to report that we've lost our friend Bob. Apparently while we were gone to Mimi's, Bob tried to end his life by jumping out of his fish bowl and I found him laying on top of the counter. Thinking we were already too late I picked him up to begin the burial process (flushing him down the toilet) and miraculously he was still alive. I put him back in the water and within about five minutes he was completely revived. He swam around, ate food and seemed enthusiastic about his second chance at life but unfortunately I think the lack of oxygen to his brain for such a long period of time took its toll on his frail little body and two days later he passed away. Even though he was only with us a short time he was still part of the family and he'll be greatly missed. That is until we go buy another one at Petsmart. I'm kidding!

Visit to Mimi's

Josh's Uncle Rick and his family were visiting from Atlanta so we headed down to Hico to see everyone. Jonah was able to meet some of his cousins that he had not met before and we had fun hanging out with everyone!

Vicky's Birthday

We recently celebrated my friend Vicky's birthday with an all-girl's day and Shannon and I were able to go sans appendages (aka Ryan and Jonah) and diaper bags! We spent the afternoon over at our friend Shelley's house swimming and grilling. Later that that evening we did a little shopping at Legacy shops and Vicky bought an awesome cashmere dress that she is definately going to be letting me borrow this fall!! Then we had dinner at Fireside Pies (very yummy!) afterwards we went back to Shannon's house to watch movies and eat chocolate cake! Of course we barely made it through the previews and fell asleep 10 minutes after the movie started! It's sad that we are getting so old! What happened to staying up until 3 in the morning (on purpose) with no problem? Oh yea - we are adults now and have real jobs and families!

Meg's Visit

I'm very behind on my blog updates so since Josh is out of town this weekend and Jonah is asleep I thought I would posts our newest updates!

My niece Meg came up a few weeks ago to spend a few days with us before summer ended and she headed back to school. We ate out and ordered in, watched movies, shopped and spent some time at the pool. She was a big help with Jonah and he had so much fun hanging out with her!



Jonah had fun reading his book to Meg under his bed!


Jonah loves walking Riley on his own. Riley actually walks very slow for him and if Jonah drops the leash, Riley immediately sits down and waits for Jonah to come over and pick it back up. It's the cutest thing I've ever seen!