15/18 Months!! - Jonah

I sincerely hope Jonah can forgive me for my horrible lack of monthly posts for him.  It is certainly not because I don't love every detail about him.....it's just busy and so easy to forget to blog.  He is now inching closer to 22 months, but I wanted to go back and recap a bit of the past few months with him.

Height - I'll have to go back and confirm but I think at 15 months he was 31 inches, and 31 1/2 at 18 months.

Weight - I believe he was 20lbs 4 ounces at 15 months, and about 22lbs at 18 months

Likes - pushing your toy lawnmower, the swings and slide on our playset, reading "We're going on a bear hunt", fire trucks, Thomas the train (choo choos), spinning and dancing, being tickled, airplanes, watching Little Einsteins

Dislikes - getting your diaper changed, getting your face washed, when Benjamin steals your toys, being told no :-)

Eating - You don't drink as much milk as Ben but you are definitely drinking more.  Unlike Ben, you love to eat breakfast right away.  You love pasta, fruit, cheeseburgers, cheese, burritos, eggs, applesauce, pancakes, pretzels, and candy :-)  You went through a phase right about 18 months of 'storing food' in your mouth, but a bit of discipline stopped that pretty quickly since it was a risk of choking for you!  You don't drink much except for milk and water.

Sleeping - You are a good sleeper.  You're still only on one nap a day, going down about 1pm and waking up sometime between 2:30pm and 4pm, with an average of 2 hours.  You go to bed sometime between 8pm and 9pm depending on whether we're out that night or not, and you wake up between 7am and 8am.  You sleep with your Floppy, 2 blankets, and pillow with Thomas the Train pillowcase.  We took your paci away right around 15 months.....same technique as Ben.  You only used it while sleeping, but we just took it away, and you adjusted with no fits within 1 day.  We love our adaptable boys!

Personality - Oh goodness, you are stubborn and ornery and hilarious and soooo stinkin adorable.  You are fearless, yet shy at times.  You love, love your brother and do whatever he does.  You are sneaky and playful with an infectious laugh.  You won't repeat words on command, but you learn new things every day.  You love cows, and trucks, and will play really well independently.  Oh, and have I mentioned you are stubborn?  :-)

Highlights - Oh Jonah, you have grown so much in so many ways.  From 15 to 18 months, you have grown close to Nana and Auntie Amanda while they are living with us.  You no longer need your paci, you visited Poppy & GongGong in the summer, you're now going to Sunday School class.  We visited the ocean, the zoo, children's museums and countless parks this summer and fall.


Jonah, Jo Jo, Jon Jon, Jonah Caleb......you are such a bright spot in our lives.  Your giggles, your stubbornness, your spinning, your ornery twinkle in your eye.  We just love it all and we love you.  You are a precious gift from God and we are so blessed by you!