Jonas is a wonderful little baby boy. He started walking just about a week before his birthday and why I thought having a Christmas tree in the house was a good idea, I'll never know. I am finding decapitated ornaments all over the house. All crazy messes aside that drive Mommy nuts, Jonas is our Christmas baby and with him comes all the joy of the season - he truly is a joyful child and so easily contented!
We sat to read our first set of books together when I realized he didn't know any animal sounds yet! Our babies usually know their barnyard noises by 1 year! Like I said, Jonas is a good sport...he goes along for the ride. He loves to cuddle. Still nurses 5-6 times a day (feeding him other food is too messy and takes too long, but we give him milk in a cup and whatever we're eating at meal times). He naps about 915-10:30 in the morning and again from about 1-2:30 in the afternoon, bedtime is usually 7:30 but this month it has been a moving target, we've been out so many nights! I've come a loooong way from the schedule freak I was when Dominic was a baby. I really just want to enjoy my time with the kids and not sweat the small stuff. I'm done with the small stuff that gives me anxiety, life is too short!
Jonas loves to play with his brothers toys, which is why we wrapped a lot of big brother toys up for Christmas this year. I have found that baby toys have a very short shelf life in our home, and we'd rather donate to causes then fill our houses with more junk. That being said, I'm not a mean Mom! He got a new pair of shoes and a sweater and some cute cars. Don't worry! :) Poor little Jonas seems to be getting 3 teeth all at the same time, so, sleep is not at its best. Not that it ever was. We've struggled all this year with sleep. We're really praying that 2012 will be the year of better sleep.
But we want for nothing, our lives are so very blessed, God has been so good to us, and we are looking forward to another year of growing together as a family. Thank you Lord for blessing us this healthy, happy, lovable little boy!!! Thank you for making us the guardians of his life. We can not wait to see how he will grow and change next year. Please keep him safely in your care this birthday and always.
Here are some birthday pics and hopefully some Jonas-retrospective ones to come later! :)
