Disneyland

We had such a great time this past weekend at Disneyland. Jonah loved the rides and was such a good boy. He wasn't a fan of waiting in the lines but once he figured out that those lines got him on the rides he was a little better. We figured out the second day that if we gave him a frozen lemonade he would stand in line like a good boy and not try to get under the ropes and run away. Anyway here are a ton of pictures from the weekend:


Jonah on his first train ride around the park. He loved the train and about half way around the park we heard him going woohoo, imitating the train whistle.

Chillin with daddy.

Cutie Pie, with his new hair cut!

Taking it all in. He also loved the dinosaurs on the train ride, he saw the T-Rex and said WOW!

First ride was It's a Small World. Here he is with his pickle!

Totally captivated by the music and dolls dancing!

Inside Mickey Mouses house waiting to get a picture. He had so much fun exploring the house.

Pluto's doggie bowl!

Chickens!

Exploring!

Climbing, he was so ready for a nap by this point!

Jonah's favorite TV show is Mickey's Clubhouse so he was very excited to meet Mickey. I thought he would be scared when he saw him but he just ran right up to Mickey!


While we were waiting in line for the Haunted Mansion there were two cute teenage girls in front of us and Jonah was putting on a show for them. He was totally flirting with them the entire time we were in line. People kept walking by him saying how cute he was being. The kid was cracking me up, he LOVES girls. He fell asleep right after we came out of the elevator on the ride and slept for the next few hours.

On Flik's Flyers in California Adventure. He wasn't to thrilled with the toddler rides, he liked things with more speed. In this picture he had just stuffed a huge piece of fudge in his mouth that his grandma was holding out for me. It barely fit but he would not give it up.

On Finding Nemo, he wasn't to thrilled with this ride. He spent the entire time trying to climb over us and the seats. But it was a cute ride.


I think this was his favorite, it is Gadgets Go Coaster in Toon Town. He was more then tall enough for it but I was a little worried that he would freak out on it. It was his favorite ride, he went on it three times in a row. The third time he laughed the entire way. I can't believe he isn't two yet and he liked this ride. Crazy Kid!

This is the last train trip at Disneyland before we headed over to California Adventure. His favorite rides seemed to be anything with a car like Mr. Toads Wild Ride, Roger Rabbits Car Toon Spin, and Autopia. He also LOVED Pirates of the Caribbean. Every time he would get off a ride he would try to throw a temper tantrum until we got away from the ride.

We decided that Jonah needed to cool off so we took him to the splash pads in California Adventure. It was so hot out so it was nice that they have this. Jonah loves the water so he was in heaven.

Soaking wet!

Just a cute picture of Jonah walking with his Grandpa!


Some one thinks he is a big boy and he tried to run away when we were at the splash pads. Luckily his Grandma was right outside of it and chased him down. He thinks he doesn't need any help from adults.

The tram ride out of the park. He was so tired by this time. It was such a fun weekend, the parks seemed really crowded when we were walking around but the lines for the rides were only 10 to 15 minutes. The only rides that were longer then that were Finding Nemo and Indiana Jones. When we had just gotten in line at Indiana Jones (which was 45 minutes) a guy came up to us and gave us his fast passes so we only waited like 10 minutes. It was awesome. So thank you Jim and Sue for such a fun trip, we really appreciate it.

Buzz Cut!

Jonah's hair was getting a little shaggy again so we decided to give him his first buzz cut. I have been wanting to do this for a while but I was a little afraid that he would look bad. Thankfully he is just a cute baby so he can pull it off. He did really good, no crying and just a little wiggling and he was done. We took him swimming after wards as a reward for doing so good and also to wash all the hair off of him. he looks a little older without the shaggy mop of hair, but still very adorable!!!


From the side, showing off his big ole noggin!


So I was going through some of Jonah's baby clothes that I hadn't given away to find stuff for Rachael's baby. I found this cute little outfit that I absolutely loved when he was a baby. So I decided to try it on him one last time:


Hehe, he thought he was so cute in this. I can't believe how much he has grown in such a short time.

Totally adorably with a mouth full of food and his shaggy hair.

OCD

Sometimes I think that Jonah is slightly OCD. He likes things to be a certain way and if you don't put things back in the right place he will move it. At his grandma and grandpa's house there is a kiddie table and chairs in the playroom, if the chairs are not pushed up to the table he will make sure they are. If we leave socks or any clothing in the family room he will take them and put them away in his laundry basket. When we change his clothes he will automatically put the dirty clothes in his laundry basket. He will pick up his shoes and put them away in his closet. He always lines his cars up in straight lines when he is done playing with them. Just tonight I found a line of cars on the kitchen counter and my bathroom counter. He will take any trash he sees lying around an throw it away. I guess he isn't OCD he just seems especially helpful for a kid who isn't even two yet. It doesn't seem normal to me that a kid his age does this stuff. He likes to help me load the washer and dryer, and he even helps to put away the silverware in the dishwasher. I am very glad to have a kid that likes to help me get stuff done around the house. It cracks me up though to watch him help me clean.


The other night he wanted me to put my shoes on him and he walked around the house for an hour with them on. When he had them on it just made me think that some day his feet are going to be even bigger then that.

The Fourth

For the fourth we had a pretty laid back day. Jonah and I hung out at home for most of the morning and early afternoon while Joe got some work done at his office. Later in the afternoon we went to our friend Rod's house and had BBQ and played Rock band and watched the fireworks. Jonah went crazy over Rod's cat, chasing the poor cat all over the house the entire time we were there. He also had a very up and down day, one minute he would be perfectly fine and then the smallest thing would set him off in a tantrum. The next two pictures were taking like 30 seconds apart:


Very pissed off that I wouldn't let him have more pasta salad (we were leaving and he wouldn't have had time to eat it).


Then he was happy because I let him close the refrigerator door (he is a weird kid).


Later that evening we decided to see what he would think of the thread mill. He was so funny on it. He would walk from the back to the front very carefully and then drop down on his hands and knees and would let it take him to the back where Rod would pick him up and put him back on his feet and then he would do it all over again.


We went to the end of Rod's street to a park where we had a great view of the fireworks with out having to bother with the traffic. The fireworks were definitely better this year then they were last. Jonah didn't really care about them, he was so tired by the time they started.

Yesterday after church Jonah got to hang out with all his cousins at his grandma's house. He loves playing with all they kids. After they left Jonah had to call his best friend (that's what Aiden calls Jonah) Aiden and chat on the phone with him. It was so cute, you could hear Aiden say something and then Jonah would talk to him in a bunch of gibberish. Also Jonah can now say Aiden and Adria, he will walk around the house and yell for Aiden. My baby is growing up so fast!!!

Happy Birthday Caleb

Today is our nephew Caleb's first bday. We went to Freestone Park for his party on Sunday evening. The kids all had a blast on the rides. Caleb is getting so big and he looks adorable walking around. This is the only picture I got of him and his cake before my camera went dead.


Jonah loved all the rides. He kept trying to stand up when they were on the train. Originally Leanna had him and Caleb with her but Jonah was a little to much to handle so Joe went and bought a ticket and went on with him. Later in the evening he went again and this time he sat with his cousin Amara and I really thought he was going to try and climb out when the train was going. Luckily he settled down and was a good boy!


His favorite ride was the wave runners. I thought he was going to freak out when the ride started going but I think this picture shows exactly how much he loved it. He was pretty upset when the ride was over. I can't wait to take him to Disneyland in a couple weeks, he is going to LOVE all the rides. Below is a very short video of him on the ride.

Happy Fathers Day

We had a very funny and busy Fathers day yesterday. We started off the morning at church where for the first time in who knows how long Jonah didn't flip out when we left him the nursery at church. Usually he starts crying when we pull in to the parking lot at church and he see's where he is at. Yesterday though he got out of the car and started walking towards his class. The whole time Joe and I were waiting for him to run back to me and start crying. I thought for sure he would once we got in to the room where we sign him in. But he just ran in and was trying to get this little door they have for the kids to walk behind the sign in counter to get their classes. Once we opened the door he just ran in straight to his class and never even looked back. It was great to be able to sit through church and not feel guilty for leaving him in there. After church we went over to my grandma's house and had lunch with my family and then headed over to my in laws for swimming and BBQ.


Jonah had fun playing in the play pool for a while, but he prefers to be in the big pool.


Both Sue and I took Jonah swimming. None of the other kids were there yet, so it was just the three of us in the pool. Let me tell you that kid can wear two adults out taking him swimming. He is way to brave around the water, he was jumping in off the steps. He doesn't want you to hold him in the water, he thinks that he can swim by himself. He constantly tries to get out of your arms and will just wiggle and squirm. He is also the only "baby" I know that actually wants to put his head under water, and will try to do that the entire time he is in the pool. He loves to be in the pool though so it is hard to not take him in. I guess next summer will be better since his tubes will be out and I can teach him to swim and not have to worry about the water getting in his ears.


He was so worn out on the way home that he just crashed out about two seconds after we got in the car. He had a nice hour nap on the way home and it was like 5:30 so it was a lot of fun getting him to go to bed last night.

And this is how Joe spent the afternoon on the patio while we were swimming. Hope he had a great Fathers Day!

Falling

Tonight I was leaving to go get Joe and get some dinner. Well when I was locking the front door Jonah walked over to the top of the stairs like he always does and I told him too wait. Of course he didn't wait and he took a step off and started to fall. I caught up to him about half way down. I screamed so loud the neighbor downstairs came out and I told him what happened and nice guy that he is just said "oh, you scared me" and went back inside. Jerk



My poor baby is all scraped up (these pictures don't do it justice). I think it scared him more then hurt him. He just cried for a few minutes and he was fine. But then he saw me crying so he started again. It scared me so bad, the second he started to fall I just had horrible thoughts of what was going to happen. Those stairs are pretty steep and they are all concrete with rocks in it which makes it rough. Thnakfully God was watching out for him.


This is about 45 minutes later. The rest of the night he was in a great mood so apparently it didn't faze him to bad.

Ahh, poor sweet baby. His eye lid is all swollen and he has scrapes all in his hair line and a pretty deep cut on his leg.