North Carolina

Jonah, Grammy & i went to North Carolina to visit Jonah's Uncle Steve, Aunt Kerry & cousin Connor. that is one long trip! Jonah did great on the airplane despite all of his energy. we brought lots of distractions and snacks. we even resorted to sticking stickers on his face and ours...he was entertained (i think other passengers were as well!)

we had so much fun with the family. we played and played and played! between a 4 year old and a 15 month old...we were pretty tired when we got home!

pantless in January

yes! it was that warm in Crescent City on a January weekend!! we spent the day with good friends Mike & Steph and Greg & Lauren. a glorious day for the beach. Jonah couldn't get enough of the sand. he dug holes, found shells & sticks, rolled around in it & yes ate some. beaches are so much more fun with little explorers. the big boys had some fun of their own and finally got out in the water. it was one great weekend.

hike in the rain

we had our annual new years eve visit from our friends Rob & Rachel. the rain didn't keep us from tromping through the woods for a new years eve hike. grass was vividly green, trees tall and majestic, mushrooms grew on tree limbs (who knew!), a sweet boy slept peacefully on Papa, and the adventure was rejuvenating. can you beleive it's 2009?!!!

Christmas!

we had a wonderful mellow Christmas this year at our house. it was so fun being in our own home with our small family and Grammy and Poppy. i guess we kinda had a white Christmas...it was hail, but Jonah thought it was the greatest nonetheless. one of Jonah's favorite parts of Christmas was immediately standing on the present boxes after he tore the paper off...
he also loves his couch which he shares with Georgie... wishing you all a very merry & late Christmas!

winters evening

it snowed today in Humboldt County! so we had a lot of pent up energy when Papa came home from work today. this was our evening entertainment...

Thanksgiving

we spent Thanksgiving day at Jonah's Great Grams & Gramps house along with Grammy, Poppy, Uncle Don & Aunt Sandy. Jonah had a fantastic time playing out in the dirt & disturbing the chickens. he went crazy with all the open space to run around and all the rocks and plants to explore. to my surprise he did not want anything to do with our delicious Thanksgiving feast! he did look pretty cute in his makeshift high chair you'll see below. we had a wonderful time with our loved ones.

itsy bitsy

...spider. Jonah loves spiders! when we were up at Grammy & Poppy's house, he discovered the spider book with pictures of real creepy crawly spiders & was enthralled. it was the only book he would sit through while we were there. he carted it all over the house so people would read it to him...he is such a boy!