Jonah

I can't believe how fast our little Jonah man (that is what I like to call him) has grown up.  My friend took this picture of him and I love it.  Jonah has been so much fun from day one.  He was a happy, easy going baby and he is still a very happy child.  He is always smiling or laughing.  There is no middle ground with Jonah he is either happy or very upset.  Lucky for us the very upset isn't very often. 

Jonah has such a fun personality.  He loves to joke and play around and he will always laugh at your jokes!  He has a contagious smile and he has always been able to make others laugh and smile. 

He has started combing his own hair and loves to comb it in a "pinhawk,"  for some reason that is what he calls it.  Jonah loves sports, trains, lego's and animals.  He is constantly moving.  He will sit still for a movie, but that is about it.  It is hard to keep him quiet when Wyatt is napping.  He is always so excited about what he has to say that he can't help but yell.  He will not stop talking until you acknowledge what he has said.  This gets a little tricky when he is talking to other kids. 

He loves dress up.  He has a few costumes that his cousins gave him and he is always wearing them.  He loves to play with Caitlyn and will usually follow her lead on what they should play.  We have started working on some work books while Caitlyn is at school and he amazes me with what he knows and how quickly he learns things.  He told me a while ago that he wanted to read and I didn't think much of it, but he has been very insistent. We bought the first set of Sam books and he has picked it up so quickly.  He knows all of the letter sounds and does pretty well at blending the sounds together. He can already read quite a few words. 

I never know what Jonah is going to say or do next.  This is a lot of fun, but also a little bit of a challenge.  I'm always worried that he will do something crazy while someone else is watching him or hurt someone because he doesn't watch where he is going and doesn't understand how rough he is sometimes. He is such a little charmer so I can never stay mad at him for too long.  I never have to wonder if Jonah is lying because he will tell me everything.  He will come home from church and tell me he wasn't reverent or come upstairs at my mom's and tell me he hit his cousins.  It is nice, but a little annoying because he doesn't seem to care that he is doing things he shouldn't be.  Sometimes it drives me nuts when I'm trying to discipline him because he will just sit there with a smile on his face, but I have to remind myself that is just Jonah.  He is always smiling, he just can't help himself.  We love Jonah so much and we are so glad he is in our family.  He always keeps us on our toes and smiling!