He can wave!

Our little mister waved "bye-bye" to Ga (grandma-my mom) today!
And later in the mirror (to himself). AND again to his to bunny and froggy (his favorite toy).

Anniversary

Matt and I celebrated our 2nd anniversary this weekend.
The funny thing is, I can remember getting married like it was yesterday! Never have I been so excited about an event (other than Jonathan- which really isn't an event)

We got a sitter (thanks mom) and went to dinner at the Milestone Inn on Saturday the 9th. It was so nice. We were the only ones there. I ordered the fettuccine pancetta, and Matt the grilled pork chop. We had a delicious Mediterranean ravioli for an appetizer. Of course we had desert too, I had the peach melba and Matt the carrot cake. PERFECT!
When we came home, Jonathan was sleepy, so we all went to bed early.
Matt had beautiful flowers delivered to the house. What an adventure, trying to open the door with a baby in one arm and a dog in the other, not to mention I needed to sign and carry in flowers....eek!
And tonight Matt came home with dinner (our actually anniversary) chicken parm and fried ravioli... YUMMY!
He bought me a beautiful quilt with our names and wedding date on it, (since it was the cotton anniversary), and I got him MOJITOS, and a couple plaques to hang on the wall "Grow old with me, the best is yet to be" and "Happily Ever After". We went to bed early again, Matt said he wanted it to be just like our wedding night... lol
Jonathan is STILL probably wondering what an anniversary is, since he has heard the word six or seven times over the weekend, and from various people....lol

Playing Ball

I went to the Dollar Tree on Tuesday and bought a tiny kick-ball. I was thinking it would be good for my classroom, for one game or another...that is until I realized it fit perfectly in Jonathan's little hands! I washed it when I got home and handed it to him since he was starring at it. Again, He just wanted to eat it.... But this morning, since we both were up early :) we went downstairs to play. I sat Jonathan on his foam alphabet/number mat and picked up the ball. I rolled it to him and he caught it. Not a delayed, "what is this" or "oh there it is" but a "I GOT IT".... SO FUNNY! So, I said "Jonathan, give mommy the ball" and he rolled it back! I was cracking up! Needless to say, this little man is off to a great start! We rolled and eventually bounced the ball back and fourth for a good half hour. And when Pop-pop came over, Jonathan played catch with him as well! What a neat new trick!

New trick

Matt thought Jonathan how to "click" and repeat!
Jonathan can be "re-pete" now!

We have lift-off!

Jonathan's crawling!!! He started rocking and push-ups about 2 weeks ago and yesterday (Sunday), BAM movement!

JACK'S Big Music Show

Jonathan discovered his favorite TV show. It's on Noggin (which is supposed to be "preschool", there are NO commercials which is awesome!) Of course his daily viewing is WAAAAAY limited, but this show, Jack's Big Music Show, mesmerizes him! He has even shot me NASTY looks if I made too much noise while he was trying to watch it! He even smiles when you talk about it, or the characters, Jack, Mary and the dog Mel....

Macaroni!

Jonathan had his first taste of macaroni!
I made some elbows for dinner, and since I didn't boil the water in salt or anything, I knew it would be safe for him....plus he is already 7 MONTHS OLD!
I quartered the tiny elbows and gave him some. He wouldn't feed them to himself though, they kept getting stuck on his fingers.
Once he made it so close to his face it got stuck on his chin!!
At the very least the attempt, kept him busy while we ate our dinner (and gave us some entertainment WAAAAYYY better than TV).