Sunday, January 13, 2008

Jonah Turns One!

It's official: Jonah is one year old! We now understand why parents are always commenting on how fast the time seems to pass. The first year certainly went that way for us. We spent our time working through the everyday challenges (and joys) of life as two working parents with an infant, and suddenly we looked up to find that our son had grown from a helpless tiny grub with no voluntary muscle control to speak of to... well... a somewhat bigger and more wilful grub -- one who can crawl, babble and generally get into far more trouble than a year ago!

So how is Jonah at one year? Well here's a picture of our wild-haired little one, demonstrating his delicate eating habits -- we kind of think this says it all!

To tell you a little more: He crawls (very fast!), though doesn't yet walk. Babbles vociferously, though doesn't yet say much we can understand. He sleeps through the night almost every night. He loves people and is quick to give (and generate) smiles from everyone he meets. Though sometimes exhausting, he's generally a joy to be around!

In fact, the other day we were commenting to friends that after all the struggles and sleepless nights that we had in those early months, Jonah has actually seemed to transform into a remarkably easy baby! That night, Jonah came down with a fever and woke every hour or two, screaming inconsolably. It was just like old times! I can't say that it made us nostolgic, but at least we knew it would pass.

I don't know that we're going to be any better at updating this blog in the new year. We'll do our best, but I think we've now figured out what our rhythm is -- we hope you can live with it. In the meantime, enjoy some pictures from our winter adventures.
December 2007

More Pictures from the Fall

We didn't do so well on updating the blog this fall -- but we did take a few more pictures. Enjoy!
Fall 2007 #2