Swimming at Gran's

We took Jonas to Mulberry and Fort Smith last weekend to see all of his grandparents and attend Levi and Kasey's (Jason's brother and future sister-in-law) wedding shower. While we were at Gran's house (Laura's mom), we decided to take Jonas swimming. Those are his 0-3 month swim shorts in the pictures. (They fall off of him, but they were so cute that we put them on him to swim anyway.) We swam around 10 o'clock in the morning, but the swim only lasted around 5-10 minutes. (We didn't plan on it raining the morning of our swim, and the water was very chilly). However, we think these pictures made the experience worthwhile.

3 Month Professional Pictures

Well, we went to JCPenney to get our pictures made on August 15th. I scheduled it in the morning because Jonas is usually wide awake and in a good mood in the mornings. And, my plan would have worked too. Unfortunately, we had to wait almost 30 minutes to get started. So, although Jonas was in a a great mood when we arrived at the store, he was screaming by the time we took the pictures. The photographer was great though. She worked and worked with him until he at least looked like he was happy, and then she would snap the picture. (This usually involved giving him his paci until the last second, which is why he has pursed lips in most of the pictures.) Anyway, these three were the favorites of the day.

The Latest

Well, we haven't updated for a couple of weeks, so let me give you the latest. Jonas spent last weekend with his Nana and Grandpa in Fort Smith because Laura went shopping in Branson and Jason had his Blessings national conference. We were told it went well and that he was a good boy all weekend. We know that he had LOTS of visitors! Laura started back to work on Wednesday of this week, so Jonas spent Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday with Michelle Langford who will be keeping him during the day. She reports that it is going well. We took Jonas to the Tontitown Grape Festival last night. He was so good (and we had to wait in line an hour to get our spaghetti dinners)! Jonas is getting bigger and more active by the day, and now he likes to sit in his Bumbo seat. These pictures are of him playing in his Bumbo seat last week.

From Screams of Agony to Squeals of Delight

When we first got Jonas home from the NICU, he absolutely hated if we "messed" with him. This included changing diapers and changing clothes, but he especially hated his bath. We were giving sponge baths, and he would scream as if we were torturing him. We finally had to work out a system where every part of his body was covered with a towel or blanket except the part we were washing. However, a couple of weeks ago, all of that changed. He seemed to not mind his bath anymore, so we decided to try to put him in his tub. (We had tried before, but he threw such a fit that we got him out immediately.) Now, as you can see, he loves his bath. His favorite part is to float around on his back in the water as if he were doing the backstroke. He kicks his legs and looks like he wants to swim. Needless to say, bath times are much less stressful!

Here is Jonas enjoying his "froggy" bathtub!

Thank God for Mobiles!

Jonas has many times during the day when he just wants to lie down and stare at his mobile. This is especially wonderful during the afternoon when everything else makes him cranky. The unfortunate thing about our baseball mobile is that although it matches the rest of the room, it toppples over easily. But, we all love that mobile even if we get tired of Braums Lullaby playing in our heads constantly. In other news, Jonas went to the doctor on Wednesday, July 23rd for his 2 month check-up. He weighed 10 lbs 3 oz and was 22 3/4 inches long. He got two shots that day. He screamed, but I think it might have been harder on me. He did sleep excessively and run a fever afterwards though. He even slept right through the first half of his Nana's visit on Thursday. On Friday, Gran, Aunt Holly, Mallory, and Jenna Moody came up for Centerton Days. Jonas was cranky throughout most of the visit, but Mallory did great. She even competed in the Centerton Tiny Tots contest on Saturday. She waved and blew kisses to the audience. It was adorable! We finally got Jonas's birth annoucements out this week. It took so long, maybe I should already start working on Christmas cards!

Two new ones from Today

Future ball player! That's what I am talking about. He's my retirement fund.























As you can see, I'm really mad cause dad kept putting this hat on me.

:) The real reason he was mad b/c the hat weighed way to much for his wobbly head.

More pictues!