Every morning, Jeremiah and I wake up to a wild-haired, chubby-faced Jonas smiling at us and insisting we wake up. He wakes me by pulling my hair and wakes his daddy by doing what we like to call his signature move, "the wrestling scratch." He holds his hand over Jeremiahs' face and does a sudden swoop downward with all his baby strength. I'm lucky because he never does this to me. No, I just get a few hairs yanked out of my head once in a while, no big deal.
Sometimes I'll wake up and see Jonas staring out the window with his head resting on the pillow, looking very contemplative. I stare at him, wondering what his little mind is thinking about while looking so peaceful and sweet, until he realizes that mommy isn't sleeping anymore, then he turns to me and is ready to get moving. Jonas does not like to waste his day away. He is always ready to have some fun and begin exploring!
It amazes me to see how fast he learns something new. This morning my mom was teaching him how to turn the light switch on and off. He perfected the off motion, but turning it on was a little tricky. Well, when I arrived home from school, I was going to give him a bath and asked him to turn the bathroom light on, and he did. I was so proud of him! So we stood there turning it off and on, then we celebrated with a fun, relaxing bath.
I was looking through baby developmental charts and found that my boy is up to speed with all the big physical, social and intellectual developments.
For example, he...
It's so adorable to see him wave goodbye. You barely have to mention the word "bye-bye," and his little Michelin man arm goes up automatically.
When he watches us brush our teeth, he wants to do the same, so I bought him his own bright green shark toothbrush, which ends up on the floor after about five minutes of his chewing on it, but he's got the gist of it.
Whenever he sees the hose outside, he lets us know he wants to get wet by making an "uhh" sound. We sit on a chair in the backyard and spray our dog, Lulu. But don't ever think about taking the hose away from Jonas or you're in for some trouble.
My baby boy amazes me day by day! I can't help but brag about all his developmental accomplishments.
I am one proud mama!!
