living it up in havasu - according to Jonathan

daddy and jonafin

geese and ducks

grandpa grandma on the engine

mommydaddy where's jonafin?

bird in nest

grandma and jonafin

kaitin and gorge

daddy and mommy

gay and lyssa

(Jay is water skiing... he bent down to pick up Alyssa's hat that blew off from the boat and was able to put it on without falling. talent!)

lyssa and Jay tubing

Kaitlyn and Jorge tubing

This weekend we spent a three day weekend in Havasu (Thomas took Monday off). Next time we go out there we will be a family of four instead of three! wow. I thought since Jonthan was beyond excited all week to go to Havasu (like EVERY time we got in the car he thought we were leaving). I would let him tell about the weekend. So here we go:

Who came to Havasu?: lyssa-jay, daddy, mommy, kaitin, jorge, regular grandma, grandpa

grandpa skied. in the water. good gob.

jay got a fish, he sayed come with us.

tortillas to the geese and the ducks.

Where did we go to eat? mudsharks. there corn doggies there. sing happy birthday to you to grandpa with the hosting (frosting).

Did you jump off the swim step? I popped right off the swim step. like a popcorn. I play with the boobie (bouy) and swim to it.

jorge go under with the fishies. he got a basket. he can't do it with his hands.

kaitin read a book.

lyssa in the boat.

grandma in the boat.

daddy in the boat.

I'm done talking I want to watch a movie. So there you go. Out weekend in a nut shell. It was awesome weather with awesome family.

Jonathanisms

Jonathan is more and more verbal all the time and he is constantly cracking us up with the funny things that he says.... I want to remember some of them so I thought I would post them here.
Aprincot - Apricot
Thomas works at cutting pie - cutting edge supply
ear wax sticks - q-tips
I'm nudie on top - when he has no shirt
It's not dark yet - ANY time he needs to go to bed, even nap time (or bed time which if it is on time is always before dark)
nudie a tootie - nudie patootie
I NEEEEEED it
Don't yell at me/ call me Jonathan Thomas - whenever I tell him what to do.
Care Bear counting 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
Hide and Seek counting 1, 2, 3, 4, 5....
This conversation happens EVERY TIME we are in the car, especially after he has just gone to the bathroom: "I need to go potty", me - ok you need to hold it until we get home/ to the store/ the next exit/ a place to stop, " I need to go potty IHGT NOW (right now)" me - no you don't you need to hold it, " Ok I hold my shorts/ car/ bear..."
I'm Happy - whenever he wakes up from a nap and comes to find me
It's a beautiful day - whenever we are doing something he likes
He can't say his F and subs the /h/ sound so fish is hish... He can however correctly repeat /f/ ish - but then says hish
What's that?, What's that guy doing?
My tummy hurts, I need some ty-nol.
Just a couple - for when he shouldn't do something/ have something and still wants to do it
Spikey hair or Handsome hair - his two hairstyles

let's catch up, shall we?

So this summer has been a pretty busy one. I have been getting some comments/ complaints from family about my lack of blogging.... but I can say that Jonathan's baby book is mostly up to date and I have done a little bit of scrapbooking, my school shopping is done and homework bags to start the year and christmas presents for my first graders are all ready, all the boxes from moving are unpacked and put away and my house is pretty much settled. Oh and I have been growing a baby (which is alot of work)... so there are all my excuses for not blogging. Since I know adding to the blog is not so much about words but pictures I am getting braver with my fancy pants camera and figured out how to get the memory card out to upload some... hopefully I can blog a little more to keep the family happy :0).

Old house - "Unders": Jonathan started his potty training adventures by telling us when he needed to go and wanting to try out every bathroom under the sun. One day he ran away from great grandma who was trying to put a diaper on him yelling "no way jose!" Since then he has been an unders man with a diaper for night time and naps. I was planning on starting this summer so pretty much we have just been perfecting "that toliet is not scary" in public bathrooms or "standing on the side of the road on the way to Havasu". I am so proud of him and very thankful that it was all his idea!

Old house - holding up his shorts and playing with sand. JT is such a stringbean that even though he really eats alot he is pretty skinny. Several of his shorts that fit him last summer with a diaper just slide down this summer. He is in LOVE with playing outside and doing any type of yard work or playing in the sandbox or pool. He also enjoys painting or playing with playdough at his little table.

Fruit snacks - What used to be a good half hour activity now takes 3 minutes... tops. JT is a fruit snacks junkie... he will do anything to get them. I have to ration them or that is all he would eat all day long.

The new house! This picture was taken on our final walk through day. Thomas, Larry our realtor and some inspector girl... I should probably give a whole post to the new house but here is the low down. We bought the house next door, it was a short sale that we put an offer on in November, origionally thinking we would rent it out and use it as an investment. Finding out our family was growing made us re-think and decide to move and rent out our old house still making an investment. God was totally with us through the whole process. 100% his timing and not ours. The house is mostly the same but is a reverse (so it has been confusing getting used to everything on the "wrong side"). It is a bigger lot and the house has a slightly different layout with 2 sunrooms. Thomas loves the shed and has big plans for it and building a BBQ in the back. Jonathan is in LOVE with his playroom and having a bigger bedroom. The dogs love their room (yes they have their own sun room with their crates and a couch) and the new exciting backyard. I love the fact that it seems much more "open" to me and that everything seems to have a home. The front patio has been nice to hang out and the backyard is great too. We still have more jobs to do inside but feel pretty settled. The landscaping needs some love but with the heat we are holding off (plus the baby's room kinda takes priority as the next bigish step).

Old House - We spend most late afternoon and evenings in the backyard. Jonathan swims in his little pool and plays with his toys (which have been "handed down" from a friend). Like I said he is happiest outside.

Old house - Did I blog about the Cherry Festival?? Anyways Jonathan got a spider painted on his face. A week or so later he decided to paint his own spiders with my makeup. It was just so cute I couldn't help but laugh. (Side note: just how did he get in my makeup... any mom of a two year old boy would not to keep that high and out of reach right?!?! Well our morning routine is for him to sit on the counter and brush his teeth/ play in the sink while I get ready to keep him out of trouble. This particular day I was trying to do that and answer some emails at the same time so he had about 2 minutes to himself.... can't let him out of my sight! :0) )
Old house - When you are moving you find things you haven't seen in a while... Jonathan found my veil and after trying to catch some stuffed animals in it I had to show him what it was really for. :0) I am sure he will hate this picture one day but I love it... such a little angel boy.
New house - like I said the yard needs some more love... the grass is a bit greener from this picture and less "pokey" according to JT... It must be all the pool water we dump on it. :0)


New house - so in moving I had to give up my AMAZING cupboards for all of my crafting/ scrapbooking supplies (side note the two boys who moved in next door fought over who would get that for their bedroom since it had tile and a place to work on building stuff) I needed some more storage. In searching for a bed for JT I found the perfect cabinet at JC Pennys outlet for $250 - a little out of my price range. But this cabinet was at Goodwill next door for $40 - after some paint it works great for all of my supplies and I love the retro contact paper that is inside. Two of the neighborhood girls took pity on the poor prego painter, took a break from their swimming and basically painted the whole thing for me while I sat and watched them. They only painted a few things on themselves that they later washed off in the pool and they did a great job!

Ok well that is all for now... I would say I will update more soon but.... you never know :0)

baby O the dos

No pictures since I am not quite sure how to get the memory card out of my new fancy pants camera (and I don't want to hurt it). :0). I thought since we pretty much started this blog while expecting Jonathan to arrive I should give baby O the dos a little attention too. I am mostly writing this for me because I will get it in a baby book one day but I don't want to start one now because of moving. So since blogger won't lose anything here we go!
I was pretty sick the first part of my pregnancy ( I am still taking B6 regularly since I know it has helped me)... everything was opposite for me... I craved fast food and could have sworn that I was having a girl. When we had our ultrasound I measured bigger than I was (19.5 weeks) and it was very clear that we were having another boy. I was SUPER excited. I know I will probably be going crazy for a good long time trying to raise two boys but the days will always be filled with adventures. During the ultrasound he was super calm and the tech was able to get all of her measurements really quickly... wow has that changed! My next OB appointment she had to chase him around to find a heartbeat since he was moving around so much! Since then he has been on the move non stop! I definitely feel him more than I did with Jonathan and he really lets me know what he wants! Anytime I start to get just a little bit hungry he starts to kick like crazy... even if I am sleeping in the middle of the night it is like he will wake me up for a little snack! He also lets me know if he would like me to change positions and lets me know if I am squishing him....whenever I lean across a table to help one of my first graders it is like he starts pushing me to sit up straight. It is also very common for him to kick Jonathan when I am holding him on my lap. Yesterday he did some major moving and it honestly felt like contractions.... my belly got super hard! I think he might have been flipping over... if he has decided to stay head down hopefully he stays that way. I have mostly been able to wear my regular clothes (I really did not think that would happen the second time around) but now maternity pants are becoming a must. I am to the point where people were starting to wonder....I don't just look bloated anymore (as one of my first graders said "my brother thought you were pregnant... you are getting pretty fat!") My cravings now have switched to creamy things.... and I can't get enough fruit... or cold things (fruit popsicles mmmmm)... and rather than wine this time I really want a good margarita... the other night I made one with club soda and it was ok.... not the same though. :0) I am really looking forward to getting the packing and moving thing done so I can focus on getting ready for this little one to arrive. I am looking forward to setting up the nursery again but am overwhelmed to try to pick things now. I sorted out all of Jonathan's clothes and I can't quite believe that this baby will really start out so tiny! As far as the name goes we have a pretty good idea but are still not 100% so we are waiting to tell everyone... but if you ask Jonathan he might tell you. He is in love with the idea of a baby brother and often will share with him.... he usually accomplishes this by shoving something down my shirt: a book, his pipie, lovey or he likes to stick food in my belly button (which is BARELY still there). It has been fun to see how much he loves "tiny baby cupcake". Baby O the dos we can't wait to meet you... but we still have a lot to do to get ready. I hope you are baking well and please don't make me too hot or make my ankles swell too much this summer.

Memorial Day

So I am crazy behind on this thing... no excuses.... just life! I am fully enjoying all of my time home with Jonathan and the being prego thing wears me out so I usually take a nap when he does and working on the computer typically doesn't work when he is awake so the blog has been seriously neglected....

Since it is overwhelming me to try to catch up... I'm not going to! I do want to give a shout out to Thomas for Mother's day he got me a cool new camera... that I am totally clueless on how to use but I am loving trying to figure out! :0) It was a fun gift to find hiding in the closet!

Memorial Day always reminds me of the time 7 years ago when we came "home" from San Diego to look for houses. It is when we put the offer on our first home in Beaumont. We were so excited to drive through this cute town and see all the Cherry Festival signs. I was so scared! We weren't even married yet and here we were buying a house! That is like mega grown- up stuff. Two years later we were selling our house and packing to move to our current home with a nice little profit in our pockets. We thought we would live here until we were nearing retirement age. Three short years later we were moving things out to a new vacation home in Havasu with a tiny little newborn. Now we are busy packing again and getting ready move next door... CRAZY! We would have never thought that seven years after taking that leap of faith we would be leaping again. God is so good and so faithful! He has guided our steps all along. While moving is super stressful the blessings of help are overwhelming as well.

So on to a new adventure! Next Memorial day will have 2 little boys at the bbq! Wow... I must say that I have told Thomas that we are going to stay put.... unless....... :0)

Havasu Poker Run Weekend

A couple of weekends ago Thomas took off Thursday and Friday and we headed out for a long family weekend in Havasu. We had such a blast the whole weekend! Besides wanting to spend time together as a family it was the weekend of "Desert Storm" which is a big poker run/ racing weekend for some really big boats. From what I know this is the only time and place in the US (besides the Miami boat show) when this many big boats are together at one time. We packed up Wednesday night and Jonathan still asks us to put him in his dinosaur jammies and go to Havasu.

Thursday morning we got groceries and headed out to the park and channel. We played and fed the ducks. Jonathan just loves to play and play and play out there.

Despite the rain we went out and bought an umbrella to go to the street fair. All of the boats were lined up to check out. Jonathan was a total boy and into looking at all of the motors. Most of the boats were on trailers that had hydraulics to tilt them on their side so they could go down the road and not be a wide load.

Prego baby belly. :0)

I love this family photo!!!

Friday morning Jonathan started out by taking a self portrait. We ate breakfast and drove down to the lake to see the boats do a parade in the channel. We had to wait almost an hour behind the Miami Vice boat who had to put 600 gallons of gas in.

The wait was well worth it and we were on the lake in the sunshine... the parade was fun to watch and the boats were so amazing! There was also some good people watching too. ;0)

We stopped at one of our favorite little coves which also happened to be where one of the sponsors had a house boat. Thomas loved watching all of the boats come and go and Jonathan and I had fun feeding the ducks communion bread crusts.

We took a cruise for him to nap and the sunscreen gave him and interesting hairdo!

This pic is from Saturday. We were at the lake again to watch races and speed trials. Jonathan had a blast playing in the water, sand and on the boat. We learned our lesson from the day before that having a potty training kid out at the lake means you need to bring the potty... a sand pail doesn't cut it... he thought it was pretty hilarious to use the potty on the boat (or on the beach....)

Sunday we went up the gorge for a short morning. We were coming off the lake when most people were coming on. We had a late start heading home because we discovered a roof leak.... we got it all patched up and will paint the next time we go out.... It was such a great weekend!!!! :0) come on summer we can't wait to go out more!

Jonathan's 2nd Birthday Party

How is it that my little Jonathan bean is a big two year old boy? He growing and talking more and more all of the time. At his two year old check up he was in the 50th percentile for height and 30th for weight. People often think he is a little older than he really is because he is so skinny and somewhat tall. He still loves to eat all of the time. He also loves to say funny things that crack us up all the time! He is in the beginning stages of potty training and likes to wear his "unders" when he is at home. He likes to work more than he likes to play. He LOVES books and can "read" almost all of Brown Bear Brown Bear. He still loves his "pipie" but we are working towards only when it is time to sleep. The other day he bit a hole through one of them and it was quite the tragedy that it was broken!
ON to the party....
We had so much fun planning Jonathan's party this year. We started by asking him what kind of party he wanted and he wanted "nemo". I wanted to make a big deal of picking out the plates and decoration stuff so off we went to the party store..... well Nemo has been around for a while so the party shops did not have it... he was so sad and near tears.... No Nemo Party... Thomas was able to save the day and find some online. He wanted cupcakes and Auntie Kaitlyn outdid herself again. He wanted to give Nemos to his friends so off to wal mart to get some goldfish. I made a banner for the bounce house and got some fun fish crafts for a little craft table. After die-cutting some fish at school we were ready to go! The day of the party he had a great time running around with all of his friends and opening up presents. We were so thankful for all of the friends and family who could come and help us celebrate!
On the day of his actual birthday he woke up to a big present... a TRACTOR!!! :0) Thomas found one on craigslist that was like new and couldn't resist. I thought it was a little much for a two year old but he is in LOVE.... such a fun and memorable birthday for Jonathan bean.