Thank You Jesus..

A few nights ago Jonah and I were going to enjoy a bowl of ice cream out on the deck after dinner. As he was trying so hard to carry his bowl outside without spilling his ice cream he says "Thank you Jesus." I say, "What are you saying thank you to Jesus for, Jonah?"
"Thank you Jesus for ICE CREAM!!!" :) Thats my boy!!

Sandbox

Last weekend Chris built Jonah a sandbox. We've been having lots of fun this week filling buckets, building castles, digging tunnels and throwing sand all over the yard... he's had a little trouble remembering the rule about that. It has brought out all the neighbor kids too, now the big kids are always coming over to see if Jonah can play. They get kind of mad though when Jonah smashes their towers.. :)

Here's a pic of Jonah and his new friend, Jordan.

Thanks Daddy!!

Memorial Day Weekend

We had a nice, relaxing Memorial Day weekend up in Cadillac with the family. The weather was beautiful so we got to spend some time on the beach, take a few boat rides and go to the Cadillac parade - it pretty much consisited of a band, a UPS truck, some motorcycles, horses, and about every firetruck in the northern half of Michigan :) Oh, and lots of people throwing candy :)

sushi

Last night we took daddy along to get groceries with us... and he strayed a bit from the list. He thought that Jonah should have a fishy, so he found him a little tank with plants and fish food. We were going to pick out a fish at Meijer, but since no one ever came to help us we decided to just get one from Grandpa Driy instead. So we went and picked one out from his basement last night, and 'Sushi' has been swimming happily on the kitchen counter ever since. (to clarify to Terp and anyone else who was wondering... he is swimming happily IN HIS TANK on the kitchen counter :) )

growing up

Yesterday Chris helped Jonah put together his new big boy bed. We got it back a few months ago, but have kind of avoided putting it up... he's our baby!! :) Jonah was pretty excited to have a new bed with "no bars!!" and wanted to go to bed already at 7 last night. When it finally came down to it though he wasn't quite so sure... but after a little extra time trying to get him settled into bed he slept really good. He woke up once, but didn't get out of bed, just called for mommy, then went right back to sleep. I was worried that we would hear him up all night playing with his toys, but even this morning he called for mommy when he woke up and waited in bed until I came to get him.

Jonah is also getting better at going on the potty again. By no means potty trained, but he usually will go on the potty a few times a day. He even got to pick out big boy underwear at the store yesterday, though I have not been brave enough (and we have not been home for long enough!) to let him try them out yet. Hopefully he will keep getting better and better so we can sign him up for THREE-SCHOOL soon!! AHHHHH!!!! My baby's getting TOO BIG!!!! :)

a few more florida pics

playing in the water

catch with grampa

racing daddy down the slide

jonah at the dog races

building a sand castle with daddy

the fam at Parrot Key for dinner

jonah and auntie

dancing with grammie at Parrot Key

pirate at yucatan!! arrrrr!

our family

Florida!

Last week we had an amazing week at Fort Myers Beach. Jonah did perfect on the plane rides, and had so much fun playing at the beach. It was so wonderful to wake up in the morning and eat breakfast out on the deck as we watched for dolphins swimming in the gulf! We enjoyed lots of time on the beach, went swimming in the pool, some shopping, eating out, winning big money at the dog track (I think we ended up a buck ;) ) and playing at a fun park. Chris did some fishing on the pier and even caught a little 2 foot shark! It was so relaxing, but the week went by way too fast! Can't wait to go back next year!!

I don't have a lot of pictures because our new camera DIED early in the week!! Here's a couple, and hopefully I'll get some more once mom and dad get home!