Valeria, Socks, & Cereal

Valeria is in its "ultimas semanas." I think I can safely translate that without the Spanish-English dictionary: final weeks. *sad face* I stopped writing updates because as the plot thickened and more characters were added, it started getting too complicated and twisty to discuss with non-Valeria followers. And as I know no other Valeria followers, I haven't been discussing it. Except for the random tidbits that I throw out to Jason every now and then.

I finished knitting my flip flop socks. Love them! They're really comfy, and I think I'll knit all my socks this way from now on! I also finished a pair of socks for Dad. I started them right after his birthday last January because I didn't have the forsight to knit them BEFORE his birthday. Yes, it took me nine months to knit one pair of socks....they're HUGE. I also managed to lose them twice, yes twice, in my house. Home Organization is an ongoing battle for me...

Jonas started eating rice cereal. He likes the cereal, but he loves the spoon! When he sees it coming towards him, he opens up wide. Then he grabs it (sometimes the handle, usually the round part filled with cereal) and helps put it in his mouth. As a result, we get cereal everywhere and on everyone, and boy, is it sticky! I think rice cereal may double as paste or an industrial strength bonding agent. He gets to start on fruits and veggies on Oct 4. We're going to give him green beans first because that's our favorite veggie.

Jonas continues to roll from back to front every chance he gets and usually sleeps on his stomach now. We still always put him on his back to start off, but in the morning, he's face down in a puddle of baby drool. At 4-month checkup, he weighed 17 lbs 3 oz and was 26 inches long. (Although, I think he was longer than that.....) The last time I attempted to weigh and measure him was about two weeks ago, and he was 18 lbs 4 oz and 27 inches. I'll let you know the official verdict when I take him to be weighed on Friday. When he's 5 months old!

September Already??

Why so long since I last posted? I've been knitting and taking care of baby. That's pretty much it. And oh yeah, planning on having a yard sale sometime soon so I've been speed reading some old books that I no longer want. (I just want to refresh my memory on some of them...)

For Jonas, I've knitting a red winter outfit, a blue cardigan, and a blue & green sweater. I'm also knitting him a penguin for Christmas. I'm almost finished with a pair of flip flop socks for me. Since I plan on knitting most of my Christmas gifts this year, I've got to get a move on. I've been organizing my stash, and I won't let myself by anymore yarn until I've thinned the herd (hence the decision to knit most of this year's Christmas gifts). I know I've made such bold statements in the past, but this time I really mean it! I have two big Rubbermaid containers filled with yarn. I even made a list of what I have and which container it's in. I still have four more XXL Ziplock bags (you know the ones that have been marketed for storing your SPORTS EQUIPTMENT) filled to explosion with more yarn that has to be catalogued and packed away. Meanwhile, I've filled TWO AND A HALF BOXES with yarn that I'm giving to Jeanne for her and for her elementary school students.

Jonas had his 4 month exam yesterday. He weighs 17 lbs 3 oz and is 26 inches long. That puts him in the 90th percentile for weight and 85th percentile for height. For some reason this past week he has stopped sleeping through the night. On a positive note, on Monday he starting consistently rolling over from back to front!

Jonas & Dr Preen. My checkup went well, too!

Chewing on a cloth diaper. We use them as burp cloths, but they also double as woobies. He likes to sleep with them, chew on them, hide his face with them, and fling them around.

Jonas & Emery

Jonas and I went to Jeffersonville, IN yesterday to visit Megan and meet her daughter Emery. Emery is one month and one day younger than Jonas. Megan is my oldest friend in the world......I can't believe we're grown ups now, with houses, husbands, & babies!

Click here to see pics!

Crack of Dawn

Ugh. I have to get up early tomorrow morning for an eye appointment. It's at 8:45. I did that last year when I didn't know I was pregnant and wouldn't want to go anywhere before noon after Jonas came on the scene.

I can guarantee the doctor will say something about dry, red eyes, and I will then point meaningfully towards the baby carrier while grunting "duh" and rolling those dry, red eyes like a twelve year old girl.

Only Son of An Only Son

I just want to clarify that while my dad was an only son of an only son, he does have two sisters. And my grandfather had a whole whack of sisters, like 5 or 6. So that's why I have a TON of cousins but none sharing my maiden name.

Ew. Maiden name. "That looks icky and terribly old-fashioned", says the housewife/stay-at-home mother. I'll have to think of another name for "the last name I was born with". Suggestions?

Isn't It Neat?

So. Adventure Fridays. Not talking about those today. On Adventure Friday.

Instead, I have to tell you about something really cool about Facebook. You can find relatives you didn't know you had. Like the kinda-distant-but-not-too-distant cousin I have living in Louisville.

Here's how it happened......

Mom said that Philip was on fb now but was only friending people who don't live in the area. On a whim I decided to search for him, just to see. Well, it didn't pull up him, but it did pull up another Philip, only this one was a Phillip in New Zealand. (One "L" vs Two "L's", people.) It also pulled up a Jeanette in NZ, and I friended her and declared her to be a distant cousin although I'm 99.99% sure we're not related even though it's not a really a common last name (at least not in Kentucky). So then I did a search just for our last name, and I somehow accidentally searched just the Louisville network. And that's how I found Muriel, my kinda-distant-but-not-too distant cousin's wife. (By the way, Philip isn't on fb; he's on LinkD or whatever it's called.)

Since then I've found about 500 others with the name on fb, but so far only one besides Muriel that I think could be a relation.

Trust me....when you've grown up in a small town where everyone is related to everyone else except for you and nobody else has your last name besides your mom, dad, and brother (and now sister-in-law), and non of your cousins have the same name because your father was the only son of an only son...all of this is REALLY exciting!

A Month of Jonas

Here are some pictures of Jonas. The first one is from July 2, and the last one is from August 3. Of course he did have some adventures during July and met lots of new people. I'll post those eventually and fill yall in on our newest fun- Adventure Fridays....

Cool dude. I did find him smaller glasses. I noticed that Alicia's son has this same pair, and he's what....3-ish years old? These are too big for now. You can't see it really, but the arms extend about an inch past the back of his head.

I finally found a hat that fit Jonas, and then I either shrank it in the wash or his head grew really fast overnight!

I don't know why blogger likes to mess with my pictures like this. I've noticed other ones I've posted have looked like this. Anywho, how adorable are those chubby little hands?

When he's out, he's out. Thank you, Big Man Upstairs.

Even crying, where YOU this cute? I don't think so. (Meli, I swear this is not a reflection on how he feels about this onesie...)

I think you can see how much I love, adore, am distracted by my son. No wonder I don't blog, facebook, myspace, email, text, call anymore.

I predict he'll break more than a few hearts someday......