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What has happened this past week? Hmm... well, Jonas has officially got 3 (almost 4) more shiny new molars. yaaaaaay. Actually, he has been surprisingly pleasant. I didn't even know 2 of them were there, I just thought I would check one day, and there they were! Crazy... he's a chewing boy now!

In a related story, I think we would all be less happy people if I didn't touch upon Jonas giving his daddy a hug around the legs, and ever so kindly biting daddy's balls through his pants as he did so. Funniest. Moment. To Date. So yeah, Brandon is much more wary of those innocent baby hugs now, to say the least!

Jonas has also recently learned how to nod his head in response to questions. He can shake it as well, but he generally prefers to just nod 'yes' and do nothing for 'no' so far. This has been a handy trick, as Jonas understands most of what we say, so now he can tell us much better what he wants.

He has also learned a few more signs. He now uses 'more' (tapping his fingertips together), and is better at signing "i'm hungry" than he was. He seems to be putting together what he wants very well just in one week. For example, he will say "Muh muh!", while signing 'milk' followed by signing 'more' followed by a head nod... and occasionally he will point as well. Very clever boy!

It's been pretty hot for April the last few days, up in the high 80's, even up to 90 one day. As a result, we have not been outside as long. Jonas is not a fan of not being outside. He is using his new found communication to tell us repeatedly that he wants outside, and getting very angry when we won't let him every time. Not good!

This past weekend, we went yard saleing and got Jonas some pajamas, as well as several cardboard books (we were getting tired of 'Peek-a-Boo Kitty'). Jonas has been about halfway interested in books for the past few months. He tends to not be patient enough to sit through even the fastest and simplest books, preferring instead to just flip all the pages and move on. However, he started about a month and a half ago to really sit and listen to a couple of books. He seemed to only like the pages that dealt with "moon"... for some reason... weird, but he got so excited and would point at the moons and exclaim "Muh! Muh!" like he just couldn't quite say 'moon'. Anyway, this has progressed to him being able to almost sit through a book now, and when he does, he is very intent on it. He usually will sit through goodnight moon, and will often bring us books for us to read to him, indicating that he would like to sit in our laps and read the book.

This is where Brandon really shines, he is such a more animated reader than me I guess. he can keep jonas entertained with a book for twice the time I can. Not that i'm complaining.

That leads me to another thing Jonas and daddy do... the "chill". Brandon has managed to teach Jonas that "chilling" means you lean back on the couch with daddy and put your feet up. It's so funny to watch because if you can get his to do it at the right time, its like flipping a switch... he'll be running around, and you say "chill out buddy!" and he'll just flop back and lay for a few seconds.... then he realizes he could be doing other things and continues, but still!

Well, I can't think of anything else... but I'm sure there is more.... goodnight all!