Blessing Day

Today was the day that Chris was able to give Jonathan a blessing in Sacrament Meeting. We had to wait until after we went to court to have Jonathan sealed to us and the blessing couldn't be done until after the sealing. Poor Chris. He was nervous about giving the blessing anyway, but today just happened to be the day that a missionary was giving his talk before entering the MTC. The entire chapel and cultural hall were packed with people. It didn't bother Jonathan though. After the blessing was over, Chris held Jonathan up so the congregation could see him and he just grinned!

P.S. Isn't the little white suit cute? Grandma made it especially for Jonathan!

Sealing Day

We were able to take Jonathan to the temple to be sealed to us on Friday, October 23. It was such a great day. Jonathan was so good the whole time. When they brought him into the sealing room, he charmed everyone. My mom held him while the sealer said the words. Jonathan put his hand right on top of ours (with a little help from Grandma) and then looked at the sealer like he knew just what was going on! It was a wonderful day!

6 Month Checkup

We took Jonathan in for his six-month checkup on Friday. He weighed 15 pounds, 15 ounces and was 26 inches long. He's still in the 25th percentile for height and weight. He also got three more shots. Luckily for him (and us), he doesn't have any more immunizations until he is a year old! Yea!

Court Day

Wednesday, October 7, was court day. Jonathan is now legally part of our family! After it was all over, someone asked if we felt any different. I had to say no. We already felt like Jonathan was a part of our family. We love him so much! Thank you, Shelbi, for making this possible for us!

Jonathan Laughing

Jonathan has two games that he likes to play with Chris. In one, he will stare at Chris until Chris looks at him and then he will laugh. Chris will look away and look back and Jonathan will laugh again. In the second game, Jonathan will look at Chris but when Chris looks at Jonathan, he'll say something like, "Boo." Jonathan jumps and then laughs. Both games are repeated over and over. This video isn't very clear, but you can hear Jonathan laughing and that is the best part of all!

(I'm posting the video in two different ways so that maybe everyone can see it this time!)

Six Months Old!

Jonathan is six months old! It's hard to believe! Today we looked back at some of the first pictures we put on the blog. Jonathan was so tiny! The bunny was bigger than he was!

Six month stats:

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*Sleeps from 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. (Yea!)

*Eats cereal every night before bedtime

*Rolls from his back to belly and from belly to back

*Reaches for anything around him

*Sucks his fingers and recently discovered his thumb (Oh, no!)

*Grabs his feet (we're just waiting for the day he gets his toes in his mouth!)

*Loves to play with his toys and with us

*Smiles for everyone who talks with him at church

*Laughs and laughs

Watch Jonathan Playing

I shot this little video while Chris was playing with Jonathan. Jonathan is an active little guy. He gets so excited sometimes and just kicks and kicks!