Charmer

Yesterday, Jonathan and I went shopping. While we were in a craft store, an older gentleman walked by and said hello to Jonathan and waved. Jonathan held up one hand to him like he was waving. We then proceded to a different part of the store. While I was choosing a photo album, I noticed the gentleman looking down the aisle at us. He had found his wife and brought her over to see Jonathan! When I looked at them, they said something about Jonathan being cute and then came over to talk with us. Jonathan gave the gentleman a double high five and then had to get out of the cart so the wife could hold him!

Today in church, Jonathan flirted with Sister Tischner, who was sitting in front of us in Sacrament Meeting. She took him and played with him for a little while but then gave him back when the meeting started because she had to lead the music. After the meeting was over, she spoke with us a little bit and Jonathan had to go to her. So she took him into the Primary room where she was playing the piano. I took Jonathan back when he tried to help her play the song, but when she left the room, she walked past us and Jonathan had to go to her again. She decided to take him to Relief Society with her, where they had a great time together! The little charmer!

Box Boy

Crawling into a box or the laundry basket is one of Jonathan's new favorite things to do. He's a big help when we're folding the clothes, as you can imagine! He "helps" by pulling the clothes out of the basket or by sitting on them!

11 Months Old

Jonathan is 11 months old now. He's kind-of a little squirt. He still wears 6-month size onesies and pants. We keep trying the nine-month size but he looks like he's drowning. He has two top teeth and one bottom tooth now. His other bottom tooth broke through this past week, thank goodness.

There are those top teeth!

Since Jonathan has been teething, he keeps his fingers in his mouth all the time. He likes to chew on his fingers and more especially likes to click his fingernails against his teeth.

Jonathan started balancing last week. He hasn't taken any steps but he's getting braver about letting go of things while he's standing.

Playing the Piano

Jonathan discovered the piano a few weeks ago. He's barely tall enough to reach the keys so if you look at him from above, you can just see his fingers moving up and down. Earlier this week, I sat at the piano and let him play for while. Jonathan found that feet work just as well as fingers for playing!

Grandma's Visit

Grandma came for a visit this weekend. She brought Jonathan one of the toddler toys she has at her house. It's a car that can either be ridden on or opened up to push. Jonathan thought it was the best thing ever!

Crawling Surprise

This video cracks me up! I was trying to get Jonathan's crawling on video so I put his sippy cup next to me to encourage him to crawl. He eventually did, but it's the end of this video that makes me laugh!

10 Months Old

Jonathan turned 10 months old on Thursday. He weighs about 21 pounds now and is slowly moving from 6 month-size clothes to 9 month. He has two teeth poking through. He crawls all over and pulls himself up to everything. One of his new favorite tricks is to pull himself up and then start bouncing up and down. He really loves it if he can bounce and make something move, like his walker or the laundry basket.

Jonathan falls down occasionally, but he's really careful about putting his hand down when he wants to go from standing to crawling.

Jonathan loves to talk to himself in the hallway mirror.

Can you see those teeth? I know it's hard...but one is on the top and one is on the bottom. They are not all the way in yet, but the tops are all the way through.

Jonathan thinks he's too big for his walker now. He will endure it if you put him in it occasionally, but he likes it better when he is out of the walker and can use it to stand up or to eat snacks out of the tray.