Teacher/Leader

Sara's current favorite pretend scenario to play is being a small group leader or sunday school teacher. It is really cute. She gets all the dining room chairs in a circle and puts her stuffed animals in all the seats in the living room and pretends to lead worship and then talk about Jesus. Super cute :)

Sleep, sweet, beautiful sleep

4 out of the last 5 nights, Jonas has slept all night. Let's say that there are some super happy parents at this house!!! In addition, Sara has also slept through the night. Please God, don't let it stop...

First Hair Cut

On 2/26, Sara had her first hair cut. She did such a great job sitting perfectly still, and she definitely got the whole talk to the hairstylist thing :) She loved having someone's undivided attention for 1/2 an hour. We saved some of the curls. It was one of the moments I hope I'll remember forever. It is also one of the times that I realized how much Sara has grown up.

Ready for Summer

Sara is ready for the snow to melt and the warm weather to come. Every day she finds some of her summer clothing and puts them on. She also pretends that she is going swimming with all of her animals. I'm with her on the vote for warmer weather :)

Daddy Daughter Dance

Sara went to the Daddy Daughter Dance with Jon. This is the second year they have gone. She loves it! She talks about it a lot and pretends to go over and over again. Her friends Ava and Elle went with their dads too. Jon and Sara have a lot of fun just being together. They started their date at Sara's favorite restaurant, McDonald's.

9 months

Jonas is now 9 months old. He seems to do something new every day. He recently started saying, "baba" for balloon and looks at the ceiling to find it. He cruises really fast in his walker. He eats lots of baby food. He plays "peek-a-boo" (super cute, we'll have to get some pics of that). He continues to roll lots, but no signs of crawling. He does love standing up and holding on to something. Balls continue to be one of his favorite things to play with. Wow! A lot happens in a month :)

TT's birthday

We celebrated my mom's birthday with her. Eddie and Kristina were here too. Sara loved celebrating and helping make the cake. One of TT's gifts was a balloon. She graciously allowed the balloon to stay with us. Both kids love it!! Jonas now says "baba" when looking at the balloon. When we say, "balloon" he looks up at the ceiling to try to find it. Balloons are a big hit :)

New Things

2/4 - Sara slept through the night without a pull-up. Yeah!!! No more pull-ups. Very big!! 2/4 - Jonas tried out the walker and absolutely loves it!! He is really good at maneuvering already. When we go to put him in it, he kicks his feet with glee :) 2/6 - First walk of 2009. We went in the stroller. It was fun, but a bit of a work out pushing 2 kids through icy slush :) 2/7 - Jonas said "Mama" twice during the night. The hard thing is that I am the only witness, and some people feel I may have been hearing things :) Jonas has refused to say it since, but I know what I heard!!!! :)