(stay at home dad) For the next 6 weeks anyway. I have embarked onto a journey into the world of anatomy and physiology, a 6 credit course meant to be taken over 10 months, a course I hope to complete in 6 weeks. phew.
Isn't life already hectic you may wonder. Well, it is and
that's why I haven't found any time to sit down, gather my thoughts and update this blog. Also I haven't been here because the Christmas season, our fave festivity, was jammed packed with family, baking, eating, friends and a whole whack of
activities.
And because life has been just so busy this past while, whenever I do have a moment to myself, I try to run, hike, ski and most recently get to a
Bikram Yoga class. Wow, when I went to my first class over the holidays I was so invigorated by working so hard I kind of got addicted. Too bad its all the way in
Courtenay...
And OF course the main reason life is busy busy busy is because my little Jonas is becoming an intense little toddler.
Its as if over these past few weeks his personality has really began to shine through. He is such a fast crawler, he is
sooo mobile! And strong. He pushes whatever furniture he can
across the floor-his high chair, chairs, books, balls...anything he can budge into motion. He enjoys to play pass with the ball and he loves to play tag crawling style. I am not sure when he will actually walk because he is such a mobile crawler, but it could be anytime really.
A couple of weeks ago we all got the flu and Jonas got sick with strep throat again. The only time he has ever been sick was with strep throat in Sept; at which time, if I remember correctly, he began, while sick, to sooth himself with his thumb.
Since then he has soothed himself back to sleep each night (usually) with his thumb. Until this second time he has had strep throat and all the sudden its as if he forgot his thumb and he hasn't used it since! Strange! Now he is back to nursing more frequently throughout the night.
He also seems to have formed
abit of separation anxiety - when once we could leave him alone with one of the grandparents for a few hours, he has begun to get angry when we both leave. He is fine with either one of us alone, but lately when we have gone out together he has become quite upset with
alot of tears. So, at the moment we keep him close and I go along with his frequent
nursing throughout the night. Its just a phase I am sure. Jordan figures it is just something in his development at the moment - maybe getting ready to walk or maybe teething.
Jonas still loves to eat, but doesn't like the pureed food as much as before. He likes the real thing - so we give him lots of veggies, smoothies, crackers with almond butter, beans etc... Its funny that he won't really take pureed fruits/veggies anymore, but he can never get enough of the green smoothies I share with him...
Yesterday we took Jonas up to the mountains and
skied around while pulling him around in a special sled. It was beautiful and I can't wait to go again. I can't wait to put him on some
skis when he is
abit bigger.
haha.
And by the way - I have been keeping up with all you mom
bloggers out there-good for you to keep the updates coming even though I am sure you have about as much free time as I do these days!!!
And Lisa, I am
sooo excited for you!!!!!!
forever getting into things, exploring
leaving a trail wherever her goes...
Daddy pulling Jonas along the x country trails at Mount Washington
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