Bubbles and Stickers

Jonah's next new words!
He repeated "Bubbles" while playing with bubbles, and "sticker" when we gave him a sticker.

Feeding Myself!

Jonah has started grabbing the spoon and feeding himself! Of course, he rarely makes it all the way to his mouth without a little help, but he's determined!!!

Even more (and "no more") talking, etc.

Jonah now combines "no" and "more" to say "no more" when he doesn't want something. He also makes the sign to brush his teeth when he wants to or when you ask him if he wants to.
Yesterday, he said "Wawa" for the water he was drinking and also for the water he used while washing his hands. This morning he gestured at himself and said, "no-na"!
He also calls his favorite stuffed animal that he sleeps with "nunny" (for bunny) and he holds it up high saying, "NUNNY!" He has also said "Baba" for bottle.
Two weeks ago we got a snow storm (the first he remembers)... Here are some pictures!

MORE talking!!!

We moved into our new home in Lexington this past week and Jonah's speech has been flourishing daily! This past week he started to say "MORE" while he makes the ASL sign with his hands. He says it for food, lights (his favorite thing), tickling, spinning round and round, etc.

Today he said "Car" for the first time while holding a toy car! He also has been saying "ts" for lights (the second sound of the word) for a few weeks now. Oh, and of course he now says "NO!" when he doesn't like something! :)

Kissy Kissy!

Jonah learned how to kiss!
Yesterday, Sam and I kissed each other in front of him and he made a pucker face and gave Mommy a kiss! :) Made my day.
Today, I said, "Give mommy a kiss" and he puckered up again-- what a smartie pants.

Nana and Papa Guyer are in town this weekend and we went to the Topsfield Fair with them yesterday which was fun. We went to the petting zoo area and saw a camel, eemu, sheep, cows, and rams.

FALL '09 (10 mos)

Some things that Jonah learned over the last week or two:

• Pointing: Jonah learned how point at things, especially lights. He's always been very interested in light switches, but now he's figured out the connection between the switch and the light. He stands, points at the light and says "uuuuuuh" until I turn it on. Then he laughs gleefully.
• Giving: For a while he's understood when we're giving something to him, but recently he started giving stuff to us. The funniest is when he gives us the pacifier: he turns it around, to get the right end facing out, and then (if I let him) shoves it in my mouth! He also enjoyed feeding me Cheerios.
• A flower pot is not a hat: He's always been amused when we put things on our heads (even if they're not really hats). Over the past week he started imitating this behavior. He was holding a bowl and I gestured to my head, and he put the bowl on his head. A minute later he put a rubber-ducky on his head. Nice.
• Gimme the remote: when I put on a slow CD Jonah grabbed the remote and pointed it at the CD player -- not an Alison Krauss fan apparently!
• Apple picking: yesterday we took Jonah apple picking. He didn't really get the "picking" part, but when we gave him a small Jonah-sized apple, we walked over and put in the bag with the rest of the apples!