Jonahisms

It's impossible to remember all of Jonah's delighful vocabulary list, but here's a pretty decent list. I forgot to post the one a few months ago, but I may revisit it when I can find it stashed on my computer somewhere.

Everything he says is SO expressive with either 4 EXCLAMATION POINTS at the end, OR a giant QUESTION MARK.

People
Mama
Daddy
Momo? Papa? (“Can we go see Momo & Papa?”)
Nana? Papa? (“Can we go see Nana & Papa?”)
Wotty (Rocky – our family dog)
Doody (Gary)
Meme (Mary)
Baby! (Baby in Mama’s belly) (OR anyone’s BELLY)

Colors (can usually identify correctly)
Pupple (purple)
Yeyyo (yellow)
Weh (red)
Boo (blue)
Ree (green)

Body Parts (can say & identify)
Eye
Eeh (ear)
Mow (mouth)
Nnnosh (nose)
Tin (chin)
Ewbow (elbow)
Bebby (belly)
Heh (hair)
Paeh (face)
Knee (knee)
Bah (back)
Tuhn (tongue)
Tee (teeth)
Peeh (feet)
Chuuue (shoe)
Ahn (hands)
Wihwee (weewee)

Meal time
Vigorous head-shake (“I don’t want you to feed me. I want to do it myself, thank you very much.”)
Waduh (water)
Meh (milk)
Tup (cup)
Tee (eat) (OR “I’m bored, so I think it’s time to eat.”)
A dink (drink)
Appoh (apple) (OR cherry tomato, or anything red, round & edible, really)
Rrrae (grape)
Nanna! (banana)
Peh (pear)
Memon (Melon)
Hot! (Hot) (OR luke-warm) (OR “I don’t want to eat it.”)
Toppee! Hot! (“Mama’s coffee. It’s hot, so it’s not for me.....so she SAYS.”)

Toys , Characters, & Play time
Elmo
Abby
Bih Buh (Big Bird)
Tootie (Cookie Monster)
Puhnbahhh (Spongebob)
Pitchuh? (Picture. OR “I want to look at flash cards”)
Mimmie Mow (Mickey Mouse)
Pay? (play)
Cho? (show….OR “I want to watch Baby Einstein”)
Ball (ball)
Wahk (“I’d like to walk, please.”)
Hewp (“Help”)
Boot (“Book”)
Bobo (favorite toy penguin bobo doll)

Outside
Out tie? (Outside)
Nnnoooo (snow!)
Waihn (rain!)
Mohn (moon.....which he looks for every time we go "out tie")
Teee (tree)

Animals
Amal (animal)
Tow (cow)
Puppy (puppy)
Titty (kitty)
Tah (cat)
Dah (dog)
Teee. Baaaah. (sheep)
Duh (duck)
Wion (lion)
Mow (mouse)
Otto (otter)
Tab (crab)
Peeh (fish)
Deeeba (zebra)
Bew (bird)
Wabbih (rabbit)
Rrah (frog)
Nepleh (elephant)

Vehicles
A Tuh (truck)
I Tuh (fire truck)
A Tah (car)
Boa (boat)
Buh (bus)
Toodeh (scooter)
Peeboa! (speed boat)
Traiiih (train)
Taiiii (plane)

Miscellaneous
Baah (bath)
Tow (towel)
Beh (bed)
Nigh nigh (Night, night) (OR bed)

Poppy (potty)
Ditee (Diaper)

Yesuh (Jesus)
I wudyu… moh (I love you….more!)
Bye-bye (ball cap) (OR Bye-bye)

Uh-ohhhh (“I threw something down, and I want you to pick it up so I can throw it down again”)
Aw-Done ("I'm finished!")
Done-Done (“I’m finished.”) (OR “I don’t know what the picture is on that flash card, and I don’t care to even try. Let’s move on to the next one, please.”)

Favorite Songs
“The Wheels on the Bus”
Me: The Wheels on the bus go
J: wown an wown; wown an wown; wown an wown (with gestures)

Me: The people on the bus go
J: Up an OW Up an OW Up an OW (with gestures)

Me: The horn on the bus goes
J: bee bee bee; bee bee bee; bee bee bee (with gestures)

Me: The babies on the bus go
J: wah wah wah wah wah wah wah wah wah (with gestures)

Me: The Mamas on the bus go
J: [gesture as if to say “shhhh”….which is essentially sticking his finger in his nose]

“Baby Bumblebee Song”
[mumble mumble mumble mumble] OW! –

“If You’re Happy & You Know It”
Me: [hooray verse] If you’re happy and you know it, shout HOORAY!
J: RAY RAY RAY!!!! (while stomping and flailing arms in total excitement!!)

“Twinkle, Twinkle” (sung entirely by Jonah)
Teetew teeteh [mumble] tah
Ow I wuhwuh [mumble] ah
UPPA Bubba wuhsho HIGH
WITE A didi inna Tiiiiiiih
Teetew teeteh [mumble] tah
Ow I wuhwuh [mumble] ah

Peek-a-Boo PuhnBahhh!

I put Jonah in his new "PuhnBahhh!!" jammies tonight, and caught him playing peek-a-boo with his pajama bottoms. It went something like this:

[Stare down at pants]

[Cover eyes]

[Uncover eyes]

"BOO!"

"PunBahhhhhh!"

[Squeal in delight]

"Ahhh! PunBahhhhh!"

[Repeat]

Our Future Olympic....

Figure Skater??? (Shhhh, don't tell Daddy!)

When I grow up....

I WANNA BE JUST LIKE DADDY

...AND MAMA
(May you never lose your eager desire to help with chores, sweet son!)

Play Day at the Park

We kept cousin Claire a couple of weeks ago, and took advantage of the beautiful weather for a play day in the park with Momo & Papa. Let me tell ya, I got my FAIR SHARE of funny looks, chasing after these two toddlers while CLEARLY quite pregnant again :)

MUST HAVE A BATH AFTER A DAY IN THE PARK!

CAN YOU GUESS WHO'S THE NURTURING ONE OF THE PAIR??

Language Lesson 101

Jonah: Nana!
Mama: Ba-nana!
Jonah: Nana!
Mama: Ba, ba, ba
Jonah: Ba!
Mama: nana
Jonah: nana!!!
Mama: Ba
Jonah: Ba!
Mama: nana!
Jonah: nana!!
Mama: Banana!!
Jonah: Nanaba! Nanaba! Nanaba!!

Jonah updates and Lexi progress

I'm so horrible about blogging. I don't know why I find it impossible to keep up, but I guess now is as good a time as any to give the lovely Holmes family updates :)

Jonah is 18-months-old, and he is truly just too stinkin' smart for his own good!! I can't even keep up with his vocabulary anymore. It's enormous. He also consistently identifies the colors "yeyyo, wed, reen, and purple" and he knows fruits, like "apple, peh, rrrapes, and memmon (melon)." I'm going to start using flash cards with him because he learns SO quickly with puzzle pieces. He differentiates such vehicles as "Trrrruck, A cah, scooter, plane, train, chopper, bus and boat." He LOVES to sing and can sing the alphabet song and has been singing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star from start to finish for a few months now. (And, you can even tell them apart, despite the fact they're the same tune!! Lol!) We get lots of looks in the grocery store, because he loves to sing or jabber using his "outside voice" (haha!) the whole time we shop!! He knows all of the body parts that we can think to teach him, including the BOOTY (I should post a video of the booty dance -- which we did NOT teach him, by the way!). He also knows the eyes, ears, nose, hair, mouth, teeth, face, chin, elbow, hands, "peet," knee, shoes, and his newest.....the "weewee."

He's also becoming a pro at using his manners. We try not to endulge whining, by giving in when he fusses, but rather make him use his words to tell us what he wants, and he really responds well to this. Yesterday, he wanted a toy that was in a no-no zone. When I moved him out of the no-no zone, rather than throwing a fit, he simply pointed at the toy and said, "Peas?! Peas?!!" So, of COURSE I gave him the toy!! He loves Nnno! (snow) and wain! (rain), and he regularly asks to go "bye-bye?" or "outside?" My favorite Jonahism, though, is the rare and coveted, "I wuh yooooh." And, one night I told him, "I love you more," so now he says, "I wuh yooooooh," and I say, "I love YOU," and he says, "More!" (with the accompanying sign for more, of course).

He habitually blows my mind, and his teachers at daycare even remark regularly about how smart he is.....that is when they're not remarking about him biting his friends that day :( That's been our biggest struggle lately. He's a biter. But, oh, I am THAT mom -- the one who actually wrote a Behavior Intervention Plan (aka: a BIP) for my own child at daycare! That's right!! It's what I DO, so why not do it for my own kiddo?? We have now had 3 bite-free days in a row, and I'm praying we stay that way. Jonah has also started having night terrors, which just down-right SUCK! (Sorry, no sweeter way to say it). We took him to the dr. and he's in good health, so it's just a nasty phase we'll have to get through. I'm hoping he moves past it before his sister (that's RIGHT! It's a girl - confirmed by 2 different ultrasounds now!) makes her debut in May. It'll be quite a struggle to have both of them awake and unhappy in the middle of the night when Daddy's at work.

We've been trying to get back into a good routine of going to church on Sundays, and we will celebrate a baby dedication for Jonah on Sunday, April 11, so that's exciting!!

Other than that, we've got our little bundle of girly goodness getting ready for her debut in late May. We had a 3-D ultrasound this past weekend, and those pictures were very fascinating! I really wanted to name our baby girl after my grandmother, Charlotte, as I'm convinced my Grandma is a saint sent straight from heaven. Well, we toyed and toyed with names, and finally we decided on the name Alexia, which is a feminine version of Grandma's maiden name, Alexander. We also gave her my middle name. So, Jonah has his dad's middle name (Wayne), and Alexia will have my middle name (Marie). We have agreed to call her by the nickname Lexi, although some may decide to call her Alex, which is the nickname my Grandma was called until she married my Papa.

(a collage of 4 of the ultrasound pics from 3/13/10)

(comparison of Lexi in-utero & Jonah 1-day-old. WOW! The technology!!!)

Of course, we are gluttons for punishment, as we have started yet another big home-improvement project just a couple of months before Lexi's scheduled arrival. We are building a garage, which is a necessary addition for storage of the "junk" currently housed in our spare bedroom -- which will become Lexi's nursery. They poured the slab a couple of weeks ago, and there's nothing like a major project on a time crunch to make the pregnancy seem to go EVEN faster!! I pre-registered at the hospital this morning, and I'm already having bi-weekly prenatal visits, so the big event will be here before we know it!! What an exciting time for the Holmes' Sweet Home.