Nigh-Nigh? Beh???

We bought Jonah his "big boy bed" last weekend, but we had to wait a few days to let him sleep in it, as we needed to "child-proof" it with a safety rail. So, the poor little guy had to play on the bed and BEG to sleep in it a couple of nights and BEG to stay home and play on the bed rather than going to daycare yesterday.

But, last night was the BIG night!

I put the protective rail together (incorrectly, apparently, but more of that in a minute) and fashioned it to the side of the bed. I put Jonah in bed at 8:30, and left the room, listening to his usual pre-slumber jabber/singing. But, he never tried to get out of bed! At 9pm I went in to check on him, and found him sacked OUT with his pillow on his face. It's hard to capture it in this picture, but when I walked in the room, it was AT FIRST, hard to find him in the dark, as he was camouflaged with the bed, but when I DID finally see him, I laughed out loud, as the pillow was positioned in such a way that he looked like he had a giant "Puhnbahhhh" head.

He did SOOOOO good, though. He slept all the way through the night, with the exception of an incident at about 11pm where he managed to slip between the side rail (which was, as I mentioned, incorrectly assembled) and plop to the floor. Of course, being the protective Mama, I (after giggling for a second) offered to put him back in his crib, but he would have NOTHING to do with that idea. So, I put him back in bed, and lay with him for a minute (wanting to stay all night to protect him from another "incident"), and then reinforced the "safety features" on the bed a little.

This morning, after a long night of sleep, he came into our bedroom, dragging Eyore and Elmo and grinning from ear to ear. "Eyore? Elmo?? Nigh-Nigh? Beh??" [Jonahese for "Night night? Bed?"] Then, he just spontaneously gave my LEG the BIGGEST HUG EVER.....as if to say, "Thanks for letting me sleep in my big boy bed MAMA!!"

Jonah Knows His Colors

As Jonah was taking a bath tonight, I decided to quiz him on his colors. He'll be 19-months-old this week. He never ceases to surprise me. It's a low-quality Blackberry-video, but here's a little snippet. In case it's hard to hear, here are the colors he identifies correctly:
Boo [blue]
Dee [green]
Pup-pel [purple]
O-wange [orange]
Weh [red]
Yeyyo [yellow] (video got cut off early b/c I had an incoming call, so it's hard to hear that one)

Happy Easter!

Today was Jonah's first Easter Egg Hunt. Well, his first one with MAMA, anyway. He actually had one at daycare last week, and apparently he learned the ROPES really fast, because he TOTALLY knew what he was doing today! He would chase after the eggs, and shake each one vigorously. If he didn't like the sound (or lack of sound) of the egg, he'd throw it back down on the ground. If he liked the sound, then he'd put it in his basket. And, if he REALLLLY liked the sound, he would open the egg up and dig in right then and there. LOL! What a funny kid!! I love this boy!!!

By the way, we decided on moving him to a "Big Boy Bed." We found a little Captain's style bed on Craigslist for $75, and the guy offered to take $50, but when we got there, they didn't have change, so they sold it to us for $40. Sweet! Good deal. The Easter Bunny brought Jonah "Puhnbahhhh" bedding, so he'll be ecstatic when it's time to move into his new bed.

Decisions, Decisions....

I'm stressed. I'm trying not to get too high strung, but here's the bottom line:

#1 - The Garage
Lexi will be here in about 7 weeks (give or take). Her room is currently a "storage room" for all manner of stuff that will be stored in the garage when it's built. We had the slab poured, the garage was delivered, and all was well......until Jeremy tried to put up the frame to the garage, only to discover that they had sent us the WRONG plans for our slab, so the anchor bolts in the slab do not align with the frame of the garage. The solution: They have to send us a NEW garage, which may take a couple of weeks (hopefully not any longer). Then, the weather has to cooperate, and Jeremy has to find people to help put the garage up. Who knows how long that will take, since we've never done this before.

So, after the garage is built, we will need to clean out Lexi's room, paint, install new carpet and baby-fy the room. Did I mention we have about 7 weeks (give or take)?

#2 - The Bed Dilemma
We toyed with whether or not to move Jonah into a toddler bed awhile back, but the issue became insignificant because we were going to just borrow a crib from Nana, since she had a spare. However, due to unforeseen circumstances, she now has both of her grandbabies (praise God, by the way -- this is a good thing) for an undetermined length of time, both of whom are under the age of 18-months. Bottom line -- she'll probably need both cribs.

So, now we're back to square one with the decision -- do we move Jonah into a toddler bed? Do we buy Lexi a crib and keep Jonah in his crib until we're certain he's ready for a "big boy bed" and then convert his crib into a toddler bed? If we do THAT, then do we go ahead and splurge for a convertible crib for Lexi, too, or just save a little and get her a used crib? Or, do we hand down Jonah's crib to Lexi and put him in a race car bed or better yet a TWIN bed?? I'm leaning toward the twin bed because he's been having some sleep regressions lately, and we've actually put him in bed with us more and more frequently lately because he will NOT go back down in his own bed. If we got him a twin bed, that would allow us to lay in bed with HIM to help him fall back to sleep, rather than causing us to have to bring him to bed with us.

OHHHHH, DECISIONS DECISIONS! Doesn't everyone know I'm HORMONAL?!!? This may not be the best time for me to deal with these things. Oh, and by the way, did I mention we have about 7 weeks (give or take)???

We've Created a Monster

2 seemingly innocuous "toys" that have quickly become MONSTERS:

#1 - the red wagon
We take him for a ride in the wagon on occasion, weather permitting. Well, Jonah has decided that the wagon is the be all end all of his existence, and will crawl into the wagon and lay on his tummy, bury his face and wail, "Wiiiide. Wiiiiiide," even if we just got BACK from a "wide" 10 minutes earlier. Yeah. The wagon went bye-bye for awhile. Out of sight, out of mind. That's my favorite toddler philosophy.

#2 - daddy's motorcycle
It's been a long while since we've sat him on the motorcycle, but a couple of weeks ago we put him on with Daddy, while the bike was running, and he got a little scared, to say the least. He wanted OFF! Well, NOT anymore. The motorcycle is parked out front, until our garage is finished (which, incidentally, may be NEVER, at the rate we're going). Jonah begs to sit on the bike with Daddy when we come home. But, when it's time to get off -- Katy bar the DOOR! The flood gates are open!!! "Wiiiiiiiide! Wiiiiiiiiiide!!!" Too bad the motorcycle won't fit in our closet with the wagon......

Poor Jonah learns the hard way on some days that throwing a tantrum doesn't get him very far in this cruel world of his. Lol.

Diddy....DOH!

We went to the mall the other day, and I got Jonah his first helium balloon, which was, like, the BEST PRESENT EVER, apparently! (Who knew!) I was so amused, as we were leaving the mall, to see that Jonah would not hold the balloon in a "restful" or "natural" position, but insisted on holding his hand above his head, since the balloon was floating. So cute :)

By the time we got home, the helium was nearly gone, so Daddy sucked the rest out of the balloon (boys will be boys!), and blew it back up for Jonah to play. He'd hold the balloon down almost in a football hike position and say, "Diddy......DOH!" then throw the balloon into the air and try to keep it afloat. It took awhile for us to figure out that he was saying, "Ready, GO!"