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!"

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!)