Jonah at 5 Months

I really can't believe Jonah is another month old. This year is going by way too fast. Jonah is growing and changing each and every day. This month he started playing the the exersaucer and thus far he really likes it. I was amazed at how quickly he figured out how to turn the seat and play with all the different toys. He seems to mainly use it as a way to watch his brothers and their comings and goings in the house. Jonah is now completely over the swing. I've tried putting him in it a few times and he arches his back so I can't get him seated. Thankfully he'll still sit in the bouncer and on his play mat while I exercise. Even though he's plenty old enough, I haven't started Jonah on solids yet. He still has the tongue thrust reflex that makes solid feeding next to impossible. Hopefully he'll grow out of that in the next month and we can start with fruits and veggies. Jonah is still in 3-6 month clothes but he's about to move up to 6-9 month. I just need to get them out of the closet and all washed up. We're slowly weaning off the miracle blanket. He's only using it at night now. Jonah is a very observant little boy. He's always watching what everyone is doing. He's also starting to purposefully reach out to grab things. He loves touching my face and holding my fingers. He's also been to laughing and giggling when I tickle him. Thankfully with the help of some Selsin Blue we've almost gotten rid of the horrible cradle cap Jonah has. It was so gross and trying to pick it off was also pulling his hair out. That's about all I can think of that is new in the world of Jonah. Pictures will be posted soon.


Exploring the exersaucer

From Photos for Blog

Cutie pie

From Photos for Blog

January's Work on the Land

As I said in an earlier post, the trailer was placed on the land in the middle of December. We were finally able to go out to the land in the middle of January. It was quite the learning experience figuring out how to turn everything on and get everything connected properly. Once we got the trailer all set up and a movie going for James and John, it was time to get to work. Brian cut down two dead trees that were bordering a large clearing. Once he got them down and all cut up, I moved everything to the burn pile in the center of the clearing. He also cut down a tree that had snapped and partially fallen down. Since the wood was good, we saved some of it for future campfires and put the rest on the burn pile. Unfortunately, it rained off and on all weekend long so that was all we were able to accomplish between the showers.

Our second weekend was very successful as well. Even though there was a fairly high chance of rain, we only got a few light showers the entire time we were there. With the burn ban lifted, we were able to get the burn pile in the clearing all burnt as well as an older brush pile up at the front of the property. We were also able to cut down the two remaining trees we had hoped to cut down the prior trip and start a new burn pile with the branches and logs. Hopefully we'll be able to burn that pile on our next trip up. We also want to continue working to clean up two sections at the front of the property and improve the "curb appeal".

A HUGE thanks to my parents for watching Jude and Jonah for us while we went up to work.

Here are some photos I took. I added captions so you know what you're looking at.

Pinewood Derby Photos

As promised, here are the pictures from Pinewood Derby.