Hello World!

Another fun item just provided by my parents as a birthday present - a web cam! And for the record, I think it should count more as a gift for THEM than for ME... :) But with that we can now chat and grandma and grandpa and you can keep up with the ever growing Jonas. Joel has a yahoo messenger I think it's something weird like herrnubulator or something, but Mom and Dad use Skype so we've got one of those too; under what else, leonardohana.

As far as the munchkin goes, he's doing well. He started at his new preschool two weeks ago and LOVES it! I'm actually really surprised by how well he adapted. I was a little afraid to be taking him away from his friends and the only place he's ever known besides home. But in the two weeks he's been there he has only cried once when I left and that was because I came back in the middle of the day to meet his teacher and he thought he was getting to go home but he wasn't. And I'm told he was fine about 15 seconds after I left.  He's learning more signs, thanks to the Zollinger's who loaned us some Signing Times videos. Yes, you read that correctly I have finally broken down and let him start watching TV (he's not been allowed anything up until now). BUT, he only watches these educational videos, I sit and watch them with him, they're only 30 minutes long and it's not even everyday that he watches one. They loaned us two, but we only watch one every couple days. And they have been very helpful to all of us, because it's not like Joel or I know any sign language on our own, so we're learning with him. He just is so into everything right now, he love to "read" and he's trying so hard to communicate and I didn't want to hold him back. He was ready to learn more, and this is how we're learning, for now at least.

Happy Birthday to ME!

Yesterday was my birthday, the big 2-7...closing in on 30 every year, yikes! We went to the Oatlands Wildlife Center here in Savannah yesterday morning, but I forgot my camera. How, I'm not exactly sure since of all people I ought to carry a camera 24-7. But that was fun, showed Jonas some more animals, he's now signing bird, dog and cat, which is pretty cute! Then last night we went to a waterpark, again no pictures since water and cameras don't mix. But again, tons of fun was had by all! Jonas just loves getting splashed with water, he did NOT want to leave. Mucho Mahaloz to Lethe and Liz whose phone calls I missed while at the water park. I'm sorry I'm such a slacker and forget to call on your birthdays! I still want to come visit for Christmas before Jonas turns 2 and we have to pay for his plane ticket! When I talked to Braedon yesterday he said he found a family home video of us that's about 20 years old and was going to try and burn it to a DVD, if that happens I'll put a little of it here just so you can see how adorable I was at 7 years old!

Happy Father's Day Grandpa's!

After going to the Zoo last month (pictures to come, I promise!) Jonas has been on an animal kick. He was doing dog before we went and now, as you can tell he's expanded just a little :) I can't even keep track of all the sounds he knows now! There are a few missing, most memorably snake and cow which are quite funny, but when I tried to make the video a second time he wasn't really interested, so you get what you get. He starts his new daycare/preschool on Monday which we're really excited for despite the longer drive to get there. I'm sure we'll continue to see him flourish, especially in a more educational environment. Happy Father's Day to both our Dad's, we love you lots and can't imagine where we'd be without you!

Happy Birthday Uncle Tyler!

Finally! Here's a picture of Jonas' first freckle! I know it's kind of hard to see, but it's taken me forever just to get this! Be looking for lots more updates in the  near future. We went to Columbia, SC for Memorial Day weekend, and took lots of great pictures! I'm still trying to figure out if I can make a slide show with them or not. You might just start seeing lots of pictures from the Zoo, the water park, and a children's museum show up. And we'll be  making another video too. The Zoo got him all excited about animals and now all I hear is woof, woof; tweet, tweet; meow; moo, etc, etc, etc. but it's super cute! And of course grandma and grandpa want to hear from him. Well, I hear crib railings squeaking next to me here, so I guess the munchkin is up, time to play!