More Lilah

I was nursing Jonas Henry in the kitchen this morning.  Mom came in dressed in her robe and told me she was going to "jump into her clothes" really quickly.  Lilah overheard and said, "Ooooo!" 
Nana said, "no Lilah, it's something I'm going to do on my own."  Lilah responded, "But I love to jump into piles of clothes!"

And something she said several months ago that I've been meaning to write down:
One morning as we were getting ready for the day, Lilah asked, "Where are we going today?  Nowhere or yeswhere?"

And again this morning, I was upstairs getting dressed while Lilah was in the bathroom with me.  She noticed my wedding ring on the countertop, and this conversation followed.
Lilah:  Oooo, I love your ring!
Me: Isn't it pretty?  Daddy gave it to me when we got married.
Lilah:  While Hannah was watching me? (her babysitter)
Me:  No, it was before you were born.  He said, Laura Pascal, will you marry me?  And I said yes!  Then I was Laura Johnson, like you.
Lilah:  It's very pretty.
Me:  Yes, he did a great job picking it out.
Lilah:  He saw it and said, this would be perfect for my kids' momma.

She sure keeps us laughing.

Eight Weeks!

It's been a tradition for the Johnson kids to hit milestones while visiting their Nana and Papa.  Lilah learned to sit up here and Emma learned to crawl and walk, so I was thinking Jonas Henry would follow suit.  Of course, at six weeks you can't really not hit milestones.  I don't know it was the six-week mark or the North Carolina air, but Jonas Henry went from 3-4 hour stretches at night to a consistent six hours a night.  He also woke up!  He had been sleeping for the past six weeks, so we were happy to finally interact with our little baby.  He is very smiley and growing so much. 
He is 8 weeks old today.  I tried to do a little measuring here for our monthly numbers.  I did a rough weight on my parents scale, and it looks like he's up to 14 pounds!  I'm interested to check that with our home scale though.  I was able to measure his lenght accurately though, and he's up to 24.5 inches, too.  So big!  Jonas gets to see little JH on Wednesday and I know he won't believe how much he's changed.  This week too he decided to grow back the hair on the top of his head that had all fallen out.  It is pretty short, maybe a quarter of an inch, but it is hard-to-see blonde and sticking straight up.  Adorable.  He's lost that newborn look, and is full-on baby.  What a sweetie.

Christmas in North Carolina, Part I

I'm being ambitious putting part I in the title.  Maybe that will make me more inclined to write more while I am here...
The girls kids and I bravely flew to North Carolina two weeks ago. Luckily, we had my sister and her boyfriend traveling with us, which really made for a nice kid to adult ratio. The best, actually.  This is the first time Emma had her own seat, and it was quite nice.

 

 

We also had the boyfriend's iPad traveling with us.  In fact, he even sat with Lilah in Katie's seat, so Katie and I could sit together with the littler ones.  So nice!

 

 

Katie was able to get some nice snuggle time with Jonas Henry, and I was able to ride with free arms for a bit.  That never happens!!

 

 

Jonas Henry did great on his first flight.

 

 

Everyone has really enjoyed being at Nana and Papa's.  The girls are loving outdoor time.  It's like they never left.  The weather has been amazing, even on the cold days.  We are all happy to be away from the rain for a while.