Jonah at 6 months.

We did it!

It took us half-a-year, but we did it. We finally figured out the magic combination for the monthly Robertson boy portrait.

Right before they go to school I tell them we're taking a picture in honor of Jonah's birthday so they're all excited. I lay down the law from the get-go ("If you do anything naughty or silly I will take away your remote control cars so just sit nicely and smile at me no matter what I say to get Jonah's attention!"). It worked.

Look at those cute, cheeky things.

Jonah's 6 -months stats:
19lbs 8oz
28.5 inches tall

He has two bottom teeth now!

He will sleep through the night as long as no one makes a single peep at all... so that means he wakes up screaming if we tip-toe into our bedroom to go to bed or get up at all in the night... so that means he is getting moved into the kid room... possibly tonight.

With rare and annoying exception, he takes a nap at 9, 12, and 3-ish. They are each about 1 hour long and he screams himself to sleep almost every time, but not for very long... usually.

He is no longer swaddled since he rolls over in his crib now and nearly smothered himself once because the swaddler didn't allow for the use of his arms. Yikes!

He is fun and so sweet. It's also really nice that Thomas can so easily take care of him without me now that he has a regular 7PM bedtime and can be put down without nursing. I believe in crying it out. He has gotten so much more rest and is happier since we made him learn how to go to sleep without nursing or swinging or rocking...etc

He has tried rice cereal and tolerates it. He will still drink from a bottle, but mostly I just nurse him for all his meals.

Mama stats:
I started a blog! www.themermaidplan.blogspot.com
The mermaid plan blog is helping me reach my goals at last! I love it. I've lost 5 pounds since my last update here and have 11 more to go!

Jonah at 3 months.

Jonah turned three months a week ago, but we took this yesterday. We aren't so sure about this monthly portrait thing. Maybe we'll scale back to just Jonah in the future or maybe we'll forget how insanely hard it is to get these three monkeys to cooperate and try it again next month. How thrilling. We shall see.

I like it though. It's an accurate representation of these three in all their wild, unpredictable, naughty, adorable truth!

Jonah's 3 months stats:
No clue on height and weight, but we go back to the doctor's at 4 months so stay tuned...

He is getting more opinionated. We call him baby "Al" sometimes -- which stands for "Ambrose-lite." He's not quite as crazy as Ambrose was as a baby, but he's definitely not as easy as Asher.

He's had cradle cap for a while and I finally got serious about scrubbing it off yesterday and got most of it removed... along with giant clumps of my sweet baby's awesome hair! BOO! I cried.

He is a champion night sleeper and the more vigilant and protective I am over his day sleeping- the happier he is.

Mama stats:
Can we just briefly discuss how ANNOYING losing weight is? I'm nursing, and nursing a lot at that, and so I am a starving beast and then I need to drop 20lbs while I am at it.

And it's very nice of you to tell me to not worry about it, but I hate these same 6 outfits I have been wearing for the last 8 months. And forget shopping--at this point that would just be self-esteem suicide. I would like to wear my old clothes again someday. I got them out of the attic today, and a few pairs of pants fit... just barely if I work at it. Wah wah, I know. There are real problems in the world.

So, I keep plugging along, making good food choices, trying to get in daily workouts no mater how tired I am, drinking more water, and trying to remain patient while the pounds very, very slowly come off. I guess I should be glad they are coming off...very, very slowly.

*Fun final fact: (read "fun" in a sarcastic tone please) I seem to be losing pounds at almost exactly the same rate that Jonah is gaining them. Ha!

Ok, bye.

President's Day

Today I said Aloha 'Oe to the Great Aloha Run. My feet just can't handle 8 miles anymore. 4-5, probably. 8... apparently not. I love the Great Aloha Run and I was happy to barely make it through one last hurrah! It was fun and well worth the pain. On to shorter runs and walks, swimming, yoga... anything easy on old lady feet like mine.


After I got home and showered we worked on Ambrose's cutting skills and made our very own R2D2!

I hope the Presidents feel honored...