Cherry Tree

We got a family picture in front of the cherry tree in our backyard this week.  It was in bloom and we thought should get a picture while it lasted.

Little Grover #2

We recently took Judah's picture in his Grove City College shirt and submitted it to our college's alumni magazine for the "Alumni Babies" section:

(If you're interested, here is the link for Eliana's "Little Grover" blog post.)

Spring Break

Yesterday was the final day of Elizabeth's Spring Break.  It was a fun and busy week for our family.  Elizabeth and Judah spent the first few days visiting and helping Papaw Thompson, who had knee surgery a couple weeks ago.

Judah and Papaw spending quality time

Judah met his Great Aunt Denise

After our family reunited, we celebrated the first day of Spring at Rita's with a free water ice.  Eliana particularly liked it, and Judah even got a bite or two of the sweet treat.

Eliana digging right in, ignoring the spoon

Happy boy after a bite of water ice

Another happy boy

 Midweek, Elizabeth had the opportunity to meet a blogger/author/TV personality, Ree Drummond, better known as the Pioneer Woman.

Jeff took off Friday, and after going out to breakfast, we spent the morning at a park near downtown Columbus.  Eliana enjoyed a playground for awhile, and then we went on a walk along the river.

Eliana at the fun & creative playground

Happy Judah

On the river walk

After a full morning, Judah finally hit his limit
just before we got back to the car

And finally, one more Spring Break picture.  Eliana has enjoyed seeing lots of flowers now that the weather is warmer.  She also enjoys picking them, so we are working on keeping that to dandelions and not tulips:

Judah's 6 Month Stats

Judah had his 6-month appointment last Thursday.  Dr. O'Brien says he's on track developmentally, and is perfectly healthy.  He now weights 19.1 pounds (75th percentile), and is 28 inches long (95th percentile).  So he's still tall, but lost a little bit of his "chunk" due to his increased activity.

We are thankful for a happy & healthy six-month old!

Happy St Patrick's Day!

The kids have some Irish blood in them, thanks to their Great "Mom Mom" Jones, so we all dressed in green today for St. Patrick's Day...

 

Happy St. Patty's Day!

Hot Dog Dance

Recently, Eliana has started watching "Mickey's Clubhouse."  Her favorite part is the end of each episode when Mickey and his friends do the "Hot Dog Dance" and she has learned to do the dance herself.

Here's a video of Eliana doing the Hot Dog Dance along with Mickey:

(You may have noticed she's dancing on a pizza pan.  This is to emulate Mickey and friends dancing on raised circular discs.)

Reading With Mommy

Solid Food

Judah ate solid foods for the first time a few days ago.  It didn't take him long to get the hang of it:

Excited to get started

First bite: Very unsure about this...

Loving it!  And trying to get every speck of food off that spoon.

Day Trip to Indiana

On Saturday, Eliana and Judah went with their Daddy to Indiana so the kids could see their Great Grammy, Great Boppa, and Papaw Thompson.  (Mommy had a focused day of studying in their absence.)  The kids don't get to see their great grandparents very often, so it was a special trip.

Playing with Papaw Thompson, who drove up to see us

Judah loved cuddling with Great Grammy

Stamping with Great Grammy

Reading with Boppa

The kids and their Greats!

Six Months Old

Today our little Judah turns six months old!

 He continues to be a delightful child.  He is now rolling both ways, and doing multiple rolls in a row.  He enjoys his Bumbo seat, where he can practice sitting up.  He's a very curious boy, always wanting to get his hands on whatever object he can reach.  We think he enjoys bath time, even though his face remains expressionless, because he kicks fervently as soon as he's laying in the water, causing his parents to be continuously splashed.


Now that he's six months old, we will start feeding him rice cereal (so keep an eye on the blog for a "first solid food" post).

His 6-month appointment with Dr. O'Brien is still a couple weeks away, so we'll pass along his "stats" at that time.