Swimming

I took a Moms and Tots class with Jonathan this summer. It was really fun. I'm glad that Rexburg finally decided to build a pool. It is so nice and new! Jonathan loves the water. He was a little nervous when we first started the class, but he got used to it super quickly. He loves kicking his feet and holding on to a noodle and sitting on the edge and falling into my arms. The class was really disorganized, so except for ten minutes at the beginning where we sang songs, it was just a free play time. I know Jonathan looked forward to it everyday. He got pretty excited about the bottle of sunscreen. I'm glad that Mom was able to come down during one of the days we had the class because I wouldn't have gotten pictures otherwise.

Visitors

Edmund's friend Filip and his girlfriend Talia came to visit us this past weekend. Filip has been living in London and Edmund hadn't seen him in over two years. It was so nice of him to extend his trip all the way down to Idaho. We went bridge jumping on Saturday. Actually, Edmund, Filip, and Talia went jumping. I was very content to watch from the side with Jonathan, but we had a nice time later swimming in a shallow part of the river below a small waterfall. Even Jonathan loved it. I was very surprised. He gets more comfortable with new things everyday.


Filip brought Jonathan Dr. Suess's Red Fish Blue Fish and Converse to match. They are so cute. I can't wait until little Jonny grows into them.


Ivor came over on Saturday night, and all the Canadian boys were together again. They seemed unable to smile naturally for a picture, but this is the least goonish of the bunch.

Rocking Chair

My brother Jackson and his wife, Jen, gave us a rocking chair. Jonathan loves pushing it over to window and climbing up on it and then playing with the blinds. He also wiggles back and forth to make it move, which scares me to death, but he has not fallen yet.

Peek-a-Boo!

Jonathan loves playing peek-a-boo and hide and go seek. He could probably chase Edmund and I around the couch for hours. He loves it when we hide behind something and suddenly pop out. He has an almost hysterical giggle and just begs us to do it again. When we say, "Peek-a-boo!" He covers his ears. I don't think he wants to cover his eyes: he might miss something.

Rainbow

Edmund can wear whatever he wants to his new job, so rather than dress shirts, we've been collecting polos. Aeropostale has such a wide variety of bright happy colors, that Edmund now has an entire rainbow of the same shirt.

More Books

Jonathan is becoming better and better at pulling himself up. He has always loved pulling books out of the book case, but now he can reach the top shelf. I love watching him stand on his tip toes. He definitely has his favorite books. He pulls them down, drops them, then looks at me like, "Come get me and let's read that." He might even say, "blaw vlaw Mama" and make his cat noise (A meow with a closed mouth.).

Mommy and Daddy

Edmund and I love being parents. It is such a fun and hilarious experience watching Jonathan learn and grow. He has really started trying to imitate sounds, and he loves imitating faces, or coming up with one of his own and watching us laugh and do it back. The expression on Edmund's face is one of Jonathan's favorites. Randomly during dinner he'll just look at us and do that face. We love it.