A Few Goodmans: October 2012

That's a lot of months!

Growth: Again nothing official, but Jonah is much more efficient with opening doors and reaching things down from tables.

Look guys! 17 months!

Lets well beyond the limits of the basket

Sleep: He has had a little wrinkle with a recent cold and teething, but is still sleeping from 9:00-7:30 or so. He generally wakes up very happy wanting to read a lot of books. He also gets into our closet and finds some dress-up necklaces that he enjoys putting on (all of them at once), then taking them off. He will sit in a certain spot in the bathroom while we're getting ready to play games on Mommy's phone. He is also succeeding with the transition to napping without nursing.

Necklace time!

Playing behind the bed/nightstand, donning necklaces, turning on radio

Eating: He still eats about everything. New favorites include pasta; when we have this he will eat more than either of us in one sitting! He also loves pizza, challah, and essentially any other carb. Over the past month, he has gradually gone from nursing 3 times a day to just at bedtime. Morning was easier to take out than mid-day, but he's getting there.

Eating a Rosh Hashanah "wawa" at Grandma and Grandpa's

He actually managed to get some lo mein in his mouth by chopstick!

Calamari obsession. Normal.

Personality: He is a book fiend. He knows where we stash every book in the house and will often make a beeline for them asking, "buuuhhh?" His true passion is climbing absolutely anything it's possible to climb (and trying anything that's not). He would stay in a swing all day if we let him. He likes animals more and more and can identify by name bears, koalas, gorillas, piggies, and ducks (his favorite). He makes noises for cats, dogs, snakes, and lions. He loves the bath still, and started protesting when bath time is over, but when he sees the duck towel, he gets super excited to see himself in the mirror wrapped up in it. He has begun cleaning up after himself most of the time when we ask, and when ask him to put his clothes in the laundry, he picks them up and trots to the laundry chute in the bathroom and proudly puts them down. He loves playing with his "cousin" Bella, and has been requesting to see her by name, "bawa!"

Silly boy under the crib

Loves the playground!

Playing "A!" on Daddy's computer

Jonah enjoys art at school. Here he is at home showing us his chalk skills.

Our boy loves to swing

Bella can't lick this boy's face enough. He's delish!

Milestones: His vocabulary is expanding exponentially. New words include "ba-ta" (pasta), "beeza" (pizza), "aaaaaaap?" (apple, always said like a question), "dah!" (duck), "bi-guh" (piggy), "wawa" (koala and gorilla), "bea" (bear), "dat!" (either car or sock), "GG" (GG), "bye," "doah"(door), "moh!" (more, always emphatic), "bai-ga" (bagel, which he said for the first time on Yom Kippur at the break the fast meal), and "ballball" (football). He is learning his alphabet and loves anything involving ABCs including multiple books and the song. He can throw a ball a few feet (and other objects if we don't stop him in time). He is getting the idea of how the phone and Skype work, and he has just started grabbing the phone and asking to call certain people. It's hardly ever a convenient time, and he loses interest about 30 seconds in, but it's a start. He can stack blocks himself, and his record is 6.

With an assist from Dada

About to place block #6!

Events: We celebrated the High Holidays in style this year with Rosh Hashanah in Detroit and Yom Kippur in Columbus. He had a great time with Grandma and Grandpa playing, reading, picking tomatoes, walking around in the yard, and petting their kitty art. He didn't sit through too much of services, but we took turns some, and went to the pre-school service at Tifereth.

Picking a ripe to tomato that Grandma and Grandpa grew

Collecting the tomatoes in a bowl

Looking proud of his harvest

Making good use of Judy's container collection

A whole drawer of drums! Ermagerd!

Playing with Judy's toy, the iPad

Posing in his Rosh Hashanah best!

Jonah loves Grandma & Grandpa

Jonah loves Grandma and Grandpa's cats

He went to his friend Allison's first birthday party and had lots of fun playing outside, as always.

Jonah and the birthday girl, Allison.

Playing "ballball" with Kenny, the birthday girl's Daddy

Jonah and Alex climbing!

He and Mommy have taken a lot of nature walks outside collecting acorns, pine cones, and pretty leaves.

Acorn and leaf. Score!

Likes the mums

We went to Smith Farm Market, where Lindsay went growing up as well, on a weekend they were having some extra fun activities for fall. Jonah checked out all the pumpkins, was fascinated with the ducks and pig (which he easily identified). and liked carrying the pumpkins around.