Patty Cake

It's been a while since we've run any Bonus Jonas video footage, so long, in fact, that Dad realized he had a few gems in the camera that had yet to make their debut. This one is already two months old, but it's ready now for its world premiere. Here's Jonas performing two of his favorite numbers.

A Real Handful

We love taking photos of Jonas close up, but it's been a while since we've offered some perspective on the Big Guy. At more than 20 pounds, Jonas has become a handful. At the farmer's market this weekend, we decided to show him around at our level, which Jonas seemed to appreciate. But by the end, Dad realized how much more time he needs to put into weights at the gym. As you can see, it's just a matter of time until Jonas is taller than Dad.

Innocent Smile

One of these days, no doubt, Jonas is going to do something he's not supposed to do, perhaps even getting us upset in the process. And then, no doubt, he'll flash us one of these looks and then what are we supposed to do?

Green Machine

Jonas continues to be a phenomenal eater. Whether his food is white, yellow, orange, or especially green, he can't seem to get enough.

Nice Surprise

For the last two mornings, Jonas has surprised both Mom and Dad — and himself — by waking up on his stomach. He doesn't appear to recall how he got there, or that he's actually capable of turning over once he gets that way, but it's made for an amusing surprise.

What Not to Wear

Jonas is still trying to appreciate the nuances of daylight saving, and while he's adjusted fairly well to the time change so far, there remains some more work to be done. And so it was yesterday morning that he found himself awake a bit earlier than normal. Since Mom was still eating breakfast, Dad, who got home late the night before, decided to wake up the Big Guy and get him ready for the day so Mom could have a little more time to herself. "I've got this," he said to Mom, and ventured into the room. Mobiles were turned on, funny noises were made, songs were sung, diapers were changed and clothes were put on. Then Dad proceeded with the morning routine of taking Jonas into the bathroom so he could see the baby that somehow finds his way into the mirror each day — cracks him up. But it wasn't until we came out to greet Mom that we realized something somewhere had apparently gone just a bit off track.
"Um, what in the world is he wearing Dad?" Mom said, a look of pure shock on her face.
"What?" said Dad, who, in fairness, is colorblind.
"An orange shirt and yellow pants? And red socks?!" asked Mom.
"You mean, the orange shirt, white pants and orange socks?" Dad suggested.
Well, apparently not.
"What happens if I want to take him out in public today?" Mom asked.
"What?..." Dad offered, meekly.
When Dad got to work, he received a text with the following photo. Jonas — in his new, apparently better matching outfit — had chosen to side with Mom, unable to hide their shared disgust...

Eventually he's going to have to learn about colors. That lesson will be taught by Mom.

Lashing Out

Granted, we may be a bit biased, but we think Jonas is pretty adorable. Even down to his eyelashes.

Page Turner

Another of Jonas' off-the-charts-cute activities of late has been his interest in turning pages of books. If you get him started a bit by lifting the next page a smidge, he'll take his hand and turn it for you. Just adorable. He also seems to be gravitating more toward his growing library, choosing to pull out books on his own for closer inspection. I'm sure once he learns about these things called television and video games he'll still be interested in books. Right?

Ring Master

One of the fun new games to play with Jonas is to put a bunch of rings out in front of him and watch him grab. At first, he'll swing his arms around crazy fast to try and snag them...

But when that doesn't work, he shifts into an adorable gentle-touch mode, which usually does the trick...

...but the end game, as always, involves his mouth.

Impressions Pt. 3

Jonas woke up the other morning looking like he was on the lam, which reminded Dad just a bit of a certain hamburger thief.