It was working the other day and then it suddenly stopped working. Daddy said that someone used some kind of injection hack to get into it. Poor site, when I get injections at the doctors it hurts. So Daddy spent some time fixing me all up and getting the site back up, there may still be a warning when you come here, that should be gone very soon so everyone can enjoy reading my posts once again.

Just a note to those who did this to my site, you are mean poo-poo heads, pardon my language. Who does mean things to someone who is only 2 1/2 years old?

I know the answer to that I think, since our new doggy was mean to me again. When I am running around being myself she likes to nip at me. She has left marks before but today she was really mean. I was bounding off to the kitchen and she nipped the back of my leg and left a red welt on the back of my leg the size of a quarter. Daddy is pretty mad about this, I don’t think she will be around very long if she does something like that again. I could end up with some kind of scar or something on my emotions that might make me not like animals when I get older, or be mean to them, or be afraid of them. I hope that doesn’t happen, I don’t know much about any of that, but it sounds like it could be a bad thing. But when doggy does bad things like that Mommy helps me get through it, she gave me lots of hugs and kisses, that must help keep my emotions from being scarred.

I found a real neat treat the other day. Daddy found it at Menards in Sidney when we went out shopping, it’s called Chex Mix and it is amazing! I got a whole great big bag of it! You have got to try this if you haven’t already.

Mommy and Daddy have been working hard to make our bathroom all new again, they have been doing a pretty good job so far. We got new walls in our tub, a new sink, lights, wals, ceiling…it’s not all the way done yet, but it is getting pretty close. I will put up some pictures when they let me.

So how about that heat? It has been a pretty hot month here and I hear the real scorcher is next month, wow, hotter? I am scared of that.

Well, I have got to head off for a nap, then I am going to eat a roast that Mommy made. Yummy!

Love ya!
Jonathan

Last night I went to the Spring Carnival at the Shelby County Fairgrounds just up the street from our house.   I had such a good time, I rode a bunch of rides and Matty won me a car by popping some balloons with sharp things. Here are a couple of videos of my adventures:

A lot of things have happened since I last got on and let everyone know what is going on.  I can’t believe it was so cold out the last time I wrote anything on here, which was a really long time ago.  My laptop has a lot of limitations when it comes to getting on the internet, so I have to try to get some time with Mommy and Daddy’s computers.  They told me I could use them whenever I want, I just have to ask but I am not good at asking for things, I have become great at demanding them though.  This, I am learning, is not the greatest way to get what I want, but it is a good way to get into trouble.

Mommy and Daddy's Rings

So on to some big news that happened while I was away, Mommy and Daddy got married.  They went to some Amish land up north, far, far away together and came back wearing rings.  I didn’t go because it was too far to drive for me, I would not have liked it, and there wasn’t really anything for me to do up there.  I got to stay with my Grampa Joe and Grammy Deb that weekend; I had a lot of fun.

We celebrated Mattys 11^th birthday a few weeks back.  Everybody met up at a big park and Daddy made yummy stuff on a hot box there.  We had chips and all sorts of different things.  Matty got a neato flying thing and lots of money to buy more things that he wants.  Mommy and Daddy got him a new bike, it is really cool, I like to just go out to the garage sometimes and look at it.  It is orange and white and has all sorts of cool cables and stuff on it.  I can’t wait until I get big enough to ride one of those; it looks really fun.

Daddy has been fixing up an old bike that Mommy got a long time ago from Grammy.  He put new tires on it and stuff on the handlebars and seems like he is doing something with it all the time to make it the best thing on Earth.  Matty and Daddy took a ride on their bikes yesterday and were gone for a really long time.  They must have rode far; I went to sleep and woke up when they were coming back.  This is why I think it would be so much fun to be big enough to ride one of those, if they went for that long then it must be.

Spring is finally here.  The weather is getting really warm outside.  I am going outside a lot more because of it.  Daddy and Papaw built me a new swing set and I just can’t get enough of that thing.  It is so much fun to just go flying through the air and feel it go through your hair.  It really relaxes me, until I have to get out.  Watch out when I have to get out of my swing, I will blow a gasket.  I don’t know what it means to blow a gasket, but it must have something to do with throwing a fit because I have heard people say it before talking about that. Here is me swinging:

Mommy and Daddy bought this seat thing with wheels from my Uncle Jo Jo and Aunt Hess today.  I guess they hook it up to their bikes somehow and take me along when they go for bike rides.  I can’t wait to see how this works, it sounds really fun and I love doing things with Mommy and Daddy.

I forgot how hard it is to update everything, remembering and typing it all out.  There are a lot of things I am forgetting but there is just not enough time to get it all typed out, and my little fingers are getting really tired so I have to stop right now.  I will be back soon though to tell everyone more.

Love ya!
Jonathan

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I don’t know what it is, I just felt really lonely in my big boy bed when it was time to go night night.  I wanted Mommy and Daddy in there with me, but when they were in there I couldn’t help but try to entertain them.  I should have just rolled over and gone to sleep but I just could not shake off the day.  I finally went to sleep but woke up again in the middle of the night sometime because I had a bad dream.   I was able to fall back asleep by myself, but both of these have just got me wiped out today.  Maybe I can score some coffee off Grammy this morning and perk up a little.

I have found that there is one thing that I really like and that is cars!  Not just any cars, but “cool” cars, you know, like the ones in the movie.  My favorite is Lightning McQueen.  I have lots of Cars stuff, a regular Lightning, a Lightning with bugs in his teeth, a Mac truck with trailer that talks, a Mater truck, bed, sheets, blanket….oh wow, I am perking up thinking about this now.  I find that I am able to relax at bedtime when I have Lightning there with me, which I don’t understand, since I lay in Lighnting, put my head on top of Lightning and cover up with Lightning.  Has anyone seen my bed?  I will show you a picture!

Click on the picture to get one for you too! If you get the bed you will need some cool sheets to put on it, so here is bunches of them, click here.

I was looking around the webby screen and found tons of really neat things that have cool Cars stuff.  I saw that you can even get thingies to hold up the water blocker curtain thing on the bathtub, now I am pretty sure Mommy and Daddy are not going to get those, but they are neato!   Wanna see some of the cool Cars stuff I found?  Click here, and it will bring up my shopping list, pretty much anything on it with do.  heee heee heee.  If you need to know where to send these things you can ask my Mommy and Daddy since I don’t really know much about all that yet.

In more news, I have been working hard on my words.  There is lots that I can say now, well there always has been, but there is lots that people seem to understand that I say now.  I try to repeat everything that I hear at least once, so if you see me, be careful.  If you don’t like what you say you won’t like it any more coming out of my mouth.  Usually Mommy and Daddy will repeat things when I try to say them to help me along in remembering the words and get them to come out right.  You have to use your whole mouth on some of these words.  They don’t just fall out like a lot of what I have been saying.  I have to work my bottom mouth, tongue and lips to get them to sound right.  That is some hard stuff to get to come together, but I am getting better and will keep practicing.

Well, I had better get myself in gear, have a big day of learning to do.

Love ya!
Jonathan

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Yeah, I am a superstar!

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Well, Christmas was great.  I was just a little confused about it last year, but this year I think I have about got it figured out.  For some reason both years, Mommy and Daddy sat me down on this guys lap named “Santa”.  I wasn’t really comfortable with him, but pictures were taken and he didn’t bother me, so maybe next year I will be better about sitting on his lap.  I’m not really sure yet why I have to sit on his lap, but it somehow seems to be part of this whole Christmas thing. 

About a week before Christmas, Papaw Joe and Mamma Deb brought some gifts over for me and Matthew for Christmas.

On Christmas morning, Daddy and I went down to Fairborn to pick up Matthew.  When we got back, there were a whole bunch of presents in the living room around our Christmas tree (another thing that has to do with this time of year, though I don’t really know why).  We both opened our gifts, and got lots of cool presents, I got a recliner (you will see me lounging in it in a picture below) and Matthew got an Xbox 360.  We also got lots of other cool things.  Some of my favorites were cars.  I got lots of cars, and have been having a blast playing with them. 

After we opened our gifts, we head to Mamma Diane’s and Papaw Bruce’s for Christmas and got more gifts and a meal.  By this time I was getting really good at opening them.  After that we went to Mamma Loretta’s and Papaw Wilbur’s for more gifts and food.

I have decided that Christmas is a pretty cool time of year.

MY 2^ND BIRTHDAY

On Sunday, January 3^rd, a big event occurred.  Yours truly (me) turned two years old.  This was also a fabulous day, just like Christmas…except that I was the only one receiving gifts.  That was pretty awesome, and it made me feel very special.  Papaw Joe and Mamma Deb had my birthday party at their house.  We had pizza, an awesome “Cars” birthday cake, and lots of fun playing with my new toys.  Kristin and Paige showed me how to play with the toys, and Mommy gave me a great big huggy and kissy when 1:47 PM came (she says this is the time I was born).  I really want to thank everyone for coming to my party, and for all the cool gifts I got.  Daddy is working on my birthday video…hopefully it will be posted soon.

MY TWO-YEAR DOCTOR’S APPOINTMENT

Thursday night I started getting really sick.  Mommy and Daddy laid me down for a nap around 4:00 PM because I was really tired and wanted to go night-night.  At 6:30 PM, I woke up and got sick all over in my crib.  Daddy came to rescue me and put me in the bathtub while Mommy got to work at cleaning my sheets and stuff up.  Problem is, I just kept getting sick over and over again.  Mommy says she lost count after about seven times.  She was glad I had a doctor’s appointment the next day, so that the doctor could check me out and give me some medicine if I needed it.  After finally going to sleep Thursday night, I slept until 10:30 the next morning when Mommy came in to check on me and was feeling my head.  By the time my doctor’s appointment came that afternoon, I was feeling pretty good but still wasn’t eating anything.  The doctor said that I either had a case of food poisoning, or had a virus.  Either way, that was the last I saw of those sickies.  Mommy says I have been pretty lucky.  It has been a long time since I have gotten sick.

I didn’t have to get any shots!  The doctor said I am good until kindergarten…which to me seems so far away.  Although, Mommy swears she is going to wake up tomorrow and have to take me there.  She says she will miss me.  Anyhow, here are the facts from my doctor’s appointment.

I am exactly 36 inches tall and am the 90^th percentile for my age

I am 31.5 Lbs and in the 86^th percentile for my age

So, I think I am going to be a tall guy just like my daddy.  I’m glad, because Mommy is a shorty.  As my Auntie Chelsea always says…I will probably be taller than her by the time I am six years old.

Well, gotta go run and play! 

Later!

Love,

Jonathan

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Mommy, Daddy, Grammy Diane, Auntie Chelsea, and Cousin Trenten all introduced me to this wonderful event a little over a week ago.  It’s the best thing ever, and I think I am going to do it many times a year.  Maybe I will make a monthly event out of it…who knows, weekly would be good too!  All you have to do is dress up in disguise (my disguise was Charlie Brown), ring a doorbell, hold up your basket and say “Trick-Or-Treat” (Mommy and Daddy did that for me), and get this…the people put something in your basket.  I got lots of neat things…something called chocolate is my favorite, especially this thing called Reese Cups.  I also got suckers, Twizzlers, and many other goodies, including a Halloween pencil.

Anyhow, if you haven’t tried it you need to get out there and do it.  Below you will see pictures of me showing you how it’s done.

First, you get all dressed up…

Then you walk on the sidewalk, holding your Mommy or Daddy’s hand…

Then, you walk up to someone’s house and say “Trick-Or-Treat” and get some candy put into your basket…

You turn around, and head back to the sidewalk…

Then, you do it all again, and again, and again…

It was so much fun, and many people loved my little Snoopy carrier.  If you have a Grammy as cool as mine is, she will make you one if you need it.  If not, I will see if mine will make one for you.  In fact, she’s so cool that she got my Charlie Brown shirt and Snoopy dog too!

I didn’t get to go Trick-Or-Treating with Matt because he wasn’t around for our Trick-Or-Treat night, but that weekend Daddy and Matt went to VanWert and had lots of fun.  I’m kind of glad I didn’t go though…Matt was pretty scary in his disguise.  Take a look!

Well, that’s my update for now.  I think I’m gonna go and sneak into my basket.  All this blogging made me hungry!

Love ya!
Jonathan

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That is me being famously handsome!

This is me being famously cute!

Here I am trying to outdo the last picture!

This is of course me strutting my stuff.

Here I am showing Matt a new move and explaining it as I go!

This is just before I moved the wagon into place.

I am just the cutest thing!

Here is my pretty sharp looking big brother.

This is me and Matt taking a break for a minute before I show him some more stuff.

Ahhh, the comfort of a nice wagon.

Good thing this bench is here, this is exhausting stuff.

Matt just can’t keep up.

Stopped cold by the camera.

Follow me, I have something to show you!

Ok, you show me.

Me explaining my theory about the sky to Matt

Such a nice day for a walk.

Matt debating my theories.

I love my big brother!

Wow, if the day did not wear me out enough, posting all of these great pictures is enough to push a little man like me over the edge. I really need to get some sleep so I can work really hard tomorrow at being cuter than today. Hope to update you on more fun really soon.

Love ya!
Jonny

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Needless to say, I have been busy.  Busy playing, running, climbing, skinning up my knees, bruising up my head, throwing tantrums, and occasionally driving Mommy and Daddy crazy.  I am going through a phase where I will sometimes laugh when I am being told “No” and this can really drive people crazy at times.  But, I have also noticed that sometimes it is hard for them not to laugh too, which I am sure is the reason why I do it.  Our living room is quite funny looking actually…there are a lot of empty tables but when you look at the top of the entertainment center that goes almost up to the ceiling, you will see a lot of things Mommy put up there to keep out of my reach.  A lot of items have found new homes since I started being able to get to things.  I also like to act like I am going to touch something after I am told not to…hehe, I think that is so fun but sometimes Mommy and Daddy don’t think it is.  Certain things are just irresistible to me…what can I say?  And, the more electronic it is, the more it appeals to me…especially cell phones, computers, mouses, and remote controls.  Something that is also appealing to me is stuff I can spill all over myself and the floor including soft drinks, coffee, and water.  I am 19 months old today, so I am getting pretty good about waiting until Mommy, Daddy, Grammy Diane, and Auntie Chelsea aren’t watching before attempting to grab onto the things I shouldn’t.  I always know if they forget to take something out of the room with them when they go, and I am really good about getting a hold of it when they do.

Mommy says that pretty soon I will start the potty training process.  There is already a potty sitting in my nursery waiting to be taken out of the box.  Mommy and Daddy are going to set it out soon to get me used to the idea of sitting on it and go from there.  I’m in no hurry really…why do the work when someone else will do it for me?  Then again, I do like to do things all by myself so we’ll see.  Mommy loves it when I help her rub the lotion on my legs after my baths and I have to say it’s easy to do.  I don’t help long though before I have my face down on my legs licking off all the lotion.  I can’t help it….it tastes yummy!

I am a guy that likes to keep people guessing, and I do have fun with it.  When someone asks me for a kiss I will either give them a kiss, turn my head away, lean in so they can kiss my forehead, or make a game out of it and turn away and laugh.  Same with saying Bye Bye.  I am perfectly capable and able to do it and sometimes do say it, but most of the time I either don’t or wait until the person has already left to say it.  Fun!!!  You never know what to expect from me, but when a doggy or kitty is around…they always get a kissy from Jonny.  I can’t resist their sweet little furry faces and have a big weakness for soft things. Below is a picture of me loving up on one of my grammy’s cats, Annie.

Mommy, Daddy, Matthew and I had a nice vacation down in Cincinnati.  We visited the Columbus Zoo and Newport Aquarium.  It was a lot of fun but I got wore out easily at the zoo, and was asleep for most of the Newport Aquarium.  What can I say…this little man needs his naps and we were just to busy for them those two days.  I did really like the rhinoceros though…He was pretty cool, and was in a great big pool which I also liked.  I wish Mommy and Daddy would let me sit in a big pool of water as long as I wanted to.  I would never get out, and mommy can’t say that I would grow fins either because the rhinoceros didn’t have fins.  Anyhow, below are some pictures of me and Matty on our little trip…

Boomer Day was fun too!  We went to the school and watched all kinds of loud boomers in the sky with my Cousins Kristin and Paige, Aunt Tami and Uncle Dave, and Grandpa Rank.  It was really neat!  Paige kept yelling out all the colors of the boomers making everyone laugh (it was pretty darn cute), and I just pointed at them and talked in my own language.

I haven’t seen my brother Matthew in quite some time and it is making me a little sad, but I get to see him on Friday. He has been spending a good long time down in Kentucky.  Mommy still shows me videos of Matty playing with me, but I am starting to wonder if I will get to see him again.  I wonder if I did something bad to make him not want to come around?  I look up to my big brother so much and I just glow whenever I get to spend time with him.  I know Daddy and Mommy miss him too.  I can tell Daddy gets sad when he talks about it, so I don’t bring it up too much.  Matty has been sending us pictures of himself and even sent Daddy a card, so I know that makes him feel a little better.  It makes me feel better too.  Below is a video of me kissing the pictures he last sent us.  We get to see Matty every weekend for a month starting on Friday, and that’s been a big help in coping with him being gone for awhile! 

In most recent news, I got a new kitty!  She is so cute and even plays with me!  I need to learn to be a little nicer sometimes, but I am always giving her kisses to try and make up for the times I forget how to treat a tiny little cute kitty.  She is very patient and forgiving though, so I know we will always be very close.  Anyhow, her name is Sasha (I wanted to name her “Hi Kitty” but Sasha is a good name too).  Below are some pictures of her as well!

I know this was a long post, but I had a lot of information to get out there.  I’m sorry I took so long to write and am hoping you will think of my cute little face and forgive me instantly.

Love ya!
Jonny

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I have a few big events to tell you about. The first being Matt’s 10^th Birthday party on April 15^th. His birthday is actually on the 29^th, but we had the party for him at Pizza Hut during the weekend he was at our house. It was a surprise party, and boy was he surprised! He said it actually scared him when he walked into the room and everyone yelled “SURPRISE”! It was pretty cool…most of the family came to it. He got a lot of neat stuff! I can’t remember all of it, and don’t want to give it away in case he wants to write a blog on his site about it. Anyhow, we got lots of breadsticks, pizza, and a yummy birthday cake. I went around the room and got bites from people…mostly my Grammy Diane. She’s such a softy!  

The other big event I have to tell you about is my recent trip to Tennessee. Me, Mommy, Grammy Diane, and Auntie Chelsea just got back a few weeks ago from a weekend trip down to Tennessee for my Great Aunt and Uncle’s 50^th Wedding Anniversary party. We left around 9:30 AM on a Friday, and got there around 8:30 or 9:00 PM. I would like to say it was a nice trip, but if I did I wouldn’t be completely honest. It really wasn’t bad at first, in fact nothing was really bad until we got into Tennessee! We did have a few traffic jams in Kentucky though due to some really scary accidents, but at least we didn’t get lost in Kentucky. In Tennessee, we got lost everywhere we went, including the cabin and the anniversary party. I think the only time we didn’t get lost was when we were driving out of Tennessee…thank goodness, because we were ready to get out of there! It rained just about the entire time we were there and mommy, grammy, and auntie Chelsea got really frustrated and stressed out a lot. It probably didn’t help that I really wouldn’t sleep well in the cabin without my crib (they were supposed to provide one, but provided a playpen that smelled like a barn instead) and was terribly grumpy on Saturday…so much so that mommy had to spend most of the time with me in the car at the party, and driving me around trying to get me to sleep. I was in rare, rare form. I admit, I am not a very nice little boy when I am tired. Mommy says I get that from her, and Daddy says she is right. The cabin was pretty neat…it had all wood floors which was really cool for playing with my cars on. But, all in all, I think we were all happy to get home. Me and mommy missed daddy and were ready to get back to him.  Don’t get me wrong, it was nice spending some time with Grammy, Auntie Chelsea, and Mommy…they can be quite funny together, but it was also nice to get home to see my daddy.

I am missing my daddy again right now.  Mommy says he is in Florida working on setting up a new store, and visiting lots of others to make sure they are in tip-top shape before returning home on Thursday.  Daddy is such an important person.  Mommy says without him, the stores wouldn’t be able to make money.  I wanna be just like him when I grow up, and I already have the love of computers and phones working in my favor.  He left Friday and this is Sunday….wow, Thursday is like 20 days away!  Nope…mommy just told me it is only four days but that is still too long.  I know he will be super happy to see me too.  He always is!

In other news, I am becoming more independent than ever. I seldom let anyone feed me anymore, which means I eat a lot of stuff with my fingers because I haven’t quite gotten used to using and fork and spoon. I am also becoming quite the climber. I will climb on top of ottomans, couches, out of playpens, etc. If it’s the right height, it will be climbed up on to. While I have become independent, I have also come a little bit clingy too at times. Sometimes I just don’t want my mommy out of my sight and will cry around until she comes back. She is always telling me that she will always come back, but I haven’t gotten to the point to where I believe that yet. I think it’s because I am sometimes waiting on her to come back for a long time. I guess I am just going through a mommy spell…I had a daddy spell for quite a while and I think it’s mommy’s turn. I can’t give everyone a spell at the same time…it’s too hard!  But, the other day I had an Auntie Chelsea spell. I just did not want her to leave when mommy and daddy were at work and she and grammy were babysitting me.  She had to go and get Seth and Trenten off the bus and I didn’t want her to.  I wasn’t done playing with her yet.

Well, that’s my update for now. I will try to keep you all more updated with more frequent posts. Hopefully mommy and daddy will help me out with that and let me use their computers more.
Love,

Jonathan

Do you know how I know I am a big boy? The mean ol’ scary doctor that Mommy and Daddy take me to said so! That’s right, it came from the man himself! He always jokes about how I need to eat more (I agree, but I don’t think he’s serious which is why they say it is a joke). I went in for my 15 month check-up last Friday and found out that I now weight 28.2 pounds and am 32.25 inches long. The doctor said that I went up in the percentage for weight, but down in height which was surprising to everyone because I have always been a tall guy like my Daddy. But, he also said that probably meant I was going to have another growth spurt really soon. So, watch out because soon I will be taller than Mommy like in her dream the other night. She told me that she dreamt she was changing my diaper in the garage (I dunno why the garage) and ran in really fast to get a diaper. When she came back out I was running toward the street. She came running after me but I was really fast. Luckily, I didn’t run out into the street but I did run down the sidewalk while she was yelling at some kids on the street to help her catch me. I finally turned around and tried to run past her and she caught me (shoot). She said that at that moment I was suddenly about Daddy’s height and looked like I was about 14. At that point in the dream she just cried and gave me a big, long hug. She thinks she dreamt it because I am growing way too fast for her. She wants me to stay little longer. Anyhow, maybe this growth spurt will make me that tall! I think that would be really awesome! The doctor told Mommy and Daddy that they were doing a really good job with me, but he did say that I need to work on my vocabulary because I should be talking a little more than I do right now. He said it was partly Mommy and Daddy’s fault because they cater to my needs too quickly and don’t give me a chance to tell them what I want. So, Mommy and Daddy have been working on trying to get me to tell them what I want. I figure, why rush…especially when it’s not my fault! Hehehe The doctor said it is not at all abnormal for me to not say more words than I do, but he would like to start hearing that I say more.

I am being told that the Easter Bunny will be coming to our house this weekend. I like bunnies, so I want to see him but Mommy and Daddy said that he comes after I am in bed. I figure he must be pretty shy. Oh well, his loss because he won’t get one of my hugs then. But, I guess he will be leaving a basket of stuff for me and Matthew. That will be cool, and I am really wondering what will be in the basket! On Saturday we are all going to go to Grandma and Grandpa Ranks for Easter and I am really excited. I get to see my cousins and Aunts too. I can’t wait to show them how tall I have gotten. Maybe I am even taller than them! Wow, that would be neat!

Anyhow, that is my update for now. Mommy is hoping to be able to get some professional pictures of me taken soon, but says the money isn’t really there yet. But, I am sure we will post some pictures (professional or not) up here soon. Perhaps after all of the Easter fun ahead of us this weekend.

Love,
Jonathan