Fall Festival at Southern

Our family. Katelyn is really trying to figure out what Jonathan has around his neck. That glow ring provided him hours of entertainment until he threw it up on the roof!

Jonathan on a ride with his buddy Jed. Sadly I didn't get a picture of them both looking. He's smiling now but he gets serious when the ride starts.

The husbands: Chaun (and Katelyn of course), Eric, and Ian. I actually got them to stop talking theology for a picture. (Eric is married to Anna and Ian is married to Megan)

The girls, Anna, Megan, and I matching in our pink and black.

Here's Eric practicing for his little one with Katelyn. His wife is expecting too, but they don't know what they are having! Eric and Anna watch our kids a lot for us! We are thankful for them!

I already mentioned the Fall Festival Southern had so I thought I'd share a few more pictures. Sadly I didn't get a picture of the whole lawn. It was amazing! Rides, fair games, free food, candy, and drinks and LOTS and LOTS of people. We had a great time. Above is our friend Megan with Katelyn. She is having a baby boy soon, so we are anxiously awaiting his arrival!

Funny Jonathan Stories

This weekend we went to a restaurant to eat. First of all this restaurant had a great idea. They had cups of animals to play with. Jonathan loved them. He sorted out the animals that couldn't stand (off to the right is the pile of cast aways). But the funny story was when the waiter came he looked up at him and said "I want a hot-diggity-dog." We had not talked about hot dogs or what he was going to eat. He just decided to order on his own.

Here is Jonathan sound asleep on his floor. I guess he wasn't in bed after all. He is asleep with books in his hand.

Southern had a big fall picnic. Jonathan got to ride some rides, throw a baseball, eat a sucker, and watch fireworks. He liked the rides although you wouldn't guess by his facial expressions (his face was frozen like the one in the picture above for both rides). He was scared of the fireworks and cried, however the next day that was all he could talk about it. Now he loves "Picnics" and fireworks. He's going to be a little disappointed at his next picnic.

I'll start with my favorite story. Chaun and I decided it was time (actually it was long over due) to take away Jonathan's pacifier. To make a long story short it was quite a battle to get him to bed. One day he was crying for his pacifier and getting out of bed and had been "disciplined" many times. He had been crying for awhile and then all of the sudden it was quiet. I thought "YES! He went to sleep!" He went to sleep alright but he had pulled everything out from under his bed and found a pacifier. He popped it in his mouth and was out! I took the picture above. Then next time he went to bed he looked again for another hidden pacifier but was unsuccessful that time. I think we have finally conquered the bedtime battle without using a pacifier.

Katelyn at 7 Months

This is Chaun's favorite face.

Cozy after her bath . She loves her baths and splashes like crazy
(be watching for a video of her in the bath)!

OR curled up like a turtle

All stretched out on her back

Look at that grin!
One of my friends says she always looks like she's getting ready to tell a joke.

Sitting up

Katelyn is crawling everywhere. She sits up a lot more and has started pulling up on low things. She falls over plenty but it hardly phases her. Here she is playing with Jonathan in their PJ's. They are so fun to watch.