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So, apparently my camera is lost...or else I'd be posting a lot more pictures/videos on here.  anyways, we've been enjoying Johnathan learning about Cheerios.  I sit him in his high chair while I'm cooking/cleaning in the kitchen and put a handful of cheerios on his tray...it's been really fun to watch as he tries to learn how to get them in his mouth.  He's getting WAY better at his pincer grasp, but still struggles with actually getting it in his fingers in such a way that he can get the cheerio in his mouth.  usually he ends up with just his thumb in his mouth. :)  lol it's really fun to watch him and see his face go "dang it!  I didn't get it again!"  every now and again he succeeds...though usually the cheerio comes right out again...still it was in his mouth.  Sometimes he chokes (it's happened maybe 2-3 times so far...which makes Albert not want to give him cheerios anymore, but the boy has got to learn sometime) but that's why I'm always right there in the room with him.
Also recently, we've been experimenting with giving Johnathan meats.  he hates them with a fiery burning passion.  he even refuses to swallow.  I even tried sneaking a little bit in with his carrots. it did NOT go over well...and then it took a bit for him to trust that I was giving him just carrots.  ah well.
Johnathan has also started getting up on his knees and rocking back and forth (crawling here we come!).  it's really amusing to me to see him act like he's going to go really far and then kind of just drop on his stomach. :)  cute kid.  videos to come...maybe I can convince Albert to take some on his phone while I'm at work today. :)
     Oh!  last night I peeked in on John before we went to bed and found him dead asleep, but using the crib bumper (pulled down a little) as a pillow.  didn't get a picture of it unfortunately. :P  sorry.
     I'm feeling mostly positive about my schooling right now.  I've gotten almost all 100s on all of my quizzes in my Stress management class and I got a 98% on my first math test! yay!  (though right now my math class leaves me feeling REALLY bored...that's what happens when you understand the math and the teacher is REALLY disorganized and scatter brained and probably adhd and really doesn't try to do anything to make class interesting.)  Albert also feels like he's done really well in his classes so far. :)  though he's a little sick right now. :(  he's ended up missing the past 3 days of work, and forcing himself to go to classes so he doesn't miss any of the work and get behind.  but he's starting to feel a little better...I think.
anyways. that's us!  excited for Valentine's Day!  loving life and our little boy and each other! :)

7 months!!

wow.  time flies when you're chasing a little one around the living room floor. So, little Johnny boy is growing up. it's crazy how fast it happens.  I found a great quote/poem:

I hope my children 

look back on today

And see a mother 

who had time to play

There will be years 

for cleaning and cooking...

For children grow up 

when we're not looking.

yep.  I'm pretty sure sometime soon I'll take the time to cross stitch it or something...but I really want to put it up in my house...or at least in Johnny's bedroom.
Johnathan LOVES to kick his legs around (not that he didn't before...especially while he was inside me)...he'd stopped doing it as much for a while but now he's throwing his legs around like nobody's business...which is usually ok because we don't have any downstairs neighbors to complain about all the thumping...I just feel bad when we're in the mother's room at church and Johnathan is throwing his legs around on top of the changing area and there are other babies in there who are falling asleep...yeah.
Johnathan is also pushing up onto his knees a LOT more...and rolling around everywhere and scooting in circles and it's CRAZY! yep.
Johnathan has decided to giggle a lot more.  this morning I spent a good half hour laughing with him (he likes to laugh when I talking in growly voices or really squeaky ones...and when I laugh) and . :)  the other day he was even laughing in his sleep...which was a little pitiful because he was quite sick at the time (really runny nose and a bad cough).   anyway, here's a video of Albert getting John to laugh. :)

-john is now a lot better at seeing what he wants and doing everything to get it.  he can scoot a little and roll and turn himself around on his tummy.  this makes tub time very...interesting...and wet outside the tub.

-he has decided he doesn't like green beans and his current favorite toy is a little giraffe that I brought home from the library (washed MANY times before given to him of course since it was in the lost and found).

-he's still working on sitting up

-he LOVES to play with wipes and diapers (dirty and clean haha)

-he still really loves to cuddle.

-he's started reaching for us more when he wants to be picked up (which is way cute and usually works on at least me)

-still no teeth, though he drools all the time and almost always has something in his mouth...unfortunately, unless he has a toy in his hands (and sometimes even when he does have one) the thing in his mouth is usually his thumb...yeah, we're working on breaking that.

-he still hasn't started crawling yet, but that's ok.

-he is always trying to taste my food...so I let him...as long as albert's not there to stop me. ;)

-he loves playing with albert's text books...which are basically only out when Albert is studying so...yeah...doesn't make daddy too happy. :P

-he has begun pulling himself up into a sitting position...usually on the side of his crib.

-he's been sick this past week with a stuffy/runny nose and a bad cold, but he's on the up-and-up now.  earlier this week he would cough and then start crying because his throat was so sore from all the coughing.  he still gets snot bubbles in his nose, but he's not coughing even a fourth as much as he was before and he's not sneezing as much and his nose isn't running...just a little stuffed.  most of this progress was in the past day...I'm thanking the humidifier and patty-patties on the back.  so yeah.  I had a MUCH happier baby this morning...which made me happy which means Albert will be happy which means our whole little family will be happy, but unfortunately doesn't mean that Albert won't have a TON of homework to do tonight or that I get to skip class and work.  but at least we're happy today right?!

-John can now hold his own bottle...he's not very good at getting it in his mouth well enough to drink, but he can hold it and chew on it...

(that's the rare case when he actually has managed to keep the bottle in his mouth for a while haha)

so updates on Albert and I:

-I've ended up taking Johnathan with me to my stress management class on fridays almost every week now because albert is busy...and he was going to take John THIS week...only he has a "wet lab" so john isn't allowed in there. :P  next week!

-Albert got a job as a Chem 107 TA!!!! yay!!! now our only problem is trying to find his Chem 107 stuff...ugh.  Unfortunately, he'll only be working about 5 hours at this job, so he still has to keep his janitor job. :(  he says he's going to have me help with some of the grading...I told him he has to pay me...in chocolate...he hasn't gotten back to me on that. heh heh.

-I don't think there's anything else new...if I think of it I'll probably just post again. :)