great small things: jonah is 11 months old!

Oh no! Only one more month until this kid isn't an infant anymore (but he'll still be a baby!). Crazy. I don't know how Jonah's first year of life went by so much faster than Tobey's. Jonah still loves food, loves his brother, and loves to crawl around and check things out. He is not walking yet, but he is so fast when he crawls that he has little motivation to learn how to walk. He loves to check things out, and perhaps he will be the kind of kid that likes to tinker with things. Jonah is also so different from Tobey. He may occupy himself for a full hour without trying to get our attention. He loves to push around cars, trucks, and trains...just like Tobey did at this age. What else, what else...my brain is fried because we have all been sick. He's pulling up all over the place and is super strong. He can actually crawl up the slide in the backyard...something that some two-year-olds can't even do! Jonah has separation anxiety and has a temper when someone takes him away from something or takes something from him or puts him down for a nap...typical 11 month old behavior. He's been doing only one nap lately, and that's been hard to figure out his schedule with Tobey having to be dropped off/picked up from preschool. But hey, we do the best we can within our life constrants. Jonah also LOVES Dany, the neighbor girl who I babysit for an hour every afternoon. He squeals with delight whenever she gets off the bus.

I really wish I had more Jonah stories to document. I did better with pictures this past month, so maybe I can be better with stories this month!