Unexpected Milestone

Yesterday evening, Jonah peed standing up for the first time.

Josh and I were getting the little guy ready for his bath. He was undressed, and Josh was holding him in a standing postion on the floor in front of him, just talking to him and making goofy faces to keeep him entertained for a few minutes. Jonah decides that this is an opportune time to relieve his little bladder and promptly lets out a small stream. He not only hit the floor, but he also strategically managed to hit Josh in the pants in a place that made it look like Josh had wet himself!

We all had a good laugh! :)

Recovery, The Sequel

Well, I seem to finally be on the mend from my renewed bout of clostridium difficile. I've been taking a new medication and am almost through with the prescribed dosage with no more episodes of bad things happening. Knock on wood, I'll remain healthy for the remainder of the winter!

Aside from constipation, Jonah is the only one in the household (other than the cats) who has remained healthy this winter. I attribute this remarkable feat to the power of breastmilk. Hm, come to think of it, maybe that's been part of the problem for me - all of my body's defenses are being passed to Jonah, leaving nothing for me to fight off illness! :)

No sooner is Jonah crawling then he's attempting to climb the stairs. He succeeded in climbing this first one about three minutes after this picture was taken. 

Just being cute! 

And he's off after the cat food! 

Species identity crisis - am I a baby or a puppy?! 

Hi, Mommy! 

I'm ready to begin my formal education now. Let's start with economics - Daddy will be so proud! 

Tag, I'm It!

Lenise has tagged me to answer the following questions, so here goes:

Four jobs I've had:
Gas station cashier
Door-to-door canvasser (sp?) for the U.S. Public Interest Research Group
Computer sales assistant at W&L University
Tax accountant (current)

Four Movies I (could/would) Watch Over and Over Again:
The Lord of the Rings trilogy
Erin Brockovich
Keeping the Faith
Harry Potter (all of them)

Four Books I (could/would) Read Over and Over Again (besides the Bible):
Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series (awesome books!)
Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series
J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy
OK, this isn't a specific book, but I could read and have read numerous books about Elizabeth I - I'm fascinated by the period in history
(these all consisted of more than one book, but oh well!)

Four Places I've Lived:
Andrews Air Force Base, MD
Upper Marlboro, MD
Atlanta, GA
Lexington, VA
Atlanta, GA

Four T.V. Shows I Watch:
Only one of these is currently still on - the others are ones I watch as reruns or on DVD:
24
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Friends
Ally McBeal

Four Places I've Been on Vacation:
Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City), Vietnam
London, England
Venice, Italy
Tucson, AZ

Four Websites I Visit Daily:
I don't get to go online every day, but when I can I visit:
My Blogroll
washingtonpost.com
AOL.com to check email
kenrichmond.com (the realtor who helped us get into our current place has a website that offers Private Search Results for clients who are looking to buy a house, so I check our organizer periodically)

Four Favorite Foods:
Vietnamese pho (beef or chicken noodle soup)
Vietnamese con chua (a sweet and sour fish soup)
My mom's eggrolls
Salmon the way I make it (poached in white cooking wine with lemon and herbs)

Four Places I'd Like to Be Right Now:
At home with my adorable son! (oh, yeah, and my husband, too :) )
In a renovated castle in England or Scotland or Ireland
In a house with a turret
St. Maarten

Four Bloggers I'm Tagging:
I don't really check out any other blogs other than those of whom have already been tagged, so I tag anyone else who happens to check out my blog and ask them to post their answers in a comment!

I'd like to make a phone call, please! 

Money and chocolate - what more could a person want?! 

Josh, his son, and his nephew...er, brother :) 

Here are some long overdue Christmas photos. Jonah made out like a bandit this year, which was not entirely unexpected but still surprising in its enormity! :) 

And Now a Word From Jonah

wmoiphy /um80;czvf c c

Anyone who can translate that is a genius!

The Nicest Way to Wake Up In the Morning.....

......is for your eight-and-a-half-month-old , who has been sleeping next to you for the last few hours, to roll over, lay his head on your chest, and give you one of his very sweet smiles. Ah, if only every morning could start out that way!

And Now the REAL Fun Begins

Jonah began crawling on the evening of Sunday, January 8! We are very proud of his accomplishment and scared to contemplate all the babyproofing we are now going to have to stop putting off! :)

Feeling Somewhat Human Again

I think I am finally on the upswing from having numerous health issues that have kept me from being my normally active self. That's why I haven't posted anything in some time; the time that I would have usually spent doing things like check email or other things has been spent resting.

It started out as a sinus infection, a repeat of what I had in November, and I was given a prescription for amoxicillin to take care of the problem. Well, the cure for the sinus infection turned out to be the cause of my next issue, clostridium difficile, which made it necessary for me to remain near a bathroom for several days. The diarrhea caused by the clostridium difficile seems to have cleared up on its own now, but I lost something between two and four pounds in as many days, so I am in a somewhat weakened state. I need to start eating more again, but that would actually necessitate regaining my full appetite, which I am slowly doing, but it's taking time.

In any case, I'm mending, but please pray that the clostridium difficile doesn't cause me any more problems.

I plan to post more picitures soon, too. I was going to do so with this posting, but, as luck would have it, the camera's battery gave out as I was trying to transfer to pictures to the computer, so that's going to have to wait until the battery is recharged. Sorry, Nana - I know you want to see more pictures of your grandbaby!