It's August....5 month's old

We are in the 8th month of the year.  That means it is 2/3 the way done.  WHAT>!>!>!

Happy Birthday to my wonderful mom and Gideon's amazing Grandma!  we are so lucky to have you in our lives! We love you very much and sorry we didn't do anything at all for it =[

Biggest news - Gideon has a tooth!  Our five month old is getting teeth.... oh boy!

These are a little out of order!:

Gideon got to meet the spectacular Heather!  We had a great lunch and catching up.  I told Jeremiah that if we have the money we are going to Florida next summer to see her (and the beach!).

This is 3 month old Mason, one of Gideon's friends!  

Gideon playing with Megan (she's almost 4!)  she's the middle kiddo!  

Here's Emma playing "Mommy."  She wanted to pick up Gideon and take him everywhere.  She's so strong, Gideon is almost 20 pounds I think!  She was so helpful with the kiddos.  

At the end of July we started cereal.  He really really liked it!  What a happy baby we have! 

Mid July Andrea and I hosted an open house for Rebecca and baby girl Elise (and brother Connor).  She's such a doll.  She's now a month old!  What a cutie. 

close to the end of July we took a little trip south to see some family.  Here's my cousin Grace, her son Milam, my great Aunt Sherry is feeding Gideon. 

While we swam Jeremiah got to do lots of golfing!

I went out once to be his caddy, and I was darn good at it too. 

Gideon showing off his swimming skills.  

Grace and Milam!  Love them. 

Cousin Stacy (she let us all stay with them, and cooked us so many yummy meals).  

Gideon loves to put everything in his mouth.  What a fun stage. 

Jeremiah and Gideon, just hanging out in this hot weather. 

We went to the drive-in!  We got to see Brave and The Avengers.  Gideon stayed awake for almost the entire movie Brave!  Silly guy.  Never fussed once.  

Before the drive-in, Grandma got him a new book to read/eat.  

We were working in my classroom and he had a lot of fun playing with the blanket.  Peek-aboo

Here's mom (Happy Birthday again!) With sleeping chunk and beautiful new baby Elise.

My parents hosted 2 international students for a summer camp.  Maria and Basak were a joy to be around and very much loved Gideon.

At Third Thursday - Gideon got to see a drum-line.  It was super fun. 

So, It is August.  What does that mean for the Jones' family?  I start going back to school/orientation TOMORROW!  Gideon will be with Jeremiah mostly, unless he has to work and then my mom will be watching him.  Jeremiah is still working at Walgreens, he would like to start giving guitar lessons again and possibly apply for a 'ranch' that helps troubled teens.  He starts school August 20th, Chemistry, Calculus, and Psychology.  Poor guy will have a very rough semester for sure.  Gideon is going to be crawling soon (he does it in his sleep) and gets frustrated when he can't get to where he's going.  He will have more teeth soon and I'm sure we'll start some new vegetables here as well.

Hope everyone had a great summer!  Fall and Winter will be here before we know it.

First (and maybe only) post in July!

Where have I been!?!?
Sleeping?
Reading?
Playing with Gideon?
Decorating my classroom?
Feeling overwhelmed with my upcoming teaching year?
Running?
Pinterest?
T.V.?
Baby shower planning?
Running around doing errands?

Or all of the above?

If you picked all of the above you know how busy I have been!  The sad thing is, I don't feel like I'm that busy, I just don't use my time as I should (I should be spending more time working on classroom stuff than on pinterest for example).

Gideon is doing very well.  He had his 4 month check up about a week ago.  He is 16 pounds, 24.25 inches, and his head has a circumference of 17.5 inches.  He's very healthy!
He has found his feet, can roll (like across the room), doesn't talk as much, sometimes growls/grunts, eats more, stands with support, sits with support, laughs a little, gives kisses (all in my head), and likes having his teeth brushed (new development).  He plays well on his own and can hardly sit still.

Jeremiah has about two more weeks of school left.  He's going to a magic the gathering tournament this weekend.  It will be strange being alone.

I am doing well.  Just trying to get my life organized and school organized.  But I can make it!

We had a great 4th of July.  Had small group over to grill.  Gideon slept through all of it - the night before we tried to watch, he freaked out and was hard to calm down... so we didn't even attempt it.  the neighbors booms were too loud.

Even longer ago we had my grandfather's 80th surprise birthday party (the same day as Michelle's baby shower, Rebecca has those pictures).

Grandpa and his cake! 

Gideon was interested in the cake, grandpa actually stuck his nose in it!  He smiled, so we then put icing on Grandpas nose!  Too cute! 

My great Aunt Sherry could not wait to see him.  So she snuggled as much as possible. 

This group of beautiful kiddos go to my Grandparents church.  Their 7th sibling was only a week or so old!  All under 8 or 9! 

Gideon got to first encounter balloons.  He really enjoyed them and played with them for days after (until I was afraid he was going to pop them in his mouth). 

All smiles! 

Our family! Four generations! 

Please continue to pray for my Grandma (pictured above in the pink, but not my mom holding Gideon) she is battling cancer and is currently going through chemo and radiation treatments.  Also be with my mom as she helps out her family and prepares to take care of our kiddo.  I know that I'm stressed and hope I'm not stressing her out.  She is currently helping with the Lion's international camp (and next week will be hosting two girls for a week).  We are just very busy and need to keep positive! 

Everyone have a great weekend!

Up a head for us:

Rebecca's "Welcome Elise" shower is Sunday

Jeremiah is gone all weekend

Going to the drive-in with students (hopefully if all goes well)

Art walk with international students

Finish my classroom

Get my car's tags renewed

Get lesson plans done

Going to see Aunt Sherry and her daughter for the weekend (our cousin Grace and family is coming over too!)

My 25th birthday (getting so old!)

Getting to see my dearest friend Heather... it has been a little over 4 years.  

Fifth sunday at church (picnic lunch)

Hopefully some swimming! 

Continue weight loss

Make calendar of meals for when school starts?!?

August will be here before we know it! 

Babies and more Babies!

I want to congratulate two amazing people in my lives:  Heather B. (like grade school) got a teaching job for 7th grade... we both will be in the same "twilight zone"  emotions and germs on legs.  =]   And then my dear friend Rebecca had her baby girl yesterday!  (Gideon has another beautiful girl to choose from in about 20+ years!).

This is the most adorable child I know.  OKay, I'm a bit bias... but I can't help myself!

Playing drums with daddy - or trying to shove the drum stick in his mouth... 

went swimming, and this time he enjoyed it!  He played for over an hour! 

Daddy and baby swimming! 

Pretty much he's the coolest.  

The kiddos from small group:

Sam = 1 month, Gideon = 4 months, Zoey = 7 months, John = 10 months, Zach = 28 months, and James = 35 months!  We love our small group family! 

That's about it for the update.  I'm going to go work on stuff for my classroom!  Hope everyone has a good evening.  Also, on youtube I've started a channel to upload videos (because I can't do it on facebook anymore/takes too long).   I'm gideonsmom12   

Gideon is 15 weeks, and then some.

Our little guy is not so little anymore.    Every baby we have encountered so far seems tiny next to Gideon.  Okay, he's healthy... but it's not really his cute cheeks or his round tummy... it's the fact his head is HUGE.  We have a doc appointment in a few weeks, and we will surely know then if it's all good.  He's such a goober though.

He's still trying to sit up.  His head is hard to keep up though (too large we think).  But everyday is better than the first.  He no longer coos, but "speaks".  I tell him to use his words and he moves his mouth and tries... usually comes out in clicks, spits, and gurgles now.  Still darling.   He has been developing a laugh and I hope that one day he know why he's laughing!

We had a great time visiting family in OK last week!  All the above pictures are Gideon with some of his 2nd or 3rd cousins.  We really aren't for sure how they are related!  =]   Their momma's are my second cousins...so go with that!  It was a very lovely day!

The last four pictures were of Father's Day!  They day started out wonderfully.  We were on our way to a picnic up north of us about 1.5 hours away to see my mom's side of the family.  About half way there, Jeremiah's car started shaking like crazy!  HORRIBLE SHAKE.  So we pulled off at the next little town, checked the oil and went on our way.  Still shook, so we drove reallly really really slow.    Come to find out, it was his tires... we had to drive all the way home on a donut.   Our trip turned an extra hour long!    Monday, we dropped almost a grand on getting everything fixed up.  =[  very not happy day.    BUT fathers day went well.  Got to see my almost 80 year old grandpa.  Got to see my grandma (she's the one going through cancer) and of course other great family.  

I hope you can view the video.... it was Gideon and I's gift to Jeremiah (very last minute and tossed together).

Well, I have lots to do right now.  So off I go!  Gideon says hi!

Healthy Living

Gideon is almost 15 weeks old!  or 3.5 month.  It's cray how fast everything is going.  He's such an amazing wonder to me every day.

As I stress out about school, my new job, I can always look at his face and it brings a calmness to me.  Knowing that I am doing the one thing I am supposed to be - being a good mother.  I'll be a great teacher too, just have to find that routine and toss these gitters.

Jeremiah not only has been working, going to summer school (Trig online = no fun = long nights).  But he recently started doing P90x!   This morning was his third day!  We are so very proud of him.  I am still trying to walk/run/jog as much as possible.  With time they weight is coming off!

I wanted to post a few pictures for my readers.

This is Samuel Titus born early June. 

Gideon is 3 months older than Sam - and bigger too!   

Gideon was passed out the whole time we visited. 

The next day we went for a drive to meet Connor.  

Connor is only a month younger than Gideon.  

At first, they didn't want anything to do with each other. 

But then once they saw each other, they started being wiggely and trying to hit each other

(notice Cassie holding Connor's hands down)  It was cute! 

This is currently, right now, what our baby is doing.  He kicked us out of bed (don't worry, we don't co-sleep, he comes to play with us in the morning, I'm lazy, and then he goes back to sleep and I get up!) He pulls his own covers up to his head.  Silly adorable boy!   

I'm going to go check on that cute face! 

Dinner and food:  We are still doing awesome with cooking/grilling.  with J doing p90x (a workout) he is eating healthy too.  I'm still just counting calories.   Yesterday we made Chicken faijatas, Monday night we grilled Salmon and hamburgers with Craig and the Gill family.  Friday Gideon and I went to a picnic that my mom was providing for some volunteers (we brought Jeremiah home the extra).    Sunday we did eat out - used coupons though so really cheap!  Jeremiah wanted to have his "last super" of junk food before he started his workout on Monday.   Tonight is small group and I'm going to make spaghetti.   Jeremiah will have leftovers or make vegetables and chicken.  He can't have carbs, sugar and very little sodium.

I suppose that's it.  I need to go edit some pictures before little guy wakes up to eat and play!

Have a good week everyone.  Won't be on in a few days.  Going to my classroom tomorrow, to buy my first pair of running shoes, then Friday we are going to OK to see family, Sunday is father's day!   So we'll see you next week!  Also Gideon is looking forward to spending time with Grandma Marlene. She's been visiting her parents (my grandparents) while my grandma starts radiation/chemo.  So keep her in your prayers.  

xoxo
The Jones'

Gideon = 3 months old (and then some)

Gideon turned 3 months old on Saturday June 2nd!  It's a very special day because our dear friends Dan and Michelle welcomed their beautiful baby boy - Sam T - into this world too!    It's a very special day!

Gideon is becoming such a handsome man.  His smile (hard to catch on camera) melts my heart.  His hugs and spit up make me laugh.  He's just terrific.  He still talks/coos a lot.  He's trying to laugh a lot more.  He's sleeping through the night (with some struggles here and there... we think he might be getting close to teething).   He can sit up with support, hold on to things/grab them/hit them.   He still rolls over and holds his head up and he tries to stand all the time!  He's going to be moving soon.

Some of these pictures you might have seen before - but they are just too cute!  I have to post them again.

This was him playing with daddy!  We have a video of him saying "I Love You Too"   okay, it's probably all in our proud parent minds... but he's talking! 

This is the priceless upset face.  He can get that bottom lip out pretty far! 

"Woooweee, that bottle filled me up!"

June 1, 2012 I got to be apart of Beth and Todd's lovely wedding.  Mom brought Gideon to see us!  So happy for them. 

Saturday June 2nd we went and picked blueberries with Grandma Marlene.  He is holding one in his right hand (and didn't squish it).  He then went off to sleep all on his own - no fussing! 

June 5th - Daddy and Gideon's first time "swimming" at Great-Grandma Melinda's pool.  He only lasted about five minutes, but the water was pretty cool.... I didn't even get in.  But look at how tight he is holding on to J..... "Daddy, don't let me go!" 

As you can see we have had a pretty busy start to June so far!  

Jeremiah also started summer school on Monday.  and I have pictures I need to edit!  So off I go while little man is asleep!