ABC's

Here's a video of Jonathan singing the ABC's. Please click here for the rest of the pictures.

Where'd She Go?

I try not to leave Jonathan alone with Sylvie; not necessarily because he's bad, but because he usually tries too hard...either swinging her or hugging her too aggressively. But sometimes, it's just unavoidable...such as when I have to go to the bathroom. Occasionally, I'll bring Sylvie in with me for her safety, but the other day, Yoni was reading quietly and Sylvie was swinging quietly...which is a rarity nowadays. So, I decided to go to the bathroom...a quick 30 seconds away from the two of them. Shortly after I went in, Jonathan comes into the room saying "Where'd she go? Where'd she go?" with the appropriate hand gestures. And I replied..."What do you mean 'where'd she go'? What did you do to Sylvie?" And out of the bathroom I rushed to find Sylvie covered in a blanket on her swing rustling about. Yep...a little game of hide-and-seek. Hopefully, he knows better now.
On a side note, Sylvie sneezed this morning, to which Jonathan promptly replied: "Bess You Seevee!". Very cute.

Jonathan vs Sylvie

At one month on the boppy:


They both love the fishy swing at two months...

Aunt Jen's Visit!

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Aunt Jen (Mike's sister) came from Florida this weekend to meet Sylvie, see the new house, and to spend quality time with us. We loved having her here and had a wonderful time with her. Jonathan especially loved all of the extra attention! She arrived Friday afternoon and we had dinner and hung out. On Saturday, we went to Lou's in the morning, and in the afternoon, went to garage sales, visited Quechee and Woodstock, and finally ate dinner at Jesse's. Jen even got a tour of Mike's work before dinner. The weekend was not without its share of drama as we experienced high temperatures and humidity (with no air conditioning!), had a forester trim our tree in the back yard, endured a lightening storm during which we lost power for the night, and Sylvie had her first restaurant meltdown at Jesse's (and my dinner had to be packed). But all in all, we had a great time and appreciate Jen leaving her family for the weekend. Thank you Matt, Sammy, and Mitch!

Yoni-isms (at 25 months)

There are a lot of adorable things that Jonathan has been saying. Every day it seems that he comes up with something new and I'll try to do a better job of writing them down here to preserve them. Today, I was washing his hands in the bathroom when Mike came in from the garage. All of a sudden, Yoni started shouting "Daddy, I love you, Daddy I love you!!!" over and over again. It was so cute!
He's also in a "TADA!!" phase. So that every time he falls and gets up, or we twirl him around, or when he peeks around a corner, he raises his arms and shouts "TADA!!!". And lastly, Jonathan has finally learned to jump with both feet off of the ground! He's been semi-jumping up until now, but today, he actually jumped for the first time. What a big boy!

New House!

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We moved into a spacious and lovely house in the beginning of the month. We didn't anticipate all the cleaning we would have to do (the owners had lots of cats) but now we are finally starting to settle in! Sylvie and Jonathan are doing great and Jonathan is definitely enjoying the space and loves to run around. He is now sleeping in a big boy bed but tries to escape his room when possible, so we've gated his doorway. Sylvie has started to express herself and she's becoming cuter by the day. She had her 2 month checkup this week and got her first set of shots which she did not like at all. She weighed in at 5 kg/11 lbs (51%), length of 56.5 cm/22 in (40%), and her head measured at 38.5 cm/15 in (39%). Here is a cute video of her in action.

Bouncy House

For the second time, Jonathan, Sylvie, and I went to the bouncy house that is open here on Thursdays. Jonathan refused to go in it in the beginning, but quickly warmed up to it and now really looks forward to going. We just moved into a house this past weekend (thank you Matt, Mike, and Idan), so it's really nice to get out while the house is so messy and full of boxes. We are slowly unpacking, but we're definitely enjoying the extra space already. Here's a video of Jonathan and Sylvie at the Bouncy House. Click the title above for the rest of the pictures.