Blog Slacker

I know I have been a bit of a blog slacker, but I have much to share! Cori's baby Brady, Christmas with both sides of the family, lunch with FBA gals, and my 10 year reunion. What a fun week it has been! Posts to come. Soon I hope!

Christmas Party

Last Saturday, we went to a really nice Christmas party at my brother & sister-in-law's new house. Jonah was the only child there, and he took full advantage of all the attention! Thank you, Jeremy & Sabra, for having us!

Christmas Tree

Although Jonah does not like his "play pen" anymore, we have found good use for it this Christmas season. He is obsessed with the Christmas tree, so it is nice to have a barrier. He still manages to push the play pen against the tree and pull the branches however. When there is a will, there is no stopping Jonah. :) I am so glad he loves the tree, and he will be so sad when it is gone!

Macaluso Disco Elves

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

B&W Babies

Pete took a really cool picture of Jonah this morning, and it reminded us of a picture he took about 3 years ago of Lily. Our kids long to be outside!

Toy Basket

Pete watched Jonah while I had a fun night out with girlfriends on Friday. He said they had a lot of fun, and Jonah learned how to climb in his toy chest. Pete said he looked over, and Jonah was just hanging out in it playing with his toys. I am glad he had the camera close by!

So silly:


So happy:


Getting in:

Puzzle Time

Jonah got several wooden puzzles for his birthday, and he took a liking to them right away. At first, he just liked to watch me put the pieces in the board and carry around the pieces. In the last month, however, he has become quite adept at doing it himself! It's so cute to see how proud he gets after he puts each piece in the right place and completes the puzzle! A big smile always follows.

Happy Birthday, Grandpa Mac!

This post is very late, as Pete's Dad's b-day was November 30. We had a great afternoon celebrating! Jonah especially enjoyed helping Grandpa open his presents!

8 Things About Jonah

8 of my favorite things:
1. Sorting objects (moving them from one side of the room to another, often one by one)
2. Playing with my Mega Blocks (a.k.a. "Baaaaaks")
3. Playing Peek-a-Boo
4. Bath time with Daddy
5. Running around outside
6. My Paci's & Sippy Cups
7. Kissing Lily & Aunt Melissa
8. "Helping" Mom with the laundry

8 Things That happened today: (*slow* day!)
1. Went to Wal-Mart
2. Only took a one hour nap
3. Ate mac & cheese for lunch
4. Went to Costco with Mom & Aunt Melissa (ate lots of samples)
5. Bought new books at the 75% off Book store
6. Got a fat lip from running & falling at the 75% off bookstore
7. Napped for a bit, then played with my Little People & read my new books
8. Played with Daddy & bathtime

8 Things I am looking forward to:
1. Mall playdate
2. Playdate at Vince's
3. My uncles coming to town for Christmas
4. Daddy coming home from work everyday
5. My snack cup & practicing using utensils
6. Hanging out with my grandparents (Um-Ma, Grandma & Grandpa Mac, Gigi, & Grammy)
7. Playing with Lily
8. Christmas Presents! (wrapping paper)

8 Friends i am tagging to tell me about themselves:
1. Trenton
2. Parker
3. Peyton
4. Claire
5. Carter
6. Ryann
7. Nathan
8. Madeline

Sun City Thanksgiving

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving celebrating with my Grandma (Grammy to Jonah), Mom, Uncle Mike, Melissa & Marco in Sun City this year. We drove down Wednesday night and spent all day Thursday there. Jonah had such a blast running around my Grandma's house getting into all her cabinets, riding the "Rolater", kissing Barney (my grandma's Bishon), and playing in the leaves. He also said "Um-ma" for my mom for the first time which was very special. He crashed on the way home hard (seen in the last pic) since he refused to nap while we were there. There was just too much for a boy to do!

Santa Claus

Melissa & I took Jonah to visit Santa Claus this week to avoid the crowds and get pictures before Thanksgiving to give my Grandma Bess when we visit this week. I was a bit nervous to see how Jonah would react this year now that he is more aware and wary of strangers. He actually took to Santa quite well and even held his hand while we took pictures. He was all smiles! Here is his pic from last year as well as from Monday. Wow! What a difference a year makes. From our little baby boy to our little toddler. He is growing up so fast!

2007:


2008:

Happy Birthday, Melissa!

Jonah & I are so lucky to have my sister and best friend, Melissa, in our life. She spends one of her only days off with us every week, and it means so much to us!

Happy 25th Birthday, Melissa! We love you very, very much!!!

Weekend Fun

Pete & I took Jonah to the park this weekend, and he had a blast chasing Lily around the field and playing with the ball launcher. It looks like he is Moses parting the sea in one of the pics! :)





We also had fun watching the Longhorns play and beat Kansas!

Rainy Monday

Jonah & I decided to stay in today since it was so rainy & he's had a little bit of a cold. I opened his new Mega Blocks we bought this weekend, and he was in heaven. We had a fun day!

Reading my favorite book about dogs:


Playing with silly glasses:

Lunch with Daddy

Last week, Jonah & I had fun having lunch with Daddy at Samui Thai. We were celebrating his 13 month birthday!


Jonah & Daddy:


Drinking from a straw:


Feeding Dino a cracker:

Halloween Festivities

The Macaluso family had a lot of fun celebrating Halloween this year!

Pete & I attended a Halloween party a few weeks ago with friends from my Mommy group. I was a "biker chick" and Pete was the Mac guy. There were slim pickings left at the costume store. hah! :)



Jonah & I went to several Halloween playdates, so of course, he needed more than one costume! Here he is as a shark at his friend Grace's house:


At Tiny Tots music class, all of the kids wore their costumes. So cute!


Here are all the babies at Amanda & Jackson's house. Also, Jonah the Dragon driving a car!



For Halloween lunch, Jonah & I met our good friends Leslie & Trenton for some fun at Chick-Fil-A:


That evening, we met at our friend's (Kim, Weston, & Brandon) aunt's neighborhood for some trick-or-treating. At first, Jonah wanted to grab all the candy, but he soon caught on "just one" and drop it in his bucket. He loved it!

Halloween '07 & '08

Here are a few pics from Halloween last year, and a few from this year - how much Jonah has changed! I left my camera with trick or treating pictures at a friend's house, so I will post those pics ASAP. We switched computers to a Mac, so I am still getting used to the new formats - it's not as easy/ fast for me to post pics anymore.