Just Jojo

 While I was trying to figure out something amusing to write about for this week I quickly came to the conclusion that writing on just one thing was not going to be enough. Little man is at the point in life where week by week he is picking up newer and more amusing traits. So instead of writing about just one thing I thought I might share a few of the things Jojo is up to now and days, I never realized how amusing having a child can be.
 Take about a week ago, Jojo started laughing. When he was amused before he would throw his head back and look as though he was going to bust up. He would open up really wide and his whole face would smile, but darn it, not a sound came out of his little mouth. This was rather frustrating for all of us adults who tried so hard to get him to laugh. Sometimes I wonder if he just did it to spite us. Now I just wonder if maybe he was afraid. I can see you now, wondering "what would make you think that." Well the first few times Jojo laughed it went something like this...

I don't know if this is a typical reaction that a baby has when they first start laughing, but it was pretty funny. He doesn't do it as much any more but for a while there he would just look around and try to figure out when in the world was going on after he laughed.

Another fun habit that he has picked up is the deep desire to get from one place to another. He has already mastered the art of rolling, but apparently this is not good enough for him. I try to encourage him to get up on his knees and do the rocking thing. He, at the moment, doesn't seem to want to have much to do with that. His attempt at moving is more like...

Yeah, he's pretty funny. hopefully he soon figures out that, really it is easier to get on his knees at this point in time. Of course I don't mind that he dose this, he always gets back up and tries again, he is a determined little man.  

 Oh and then there is the funness of back aching. The more tired he gets the more back arching is involved. I am really not sure why babies do this. perhaps his thoughts are something along these lines.... 

and yes that is usually how it ends when he starts throwing himself around like that. 

Well, any way, i am sure that there will be many more blogs to come, inspired from this little goober. But I hoped you enjoy just a little bit of what my little boy is like now and days. I know I sure do... well... most of the time ;) 

Sleeping

 I don't know why it is, but as soon as we move out of the house as teenagers (or whenever) we tend to turn into Zombies...

  No,  not that kind of Zombie. The kind of Zombie that comes from studying all night long for the big test the next morning, or the kind of Zombie that comes from getting so much sleep that when you get up you walk around with those squintie eyes. Yes we have all done this at some point in our life... at least I sure hope so, or I am feeling very lonely right now. 

 You know how people try to use the "this is your brain. This is your brain on drugs"poster to encourage us to staff off of drugs.

 Well Before we leave home I think some one should show us this sign: 

 Yes, lack of sleep is quite to Problem for us young collage kids. When Jason and I were dating we us to stay up until midnight (he had work until 11) and the both have to get up for classes. i'm sure most of you have smiler stories. Of course something I did NOT realize at the time is that these instances though often, happened because I decided they did, and I could easily fix the problem by going to bed sooner, or taking a nap. I could always sleep in one day a week and that always seemed to help hold the zombiness off for at least a few days. 

 Then... I had a baby. Boy I thought I knew what it was like to not get sleep (I also had insomnia for a lot of my pregnancy) but booooy was I wrong. And trust me, a zombie seems nice in comparison to what I became the first month of having Jojo. I thought you couldn't get much worse then a zombie. Welcome to the world, Super-Zombie-Vampire-Mommy-of-Dooooooooooooooooom!!!!

 For Those of you who do not believe in this particular monster, you should come stay with me sometime next time I have a baby. Its not pretty. Its cranky, and emotional, and wants to snip at everything that tries to get in its way... So enjoy your sleep while you can!!

  Fortunately, for everyone, now that Jojo is getting a little older and sleeping a bit better I am a little less of a monster, and I have deffinatly learned that sleep is a blessing not to be abuse, unless of course, you want to turn in to a zombie monster...

Sick

 Ahhh winter, the weather is cool, the snow is falling, you nose is dripping.... no really.... : P Why is it that during most of the winter we all look something like this....

yeah you know the drill, runny  nose, nasty cough, sore throat.... yuck.

Winter is always full of the joys of sickness, and it always seems to attack with a vengeance. Although I have to admit having to be sick, with a sick baby, is not something I was really prepared for. It was great, both of us had stuffy noses and wanted to sleep all day, except Jojo wasn't quite sure how to deal with the stuff nose thing...  I felt bad for the poor little man, his life was something like this....

Yeah, I never realized how scary it can be to have a sick baby... Trust me its not fun. Fortunatly for me I live with Jason's family and his mom is a nurse, witch made me a lot less likely to run to the doctors everyday to make sure little man didn't have pneumonia or something, because I am sure I would have otherwise. 

Then of course the real fun started... Jason got the cold to.... and we all know how men are when there sick...

Sorry Jason, I love you dearly, but it's true :D He did still try to be helpful with little man, cause I wasn't 100% better, but when Jason get sick, he is also use to being spoiled (my fault :) so he had a hard time with my being sick also. 

Can I just say that this two week cold thing was not fun. And if I had a choice, I would not do it again. But being the smart woman I am, I know that at some we will all be sick at the same time again, and probably when we have more then just little man to take care of! (Ew, lets not think about that) 

So finally after two weeks we all started to feel better, and then...

Yeah, good old stomach bug....gotta love winter... I hope its over soon.... :D