Final Post..head over to tangensprouts.blogspot.com

As far as I know this will be the final post on growingupjj.blogspot.com Jonas has brought home a little brother, Niles, and together their adventures and pictures will be found at tangensprouts.blogspot.com All of Jonas's old posts will be there as well. So move on over and change your favorites/bookmarks to tangensprouts.blogspot.com

Another 48 hours......

How to pass the time?.....Read some fairy tales while snuggling with Jonas and Rocky. All the standard concoctions for getting things started have not worked..yet, and Sara is blaming it on a diet that has led her to develop a titanium lined amniotic sac. If you listen carefully you can hear Sara say "I agree."

Overdue Notice

Mom is a bit overdue. We have not checked in with the library to see what the fine will be yet. We keep extending the days with Jonas as an only child....hopefully soon that will change. Jonas did provide some quick and easy noodle recipes to use when we get home from the hospital. He also showed us a few moves with his train shoes. Jonas has been drawing a lot, inside in his books and paper, on the computer, in the bathtub, and everywhere outside with chalk. He has drawn a few things that actually resemble the intended product. The train he drew in the bathtub was quite nice. It was a standard coal steam engine with a hopper car attached if you could not tell from the picture in the slide-show.


If you could not hear what he was talking about, it's something about trains having shoes... We hope to have an update soon on a brother for Jonas, I just don't know when "soon" will be!

Not relaxing yet...but trying

Sara has still been working hard to get everything ready for school when she is gone on maternity leave....she is almost ready. In the times outside of this we have been going on the normal adventures with the thought in mind that soon things will be a bit different on the outings. The 1st official farmers market was great, as usual. We have been having fun, going on long walks, eating spicy foods, etc....


A lot of gardening opportunities have sprouted up with the ridiculously nice weather so far. Jonas has been partial to picking dandelions and was a bit upset when his dad popped the head off of one, but he did get a chance to pick a few of his mom's favorite flowers and give them to her.

Carol Visit

Jonas got a visit from his Great Aunt Carol and Grandma last week. It provided another opportunity for Jonas to open a present for himself and his brother. At this point we have accepted the likelihood that Jonas will have a bit more work to do on the opening presents front. Great Aunt Carol made 2 new quilts, a custom train quilt with some hidden bits for Jonas and a cuddly doggy blanket for Jonas's brother.

Its almost time.....to relax

It has been rather difficult to find some time to relax, but this last Sunday was a great day. It is simply amazing how fast kids grow up. Jonas spent the day with his family and that was just fine with everyone. One of the best days.....

I forgot that the last couple of pics were the highlight of the morning for Cory and Jonas on Monday. The octopus stump that was almost turned into a merry-go-round kept getting stuck in the city mulcher. It took about ten minutes to get it to go through and the 2 spectators appreciated every extra second of the wood choppers. Kids and trucks.

Toddler Doc

Jonas took Sara to a visit to the Doctor's office in our living room the other day. He went through all the stuff that usually happens at the Doctor's, but used his own "tools" to give Sara her check up. When we visited the doctor for Sara's 38 week check up Dr E was more than happy to have an assistant. Everything checked out right on schedule. There was a bit of a curve ball with the mention of a faster heart rate for a female, but hopefully that was just a little activity as we have not been working on girls names at all.
Sara wanted me to put a disclaimer on the pics that if you are feeling nauseous, please turn off the computer, I on the other hand think her belly is quite beautiful and amazing.

Here are a couple of videos of the toddler doc, he seems to have pretty good report with his patient.

More Easter

Jonas got an opportunity to hunt down some Easter eggs this last weekend at his Grandma Sue's. He found all ten eggs and later opened up gifts that matched up with the number in the egg. Its quite a long video clip, it took about 4 minutes to get all ten eggs, but it was his first egg hunt.



Jonas found his easter basket after looking all over the house. He had a great deal of looking before the find, so Sara's hints are quite appropriate in this context for a 2 year old.



For his final Easter-Bunny celebration Jonas traveled to South Milwaukee and found that the bunny left him stuff there as well. I assume it is quite normal for a bunny to do this nowadays, especially considering that the bunny has upgraded to remote control R2-D2 units and the such. Grandma Laurie and Grandpa Helge amazingly were able to help Jonas locate yet another hidden easter basket outside hidden in a tree.



Rex and Sully were good young pups while all the festivities are going on. Jonas got a chance to swing his first whiffle ball bat with grandma, blow some bubbles, and show grandpa that he has indeed mastered making a chocolate malt at the distinct age of 2. You can see from the pics that Uncle Helge and Aunt Sue are busy refurbishing their house. It is looking great, it is the house that our grandparents lived in. Enjoy the spring it only happens once a year.

Easter Prep...the eggs

Its almost time for the Easter bunny to deliver his hard-boiled eggs that he got from a chicken and than decided to dye them beautiful pastel colors. What a bunny. Jonas is just really being introduced to this amazing bunny, and is eagerly looking forward to finding the basket that the bunny will be hiding. The egg coloring went well, especially with such good supervisors!

Baby Inspector

While we can't verify all that Jonas was able to inspect, since his brother is still in the womb, we can draw conclusions based on what we could see and feel on the outside. Mom can give a little bit more information, so that was helpful. It appeared that the butt position was in debate, but after consulting, both Sara and Jonas agreed on the location. The part about being a bat hanging from a tree has no basis and is all conjecture. It could be any day (or week) now, since all the baby brother is doing now is getting his lungs fit, getting coordinated, and putting on some weight. It will be up to him to get the estrogen gushing and cause Sara to start birthing contractions. It is amazing that he holds the key to when his birthday will be.