Houston, we have a crawler!

Jonah has been super busy lately. He now has 4 teeth, he gets the biggest kick out of knocking over Mommy's block towers, and he's quite skilled in making funny noises and faces.

BUT the biggest change is that he is now crawling!! Check out the proof (and please excuse my voice- I was on the phone with my sister):

We will be very busy from here on out!

Happy Birthday, Daddy!

WARNING: The following blog contains a GINORMOUS amount of pictures!! For Jeremy's 30th birthday (Happy b-day, Love!!) he decided he wanted to celebrate with our first ever family camping trip. What follows are just a few of the over 800 pics we took. : ) Jeremy just got a new camera through a grant, so we just had to try it out! These were actually taken in our yard before we left:

On our way to Dallas first to meet Jonah's newest cousin:

Hangin' out with Uncle Jarid. Jonah was a bit distracted by the dogs.

Reading with Aunt Christy and Cousin Morgan.

Getting kisses from his cousin while new baby Owen supervises.

Headed to the cabin at Lake Brownwood State Park. Jonah just had a MONSTER dirty diaper which Mommy somehow managed to change without puking. (May be partly the cause for Daddy's huge smile)

His eye color is one of the only features he seems to have inherited from Mommy. All else is his Dad!

Jonah REALLY wanted some of Daddy's yummy burgers! This was in front of our cabin. It was really nice, actually.

When we went to Wal-Mart to buy our food, Jeremy and Jonah set off to grab marshmallows for s'mores (a camping must). He came back with a bag of mallows so big, I think one ate Jonah.

Jonah wanted to get in on the action

They were WAY big on the graham crackers. The package said to use a whole cracker and a whole chocolate bar but we kind of liked the gooeyness.

We had fun playing in front of the cabin.

We went for walks pretty much every morning, afternoon, and evening. It was really cool in the mornings and it was so peaceful. We took a TON of pics on these walks, but isn't that what happens when you have such a cute little baby?

I think my favorite sound in the world is the laughter of our son. It's addictive finding new ways to make him giggle! There were some really cool trails in the park:

He makes the cutest faces!

The camera had a cool panorama feature that we played with:

We found a few things in bloom

Jonah LOVED playing on the rocks

"Growling" at Mommy

He loves his Daddy!

Future geologist?

Or supermodel?

The lake was really pretty

We saw a real armadillo! I think I've only seen them on the side of the road before and they're not as fun to look at then... One of Daddy's favorite hobbies:

We LOVE this kid!

While walking one of the trails, we were startled by a loud "whooshing" sound. Once we regained our footing (and our breath) we found out it was a large hawk about four feet away. SO cool!

Celebrating Daddy's birthday with some nature:

Jonah tried to grab everything! Don't worry- he couldn't reach the needles... I don't think, anyway. : )

On our last full day, we had a picnic on the shore of the lake. Jonah loved playing with Mommy's sunglasses, splashing in the water, and watching Daddy freeze in the cold water!

Jonah celebrated our last evening with a messy snack of banana. I believe at the time of this picture my words were, "Not the hair!!" So excited!

So in all, we had a wonderful trip. Everyone always asks us how Jonah is when we travel. Honestly, he's a great traveller. He mostly enjoys his car seat and I don't think we could ask for a happier baby on the road. He's a champ. : )