Jonah says the funniest things these days!  Here are seven of the latest...
1---
(Dressed up for Church the other day, talking to Andrea and Marlee):  "Look at this fine shirt I'm wearing!"

2---
(Sharing his crackers with Caleb):  "Mommy, did I make God happy?"

3---
(Running across the living room):
Me: "Jonah, how did you learn to run so fast?"
Jonah:  "Daddy taught me that.  When I was little."

4---
(Had recently lost the marble he always plays with and was typing at the computer):
"Dear St. Anthony, come around, something is lost and can't be found.  Mommy, where is my marble?"

5---
(While all of us were sitting around in the living room the other night):  "Daddy, tell mommy that you love her!"

6---
(As the pizza delivery man was leaving our house the other night, Jonah stood at the door and said to him):
Jonah:  "I can run so fast!"
Pizza guy laughed...
Jonah:  "Ok, bye, I love you!"

7---
Jonah:  "Mommy, was Rita in your belly?"
Me:  "Yes, she was."
Jonah:  (remembering his visit to the hospital):  "Did your bed have buttons on it?  Did the bed move up and down?"  (This is, of course, what he remembers about coming to the hospital!!!)
Me:  "Yes, it did have buttons on it."
Jonah:  "Someday when I'm big and I have a baby in MY belly, I can have buttons on MY bed!"

It's been a long time since I've posted... so I've included lots of "outdated" pictures!  I'll start with the most recent, though.  Here's a picture of Jonah which I took before he left for 9am Mass yesterday with Luke.  We've been talking about Mass for the past couple weeks.  Jonah has been learning all about it- things he'll see there, what to do, how to behave, etc... We even made a checklist of different things he could look for when he's there, like candles, statues, altar, tabernacle, etc... You can see here that he's holding a special bag he got to take with him.  Grammy sent it, and it's got a little Bible in it, a prayer book, a book about Mass, and a couple rosaries.  Luke said Jonah did a great job at Mass.  They sat up near the front, and Jonah got to see many things we talked about.  He whispered, read his books, and listened.  In fact, when the priest was reading the Gospel and said, "They gathered at Peter's house," Jonah looked up, turned to his dad and said, "Peter Pan?"  At least we know he was listening!  

Here are some pictures from this past weekend... Luke and I both got to hold our Goddaughter Sarah Erickson.  Jonah is sporting his new pajamas in the next one, and also there's a few from Rita's bath.  Jonah was a great helper there- he washed her toes!

Last but not least, here's a slideshow of pictures from right after Rita was born, basically Christmas time through the next month... Jonah and Caleb enjoyed their Christmas presents, and actually you'll see a couple pictures of Luke and Joe playing with the matchbox cars and the racetrack- I guess if you're a guy you're never too old for that kind of fun.  :)  Enjoy the pics!

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