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Tuesday, November 04, 2008

Halloween pics






We went to our ward's trunk or treat. It was pretty fun. Jonas was really overwhelmed at first. He was also very scared of this kid's alien costume. He tried to say hi to the alien and when the alien didn't respond to him, he got very worried. After a while he was running around with all the other kids and having a great time. I was too busy talking to ward members to pull out my camera while we were there so I took some quick snapshots of Jonas and all his loot when we got home. The other picture is James and Jonas enjoying our new rocking chairs. We found a great deal on them at the neighborhood yard sale.

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Pumpkins and Tumble Time







We went to the pumpkin patch. Well....what we thought was a pumpkin patch. It wasn't very close to home but we thought the drive would be worth it cause we love going to pumpkin patches around Halloween to get our pumpkins. It turned out to just be a produce store that sold pumpkins that was named The Pumpkin Patch. Sadly we will have to be missing out on that tradition while we are here but oh well, we did still get our pumpkins. We really miss the pumpkin patches in Michigan where you could also get apple cider, pumpkin donuts, and let the kids play on bales of hay and go for hayrides. I guess every place has it's advantages. We told Jonas to choose a pumpkin and he tapped his chin with his finger and said, "hmmmm it's hard to choose"

The other cool thing that I wanted to write about is that Jonas has been going to a tumble time (gymnastics) class for toddlers. His dad's been flipping him and tossing him around for a long time so I knew Jonas would love the class and he does. Of course because it was a new situation, he needed some forceful encouragement at first, but he quickly decided that he liked it. He is learning some pretty sweet skills.

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Trip to the fire station










Jonas had a dream come true a little while ago. The fire station on post hosted a fire safety party for the kiddos. Since Jonas is obsessed with all forms of transportation this was right up his ally. We got some free lunch and goodies. Jonas got to jump in a bounce house, wave hello to Smokey the bear, and even sit inside a fire truck. James got in the driver seat with him and Jonas told him that he could go sit in the passenger seat.

The other pictures are: one of Jonas being a fireman (apparently the bucket on his head is actually his fire helmet which also doubles as his garbage can when he's pretending to be the garbage man), the last two are the before and after pictures of our backyard. We don't know what they're going to be building back there yet. Yeah it's pretty sad but we are getting over it. It does provide good entertainment for Jonas to be able to watch diggers and bulldozers out his back window every day.

Sunday, October 12, 2008

Tagged again

8 things....

8 things I am passionate about...
1. my faith
2. my husband
3. my kids
4. jogging
5. cooking/baking
6. scrapbooking
7. blogging
8. chocolate

8 words or phrases I use often...
1. i'm hungry
2. oh child
3. I love you
4. anyways
5. you best check yourself before you wreck yourself
6. Jonas.....it's sooo early... go back to bed please please please
7. you're working my last nerve
8. I get made fun of sometimes for leaving my sentences off with the word but

8 things I have learned from my past...
1. don't feel sorry for yourself too much
2. you can't worry about others opinions of you
3. many material things seem like needs but really aren't
4. be optimistic
5. be prepared
6. prayer works
7. family is the most important priority in life
8. don't dwell on the past

8 places I would love to go see or visit...
1. Tokyo
2. Disney World
3. Hawaii
4. London
5. Hungary
6. Tropical Cruise
7. Prince Edward Island
8. Austria

8 things I currently need or want...
1. a date with my husband
2. a new bed for Jonas
3. a nanny
4. more sleep
5. more exercise
6. a new camera
7. a video camera
8. decorations for my kids rooms


8 people I tag...
1. Angie
2. Melinda
3. Sarah
4. Laura
5. Diantha
6. Suzanne
7. Kristin
8. Ann Marie

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

havin fun



learning to use the potty




We've had a few more chances to spend some time in Savannah and at the beach. We visited a really beautiful park in the downtown area. The last picture is one that I don't really like but I posted it anyways cause it's funny. We were at the beach and it looks like I spilled something green on my pregnant belly but it's actually a green butterfly that just decided to rest on my belly for a while.

Jonas is doing well with learning to use the potty. We (mostly me) are so ready for a break from diapers. He actually thinks porta pottys are fun and says "look mom, we're in a tent!" I'm trying to train him not to touch anything in public restrooms. He also got his Halloween costume already and loves to turn in to his hero Darth Vadar. He told us that sometimes Darth Vadar has to take his mask off to eat tacos and stuff like that.

James is enjoying his job and new position better than the last one. He is involved in more army activities now that he's attached to a brigade although lucky for him he and his assistant did get to avoid going through the gas chamber the other day. He gets to put that off until later, lucky guy.

Friday, September 12, 2008

Utah pics and labor day














We are starting to get used to our new home. We had a good vacation and loved spending time with family in Utah. Some of our favorite activities included going to a ball game, and Thanksgiving point with the Atkinsons, canoeing with the Powells, watching Jonas enjoy motor scooter rides with his Grandpa and Papa, hanging out with cousins, and enjoying time with Grandparents, we also had lots of fun watching Jonas play with his Aunt Mo and her puppy Milo and going to some outdoor concerts in Salt Lake. It went by very quickly and it was so nice to have some babysitters and go on dates again.
For Labor day here we headed to the beach. Hilton Head Island was great and we quickly realized how much we are going to love being able to hang out on the coast. We have yet to explore the city of Savannah very much but we are going to be doing that very soon. We really like our new house and we'll get some pictures up as soon as it looks decent. I will just post one picture of the back yard. We had a sad day when just a week after we were here we saw a bulldozer coming into the area behind our house and start cutting trees down. The picture shows how it used to look. Now we find out that there is some land that is zoned for commercial use behind us. Jonas of course loved seeing a huge bulldozer working up so close but James and I were very very disappointed. OH well that's life I guess. Other than that we are enjoying our new place. I know I posted way too many pictures.

Sunday, August 31, 2008

Tagged Again

Here goes:
Four movies I'd watch more than once:
1. Pride and Prejudice
2. Anne of Green Gables
3. Karate Kid
4. What about Bob


Jobs I've had:

1. My first job was at Home Town Buffet, I worked in the back making the salads n stuff
2. I worked in the playroom of Brunswick Bowling Lanes
3. temp at Bear River Mutual Insurance Company
4. Cashier at Lee's Marketplace in Logan
5. Reading Tutor at an Elementary School near Logan Ut
6. SLP at Odd Fellows and Rebecca Nursing home in Jackson MI
7. SLP in Advanced Therapy Solutions in Clarksville TN



Places I've Lived:
Kearns Utah
Sandy Utah
Ephraim Utah
Cedar City Utah
Hungary
Logan, Utah
Ann Arbor Michigan
Clarksville TN
GA

Places I've been to/ visited:

Goblin Valley Utah
Las Vegas
Mesa Arizona
St George Utah
Puerto Penasco Mexico
California Sacramento area
New York City
Niagara Falls Cananda
Holland Michigan for the Tulip Festival
Nauvoo and Carthage, Illinois
Atlanta, Georgia


Favorite Foods
1. Fondue- both the cheese and chocolate versions
2. pot stickers
3. tacos

Places I'd like to visit:
1. Tokyo
2. Prince Edward Island, Canada
3. a Carribean Cruise
4. The Philippines
5. London
6. Budapest Hungary
7. Paris France
8. Jerusalem
9. Hawaii

Things I'm looking forward to: this list is not really in order of importance

Going to the beach tomorrow

Seeing my baby

Getting my replacement Drivers License

Getting curtains for my house

Having my not pregnant or just recovering from pregnancy body back

Sunday, August 17, 2008

kids tag









I loved getting the comments on my last post. We would really love to see anyone who could come visit us.
This is a tag from Jessica that I wanted to do a looong time ago but because we've been on vacation in Utah, I haven't been doing any posts.

The tag is to try and write 10 things about Jonas that most people don't know.

1- For a toddler, Jonas is a very good eater. He doesn't always eat a full meal, but he will try new things at least one small bite, and he knows most of the time we won't make him a different meal so he will eat at least a few bites of whatever we're eating.

2-Most people know that Jonas is quite the mommas boy but he also loves to imitate his Dad. He loves everything that James loves for example: salsa and chips, helicopters, pickup trucks, guitars, red hot chilli peppers and wheezer, dogs, and of course he's obsessed with star wars. I tried to get him into Pride and Prejudice thinking that he would at least enjoy the horseback riding, but he told me "I don't like this movie".

3-Jonas is becoming more and more social all the time. Sometimes he has started saying hi to random strangers, (not a good thing) but he also loooves being around other kids especially older kids. He plays with other kids pretty well, most of the time, but is also not shy about defending himself or his space.

4-Jonas loves music (when it's not too loud) and loves to dance. We took him to a free concert in the park in SLC and he had soo much fun dancing around and was so into it that he was running into people.

5- Jonas has developed quite the affinity for the garbage man. A highlight of the week for Jonas has been watching the garbage man from the front window dump our garbage and then saying "thank-you garbage man". His cousin had a toy garbage can that Jonas was quite entertained with. He also thinks that talking about stinky garbage is extremely funny.

6- Like Isaac, the first things out of Jonas' mouth in the morning are about food, usually, "I want milk" or "Can I have some raisin nutbrown?" This is usually at between 5:30 and 6:00 am

7-Jonas is good at speaking and can pretty much put his point accross without too much difficulty. He is always surprising us with the things that he repeats such as the sacrament prayer, or lines from movies and songs or our own words for example :"look at me!!" or "shut the door" or he is now starting some of his sentences with the word "actually" yes it's great to get corrected by a 2 yr old. Today, he sang the new wheezer song "Pork and Beans" during sacrament.

8-Jonas has some sensory issues, for example he doesn't like the feel of finger paint on his hands, he used to get upset at the wind because he thought he was going to blow away, he doesn't like anything to be too loud, and this summer we had to listen to him say this a lot: "there's something in my shoe" he doesn't like the feel of sand on his feet and he also doesn't really like the feel of grass on his bare feet. On the other hand he will eat things like lemons. Weird.

9- Jonas loooves books and I love that about him. He is starting to get into longer story books now, which is great. I just love the fact that he has the attention span to sit and listen to a few stories and usually a lot more than a few.

10-Jonas has always been extremely stubborn and strong willed which leads to some very hard to deal with behavior, but he can also be very sweet and I love the fact that he still wants to cuddle or curl up in my arms and let me rock him, of course that's only at certain times of the day in between running around and playing.



I tag: Caleb, Tyler, Leki or Enos or both, Abby H., and Abby C.

Friday, July 25, 2008

baby news and house news

So we are in the middle of moving right now. Which has been a lot less stressful this time around because the army is moving us. We basically just had to sit there on our bums and watch them while they boxed up all our stuff. Then Jonas came back from the baby sitters and we then we had to chase after him and make sure he didn't get in the way. The next day they came to move everything into a truck. Very entertaining for Jonas. So I don't have a lot of pics right now becuase half the time I don't know which pile of what's it contains my camera.
Anyways, the exciting news is that we had our ultrasound and it looks like we are most likely having a girl! We need more girls in the Atkinson family so we're very excited.
Also we did find a house in GA. We really like it and I'm very excited about having a fenced in backyard complete with deck, patio, some grass and also very important, some shade. I realized since having kids that having an outdoor place to play is very valuable. Especially where we are moving cause there are very few playgrounds in fact, besides post we didn't see a single one and they don't believe in sidewalks there soooo yes backyard is very important. We'll be there for 3 yrs and very far from home so if anyone wants to visit please come.

Thursday, July 10, 2008

Graduation







James had another graduation. This time from his military dental residency program. During the ceremony, they talked a lot about how strenuous the program is etc. They even gave all of the spouses of the residents some flowers, a plaque and a pin that says professional pride to say thank you for supporting our spouses through this challenging year. Although it did have it's challenges, coming straight from dental school made it seem quite relaxed. But I appreciated the flowers and other stuff anyways. This graduation picture is us standing with the general dentist of the army. I don't know his official title, but he was very nice. Also, miraculously enough, although I had come prepared to have a major battle with Jonas during the ceremony, he decided to be good for the whole thing. As soon as it ended he ran around like a crazy person but that was okay. The other pictures are of us in GA. We went to Tybee Island beach and spent just a little time in downtown Savannah.We also were lucky enough to go to a boys to men and montgomery gentry concert on the Fourth of July. Jonas loves these sunglasses that we gave him. He also loves the candy machines. He thinks that the machines actually make the candy and every time he passes one, he stops and checks it for change. I don't know how he learned that. Other than those fun things we're just lookin for houses and trying to stay cool.

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Fun times n stuff




Our little fix it man





Jonas watched a Handy Manny dvd and turned into quite the fix it man. He was saying things like "come on papa, we got a job to do". Jonas has also loved going swimming. He was cautious at first but is warming up to it a lot faster than he used to. The thing that helped the most was bringing some of his water toys to the pool. We started out at the baby pool. One of the toys was a bucket. James and I were getting repeatedly doused over the head and Jonas was having the time of his life. We tried to have fun but it got old quickly so we took him into the big pool without toys and from then on Jonas was loving it. We also took him for a pony ride at the on post riding stables. He was of course very unsure about doing this. We had to keep one hand on him for a while but by the end he was okay to ride by himself for a little while. The last pic is of James and his military pilot friend from the ward who gave him a helicopter ride. James has also had the chance to go to the range on post and shoot an M16 this week. That's my army guy.