Jeremiah's Journal

My first Christmas is approaching! I will be nine months old on Christmas Day! Woohoooooo! I have grown so big and can do so much. I'm still not quite walking but I'm driving Mommy nuts crawling all over the place, putting everything in my mouth and pulling myself up on furniture. I say dadadadedede a lot. Mommy thinks God made me look like Daddy but my personality is like her! I am squirmy and wiggly and can hardly sit still because I want to experience everything in life. I can't even sit still eating; I'm constantly looking up and down and around. One time I turned myself completely around in my high chair and got stuck. I also am learning how to manipulate Mommy and Daddy by whining and smiling mischeviously. My Godparents, Jon & Yvonne Meader gave me my first Christmas present: a Weeble Wobble Toy Farm! I love to eat those weebles! Tomorrow Grandma and Grandpa are coming from California. They haven't seen me for 3 months. Boy I sure have grown! I don't ...

No, I haven't been sick for the whole past month, but I have been sick for the past week. This one is really hard to shake, the runny nose and coughing are quite annoying. If any of you have some tips on getting rid of this, I'd appreciate your advice. I'm not able to take zinc tablets that I've heard Daddy talking about, but I am taking a dropper of PediaCare. Home is like Grand Central Station lately, as many people have stopped by to see me, and the 'rents. I love to have people visit me, and you're welcome to also. Just call ahead to make sure I'm home. My favorite thing to do is to climb all over someone, and to grab at their hair and work my way to the top. I want to explore everything I can see! There's so much to see and touch and to drool on...

Boo hoo! I came down with a 101.8 degree temperature last Friday. Mommy was sick with the flu earlier in the week and desperately tried not to give it to me. I am a tough boy so I've never gotten sick before. But I finally got my first real illness so Mommy prayed that the Lord would heal me. After going to a nice Kaiser pediatrics doctor and taking my medicine I am okay! I am my happy, energetic, curious self once again! In fact, I have several "firsts' to tell you about! I have grown out of my infant chair so Daddy bought me a beautiful car seat with Toys R' Us gift certificates from Rachelle's high school friends. Thanks Mack and Janet! This week I have had many first foods: mushy bananas, bread, a small lettuce leaf, part of an orange and even tofu! I have done okay on everything. In fact, Mommy and Daddy haven't found anything I don't like! I also started to lift myself up on furniture. I can hold myself up vertically on my knees by grabbing onto somet...

Today I had my first banana, not that puree'd processed stuff, the real thing... umm ummm ummmm.. it's nice and chewy, and gives my two teeth a good work out.. two days ago I had my first orange, a nice young lady fed me some juicy morsels.. umm ummm ummmm.. With all this rain and weather changing here, I've not felt too well these days.. I've had some symptoms like runny nose and nasal congestion.. I sure hope I don't come down with a fever or cold or something.... sneezing helps to clear things up, *ah-choo!*

I was watching this TV special about Michael Jordan tonight, and I'm learning to stick out my tongue too. (Don't you want to be like Mike too?) Don't get me wrong, I still like to grab and chew on things. Tonight Daddy stayed home with me, and I devoured my first Gerber stage 2 meal, Vegetable Chicken dinner... yumm ummmaaaaammmm mmmm. I had some barley cereal for appetizer, and topped it off with some town house crackers for dessert. Am I learning to dine or what? A nice warm bath rounded out my evening, after a hectic weekend of mingling with many new people at my new church, where I saw a young friend of mine get baby dedicated yesterday.

October 25 What a big yellow truck, and so much rain.. good thing I'm riding on Michelin *grin* Mommy and Daddy packed all of my stuff in the big truck, and we drove for a while and moved into a new apartment in Northern Virginia, so they tell me. I can't tell much difference, I just want to grab everything... I can even hold my baby bottle with one hand! also started sitting up in a high chair; I love to bang on the table too. (Oh yeah, I'm now 7 months old) October 23 I like putting things in my mouth, especially those round and square things Daddy calls crackers.. the Ritz ones are delicious! mmmmammmamuuuummm... I think I had half a dozen of them today. I chewed on a small piece of egg white, but with only two lower front teeth, I couldn't get it to melt, so I spit it out. October 13 I'm scootin' and tootin' now, I love to grab things and I'm learning to use my legs to move across the floor, to grab at anything that looks interesting. I like ...

September 26 I had my 6 month check up at the pediatrician’s. I am in excellent health! Mommy and Daddy take no credit but give all glory to God. I am 28 inches long, the 90th percentile! I am also 18 pounds, 3 ounces in the 75th percentile. I am a BIG boy and I wear 12 month old clothing now. I also am getting my first TEETH. Two of them are popping out on the bottom. I also got more shots today, but I hardly cried. The doctor also said I was very good. I am having a hard time falling asleep during my naps and at night. I guess my body is tired but my insides don’t want to go to bed….there is so much to look at and play with and observe. Mommy is letting me cry myself to sleep because teaching me lifelong sleep habits is more important than my 30-45 minute crying spells. One thing is for sure, I have powerful lungs, hee, hee!!!! September 25 I am 6 month old today, Praise the Lord! God is my Jehovah Jireh and provides for all my needs. Mommy was wondering how in the world she woul...