New words

Yesterday, after months of telling Jonathan "I love you", he finally said it back! After saying "I love you" to him, he hugged me, kissed my nose, and said "I love you" back. He also said "good night" tonight before going to bed - with no fuss this time when I put him in his bed! He's picking up both languages, using Norwegian mainly with his care giver and paternal grandparents, and English with me.

Jonathan's determined to learn and is growing more independent. He gets upset if mummy and daddy try to help him with eating or solving puzzles. But his favourite past-time activity is dancing to the Wiggles. And pressing the redial button to talk with his maternal grandma in Australia.

I'm so blessed with this boy. :-)

New video clip

Video clip of the little guy eating smeared chocolate from the floor after discovering Geir's hidden chocolate stash


And another one...

Growing up

Jonathan started walking all by himself (no help at all) at 13 months and he's been on the go since then. Non-stop. He's really active and outdoorsy. He loves to play hide and seek and likes to talk. He is learning both languages and that's been evident recently. He asked "er den god?" today ("is that good?"), pointing at the food I was eating. When I answered "ja, det er godt", he came over and tried to eat it. He can also say "car!" (points out to them when they drive by) and "good boy".

Here are some recent photos of him (including one of him throwing a tantrum while I was trying to feed him dinner):

Jonathan's new favourite toy: a shopping basket (mimicking mum and dad doing the shopping)

Jonathan on the go... (he managed to draw on the TV screen with crayons shortly after this photo was taken - thankfully we were able to get rid of the crayon marks)

Jonathan enjoying a sandwich on one day...

And refusing to eat his dinner the next day...

Here, he is enjoying papa's company and eating a bread ball as a snack.

Jonathan in Athens, Greece

Here are some photos of Jonathan in Athens, Greece, during the Easter holiday break.

Video of Jonathan

I hope this video clip works...

Update March 2007

Jonathan turns 1 year old on March 28 and he's looking forward to having his first birthday party! He's made some progress in the last few months - from getting his first teeth at around 7 months to crawling at 8 months. He hasn't quite gotten the grasp of walking by himself yet, but he's learning. He skirts around the table (aided walking) and likes to push chairs around the living room.

He's had one little haircut (sides and back) and likes to laugh and smile a lot. Jonathan likes to wave goodbye when people leave the house and he understands the word "NO" or "NEI" (although he likes to push his luck every now and then).



Here are some recent photos of Jonathan.

Jonny in Oslo

And nearly 5 months old. :-)

Where's my food, mum?

Jonathan on holidays

Jonathan really enjoyed being on holidays (and even let his parents sleep in towards the end)!

Here are some photos of him recently:

Cool boy!

At the beach

In the car


On the boat to the island cabin

In the car again

Well, he's a little over 4 months and close to 8kg (and getting bigger each day)!

Recent pics of Jonathan

Father and Son at the hardware store

Jonathan's christening 24 June 2007

Jonathan at play

The advantages of being bi-lingual

Lucky Jonathan gets the best of both worlds...

Have a look at these links:

http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/articles/20070530/Note3.asp

http://www.drspock.com/article/0,1510,4841,00.html (Mum speaks English and dad speaks norsk to the bub)

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribunereview/living/family/s_471078.html

There's a theory out there: One parent - one language

"This approach probably brings about the quickest results and increases the chances of your child being able to distinguish the two different languages. If each parent sticks to their 'allotted' language, your child has an immediate way of recognising who speaks which language."

cited: http://www.babyworld.co.uk/information/baby/bilingual_babies.asp

For bi-lingual couples, there's definitely hope that our bubs have the advantage of being bi-lingually fluent (and very smart)!

And another pic (can't help myself)

He's growing so fast!

He's growing so quickly...and here's the evidence! He's already wearing clothes for 3-month old babies and he's still only 2 months old. Jonathan is keeping me very busy and requires a lot of attention - very interactive and "hands on".

8 weeks old

Jonathan's getting over his colic and growing so fast. He's just 8 weeks old and already 6kg, nearly twice the size he was when he was born! Here are some recent photos of our little cherub.

And more recent pics!

More pics of Jonathan - the early days