Nick and Jen Lloyd

Jonah is VERY proud of his new trick and does it every opportunity he gets. Of course, with this new found freedom come a few risks…hence the scratches and bruises on his poor little face. It seems like I’m always a few feet too far away to catch him, even though he always falls in what seems to be like slow motion. I’m starting to learn what it feels like to not be able to protect him from everything and I don’t like it! I suppose it’s a necessary evil.


In Nick news…he has been stranded in Spain the last few days due to something breaking on the C5 he was traveling on. They apparently had to order the part they needed so they have been waiting on the shipment. As far as I know he will be on his way soon. Technically he should have been there a week ago.

To Nick: LOVE YOU!!!

See my two teeth?

Right after I took this video Jonah crawled to me saying “mamama” the whole way. I had Nick on the phone and he was crying which made me cry…I knew this would be hard but I guess it’s hard to really understand how hard it is until you’re there. I wish so badly that Nick could be here to see Jonah grow and develop.

To Nick: I miss you SO much already. I love you more than I can tell you. I want you to know that I always kiss Jonah twice and tell him I love him twice, once for you and once for me. We can’t wait to see you again. You will be on our minds all the time. I promise you Jonah will know who you are. And I promise to take pictures and videos every step of the way so that you can be as much a part of it as possible.

I have been working at my parents’ antique store in Moscow and today while I was there Jonah waved at a customer, she waved back and then he proceeded to wave at her for several minutes. It was so cute!

And I’m pretty sure you could call what he is doing now “crawling”. Mostly.

Right after I took this video Jonah crawled to me saying “mamama” the whole way. I had Nick on the phone and he was crying which made me cry…I knew this would be hard but I guess it’s hard to really understand how hard it is until you’re there. I wish so badly that Nick could be here to see Jonah grow and develop.

To Nick: I miss you SO much already. I love you more than I can tell you. I want you to know that I always kiss Jonah twice and tell him I love him twice, once for you and once for me. We can’t wait to see you again. You will be on our minds all the time. I promise you Jonah will know who you are. And I promise to take pictures and videos every step of the way so that you can be as much a part of it as possible.

Look at our big boy getting up on everything!

Jonah had his first middle of the night rush to the hospital! Don’t get too worried, it turned out alright. I was awoken by a raspy gasp and then silence…he stopped breathing for 10 seconds but then started again with some difficulty. So after taking him in the bathroom with the hot water running for a little bit, we decided it was safest to take him to the hospital to be sure, since he doesn’t have much room for error in those little lungs. Turns out he’s just got some upper respiratory junk, they call it croup. He got a breathing treatment, xrays (to check for pneumonia) and a steroid shot. The doctor made it sound like it’s not too big of a deal but that a lot of parents bring their kids in at night because that’s when it gets worse and it just sounds scary. But it only lasts 2-7 days. So we’re ok! But we did enjoy our little adventure and all the ER staff were impressed with little Jonah who smiled even in the midst of all of it.