Unit 34

1 - Amanda took her first walking trip with Jonah to see me at work. The ladies all swooned over him.

2 - Free lunch at a meeting.

3 - Tacos for dinner.

4 - Installed a programmable thermostat without getting electrocuted, and it worked!

5 - Jonah FINALLY lost his umbilical cord stump. We had been waiting so patiently.

6 - My parents visited, and we took a driving tour past the house where my mom lived for the first two years of her life. Also, Jonah seems to be getting better at holding his neck up.

7 - Jonah went to church for the first time, and slept through the whole service like a good Baptist.
8 - It feels like spring, which is one of the best changes to experience after a bitter winter, and my lovely wife and son met me for the walk home from work - the scenic route.
9 - Although our official slate of dinners-from-choir-members ended Saturday, another free dinner was delivered. (We have eaten quite well since Jonah was born.)

10 - Worked on birth announcements.

11 - Jonah missed Amanda's eye when he tried to squirt poop at it.

12 - Watched a whole movie in one night. (This has become increasingly difficult.)

13 - We had visitors, both planned and less planned! We also spread some joy at a funeral visitation by bringing Jonah along.

14 - Slept in. Ate pie at the post-funeral dinner.

15 - Filled out our Census form! Civic duty!

16 - Jonah seemed to be cooing.

17 - Dinner on the porch!

18 - Site plan review: Planner fun.

19 - Drove a bus for five hours in perfect weather.

20 - Went for a walk at UVA, saw Matthew, saw the revitalized BSU building, saw Libeau boys, ate BBQ.
21 - Jonah made it halfway through his first Jubilate concert without screaming.

22 - I didn't drown him in the bath (I had let Amanda bathe him until today), and he didn't scream.

23 - Finally used my coupon for a free jalapeno thickburger at Hardees, and it was pretty good.

24 - We started working on our taxes. Civic duty again!

25 - Took the afternoon off upon completion of a big presentation in the morning. Drove a charter to Monticello and convinced Amanda to bring Jonah up there to walk around for a while. It was very family-oriented.

26 - Movie at home. Almost finished the whole thing.

27 - Jonah's first Pizza Night in Earlysville. Although he had to sit in a large teacup and be photographed, I think he enjoyed the evening. I played a lot of Wii Zelda.

28 - Jonah made it almost all the way through church without waking up, until he screamed at the end. (John Grisham noticed the scream, because he made a comment to Amanda on his way out.)

29 - He slept for 6 hours at night, making it 7 hours between feedings. Praying it continues.

30 - Cooing up a storm is better than pooing up a storm.