one more thing...

Jonah has been coloring up a storm lately, which makes me SO happy. It was always a question with the therapists - Is he holding crayons yet?? Is he coloring at all? Is he showing any interest in coloring....???

And I continually worried because the answer to those questions was always, hmmm, um, sorta... not really.

But, praise to the Lord, Jonah's hit a coloring stride that I am over-joyful about. He loves coloring books or just plain old paper. His main heartthrob, however, is the wooden easel and chalk board. The dude just adores chalk. You can always tell he's been hard at work when there are rings of dusty blue, red, or green around his cheeks and his hands.

This morning, he was coloring with pencils. With each stroke, he paused and wanted me to praise him. If I didn't recognize his artistic genius immediately, he would scream. That was kinda ridiculous... but wonderful at the same time. I'm glad he's becoming that passionate about something (other than breastfeeding, of course :)

Getting pumped up! He looooves his easel!

Big, swoopy lines.

Time to start afresh....

My favorite part is when he erases it all and begins again. What determination!