As of yesterday, Ava knew 20 words (I counted).
Today, words #21 & 22:
"Juuuuuuuuuice" and "Orawee" (our friend Aurelie's name).
Very cute.

A few months ago, we realized that Jonah named his right hand.  Yes, you read that correctly, he named his right hand.  He was in the bathtub and had his hand in a small tupperware container that I use to rinse his hair. 
"This is Mm Mm's hot tub!"
"Who's?"  I asked.
"Mm Mm's."
"Who's Mm Mm?"
He waved his right hand around.
Then, yesterday, he was playing with his Chevron truck (Pete Pickup) and boat.  The fingers from his right hand were in the boat.   
"This is Mm Mm's boat."
Jon noticed his left hand was in the cab of the truck.
"Who's driving the truck?"  he asked.
"Mm Mm's brother!"
He should have named him "Uh huh."

Brawleyfam with Itziar this morning! 

Jonah building sandcastles with Jaden and Simon. 

Campin' out, eatin' s'mores! 

Our beach trip for the weekend. L-R:Jenni, Anna, Ava, Elisabeth, Mary, Tristen. 

Story-time with Nana and Great-Auntie Dawn: 7/22/04 

A multi-ethnic dinner! (1 Basque, 3 Canucks, 5 Yanks) 

Jonah at dinner:
"I'm firsty!
I'm firsty!
I'm FIRSTY!!!"
"How do you ask nicely?"  I asked.
"May I pweese be firsty?" he replied.

Time to wash your hair, Jonah! 

Ava and Jonah loved the water fountain! 

Jonah taking a break to cool down after a hot bike ride. Salmon Street Springs, downtown Portland.  

Itziar on a bike ride along the eastside Portland waterfront. 

Jonah is looking at pictures while I am working on the computer today. "Das you, Momma!"
I look over--it's a picture of my sister, April.
"No, that's Bepo!"
"Oh." then...
"I yike Bepo. She's a nice girl."

Jonah loves cars!  (I wonder who he inherited that from?)
At 3 1/2 he knows almost every make of car on the road.
We'll be driving along and all of a sudden :
"CHEVY TRUCK!!!!"
I almost have a heart-attack every time. 
Last week he says to us, "I think we need a BMW."
Jon replied, "In your dreams, kid."

This is called the "Momma--I gotta go now and i'm not gonna make it up 50 steep steps to the potty" picture. 

The quick get-a-way! 

Relaxing on the "air match" 

Learning to kayak (Jon). 

Ava relaxing at Blue Lake 7/12/04 

Jonah at a neighbor's house yesterday...
"You got a treat for a good boy?"

"hmmm...I wonder what will happen if I pull this..." 

More in the pool... 

Ava Louise--16 months old 

Jonah (isn't he getting skinny!) in our pool today 

Jonah and Ava's cousins in Canada! Jacob on the left and Simeon on the right.  

Mel (Papa) at age 3. Guess we know who Jonah resembles! 

Louise (Nana) with Ava on the 4th of July at Blue Lake 

Tonight I heard Jon drive up (his truck is loud), so I yelled for the kids: "Daddy's home!" and we ran to the front door to watch him walk up.
Jonah started yelling, "Hi Daddy!"
Ava's screamed "Dadadadadada!"
After Jon greeted them, he walked through the already-open garage to enter the house. Meanwhile, I heard Jonah mutter something to himself.
"What was that, Jo?"
"I yuv him. I yuv my daddy."

Theology from a three-year-old:
"God made the clouds, Mom."
"Yep, He sure did, Jonah."
"And He made the stars and the trees. And He made Simon for me to be my friend. And He made the GMCs, too."

Itziar (Our Basque exchange-student) with Jonah! 

Jonah likes to say he's going to "hang onto" his friends instead of "hang out with."
This is what he said on the way home from the library:
"I'm going to hang onto Timmy-guy, Simon, Marcus, Aidan, Kaena, Mrs. Heidi, Daddy, Gamma, Jillian, and Pop-Pop!"
I guess he has the right idea!

Throwing water balloons at PopPop and Nana's! 6.20.04 

Jonah singing "I'm in the Lord's Army!"