Jonas is nine months!

We have amazing hand-me-down clothes! We got this little white shirt and clip on tie from a friend in Washington and we put it on Jonas every Sunday! Its so fun! He looks like a little missionary! If I hadn't have gotten this as a hand-me-down, I think I would be putting him in khakis and a polo shirt, which is fine....but this is so much more fun! Its still a little big, so he'll be able to wear it for a while!

This picture is of a jumping spider that I found in our house. I took a picture of it because I am so sick of killing this type and I want to know what it is. So, I was hoping to use this picture to figure it out. We have been finding spiders everywhere! I think our Black Widow count is up to 1o at our house. We haven't found any inside, yet, thank goodness, but we've found these jumping spiders inside. Ew. I think we are getting so many because we are chopping (yes, I'm not exaggerating...chopping) down the weeds around our house and we are displacing them. I think I may have even found one of those Camel Spiders that have recently made thier way to Southern Utah. It looked like a scorpion it was so big, until we got a better look at it...of course, when we did have a chance to look at it, it was squished in a tissue, so I don't know how accurate we were! Jason talked to a friend of his that cleans the school jason works at and he said that in one day, he found 21 Black Widows around the school!

My sisters came over the other day and I got out my Halloween costumes so they could look through them and borrow some for their dress up days for their homecoming week. I had forgotten that I had SO many costumes for one-year-olds! I have this Chinaman costume, a baseball player, a firefighter, numerous pumpkins and assorted lion costumes. Wow! I think we may go with this Chinaman one for Halloween, so I put it on Jonas for a sneak-peek! Its really cute, this picture doesn't do it justice! Jonas is getting around pretty well these days! I was in the kitchen the other day while he was in the living room. He had been fussing a little and then all of a sudden it went quiet! Once I realized how quiet it had gotten, I went in to check on him and he was crawling down the hallway and into the bathroom! Yeah, so he's mobile for real, now. I don't know how I feel about that, but maybe he'll be able to keep himself entertained a little better! He can also wave, do the graspy hand thing when he wants "more", and he has started to say "mama" when he wants me! He reaches for jason and I and its nice to know when he wants one of us over the other!

The Usborne books thing has been super fun! I love getting out and doing the parties....I get treats at least a couple of times a week (that I don't have to make!) and I love to just get out and meet the friends of my friends that I've heard so much about! Then, once its all over, I love to tally everything and I love my numbers to match! I love to do our taxes for the same reason! I dunno, but its been nice to have something fun to be excited about and to put my energy into rather than just cleaning the house and the monotonous stuff! Plus, I'm getting such fun books! I also love it because I don't have a quota or minimums and I don't have to have my own inventory or anything. There's a bunch of different ways to sell the books and I have options! I love it!