…since I posted anything about Jonalyn, and she’s done some cute things in the past twenty-four hours I just had to share.

Last night, we had Springfest at the older kids’ school – games, prizes, the whole nine yards. My parents watched Jonalyn while Doug & I worked and along the way, she collected some candy. My mom put it in a baggie for her to take home. During the entire way, she grasped that bag for all she was worth. As I got her out of the van, she handed the bag to me and said, as clearly as she has said anything in her life, “Here mom. This is MINE. To eat.” Not was her speech great, but she was showing ownership of something. Hooray!

This morning, we went to get some flip flops that were on a great sale. At first, I could only find my & Alyssa’s size (yes, we wear the same size). She kept asking about the flip flops and was very disappointed that she didn’t have any. Then I found some her size. She is so tickled by her pink flip flops. And she knows fun is associated with them. It’s all she can talk about. I almost hate to break it to her that it’s snowing now.

Oh, and she is learning to spell her name!!!! She’s made a huge breakthrough on letters. Huge! She can recognize several of them now. And if you ask her and she’s up to performing, she’ll proudly tell you her name is spelled J-O-N. Oh, she just did it for me. Gotta love that girl 🙂