Who Knew...IQ

A company I've been interviewing with uses both an IQ and Personality test to size up applicants. Of the two tests, I've been most interested to know how I fared on the IQ test as I don't recall having taken one previously. The test was timed at 12 minutes long and there were a total of 50 questions. If I recall correctly I think I finished answering question #41 as my time expired but the questions seemed to be getting progressively harder which led me to believe I was doing well. A few days after the first interview I asked the interview coordinator if they'd release my scores to me regardless of the outcome of the interview. She responded that she could not so I've been left wondering. Well, this afternoon I had interview #2 and the Vice President of the Department that's hiring told me that I scored very high on the IQ test; in fact, higher than his score! "Well above average" or something along those lines. Even if I tanked today's interview - which I don't think I did - that bit of news made my day. When I got home I shared with Oriah how it's funny that I sometimes get down on myself regarding the career slump I perceive I'm in but in all reality I've got plenty of talent and smarts to do anything. Anyway, I couldn't resist: I looked up an IQ scale to see what it looked like.

Over 140 - Genius or almost genius
120 - 140 - Very superior intelligence
110 - 119 - Superior intelligence
90 - 109 - Average or normal intelligence
80 - 89 - Dullness
70 - 79 - Borderline deficiency in intelligence
Under 70 - Feeble-mindedness

I wonder if I should include this on my resume now? Just kidding. But it was nice feedback, even a compliment, to receive indeed.

New Tooth and a New Trick

On July 24th Jonathan finally got his right top middle tooth! 

He also found the drawers in the kitchen. 

It started off that he used them to stand

Then one opened

And then this

And this

I guess it is time to open these!

Peas and Carrots

Here is Jonathan in the process of venting about how I made him eat his peas and carrots for lunch. He yelled at me like this as I was wiping his face then after I got him down he started venting to the TV. So glad I caught it on video! 

Apparently he feels the same way about them as I do. :)

His Many Faces

Jonathan has many fun faces. Recently he learned how to do a surprised face. :) 

And this is Jonathan making sure that Alex's metal is real. Alex recently got 2nd place in my parents' city 5K. Way to go Alex! 

Lately

Jonathan can eat yogurt now. He seemed to really like it... not sure if he preferred it in his mouth or on his tray better. :) 

Michael got a couple of boxes of chips from work. I decided Jonathan may like playing in one of them. He kept throwing out the chips then he finally had enough and tried to climb out. :)

Jonathan loves to stand up. He climbs all over everything just trying to get up on his two feet. He gets into everything... keeping me on my toes. Here he is finding a newspaper.

He has so much energy and loves getting around on his own. He is always getting into cords and anything that he shouldn't. Sadly he has taken many tumbles. Just today, within five minutes, he fell face first on the tile, hit his head on the wall corner, and face planted it on the carpet. Poor guy. My dad says we need to get him a helmet. :) He's just learning to be tough!

Sleepover and Pool Party at Al's

A couple weeks ago Michael, Jonathan, and I went to my aunt Alyson's house for a sleepover and pool party. Alyson was so great and offered to watch Jonathan while Michael and I went to dinner. 

On the way to her house Jonathan fell asleep. He was not about to let anyone take his jumper:

And here are swimming pictures:

Niki doing a "Free Willy" dive over Jonathan

Jonathan's first time down the slide

He could be in the pool all day

Girls Trip

Last week my mom, sisters and I (and of course Jonathan) went down to St. George and Cedar City for a few days. On the way down we stopped in Cedar and saw Les Miserables. It was my first time seeing the play... pretty good. Then we headed to St. George and that evening we went and saw Aladdin at Tuacahn. I loved it! The next day we went to a couple of movies. It was Jonathan's first time in a movie theater. He did great! His first movie was Ice Age Continental Drift. That evening we went swimming. The next day on the way home we stopped in Cedar City again and my mom and sisters went to The Merry Wives of Windsor. On they way out they stopped at the gift shop and my mom bought everyone a little something to remember our fun trip. Here are some pictures of our fun:

Jonathan holding the caramel popcorn

Check out his bed head

Playing the xylophone... with his feet on Celeste's iPad

The back of mom's hat/mask

This is how they all looked as they walked to find J and me

Sisters

Mom's other hat

And while we were taking pictures Jonathan was enjoying making a bit of a mess. He took the lid off and was taking handfuls out and dropping them in his car seat. Oops.

We had a lot of fun. Thank you mom for the great idea and the play tickets!

Here are a few videos I've taken of Jonathan lately. The first one is his fake cry he has perfected. The second is him conquoring the finger foods (listen for how he "chews"). The last is one of our favorite things he does... we call it the Scoob Shuffle. Enjoy! 

9 Months!

On the 3rd Jonathan turned 9 Months old. CRAZY! He is such a great baby.

Arizona: Drive down

Last Friday after work we headed down to Prescott, AZ to visit Michael's mom and step-dad. We were there three days and had so much fun. The following seven posts are all about our trip (make sure to see all seven). Enjoy! 

On the way down we passed the Clay Springs Fire. So far it has burned over 108 thousand acres! It was pretty crazy. I got the camera out and took a ton of pictures as we drove past.