Let it Snow!

Woohoo we got 5-6 inches of snow last night! The last time Nathan saw snow it was over a year ago!!  Its hard to even remember him being that little!!!

   My little snow bunny at 3 months old!

I remember being so excited when he was so young to show him snow.  I was even more excited this time for him to actually PLAY in it!! So i bundled him up in a million layers, dug the sled out of the attic and out we went with mabecca and pops! Nathan didn't crack a smile once! He was too busy trying to figure this whole thing out.  But we still had fun and I bet the next time we go out he won't want to come back in!

Pictures from playing in the snow....round 1

 

Mommy and Nathan!

Mommy and Nathan sledding!

Nathan Sledding!

 Mabecca, Pops, and Nathan

Whats the word on the street? Bubble!!!

The weather in NC has been so nice the past couple days. 60 degrees and perfect! Which means Nathan and I spent as much time as possible with his Gazillion Bubble Machine. This thing is awesome!! I bought it for his birthday party last October and he is just now realizing how amazing it is. And since bubble is one of his newest words, he has been letting me know how often they are on his mind! And let me tell you, its pretty often!

The back porch is our bubble place of choice. His little treehouse is there too so we gate off the stairs, turn on the bubbles and play on the slide. It is pretty much like toddler heaven.

So happy!!

So proud that he can climb the stairs
to the treehouse all by himself!




Trying to catch the bubbles.

Note to self: Buy more bubbles!

What is this thing????

Chatterbox

I wanted to start making a list of the words that Nathan can say. He is really starting to copy lately. So I have a feeling this list will expand very fast and that also means we have to really start watching what we say around him!

Words/phrases that Nathan can say and in the order he started saying them:

milk
mom
bye-bye
hi
All done
bad boy (directed towards Riely, poor dog)
get down (again directed towards Riely)
up
again
baby
bubble
egg
bug
Ball

An apple a day keeps the dentist away...

....well not if you are Nathan who only eats applesauce and who GRINDS HIS TEETH!

yup, he has inherited one of my not so wonderful qualities (everything else he got from me is most definitely wonderful though I'm sure). We started noticing that he had a few chips in his top 4 teeth. I asked his pediatrician about them at his last well visit a couple weeks ago and he seemed to brush them off as no big deal. Well in the past 2 to 3 weeks they have most certainly been getting worse. So off to the pediatric dentist we went today. We saw Dr. Daniel Howell in Cary and they were excellent! Nathan and I both loved them! Well, Nathan probably liked the huge play area the best, and the stickers and prizes they gave him, but either way we were both very pleased with the visit. And I have to brag because Nathan was so cooperative with the dentist! He sat in the big chair with his head back and mouth open and just let the dentist poke and mess with his teeth. I was so proud and they were extremely impressed. Unfortuneatly, there isn't much they can really do for his teeth right now. The only helpful thing for teeth grinding is a mouth gurad, and obviously that isn't going to work very well. So he gave us some things to look out for and basically said see you when hes three for his first cleaning.

As a reward for being so good (and because it was 64 degrees out and not a single cloud in the sky), Nathan and I took a walk to the park this afternoon! We had so much fun swinging and climbing and playing on the slides.

Bubble!!

Wordless Wednesday

15 month check up

Nathan had his 15 month old check up recently. Everything was great and Nathan was really showing off his talking skills to the doctor and the nurses. He is still a peanut though! He weighs 20.5 lbs and is almost 30 inches long. Putting him in the 5th percentile for both.

Nathan has started to say "uh" which translates to up. When he wants someone to pick him up he reaches his arms up to them and stands on his tip toes and says "uh." He also has been trying to jump. He doesn't quite get off the floor but he sure tries hard and thinks its hilarious!

Mark is here again this weekend and we have had a really great visit. Last night the two of us went out and had drinks at a mexican restaurant. We sat and talked forever and it makes me realize all the reasons I love him all over again. We had a really great time. Sadly, he has to leave tonight:(

I also started school again a couple days ago. BLAH. I am taking 4 classes that seem incredibly boring but at least it is one step closer to graduating! If all goes well, I should be graduating in December! YAY!

Goodbye 2009!

I can't believe it is 2010! We had a great time at the 2nd annual new years eve celebration with Jason and Michele. We had them over at my parents house and enjoyed some great food and hung out in the hot tub. It was a very low key new years and exactly how I like it! They both live in Tennessee now and jt is always great to spend time with them!

Nathan and I also got to see Mark two weekends in a row. AND he will be back again this weekend. Definitely better than the once of month thing we were having to do the past couple months. Soon enough we will be seeing each other everyday!! can't wait!!!



A recent family picture during one of marks visits.




Father and son playing together