Weekend with Mabecca and Pops

This past weekend I put on my brave mommy face and left Nathan for the weekend with my parents for the first time. Nathan did pretty well without me! Of course it helps that he was home with Mabecca and Pops, 2 of his most favorite people in the world. I went to Roanoke to spend Valentines day weekend with Mark. It had been 6 WEEKS since I had seen him last. Way to long! We had such wonderful time together. Friday night he had made reservations for a restaurant called Coach and Four. They were extremely busy and we ended up waiting about an hour past our reservation time to be seated. We were in no rush though, we just sat at the bar and talked. It is not that often that we get uninterrupted time together to just talk. Being so far away from either other has definitely made us appreciate the little things even more. The next night we went to a bar downtown and played shuffleboard. It was my first time playing and once I got the hang out it I was pretty good. Mark and I are both very competitive people so we ended up playing for a good 2 hours because I was determined to beat him. And yes I beat him once, and no it wasn't just because it was the last game and he was tired. Sunday we went to lunch and then it was already time for me to leave. Nathan was very excited to see me when I got home! And I like to believe it is because he missed me so much, and not because I walked in with my arms full of presents!

Silly Routines Video-Nathan and Pops-10 months old

Silly Routines

It's funny to me how babies always create these little routines for themselves. For example, Nathan always needs a sip of water from my big cup that I keep on my nightstand when he first sits on my bed. Or every time I brush his teeth he has to hold another tooth brush in his hands. I always sit him on the counter in the bathroom to brush his teeth for him and the minute his butt hits the counter he frantically reaches for his toothbrush to hold. It's as though his little toddler world will come crashing to an end if he doesn't get that darn toothbrush or sip of water.


One of my favorite routines he has is with Pops. We are big fans of eating food grilled on the BBQ in this house so at least once a week Pops is out on the back porch grilling some delicious food. Each and every time he goes outside to grill Nathan stops whatever he is doing and runs to the window in an uncontrolled manor. Pops always makes faces at him, and knocks on the window and Nathan cracks up. It's quite possibly one of the cutest things ever to watch. The other night Nathan was in his highchair eating his dinner when he saw Pops go outside to grill. He urgently yelled "all done" over and over cause he just had to go to the window to watch Pops. Luckily, he was satisfied with me pulling the highchair up to the window (My skinny boy can not be skipping meals!) and he let out a big sigh of relief. God forbid someone intervene with one of his routines!!

Video to come!

Chatterbox Update

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
Book
All done
bad boy (directed towards Riely, poor dog)
get down (again directed towards Riely)
up
again
baby
bubble
egg
bug
Ball

Stinky
Beans
Football

Touchdown (He even throws his arms in the air)
Base (When we are playing chase, he runs to the pillows on the fireplace and says "base") 

Dada
Blueberry
Belly Button
Eat
UH-OH