Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween, a bit late. We had a fun time trick-or-treating this year. We had to wait for the rain to stop, but we were able to swing by a few houses. Nate really enjoyed the stroller ride. Mommy really enjoyed the candy. Nate looked super cute as the tin man, along with his girlfriend Natalie as the lion and Melanie as Dorothy. All we need was another kid and a yellow brick road to complete it. All in all it was a great night!

Nate's First Year

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Nate had his 1 year check up and remains super skinny. 18 pounds 14 ounces (4th percentile), 29 inches long (60th percentile). Although he is skinny, he is healthy. Now to fatten him up. We start cow's milk and all sorts of new food. NO more baby food.

1 Year

Nate's birthday was a huge success. I tried to keep it small, but was unsuccessful. It was so nice to have all of Nate's family and friends around to share his special day. Although it was rainy all the kids played together well and had a great time. With Nate's sweet tooth, I just knew that he would love his smash cake. Boy was I wrong. He played in it a little and with help from daddy, got some on his face. He enjoyed it, but stayed pretty clean. Thanks to everyone for helping spoil my sweet little bean!

Pumpkin patch

We visited the pumpkin patch a few weeks ago. Nate was dressed in Halloween attire and about sweat to death. It turned out to be 80 degrees. So much for fall fun. We made the best of it. We practically ran through the corn maze with Nate in the stroller. It was fun, but would have been better if it was cooler. Chris shot apples at a target, we picked out enormous pumpkins and shopped in the really cute country store. All in all it was a fun time. We were beat after it and Nate passed out in the car immediately.

Toilet: 1 Nate: 0

So Nate had his first real injury, blood and all. He was in the bathroom (his favorite place) with Chris, when he pulled up and stood holding on to the toilet. Not unusual. He tends to see if the lid is up and he can play in the water. GROSS! Well the lid was down and he played for a minute. While trying to sit down and move on...he slipped and smacked his tooth that has not come through on the toilet lid. This in turn caused a gush of blood and hysterical screaming. After a few minutes of bleeding and the screaming stopped, his gum was all swollen. All I have to say is GO Chris. He was the only one home and handled it great. He didn't call and tell me until all was over and I was on my way home from work. The only thing he forgot was a little Tylenol for the pain. I came up with that when I got home. Nate is great. Handled it like a boy: injury, cry, brush it off, move on!

Cape San Blas

We have finally slowed down for a couple weeks. All of our vacationing is over. We had a blast at the beach with all of Chris' family. Nate was the best while riding in the car. He only cried once on the way there and slept 6 out of the 7 hours it took to get home. The ride home seemed the longest...with all the rain. We are back and falling into a routine again. Nate is eating, sleeping and playing great. His newest trick is to say "UH" this is his version on uh-oh. Too cute. He also finally cut one of his front teeth. So yes right now he has three teeth. Very country. He is so busy and I am really looking forward to his first birthday party. I can't believe how fast he grows up. Talking, scooting along furniture, crawling, laughing. What a big boy he has become!

A busy August

We have been going and going. With Nate on the move as such a good crawler there is not stopping him...except if he gets himself stuck in a tight spot ans can't figure out how to get out. For instance between the couch and end table leg...hmmm. Well we have had a busy past few weeks and will continue for the next few weeks. Nate is an awesome car rider. We put his skills to the test with long 15 hour drive to New York. We had so much visiting my family and letting Nate and Gavin meet there Great Grandma. We had a blast! Thanks to my Aunt Phyllis for putting us up for a couple on nights. She would do great running that bed ans breakfast she is trying to talk my Uncle into. I was seriously wondering where the chocolate for my pillow was. We then drove across Pennsylvania to visit some family friends of Jason and Laura. Only a few wrong turns and driving through Manhattan was the worst part. It was nice to relax in a small town and visit Lake Erie, BRRRRR. The water was soooo cold, but we put our feet in anyway and Nate got to experience sand for the first time.