Ava's Birthday Party at Little Gym

Nathan was very upset that Mommy put wings on him...it was a fairy princess party...at least the boys got yellow wings....okay, don't judge me for putting Nathan in wings.

Loves his photo book!

Fun at Cox Farms

We went to visit Cox Farms during the fall festival preview weekend with our good friends the Burritts.
Nathan quite enjoyed himself. He was such a big boy walking around and going after the goats. He does not have much fear when it comes to animals. For the first time, he ate an apple all by himself, granted I started it for him, and he thoroughly enjoyed it.

Nathan and His Photo Book

Nathan has a flip book of family members' pictures. He LOVES it. He carries it around the house and talks to it. He gives everyone kisses...it is so sweet. He discovered that he knows how to say, "Titi"...that is what we call my sister. He has associated her name with her picture. It is very cute to watch him just stare at her picture and say "Titi, Titi."

During the day when Daddy is at work, Nathan really likes to look at the picture of the both of them in his book. He gives Daddy kisses and laughs.

His two other favorite pictures are of his Grandma and Papa (my Mom and Dad) and of him and his Moo (Jeff's Mom).

Funny Little Man

Nathan and I had some fun in front of the camera today.

(I know his diaper looks huge on him. We had to move him to size 4 because he was too tall for size 3.)

11 Months Old

I know this is late, but I cannot believe my little bug is 11 months old...almost 1, my goodness time flies! He is a big walker now. He thinks he can run and starts to veer off to one side until he plops onto the ground. I think we have a future soccer player on our hands. He flicks balls, with his hands, around the room. He loves to talk, especially to his Daddy. He still gets so excited when Jeff comes home from work. Nathan shows off for about 10 minutes and then plays hide and seek with Jeff around the couch. It is very cute to watch.

My son has a love for dogs, already. If he hears one, he stops what he is doing, listens and then says, "oof". He gets very excited. When he sees one, he cannot take his eyes off of it. He loves getting kisses from them, and he is, so far, pretty gentle with them. I think he is still a little intimidated by them, and that is why he stays pretty controlled when around them.

He has been testing us a lot lately. It has been taking a lot of patience to get through some days. He has been hitting us a lot too. We have been consistent about reprimanding when the action happens, but there is only so much you can do at this age. We don't believe in spanking him at this age, he just does not understand and I am sure that he will hit more. I have started doing time out with him, and it seems to be getting his attention and deterring him from some actions...but not hitting.  He has started getting mad when you take something away from him, or stop him from touching things he shouldn't be touching. It seems like he went from a baby to a on the go toddler and he is not even 1 yet!

Finally a picture of Mommy and Nathan

Finally a picture of my son and I. I think I only have a handful of pictures of us together.

I really need to work on getting more pictures taken with him.