Special Times with Amelie

Amelie giving Nathan his bottle before bed. He couldn't stop giggling so it wasn't too soothing. But it sure was fun!

This was Amelie and Nathan's early morning tickle (and tackle) time with Briant.

Elmo

We took Nathan to see Elmo at a neighborhood toy store on Saturday morning. He was so exited, talking about it the whole way there. As you can tell by the picture, once we got there, it wasn't so fun. We couldn't get any closer than this. I guess a life-size Elmo is a little scary! Oh well, we had fun getting out and got some free stuff. :)

Big Belly

24 weeks

Halloween

Nathan was a Panda Bear. He did really good wearing his "hat" till the end! We had a blast trick-or-treating with Matthew, Amelie, and her school friends!


Amelie's friends from school (in back) and their siblings.

Arkansas

Ft. Myers, FL

At the Edison and Ford homes.

Lake Okeechobee, FL

We took an air boat tour looking for alligators!

Brookfield Zoo, Dolphin Show

Museum of Science and Industry

Funny Smiles

First update since being pregnant... whoohoo!

It looks like Nathan's making faces at the camera but he's trying to smile with ravioli in his mouth. This morning, after checking our bedroom to make sure that Daddy really wasn't home, he wanted to eat breakfast and lunch in his daddy's seat.

The Kids on my Windowsill

Baby Shower Cakes

I've had so much fun making these this last month. It's kind of like doing an art project again! Thank you Heather and Briant for watching Nathan!

Nathan Walking

Nathan just discovered he could walk tonight! He's been doing a squat and getting himself in the standing position for a couple weeks but he usually just throws the ball he's holding and squats back down. His "second" walk tonight was 18 steps! We didn't count the first one but I think it was about 10. Later, he walked up and down the hall, so excited to be walking. That's when I took this video. (I think it's funny that he already has a ball in his right hand but has to go get the other ball at the end of the hall as well.)

He really hadn't been doing much before this. Just a few steps between people and usually falling on the person he was walking toward.

Woods right by the house the Sanchez' are trying to buy

These are the woods practically across the street from where the Sanchez' are trying to buy, on the North side of Foster. We had a beautiful walk and saw a bunch of deer.

We timed the walk from our condo to what will hopefully be the Sanchez home and it was only 13 minutes!

This is officially my first post from our new laptop. Much faster! :)

Nathan's Favorite Game

This is Nathan's favorite thing to do: crawl on the windowsill behind the couch, throw the ball, and climb over the back of the couch.

Dog

Nathan's watching the dog out the window.

Laughing

I can't remember what Briant was doing but it must have been funny! This one is old but the rest of the videos are from tonight.

Where's The Ball?

Nathan, pointing to the different balls in his book.

Pat Your Head (or someone else's...)

Shrug Your Shoulders, Swing Your Arms

We're pretty sure Nathan understands these in French and in English. :)

Despite all of my efforts though, everything Nathan says is in English:
doh for dog
ba for bottle
bye-bye
muh for more...

Latest Pictures

I haven't been very good at taking pictures or updating my blog lately. I forgot our camera when we went to Seattle but thankfully, you can see what we did on Katie's blog!

Here what I do have..."Here Kyleigh, have a strawberry. Then I'll help myself to a few since my mom didn't give me any..."


Nathan is starting to look older... and tanner! I'm so happy that Winter is over! Nathan loves going down the slides head first and climbing back up them. We went to the free day at the Planetarium yesterday. I parked at a friend's house and walked 2 miles there and back. We had to make sure we got out in the 80 degree weather.

"My mom finally got something out that was low enough for me to climb into/unto."
Actually, Nathan climbed up onto a wooden chair a couple days ago. He hasn't done it since then so I think he forgot that he can do it.

"It tastes better when my cousin is eating the same thing."

Banana

This video is a little old but still cute! We gave Nathan a whole banana right before we took this video but he shoved about a 1/4 of it in his mouth. That's why Briant is holding it himself in this video. As you can see, he's still taking bites that are too big and chocking a little.

It took a few bananas but Nathan can now successfully feed himself a banana!

Nathan Eating Marshmallows

Nathan, eating the marshmallows off his cake while we were trying to take pictures!

Nathan's First Birthday

Nathan had a Barnyard Bash with a little lamb cake. He loved picking the marshmallows off the cake even before eating the actual cake! It was so much fun to celebrate with Nathan's cousins!

Family

Nathan climbs up in my chair and gives himself a massage. He thinks it's hilarious!

Nathan's baby dedication

Nathan didn't even cry :)

Uncle Moises praying for Nathan.

Surviving the Winter

Playing

This is why it's hard to video tape Nathan doing anything! As soon as he sees the camera, he stops what he's doing and goes for the camera.

Blizzard

Here's what our street looked like after the blizzard we had a few weeks ago.Do you see the cars parallel parked on the street??