Nathan, you have grown up sooo much in the past few months! You are getting smarter and learning so many new things everyday! We are about to have our lives change in just a few short days when your baby brother Liam gets here. Your dad and I are anticipating with excitement your reaction to meeting him in the hospital. We know through watching you with other kids and your stuffed animals you are going to be such a loving big brother. You have a sweet nurturing side and its adorable to watch. You are also such a conscientious helper. I love that you help me around the house pick things up or dust or sweep. You run and retrieve things for me and know where most stuff goes. I can see you being a big helper with your little brother. Even though its been rough since I got bigger and had to be more careful not to lift or move things, you've shown a more understanding grown up side. It's been hard to stop myself from picking you up especially when you've been craving being held. We sit on the couch together and that's how we can snuggle or I can hold you. You are getting much more independent through this whole experience as well. You have learned to climb into your car seat, high hair and stand on a stool to wash your hands and face or brush your teeth. You also help me by climbing on the couch onto a changing mat for our diaper changes.
You are learning your abc's and can count mostly without help to 12. You love your alphabet blocks and astonish me and your dad by knowing the pictures on the blocks just by seeing the letter on the other side. Not even we have memorized that! You still love cars, helicopters, planes, construction trucks and play with them constantly. You either visit the places on your car mat (mmmm ice cream) or drive them over my legs or belly. We make vroom vroom noises and beeping and of course crash when they fall off.
Well a lot has been going on since we sat in the bluebonnets on the last post. Just a quick summary of all the events.
We got your big boy bed and room all fixed up. You are going to share a room with your brother and the theme is a combo of monkeys, cars and other transportation decor. We have moved you into the bigger guest bedroom and the office is now where your nursery was. It looks so great!
We acquired from some friends a new outdoor play structure with a big slide, small slide and a pipe to crawl through. We also have fun tools to dig in the sandy dirt by the patio and your water table. You love playing back there and get filthy dirty, just like little boys should!
Mother's Day was so much fun! You made me a beautiful bud vase with a single pink rose inside. We also made your Mimi and Gigi and Gigi Cates cards. We got to treat Mimi and Gigi to a yummy dinner at cotton patch. You loved having all your family at the table and everyone knew our names throughout the restaurant by the time we left.
We celebrated a fun day with Uncle Scott and Aunt Erin swimming and eating by the pool for Father's Day. You still talk about Grandpa splashing in the blue water! You made a wonderful gift for your dada at church.
We went to your Uncle Mark and aunt Shannon's house to welcome home your cousin Courtney from her year abroad in Russia. There was lots of family, kite flying, s'mores and fireworks!
Fourth of July you had a ball playing in the garage and helping Dada wash and vacuum out the cars. We went to a party later that day where you got to play with your friends Annalise and Kepler and see your first Independence Day firework show! You were a little unsure at first but then you enjoyed the bright colors and loud booms the fireworks made.
We got your big boy bed and room all fixed up. You are going to share a room with your brother and the theme is a combo of monkeys, cars and other transportation decor. We have moved you into the bigger guest bedroom and the office is now where your nursery was. It looks so great!
We acquired from some friends a new outdoor play structure with a big slide, small slide and a pipe to crawl through. We also have fun tools to dig in the sandy dirt by the patio and your water table. You love playing back there and get filthy dirty, just like little boys should!
Mother's Day was so much fun! You made me a beautiful bud vase with a single pink rose inside. We also made your Mimi and Gigi and Gigi Cates cards. We got to treat Mimi and Gigi to a yummy dinner at cotton patch. You loved having all your family at the table and everyone knew our names throughout the restaurant by the time we left.
We celebrated a fun day with Uncle Scott and Aunt Erin swimming and eating by the pool for Father's Day. You still talk about Grandpa splashing in the blue water! You made a wonderful gift for your dada at church.
We went to your Uncle Mark and aunt Shannon's house to welcome home your cousin Courtney from her year abroad in Russia. There was lots of family, kite flying, s'mores and fireworks!
Fourth of July you had a ball playing in the garage and helping Dada wash and vacuum out the cars. We went to a party later that day where you got to play with your friends Annalise and Kepler and see your first Independence Day firework show! You were a little unsure at first but then you enjoyed the bright colors and loud booms the fireworks made.
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