Busy Boy

Nathan has become a very busy boy lately. He plays hard and crashes hard. He is definitely mobile now even though he is not crawling yet. He rolls everywhere and pivots in a circle using his legs. Occasionally he gets up on his hands and knees, but winds up going backwards and gets frustrated.

We see glimpses of his emerging independence every day. Today he was going after a lamp cord when I told him "No, No Nathan" You could practically see the wheels turning as he looked at me and then back at the cord in his hand. He turned, looked at me with a sweet smile as if to say...."you don't mean that...I'm too cute to say no to!" I repeated myself and said " No, No Nathan" with a stern look. On this particular occasion he decided to obey and went rolling off to play with the vertical blinds on the sliding glass door.

Nathan is also the proud owner of 4 teeth now, but apparently that was not enough for him, and he is already working on some more. He went from fevers with the teething to a stuffy nose and cough from allergies a couple of days later.

Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day! We made a weekend of it... Saturday with Abby, and Sunday with Mom. Nathan made me a Mother's Day card, and signed it himself (with a little help from Grandmom) He also decided to give me another gift today. He cut his first tooth! It is a little hard to see in the picture, but he wasn't exactly cooperating with the photo shoot. :) If you look extra close you might also be able to see where he is working on getting the tooth next to it too!

Kicking back

Nathan went swimming for the first time this week. The swim shirt was an adventure to put on. It took both Mom and I stretching it to get it over his head and his arms into it! Once it was on it fit, but DEFINITELY not baby friendly....maybe 3 sizes larger! LOL! After we finally got him dressed I think he was somewhat bewildered as to what was in store for him. But, the water was warm and he had a great time splashing and reclining in his float. I had to take him out of the float when he discovered that he could dip his head enough to drink the water!

County Fair

Yesterday we took Nathan out to the county fair. He rode in his stroller most of the time and stared with wide eyes at all the new sights. He was so enthralled that he struggled to say awake. By the end of the fair he was holding his eyes open as wide as saucers and flapping his arms and kicking his legs to keep himself awake! He immediately passed out when we got back to the car.

Bouncing Baby

Sorry about the sideways video everyone! I am just figuring all this out. I shot this short video with my new camcorder. It was a birthday/mother's day gift from my sweetie.

knees and toes

Nathan is now pushing up on his knees with this little bootie in the air. It is actually pretty comical! He can push is chest up off the ground with his arms or his bootie with his knees, but not at the same time...one end goes up, the other goes down like a teeter-totter with his stomach as the pivot point. The other problem is that no matter what he does his stomach remains firmly planted on the floor. We expect actual crawling to happen soon, but for now are content to be amused by his antics! Nathan has also become more interested in his feet. Who knew that feet could be such an interesting toy!

Cousins

Today Nathan met his cousin Aiden, who is about 2 months older. Aiden is my cousin Landra's son. We got together while she and Aiden are in town for a short visit from California. We also took advantage of the fact that Aiden's grandpa (my uncle Phil) was in town from Texas and got him in on the party! Nathan and Aiden had a great time playing on a blanket on the living room floor. Nathan was thrilled to see another baby and spent the whole morning talking and growling at Aiden! They posed for pictures (I will post one later), and shared toys. Nathan was so busy playing that he skipped his nap without even a hint of a melt down. He played so hard that he crashed and took a good nap within minutes of Landra and Aiden leaving.