Just Because...

...I adore it! :)

Picture of the Day

SPRING is SPRINGING!

On the hunt!

An orange one!

What do I do with it??

You people tucker me out!

Aunt Sue had Easter dinner at her house, and they had a nice little Easter Egg Hunt, just for Nathan. I think it is an understatement to say that he LOVED IT! He got so excited at finding the eggs, and then seeing what was inside of them (candy and money!). It tuckered him right out on the way home!

Hoppy Easter!

Ready for church!

Mom cleans up well!

Happy St. Patty's Day!

Picture Of The Day

Grand-Mom and Grand-Dad,
Hope this puts a smile on your face today. :)
Love, Nathan

Half Naked

It has been brought to my attention that the majority of photos posted on this blog are of Nathan, with either only pants on, or only a shirt on. I kind of started to realize that a few weeks ago...and wondered why most of our photos of him are of him half clothed (or half naked, however you choose to look at it).

Basically, the child enjoys being naked. He has yet to learn how to take off his clothes (he knows the process, just doesn't quite realize that he can do it himself if he really tried). I am sure that once he does learn that "skill", there will be many more photos of him half naked.

So...I guess just get used to it. :)

Reflections

This photo really pulls at my heart strings. I LOVE that you can see Jonathon in the reflection in the door, as Nathan is looking in. It kind of speaks of generations or of what Nathan might become...maybe even what Jonathon once was.

Is it time to go inside yet?

This was just a cute picture. Taken after he made the snow angel. I think the experience of having to lie down in the snow scarred him for life. He was ready to go in after that.

Ugh Snow!

Checking out the snow.


Dad dumping the snow on top of Nathan (what a nice guy he is!). Nathan loved it!


Making his first snow angel.


So, it snowed buckets last weekend here in Louisville. Yes, SNOWED! In March!!! The weekend before, everyone had started thinking of where they were going to put all the snow boots, coats, sweaters, socks, thermal underwear, gloves, hats, and heaters...in lieu of the shorts, tank tops, swim shoes, trunks, suits, flip flops and froo froo dinks with umbrellas in them.. It was beginning to look a lot like Spring time. Alas, Mother Nature and Father Time had other plans (I HATE it when they go against MY plan, by the way!!)...and decided to give the city of Louisville a nice little wake-up call...AND all those school age kids one more day off. It dumped buckets...for Louisville that is (family out in the Prairies of Wyoming and the Mountains of Utah, you would have laughed at the "dusting" we got!). Regardless...it did give us a chance to take Nathan outside to play in the snow. We did realize that we are soooo unprepared for snow. Meaning, none of us have boots or matching gloves and hats and coats (because matching is SOOO important). Jonathon and I aren't that big of a deal, but poor Nathan had like two outfits on, just to stay warm. He DID have a nice warm coat and hat and gloves. Next year though, we will need to make sure we get some boots. Oh and snow paraphernalia...such as...a sled...?!



Oh yes, and one more thing....Nathan LOVED the snow...except when he had to touch it. ;)



Oh and another thing...it totally makes me want to live in Utah so that we can go sledding with The Frentheway Crew, and so Nathan can learn to ski (of course, that desire to live in Utah, in the cold, lasted about long enough to have the thought and then the desire turned to wanting to live in Arizona where we didn't ever have to deal with the cold took over.).

Meet Liam!

Hey Everyone! Jen has posted some very very cute photos of Nathan and Liam, from their visit here a couple of weekends ago. Go check them out! You won't be sorry! :)

Thanks Jen!

Company from the East

It has been busy around here at the ICE house. Hence the lack of posts...but hopefully, things have calmed down, some, and we can get back to our regularly scheduled programming.

Aside from watching Clara (read below) for a few days, we also had our friends, the Ninos come in for a couple of days. For those of you keeping track...this would be Liam Nino, who is about a month older than Nathan. Boy, did they have a grand time! Two boys...with LOTS of energy...running around!!! :) It was so fun to see them interact and play off of each other. Unfortunately, I am not very good at the action shots...and thus failed to get a good (read: non-blurry) photo of them...well, in action. SO, Jen (or Matias), if you happened to get one, either send it on over, or post it for all to see :).

We also started swimming lessons today. I took Nathan swimming a couple of months ago, and it about scared the crap out of me. I think I did write about it. But to recap...the child does not understand that he cannot swim. I don't quite think he grasps what exactly swimming is, and what it is used for (umm, to keep you alive in the water!). The entire time he pushes me away, not wanting to be in my arms...but we all know that if I let him go, he will sink, and well...that wouldn't be ideal at all. So, swimming lessons started today. I am SO glad that they are only 30 minutes!!! He was good...for the most part, but man is he strong, and he is getting big...and I am not growing anymore (well, except if I keep eating the chocolate ice cream...then I might continue to grow in lbs), and so, he is catching up to me. Anyways, what I am trying to say is that it is a work out! However, today, Nathan was dunked three times (I know...EVIL!). He didn't mind it too much. I think he was more annoyed that I wasn't letting him play on his own (i.e. SINK), than being dunked under water.

HE did have his 18 month well-check. He checked out great. I need to update the stats on the right, but basically he is:

weight: 29.08 lbs
height: 33 1/4 inches

that is 75%-90% range. The Doc was super impressed with his speech, and was SUPER SUPER impressed that he said "the other door", which is considered to be a three word sentence, which apparently they shouldn't start doing until well after 2. We have a chatterbox (and boy do we!!!). :) He didn't get any shots, so it was basically strip down, weigh, measure height, listen to heart, check ears...and you are on your way! We didnt have to go back until he is two, which sadly enough seems so very close already!

On the funny side...we were riding in the car last Monday, and I looked back at Nathan (through the mirror...i did NOT take my eyes off the road! ;)), and asked him how he was doing. His reply "headache" and he touched his head. Umm, yeah, not sure where he learned that one, but it was quite cute (and I don't think he REALLY had a headache). Anyways, it is amazing what he picks up. I heard someone once say "It is amazing how your kids show you how you really are". That is SOO true...and scary...and it definitely keeps me in line and my emotions in check.

Itching for Summer

See, he broke out the sunglasses!

SO Much Fun!

Twice the Fun

So, last week, I was asked to watch our friends (the Crawford's) little girl, Clara. Clara is about 2 1/2 months younger than Nathan. So, basically, the same age. I was excited to do it...a. to help Stacey out (anytime!), and b. to see how Nathan (and me, of course) would deal with another child running around (no, I do NOT have any news to tell you). Anyways, the three days went really well, and I was very surpised at how smoothly they went. Nathan was a teeny, tiny bit jealous at times, but he was a very good boy and didnt hit, push or bite Clara at all! Clara is SUCH an easy going little girl (very serious as well), and she only whined for her mom once or twice. :) The above pictures are just a little inkling of what the week was like :)

Is it Spring Yet?