Picture of the Day

Climbing the Haystack

A New Way to Use Mascara

Apparently he thinks mascara is for his lips. Hey, at least he didnt try to put it on his lashes...that could have required a trip to the E. R!

Look What I Found!

Look who has discovered my makeup bag? It is now his favorite thing to play with when we are getting ready in the morning. His favorite thing in my makeup bag? You guessed it...the lipstick...or anything that has to do with applying to the lips. I am really not sure where he learned that the lipstick goes on his lips because I RARELY even wear the stuff...but apparently he picked it up from somewhere.

Photo Fun

A Frentheway?

Yesterday, Nathan got his second haircut. He was a patient little boy for the most part. His favorite part of the haircut was near the end when he was getting restless and Charlie broke out the cookies! Not just ANY cookies...these were CHOCOLATE-melt-in-your-hand cookies. Nathan gobbled the melted treats up...while Charlie finished cutting his hair. At the end, we had a chocolate hairy mess!

The FIRST thing that Jonathon said when he walked in the door and saw Nathan with his new 'do was "He looks like a Frentheway!". By George...I think I see just a little bit of Kreed in Nathan ;)

(Notes: Frentheway - my maiden name...so my side of the family. Kreed is my brother's eldest son, Nathan's cousin.)

Post Thanksgiving Fun!

Definately His Mother's Son...

When I was a toddler...so I am told...I would do this thing where I would scrunch up my nose, show my teeth and breathe in and out real loud. My Mom always brings this up when she sees another child doing that: "Rach, you used to do that all the time." So it brings me GREAT pleasure that Nathan has started doing the same thing...I get the feeling that MOST kids do this at some point in their Toddlerhood, and that the trick is not special to me...however...it is still dang cute, and I like to think that Nathan got SOMETHING from me, even if it is a funny face. ;)

Creepin' and Crawlin'

It is official...the Nate Dawg is crawling!
Okay, he still rolls/creeps/skoots the majority of the time, but yesterday, he actually CRAWLED many times in the process! Of course, its still not fast enough for his liking so now he is also trying to get on his feet...but, doesnt quite understand that he can't use his hands, so he ends up on his hands and feet, and a bridge type position. Then frustration occurs because he cant move in that position (as seen above).

OH, and another update...he has another tooth! It is his upper left tooth, and it isnt quite in yet, but you can sure see it coming! No wonder he has been a drooling fool the last week or so! :)

Oh and while I am at it, I might as well just update a few other things that I hadnt gotten the chance to yet...let's see...

Books
Nathan LOVES books. Well, he no longer likes to just eat books (except the Baby Einstein book that Grand Mom Gerwing gave him. He LOVES to eat that book so we have banned it indefinately. Although, half of it is gone anyhow.), he now really enjoys being read a book. His favorite thing to do is sit in my lap while I read him a book. Its not just any old book either, he doesnt much like the books with actual stories, he prefers the simple books that just have pictures of animlas or other kids, or letters and colors. He is a simple kind of guy...;)

Cats
Nathan started noticing the cats a few months ago, but now he REALLY notices them and giggles when they come around. Lucky for us, and for the cats, they dont get too close...except Kitty. Kitty is so attention starved that she is brave enough to let Nathan "pet" her. She rubs up against him and WANTs attention from him, however Nathan normally grabs and yanks her, which isnt good. Kitty is a VERY good cat though, as she has never been agressive to him. She just sits there and takes it like a champ. This morning, he was testing out his new crawling skills and started crawling after her...she was a little uneasy about that, but I think she liked the attention.

YEAH!!!
Nathan has learned to clap his hands whenever we say "Yeah!". Or when he sees someone else clapping. The other morning, while getting ready for the gym, Regis and Kelly was on and Nathan was playing on the floor...when they introduced Regis and Kelly he saw everyone clapping, so he started clapping too! It was quite entertaining and one of those moments that the video camera should have been charged and ready to go!

Copy Cat
Nathan is such a copy cat. He will click his tongue if you do it first, or stick out is tongue after you do it. It is entertaining. He as started wrinkling his nose when he smiles or laughs, I think because I make that face to him a lot. Its fun to see what kinds of faces and noises he can make.

Thats all I can muster up right now...per normal I am sure I am forgetting something important...