Pool Party!

Gianna the Diva. :)

Gianna

Ahh Gianna. Quite the diva already, but oh so adorable! Gianna is the granddaughter of one of Beth/Grand-Mom's friends. Gianna and Nathan are 9 months apart (Gianna, being older). While in Arizona, we got the kids together and let them play in the park and then go swimming...I have to say, 9 months doesn't seem like much, but Gianna is a true little girl. She doesn't have any "toddler" in her at all. It was fun to see what Nathan will be doing when he is 9 months older. I didn't even think that at some point even the word "toddler" would no longer describe my little baby boy. I guess pretty soon he will just...be...a boy.

What a sweet, sweet boy.

O-R-E-O

So while we were in Arizona visiting my Mom (more photos to come of our trip, I promise!), Nathan discovered the glorious goodness of the OREO. She had the little individual size packages of the mini-Oreos...perfect for little toddler hands. Anyways, as you can see, Nathan enjoyed them, immensely. He ate them as if they were a delicacy. It was quite entertaining.

Garage Door...Open?

Nathan's new name is "Rainman". For those of you that have been around him in the last two weeks, you know exactly what I am talking about. He is obsessed with the garage door. Slightly scared of it, but completely, 100% OBSESSED with it. It is all he talks about. All he dreams about. All he wants to do. The following is what I hear a minimum of 1,000 times on any given day:

Me: Hiii, Nathan....

Nathan: Garage door? Open garage door? Close garage door? Open it? Close it? Garage door...?

It is garage door, all the time around here. Once it is opened, he wants to close it. Today, I just gave him the garage door opener and let him go to town....he stood at the door, looked out the window and opened it, then closed it. Opened it, then closed it. Then he would run to me and tell me about it. Then he wanted me to watch him do it. Then he would open it and close it. Open. Close. Open. Close. Open. Close. (I know, I know. It isn't good for the garage door. I know. But after the 2nd week of hearing "Open garage door" every 30 seconds, all day long, my ears are about ready to fall off and I have run out of excuses and energy to explain to him why we cannot open the garage door.)

And it isn't just our garage door...it is everyone he knows. He asks if we can open and close the garage door where ever we go, and whomever we go to visit.

It was cute about a week ago...now it is...just well...exhausting. :)

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Life is rough.

Arizona Fun!

Ahhhhhhhh!

Mmmmmm, water!

Just me and my Uncle Zane.

We jetted off to Arizona last Thursday for the Annual Grandparent Visit. My Mom met us at the airport and we proceed to make ourselves at home at her house...and at the pool (thanks Uncle Zane for getting us in for FREE!). Nathan has LOVED the warm weather and being able to spend all day outdoors. Grandma Frentheway has a pretty large backyard with a pool, a really nice swing set and lots and lots of rocks to fill the fountain. Tomorrow we trek up to Scottsdale to stay 3 days with Grand-Mom and Grand-Dad. That will surely bring more fun in the pool and the Arizona sun!

Mmmmm, Dirt!

Contemplative

Photo Fun

Time Out

The Time Out Corner. We don't use it too often, but as you can see, he has quickly gotten the hang of the purpose for it. I will say that Nathan in Time Out is quite possibly the sweetest thing ever. I know, I know, it isn't supposed to be a sweet thing. It is supposed to be "a teaching tool" and it is...but the little guy will quietly go there, stick his nose in the corner, and about half way through will start picking at the bricks. It is bittersweet.

Just Because...

...I adore it! :)

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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!

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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.).