You better watch out, better not CRY

So I know this is a little late, but we just got the pictures of Nathan with Santa from our ward Christmas party. He did alright when we first put him on Santa's lap, he just seemed a little confused. But after a few seconds he decided to look and see who was holding him, and that is when he made the saddest little face that I have ever seen in my life! I wish we would have gotten a picture of him crying because as sad as it was, it was also so dang cute! Anywho, here are the two pictures we managed to get. The second one is just a split second before the tears started flowing. (I also love how huuuuuuuuuuge his cheek looks in the second picture!)




And since it has been a while since I have posted anything here are a few recent pictures:

This is Nathan's best friend Lizzy. She loves him and loves being a "big sister" to him. It is too cute!

Nathan really seems to like Lizzy, she can always get him to smile.

I think he looks so big here! I can't get over it! I can't believe that he is almost 7 months old! Here they are just hanging out watching a movie.

I have been trying to get Nathan to hold his own bottle for a few weeks now, and I finally had success!...for about a minute that is. (I love his little crossed feet)

And here is our handsome boy in his new Sunday outfit after church, just chillin' on his daddy's lap while Curtis makes his Sunday calls to family.

In other news, I think we are pretty much officially moved in as of today!! Now it is time to hang things on the walls. Pictures will be coming soon!!

Nathan's First Christmas

We had a pretty exciting Christmas this year. We moved into our brand new house (FINALLY) on December 23. Then we got our new fridge and our piano on the 24th! An excellent way to kick off Christmas if I do say so myself! I had decided that I wasn't going to bother decorating for Christmas, it was just going to be way too much of a hassle. However, the first thing that I unpacked once we moved was our Christmas tree! I just couldn't help myself!


Curtis had to work on Christmas so I spent the day getting ready for our Christmas festivities that night. Since our fridge had just been delivered the evening before, I had not yet gone grocery shopping. So, I crossed my fingers as I drove to the grocery store, hoping that they would be open on Christmas day. Fortunately they were, but unfortunately there were sliiiiiiiim pickin's in the meat department. I spent the rest of the day trying to unpack the kitchen so that I would be able to cook Christmas dinner! I remember getting very frustrated at one point and thinking "This isn't fair, who works this hard on Christmas!?!" Then I thought back to my mom spending all Christmas cleaning up after us and slaving away in the kitchen. It was then that I decided that we need to spend as many holidays as we can at my parents house! (Hehe...)

When Curtis came home we opened presents. Nathan loved playing with the wrapped gifts and screamed when I tried to open them.

Here he is sporting his new hat that he got from his cousin Ethan!

And here he is reveling in all of his recently opened gifts. It was a good day!

For those of you who have been asking, we are still working on unpacking our house, but we are much closer now thanks to my parents and Alli who spent 4 days helping us settle in. Once we are more settled I will post pictures so just be patient!!! (**cough **Crissy) :) I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. We sure did!

SNOW!!!

This is what I saw when I looked out my window this morning!






I thought after living in Utah and despising the snow that I would never want to see it again, but I was soooooooo excited to see an inch of snow covering the grass as I woke up. This is the perfect type of snow there is. It only comes once or twice a year, it melts when it hits the sidewalks and driveways (so no shoveling or salting), and it will probably be gone after a day. What a wonderful surprise!

On a side note, Nathan has a bit of a cold. Nothing too bad, just a cute little cough and a bit of snot that's not so cute. He apparently likes to rub his face because I am constantly having to wipe snot out of his eyebrows...gross. He turned 6 months old on Monday and as a special treat we took him to the doctor. He is 14 lbs (3rd percentile) and 26" (I think...I couldn't find a pen to write it all down so I am going to have to do some measuring myself.) When the doctor walked in after looking at his chart the first thing he said is "well he's a skinny guy", but no worries, he is has gained adequately since switching him to formula and introducing solids. The shots weren't nearly as bad this time which was a relief.



We are moving today! Nathan's friend Lizzy (age 2...almost 3) will be watching him for a few hours, with the help of her mom. We are so excited to finally move into our beautiful new house, but I sure wish the move was over with already.

Anywho, that's the happs. Merry Christmas!

Pictures

These are just some pictures we took for Christmas cards. I had the hardest time deciding on which ones to use because this kid is so dang cute, so I figured I would post them here and get the best of both worlds. Enjoy...

Nathan's new accomplishment

I mentioned in my last post that Nathan has finally learned how to roll from tummy to back. I now have video evidence of this fact. I can't even explain how excited I was when he first did it. I probably scared the poor kid half to death. But seriously, without fail I would have to go roll him back over at least once during each of his naps, so it was a big deal that he finally figured out how to do it on his own.



Isn't he cute?

Nathan Update

It has been a while since I have given an update on Nathan. Things have been hectic around here between going to Houston, getting sick, and packing for our big move (only 2 and 1/2 more weeks!) I figured that I would just write a quick post about all the growing up Nathan has done in the past little while.

About a month and a half ago we started him on solids. Yay! He was a good solid food eater from day 1! He liked the rice cereal alright, but absolutely loved the Oatmeal!



That is...until he discovered vegetables! We started him on veggies a few weeks ago. He has built up his vegetable repertoire to include green beans, carrots, and peas, and he seems to love each one we introduce to him better than the last. He constantly whines while we feed him, not because he doesn't want to eat, but because we can't get it in his mouth fast enough!


He finally doesn't freak out when he is on his belly anymore. He is very good at rolling from his back to his tummy, but for a while he would cry and cry until someone rolled him back over. I am happy to report that just today he figured out how to roll from tummy to back! Woo hoo! No more having to go roll him over when he wakes up in the middle of his nap on his tummy!


He is also working on sitting up on his own.


If he really focuses he can do it, but most of the time he gets too excited by something or tries to reach for a toy and then...


His hands are like little magnets. He grabs anything and everything that is within his reach, and even a few things that I could have sworn were NOT in his reach!



and its not long before it ends up in his mouth.


I am pretty sure he is teething, in fact it looks like he has a tooth that might be coming in soon. It has made him a bit grumpy at times and it just breaks my heart to know that he is in pain. But it's not long before he is back smiling again.


For Nathan's first Thanksgiving we began by watching Curtis play in the ward Turkey Bowl.


Then I attempted a traditional turkey dinner, which was quite an accomplishment because I was pretty sick.


Believe it or not this kid just gets cuter every day! I don't know if I will ever get over how adorable he is!! He is growing up so fast!


I am so thankful to have such an amazing, adorable, healthy, happy child. He is the perfect addition to our little family.