Nathan sitting on Santa's lap for the first time. He screamed.

Nathan loves to carry around all of my shoes.

Nathan loves to be pulled around in his wagon,

even though the directions say, "Do not pull

child."

Mischievous Nathan

The other day Nathan was being really quiet while I was on the computer doing some church work. I knew he had to be up to something because that NEVER happens. I went out, and Nathan was carrying around the plunger and a whole new roll of toilet paper was unraveled and trailing into the living room. Matt accidently kept the bathroom door open after emptying trash. Ooppps!!!

Dancing and Walking

Nathan loves this gap commerical with girls dancing on it. He gets distracted and falls several times, but you can see the beginning of his walking. Matt and I will keep on rewinding the commerical just to see him react. Sorry, I couldn't figure out how to turn it.

MORE BIRTHDAY

Kaitlin came to visit over Thanksgiving.
Nathan adored her and had such a fun
time.










Our 1 year old Birthday Boy.

Some presents that he got.

Happy 1st Birthday Nathan

It took him a little while to get into his cake. He never really
used his hands much, but he liked to lick the plate like a dog.
Matt thinks that I train him that way because I want a dog,
but honest I didn't do anything of that sort.
















The kids played red light, green light, but Nathan was not
enjoying his day with his teeth coming in. I made him a
race car track cake, which I thought turned out good for
my first cake. Nathan loves cars, and I thought that it would
be the perfect theme for his cake. I will probably use the cake
again when he turns 8 years old.


Nathan unwrapping his first present from
Grammy and Papa.

Painted House

We decided to take on the project and paint our living room,

entry way, hallway, and laundry room. It took us 3-4 weeks

to finish the entry way and living room. The photo on the left

still shows the tape and the ugly yellow that we had on that

shelf and then a back wall. We didn't like it, so I had to repaint

it. I had to do 3 coats in some places because the paint left

streaks. Matt would watch Nathan in our computer room while

I painted away. Lots of times I would stay up until 2AM painting

while Nathan was sleeping. We both like it, but it is quite a bit

darker than we thought it would be.

We were only able to get as far as we did because my parents

came to visit. They helped do the entire hallway with 8 doors.

I still have some to do, but they were life savers. We haven't

even been able to start the laundry room. I got the yellow paint

lightened up and will use it for the laundry room.

Nathan the Dino

He found a sucker in the back
of the van as we were getting
ready to hand out candy for
truck or treating.












We took Nathan out trick or
treating on a few streets, but
since he had a cold it was just
short.




I was trying to teach Nathan to say,
"Rrrrrrrrrr." No such luck. He loves
to say "dad, daddy, & dadada."