Nate's First Birthday Pics

Baby Nate

Baby Nate is growing up on me and I don't like it one bit!! He finally had his 12 month well check today. He weighs 22 lbs 13 oz, 67% and was somewhere between 31.5 and 32.25 inches. 31.5 inches is 80 %. The nurse measured him first with my help. He laid completely still and I helped her, so I felt confident that she got a good measurement. The doctor didn't want to believe that he'd grown that much in 3 months so he measured again and got 31.5 but Nate was squirmy and the doctor didn't let me help. I need to measure him on my own just to see. Regardless, it looks like he's going to be tall too. He's started letting go of the furniture the past couple days a lot more. He'll also let go and take a step before he sits down to crawl so it seems like walking will be here before we know it. I'm so surprised that he's not already walking so he can keep up with Logan but the doctor said most babies are just letting go for a couple seconds by 13 months and he's completely on track. He's started talking a lot more the past couple weeks too. He's starting pointing to stuff and saying "that", like what's that?. He waves and says bye bye. He is finally saying dada and he knows exactly who dada is. He also gets squeal happy when Brent comes home and can't get to him fast enough. It's so sweet to see how much they've bonded, especially since I stopped breastfeeding. He says Jade, hey, hello (while holding a phone or something the size of a cell phone to his ear), Mama, and the others I mentioned. He likes to wrestle Logan in the floor, be turned upside down, and be chased. He also likes to be attached to Mommy's hip so she can't get anything done around the house. He eats like a pig still and hopefully that will stick around. I did find out today that he doesn't care too much for fish sticks but in his defense they were pretty fishy tasting. He's getting pretty good with a spoon and not making nearly as much of a mess. He refused to let either of us feed him with a spoon anymore, so I save anything that can't be eaten with his fingers for dinner time so he can go straight in the bath tub and straight to bed. He is consistently sleeping through the night now, which is amazing. I just wish his big brother would catch on and do the same. During infancy I absolutely hated the fact that he wouldn't take a passy or a bottle but now that he can self soothe I'm so happy that I don't have to break him of those habits and maybe have the same issues I'm having with Logan. I want to blame the night terrors and frequent waking that Logan has on taking sassy away, since that's when it started, but who knows. Logan has had a couple good nights here lately so maybe it's slowing down.

My Little Cowboy

Logan's school had "Western Day" today so of course I had to make a costume. I used the excuse that he could also use it for Halloween so I didn't feel bad spending money on supplies for a costume for 3 hrs worth of fun. I still have to find a hopefully black or plaid button up shirt to wear under his vest and cowboy boots. Nate is going to be a little Indian for Halloween. I haven't even started on his yet. Brent gives me grief, but I'm going to make and coordinate their Halloween costumes as long as they let me. I hope to at least get one year in with all three of them coordinating.

He is doing so good in school and apparently is a popular little boy. Everyday in the hall another mom tells me that their child talks about Logan all the time. His bestest bud is Lauren. Her mom is the 3 year old teacher so she tells me almost everyday what Lauren said about Logan the day before. It's cute to hear about his friends and what they did that day. A couple of the moms have set up a play date for next Thursday after school at Burger King, so hopefully that goes well! Most of the moms seem like real moms and not the "always put together, perfect hair, makeup and clothes moms" so that's nice to see.

15 weeks

I'm 15 weeks today. Crazy, huh? Seems to be flying by! I've been feeling the baby move consistently for the last couple of days. I'm pretty much to the stage where I forget I'm pregnant. Taking Logan back and forth to school is keeping me busier than I thought it would and before I know it another week has gone by. I'm still pretty tired but I seem to be getting more and more energy as the days go on. We have a long list of possible baby names but have yet to narrow it down even just a little bit. I keep thinking I need to find a boys name and I completely disregard the girl list when I try to weed through them. When I was pregnant with the boys we always were settled on a girl name but not a boy when we found out the sex, so maybe since I really feel the urge to settle on a boys name that means it's a girl? I know, I know... that's really stretching it. In the beginning of the pregnancy I would have told you it was completely different, but now that i'm farther along it feels like both the others. Maybe I'm blessed with fairly easy pregnancies no matter what, or that means I'm having another boy? Gosh, I'm just tired of guessing. I just want to know. If we still lived in Athens I would go get a gender ultrasound now at one of the elective places because it was only around $40, but here it's $160, which just seems ridiculous.

I have a feeling being pregnant during the holiday season is going to make the pregnancy fly by. I have a schedule of my Homemade Holiday gifts that I have to complete each week in order to be done by Christmas which is already keeping me busier than I want to be. I should have started a long time ago. I had planned on it, it just never happened. But it's going to make time fly, I think. After Christmas I have to get the baby room ready and sew HER quilt, crib skirt and curtians. You know, all the stuff I never got done for Nate. I also want to make Elsie Ann a quilt (that's Laura's baby, by the way. She's having a GIRL!) and I want to sew for a good friend that is due two weeks before me as well. Brent agreed to get double doors for the office so I can turn it into my craft room. So I'll also be working on converting it after Christmas as well. Yay, I'll still have my sewing room!! Turns out I have a lot to get done before baby comes!

Well, well, well

I had my second OB appointment Wednesday. All my bloodwork came back fine and baby's heart beat was 162. My blood pressure was fine and they didn't mention my weight loss, other than to say "oh, you lost weight". I'm 13 weeks 1 day today. I feel fine most of the time. I'm still tired but it seems I'm starting to have more energy some days.

Logan has been wearing big boy underwear during the day for a week now. He's only had 2 accidents since last Friday and no accidents at school. He's gotten up a couple times at night to tell me he needs to potty but has only ended up completely dry once. I guess it just took him being ready to potty train and not on anyone elses time. I kind of felt like everyone thought I was slacking since he wasn't trained yet, but he just wasn't having it. He's doing good at school. I almost feel he needs to be in the next level up, but birthday/age wise he can't. He's just so much bigger and advanced than everyone else. This month their topics are apples, the color red and the nursery rhyme "1, 2, buckle my shoe". The only one of those he doesn't know is the nursery rhyme, but he knows how to count to 10, which is what that promotes. Even physically most of the other kids still look, talk and act like a baby. Maybe he does too and I don't see it or maybe i expect too much out of him....or maybe he's just a little ahead. His daddy was always smart, so who knows. He was super excited to bring Hoot (the class mascot) home with him this weekend. There's a little notebook with Hoot and the mom's have wrote about Hoot's adventures and even taken pictures. Poor Hoot won't have any pictures this week though. We went to feed the ducks and ride the tractors at the orchard and take pictures, but apparently my camera has decided to not work. I have the worst luck with electronics. He asked me last night to say the "God the Father" prayer, so if anyone knows of a children's prayer that says "God the Father" let me know. I have no idea what he's talking about other than the Apostles Creed, which says "I believe in God the Father" but I doubt they are teaching that to two year old.

Nate is doing great. He sleeps through the night most nights. His molars still haven't came through, but he seems to be dealing with it better. He's still eating like a little pig and even ate a couple boiled peanuts at the orchard today. He's added a couple more words. He'll point to the stove when I'm cooking and say "hot". And of course now that I'm trying to document it, I can't remember what else it is that he's saying.

Our friends, Josh and Taylor, came down last weekend to visit. We watched the UGA game here Saturday night. I cooked low country boil, sausage balls and fried pickles for us to pig out on. Sunday afternoon we went to lunch and to the Aviation Museum. For the first time ever, we completed the whole museum. Of course Logan and Jackson wanted to run through it so we didn't, and probably won't ever, get to read all the signs. We had a great time with our friends and miss them so much!

We're headed to Chickamauga next Saturday for a wedding. Laura is a bridesmaid, so she'll be in town. Excited to see her and her baby belly!! They found out today what they're having but it hasn't been officially announced to the whole family so I can't post it here yet. I can't wait for the news to be out!!