Fun with Berit

Nathaniel's friend Berit is now a big sister! Check out Livia Madeline Illg, below. Isn't she precious?

First, an old picture I've been meaning to post. This is a picture of the 2 of them asleep on our way home from the Aquarium. I think we went way back over President's Day. I've been meaning to post it, but decided to add it with the above picture.

And these are some recent shots - Berit came to play with us while her parents were with her little sister in the hospital. The two of them climbed in the toy bin together. I love these shots.

Okay, had to add a few from Will's phone. We watered our blueberry plants - I love both of them holding the hose. Too cute!

And big hugs for me to finish the day.

Father's Day and Otis hugs

We had a great Father's Day. Nathaniel and I picked up Shipley's donuts for dad. Nathaniel enjoyed his donut holes very much. Here is the proof -

And lately Nathaniel has been giving Otis some big hugs - and Otis has been pretty good about it most of the time. The other day Otis did get his ear pulled, and he wasn't happy about that.

A boy and his dog! So sweet.

Grandparent Fun

Around the middle of June, Will's parents came for a visit. It is always wonderful to have grandparents here. You can see how much they love Nathaniel and how much he loves them!

Summer Fun

The computer is up and running again! Here are some random shots from this summer. For some reason Nathaniel finds the vacuum cleaner very fascinating. Also some shots of him and his Dad with his new train set (clearance item at Target)! It's really been too hot to do much outside this summer . . .

Introductions

Computer still isn't up and running for me to load pictures, but a funny story to tell -

Last night, I was putting Nathaniel to bed. We've been rocking with him, and then he's been telling us when he's ready to lie down. Last night he was trying to stall with me. After he said "night-night" and pointed at his crib, and I got him settled, he decided he wanted to rock a little longer. I decided some extra rocking couldn't hurt.

Nathaniel decided that he wanted his baby and Pooh bear (that stay in his bed) to rock with him, so I put all of us in the glider to rock. Then he looks up, with the baby in one arm, and points at baby and says "baby." Then he points at Pooh and says "Pooh" and then he points at himself and says "Naniel" (what he calls himself). Then he laid his head on my chest for us all to rock (since we had all been acquanited). Anyways, cute story. As soon as we get the computer up and running I have some good pictures to post.

Things that happened this week

Our computer is down, so I haven't been able to upload any pictures. But we had a lot going on this week, so I thought I would make a list of Nathaniel-happenings.

1. Donut holes for Father's Day - Nathaniel loved these. Sugar was all over his hands and face.
2. Eating colors at Zio's - yes, this happened. And he wasn't hungry. He just bit the top off of the orange crayon. I fished part of it out of his mouth but not all of it.
3. Broken lamp - after several time-outs that weren't effective, he grabbed the lamp once more and it shattered on my shoulder. Plastic bits everywhere.
4. Time-outs became more effective (hence #3 above).
5. We have discovered that Nathaniel knows about 20 signs now. And one day he used almost all of them to try and postpone the nap. (Read, Drink, Eat, Hungry, Help, Book, etc.)
6. Climbing on chairs was nipped in the bud.
7. He flirts with women to get his way.
8. He has been informing me when he needs a new diaper.
9. This morning he fed himself a lot of his oatmeal.
10. Last night he had me laughing so hard I couldn't make him go to bed . . . 

Anyways, just thought I'd share what he's up to these days. Hopefully my computer will be fixed soon - I have some good pictures to post!

17 Month Pictures

Will and I were amazed looking at these, because he looks so much bigger than even last month. He continues to learn new things and surprise us each day.