Christmas Party

Thursday was Nathaniel's Christmas party at school. Will and I both got to go, and we had a great time.

Alllie and Ian

Germyra

Evan and Parker

Time for a craft with Daddy

And back to eating . . .

We had such a good time! I just can't believe the year is almost over . . .

At the North Pole

Last weekend we went to a pancake breakfast at Nathaniel's school and Santa was there. We got to ride on the Polar Express to the North Pole. Here we are on the glorified golf cart (I think Nathaniel understood this was not a real train).

This happened today

I had a really hard time getting Nathaniel down for a nap, which is unusual, because he has been doing really well lately with going to sleep. After coming in and telling him not to pull books off his bookshelf (he can reach a few from his crib) I thought he was settled.

Ten minutes later I hear him saying "mommy, mommy." Finally I go in, and to my shock and horror he has taken his diaper off and peed in his crib on the sheets and blankets and out on the carpet too. He's looking at me and waving his diaper around.

After a talk about how we only pee-pee in our diaper or the potty, he seemed to think this was funny. He would say "pee pee" and laugh.

He did tell me he was sorry. When I told Will about what happened he laughed about it too. He suggested that I kept Nathaniel in pants, but good grief it was 80 degrees today - I took off his jeans from school so that he wouldn't get too hot. I ended up digging out out some shorts. Crazy weather . . . crazy day. At least I will probably laugh about this tomorrow.

Bed Head

Has your hair ever looked like this as you got out of bed? I couldn't resist taking this picture. My bed hair never looks this cute.

I love you

This past week, Nathaniel said "I love you" to me for the first time. And then he said it to his daddy. After a couple of days we heard "I love you, Mommy" and "I love you, Daddy." So sweet! He is starting to put more and more sentences together.

Children's Service at church

Today was the children's service at church and Nathaniel was on stage!!  He seemed to really enjoy it.  Take a look at the video.  BTW, Natalie is the one laughing :-)

Thanksgiving Trip

What a wonderful Thanksgiving! We have so much to be thankful for. We were able to make a trip to Amarillo, by way of Dallas. As you can see, our Dallas trip was amazing because we finally got to meet precious Parker Ann. One of my best friends Kelli became a mother about 3 months ago to this sweet girl, and she and Joe Dan are amazing parents. I love the shot with Will reading to Nathaniel and Parker Ann.

I think Nathaniel scared her here.

First morning in Amarillo was cold, so Mimi bought N this bear hat.

My parents dog door was exciting to Nathaniel, who would crawl halfway out and get stuck.

One of our fun afternoon trips to the park.

Thanksgving morning - cooking with Granddad.

Reading with Uncle Les.

The big meal.

A beautiful Thanksgiving afternoon to play outside.

He loves Aunt Hillary's dogs. Is still talking about them.

Thanks to everyone! We had a fantastic time!