Before

Due to a lovely leakage issue in our shower our house has been turned upside down in the past week and a half. We have had a construction crew completely rip the shower out down to the studs and start from scratch to build a whole new one. As I am writing this, the crew is suppose to be finishing up. After pictures will soon follow. We are looking forward to a more updated look and nothing builder grade! :)

Snow White Recital

I was lucky enough to find this wonderful dance studio for Chelsea that combines her two favorite things dance and the Disney princesses. Chelsea loved Snow White and looks forward to being Jasmine the next session.

Disney on Ice

Chelsea enjoyed a Mommy and Daddy date last weekend as we went to see Disney on Ice. She loved all the Genie's and princesses best. It was really nice to see that the show was not girl biased. They had a lot of their boy movies represented too. This will be great to know when Nathan is old enough to attend. As we left, Chelsea said that she wanted to stay for another show! We were glad she enjoyed it so much, but we took advantage of being near Rice and ate at Ruggles. It was very odd to be out and about with only one child; you forget how easy one child is until you have a second!

15 months, already!?!

Mark and I took Nathan in for his 15 month check up (Chelsea stayed at Mimi's with her cousins). He weighed in at 23.8 pounds (25-50th percentile) and 31 inches (50th percentile). It is so odd to me still to have an average sized child and a child off of the charts. The above picture is of our Tater Tot sitting underneath our study desk. This is where he resides when we are on the computer. Silly boy loves to sit on anything his size. He gets so proud of himself and then taps his little foot. You can see this in the picture.

Nathan is getting more vocal these days. He can say the animal sounds of a cat, dog, duck, fish, and cow. He now notices babies. He even says his name along with ball, water, cheese, bite, num-num (when he wants another bite), eye, just to name a few. Nathan is such a snuggle bunny, he sometimes sleeps in bed with us. This is such foriegn territory, because Chelsea would never even attempt this. Speaking of which, Chelsea loves to play with him. They are often found chasing each other or stealing each others toys.

I love my boy so much!

Preparing for Christmas

Chelsea at 3years and Nathan at 15months.

Worst Blogger Award and Chelsea's Birthday

So I have not blogged in forever. Our schedules have been so busy and Mark wasn't uploading the photos for me, so here we go for catch up.

On September 13, Chelsea turned 3 and was so excited to get a bike! We were out riding it at 7 o'clock in the morning. She wondered where all her friends were.

More posts to come!

A year ago today...

A year ago today I couldn't sleep. I was franticly cleaning the house. I woke up at 5 am the following morning to know the fate of my child. August 20th would be his birthday.

We arrived at the hospital at 7:00 to be induced. I was so tired and tired of being pregnant. We were so excited to meet our little boy.

When he arrived, I thought he was so precious. He had the most quiet cry and loved to be snuggled close.

Chelsea was thrilled to have a little brother, but was very sad to leave her mommy and daddy at the hospital. I think the whole hospital heard!

He is a great nurser and still prefers me over a bottle. We often say that he is an old man with an old soul. Nathan has a lot of patience yet he knows what he wants and won't accept anything less.

We were so excited to have him home, but I must say that it was very tough with two children.

So on this eve of my son's birthday, I remember all the wonderful ways my life has changed because of him. I know that I am a better wife, teacher, and mother because of him. Happy Almost Birthday Nathan!