Mother's Day Mahem!

Our Mother's Day weekend started Friday afternoon with Nathan having a fever. He did not sleep well and the next day was a little fussy and did not want to nap in his crib. We kept him on Tylenol and thought we were going to church Saturday night....instead we spent 2 hours at the Children's Hospital. His fever reached 104 and our on-call nurse said we needed to be seen. He had been on Amoxcillin for an ear infection since Monday and they wanted to make sure it had not gotten worse. Thankfully his ear looked great - but the doctor changed his medication to Augmentin and now we have to start over! Sunday he woke without a fever and in a great mood!

So my Mother's Day started with lots of hugs and kisses and giggles. Jason made chocolate chip waffles for us and later grilled out steaks. Nathan gave me a card that plays the Peanut's theme which he and I both dance to along with a kit to make a stepping stone using his hand and foot prints and a kit to do his hand/foot print. Well we did the smaller of these and he ended up putting plaster of Paris in his mouth - so I ended up calling poison control! I was the second mom in 20 minutes to call for the same thing! The nurse/operator said she's worked this job for 12 years and gets this call every Mother's Day! So we ended up making a mold of his foot! :)

We also chatted with our mother's on the web cam so they could feel like they had a little time with Nathan on their Mother's Day too!

Last week Nathan cried when I dropped him off at daycare - and again today. He was wrapped around my neck and didn't want to let go, even to be held by one of the daycare workers. He's getting to the age that he really wants Mommy. I have also been told that Mondays are hard - after being together all weekend. It breaks my heart and I lurk outside of the room until to make sure he's stopped crying and is okay. Dropping off really sucks!

Nathan's 12 month statistics

20.1 pounds - 15th percentile
30.25 inches - 50-75th percentile
45.75 cm (head) - 30th percentile

So he is tall and thin - the doctor wants us to put some weight on him so we are changing up his diet a bit. He also needs more iron in his diet - so here comes the meat!

We also got the go-ahead to give him cow's milk so he's having his first cup of it today! So the weaning process begins.

He has also had a bottom tooth finally break through the gums.....barely, but it's there! It will probably be mostly out by mid-week.

He did have an ear infection......:( So we are currently treating it.

Overall good check-up though.

Nathan's 1st Birthday!

Nathan had a packed birthday! We started with photos - family, kilt and cake! Then we had a party that afternoon. We'll let the photos tell the story!






Those who attended his party: Grandmama, Poppa Jim, Michael, Stacy & Ethan, Michael & Rebecca, Chris & Susan.

Happy Birthday Grandma Wanda!

Wishing Grandma Wanda a Happy Birthday - and we can't wait to celebrate with her in person!









Let's just say Nathan was in full gear while we were trying to get the "perfect" photo last night.....I think you need them all to be a true and "perfect" reflection of Nathan though!

Jason & Susan's 33rd Birthday

We had a pretty low-key birthday - considering we are gearing up for Nathan's 1st birthday 6 days after ours as well as the Holberts arrival on the 30th. Saturday Michael, Rebecca, Jason, Nathan and myself drove up to Fort Collins, CO. We toured the Budweiser Brewery and saw the Clydesdales. We then had lunch in Old Towne at Beau Jo's Pizza and ice cream at Walrus Ice Cream. Sunday we just stayed around the house and opened gifts from one another and that had been mailed to us. You will see me in an outfit my MIL sent me. I love her for thinking at 33 years old I can still pull this outfit off! :) We have a busy week ahead of us getting ready for our guests and all the birthday activities - in addition to our weekly activities. Thank you all for the birthday wishes and goodies and have a great week! Little more of Nathan walking on video.

11 1/2 months & WALKING

Boy were we surprised last night (around 5:30pm) when Jason told Nathan to "walk to Mommy" and he did! Nathan has been "cruising" for weeks and in the last week or so holds on to your hand and walks all over. He's also been really good at standing on his own for a while now. But when we would try to have him walk to one of us he thought it was a game and go ram rod straight and fall until we caught him - and laugh! No attempt at walking......not even the propelled/running walk where he falls into us. So last night I told him that I remembered his cousin Dylan walked on his 1st birthday so he needed to start trying if he wanted to walk by 1. A half hour later he just walks! So he would stand alone, walk 5-8 steps to me (or Jason) and stop - still balanced. Then we would grab him and celebrate and he would bounce and we'd do it all over again. It took him doing this about 4 times before it dawned on us to get out the video camera - then he did it about 5-6 times before we had to get ready for home group. Unfortunately I post videos from my camera and not my video camera. So last night right before I changed him and put him to bed I was trying to get some video to post by myself.....it's not as great as what he was doing earlier - but it's all I could get. Will try for more tonight when Jason can help. At daycare, Nathan is the last in his room to turn 1. There are 10 other kids in there and they are all waiting to walk to be moved up. Two others started walking (finally) yesterday - that turned 1 in January/February. So since he has met this developmental milestone ahead of others older than him - he may get to move up before them. YEAH NATHAN! Video of him standing and walking and eating a Popcicle- pictures of him with his first Popsicle Monday night. Oh - in addition to Da-Da, Ba-Ba-Ba, and Ma-Ma and an assortment of other sounds from out little chatterbox- he is now saying things that sound like "no" and "hey". As in "Hey Da-Da!" and when you ask him a question he can respond with "no".