Nathan's Favorite Things....

Crawling through the tunnels with Laila and his cousin Jacob at Grandma & Grandpa's house.

Isn't Grandma's house the best?

Bubbles!

Roasting marshmallows or hot dogs with Grandpa.

Having Daddy time! He loves to 'climb a mountain with Daddy' but, as Mama is not usually included on those trips, I don't have a picture of it.

Isn't this every little boys dream? Climbing on a tractor!

Hanging out with Grandpa. Here they are at Nathan's first baseball game.

Nathan loves the slides!

Swinging! Okay really, this picture is just really cute. He actually only enjoys swinging for about 2 minutes.

Helping Grandpa in the garden. Especially anything that involves using the hose and playing with water.

His rocket back pack. Thanks Aunt Melissa for finding it for us!

Playing at the park! This was at Town Square.

Playing in Laila's crib.

Using the little shopping carts at Whole Foods, where we buy him soy yogurt, vegenaise (that's crunchy talk for mayonnaise) and almond butter (a substitute for peanut butter).

I know sometimes it's tough being little, but doesn't it look like so much fun?

The hottest mommy gadget on the block......

"The Squirt baby food dispensing spoon allows for convenient feeding, one bite at a time. The easy-to-fill bulb holds up to 3 ounces of baby food and attaches firmly to the spoon end. Simply squeeze the bulb to dispense just the right amount of food. Squirt comes with a protective cover to seal food in and keep the spoon clean between feedings. By combining the spoon and food container into one product, Squirt makes one-handed feeding a snap."


There have been many curious mamas asking me about my latest feeding product, especially at church. So, I am sharing my wisdom with you all. Get this baby spoon. I actually bought it long before Laila could have solids, but it was too cool to pass by. You twist off the orange end and dump a thing of baby food inside, twist on the clear spoon and voila! One handed, less mess baby feeding. I love it and even use it at home. However, it is especially handy when you are trying to hold a wiggly toddler who is not being restrained in a highchair. Before this spoon, it was baby food in one hand, spoon in the other, wiggly toddler on lap, and inevitably wiggly toddler will put hand in baby food.....which only leads to DISASTER!!!
Which is why I love this spoon.....I don't like disaster. Do you like disaster?

FYI- It is made by Boon and I got it at Babies R Us, but is available online as well.
Happy (less messy) feeding!!

What are all those 'Larry's' doing on the counter?

Asked Nathan. Grandpa has a little garden going on in the backyard and had just brought in several small cucumbers and set them on the counter. For all the uninformed, a 'Larry' is a cucumber of Veggie Tales fame. For the record, we don't own any Veggie Tales videos, that is strictly a Grandma's house treat. The safety of my TV would be compromised if one of those DVD's made it through my door. Anyhow, Nathan loves them and has had so much fun planting the Larrys in the garden with Grandpa. Too much fun, in fact, we may never be able to eat another cucumber without causing severe childhood trauma. Just kidding. It's not that bad. But look at these cute pictures of Nathan and his little 'buddy' from a few months ago.

There are two giant cucumbers here from when Grandma and Grandpa were out of town and they just kept growing out of control.
Once he had a Larry in possession the next thing on his to do list was to watch a Veggie Tale with his new pal!
Couldn't you just eat him up?!? No, not Larry. Nathan! He's so cute!

My mom just informed me that they are actually zucchinis, but don't tell Nathan!

Happy October!

Yay! I am so excited that the holidays are on their way. So in honor of it officially being October here is a festive pic of Laila....okay, a few pics!






And a little plug for aunt Melissa! She made the skirt for us!

As a side note....What is going on with blogger?!?! It's taking away all my tools! I can't center my text, change font, color, any of that....it's all missing. My pictures aren't showing up in the box I'm typing in for me to move around...just a bunch of mumbo-jumbo....Grrr!