Thanksgiving 2012

A few hours after I wrote my last post, Alex and I came down with the stomach virus. It was the worst we have felt in a very long time. Thankfully Nathan did not catch it and we were still able to travel to Dallas to spend Thanksgiving with Alex's family.

We arrived on Wednesday and spent the day hanging out with family. On Thursday, we participated in the North Texas Turkey Trot 5k. Yes, you read that right. Kim Beasley did a 5k. No, I did not run the whole thing especially after just having the stomach virus but I did walk/run and I did finish the race. And no, I was not the last one across the finish line!

Alex and I did the 5k with Alex's sister, Julie, and her husband, Chad. Now Chad and Julie ran the whole thing! They did awesome and looked like pros. We really had fun. Felt good to do something active before we stuffed our faces later that day.

We of course had a yummy, yummy meal Thursday afternoon. The food was great but we really had fun hanging out with Alex's parents and his sisters and their husbands. And Nathan had fun playing with his cousins, Mabry and Clark.

My little turkey.

 Heart is overflowing.

These cousins are going to have so much fun together as they grow older!

Grandmother and Granddad with all their grandchildren.

I love this picture.

4 Months

Has it really been 4 months since this sweet boy was born??

Nathan this is what you have been up to this month...

• Not sure how much you weigh. We go to the doctor next week. 
• You are nursing every 3 sometimes 3.5 hours.
• You graduated to a size 2 diaper!

• You have found your feet this month and play with them constantly.
• You finally rolled over! But have only done it twice. 
• You wear 6 month clothes. 

• You are such a sweet, laid back baby.
• You love when daddy plays "I'm gonna get you" with you. You laugh every time.
• You are such a talker. You squeal all the time.

(This picture was taken in mid squealing.)

• You are very ticklish especially under your arms. 
• I love to hear your sweet laugh! 
• You still love to chew on your hands especially when you are really tired. 

We love watching you grow! We can't wait for your first Thanksgiving! You are going to love playing with your cousins, aunts, uncles and Grandmother and Granddad! We love you little stinker! 

Catch Up

Life has been somewhat busy lately. I don't really know what all we have been doing but it has definitely been busy!

In case you didn't hear, Nathan FINALLY rolled over from his stomach to his back. I had been "practicing" with him several times a day. Then this past Monday, I decided to let him take a short nap on his belly. I left his room then came back and to my surprise that little stinker was rolling over! He is stubborn like his mommy and likes to do things on his own time.

Nathan is also starting to sit up on his own. Now he can only sit there for 10 seconds by himself before he topples over but it still made this momma very proud! It's the little things.

Sorry for the blurriness but he was in the process of falling over!

Today marks my puppy's 1st birthday! CeCe is such a good dog. She is definitely a daddy's girl because he plays with her. CeCe loves Nathan and loves to give him kisses! 

 

 

To celebrate, we took CeCe to Petco for the first time. She got a new bone, some treats and a special dinner! Nathan also got to see the fish and birds. We had a fun little outing!

I really don't have anything to update so I thought I would just share some photos I have taken with my iPhone recently.

Family photo from the Fall Festival.

He just woke up from his nap.

He LOVES to sit up.

His new shades.

I can't believe how big my boy is getting!

Nathan's First Halloween

Nathan's first Halloween was a success! Our church has an annual Fall Festival so we dressed Nathan up and took him to the festival. Nonny was here with us so she was able to come along! Nathan did great and loved looking at all the people!

 Alex's mom, Grandmother, bought Nathan this adorable tiger outfit!

This boy has stolen my heart!

Sweet Brynlee playing with the ducks. 

We tried getting a picture of Nathan and Byrnlee. Nathan was too distracted and Brynlee wanted to go play with the ducks! Maybe next year!

My sweet tiger.

Our church brought in a dunking booth and Alex got the privilege to be one of the people to get dunked! Don't worry, I took advantage of the opportunity to throw some balls at him and dunk him!