life with a new baby
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The magic of playing
Apr 1st
This is the conversation Nathan and I had as I was laying down with him for his nap.
Me: “I love you, Nathan.”
Nathan: “Why?”
Me: “Because you’re my son.”
Nathan: “Yaaaaaaaay!” *Claps hands happily*
Me: “My sweet boy!”
Nathan: “YES!”
Me: *kisses his forehead*
Nathan: “Pway?” (Play?)
Me: “No, Nathan.”
Nathan: “Nap!”
Me: “Yes. It’s nap time. Now go to sleep.”
Nathan: *lifts head* “Pway?”
Me: “No, Nathan. You can’t play until you wake up from your nap.”
Nathan: “Okay.”
And can you guess the very first word he said when he first woke up? “Pway.” In fact, that’s almost always the first word out of his mouth, even before he’s actually awake. He’ll be coming out of his sleep, have his eyes still closed, but he’ll say “pway!”
I tell you, this kid LIVES to play!
The big stink
Mar 22nd
Wow, yesterday was one crazy day.
So. Our septic tank got clogged. As in COMPLETELY CLOGGED. As in, we could not use the bathroom, sinks, tub, or wash clothes until we could fix it. My poor husband and his grandfather worked all day long trying to figure out what was causing the problem and how to resolve it. Finally, when all their efforts didn’t work, they dug down to the septic tank and called the septic people (is that what they’re called?) to come pump the darn thing out.
It worked!! THANKFULLY! Although let me tell you, the smell from the sewage getting pumped IS QUITE UNPLEASANT. Kudos to anyone who works in the sewage industry because I sure could not do it!
So now we can use water, flush the toilet, wash clothes, and TAKE A SHOWER. Oh the things we take for granted until we don’t have them anymore, huh? Indoor plumbing is one of those things.
In other news, Nathan had a great day yesterday. I had bible study with a small group of other moms at my church. For those of you who do bible studies, have you ever done anything with Beth Moore? Because let me tell you. THAT WOMAN IS AWESOME. I have never learned so much, felt so enlightened, and experienced such a level of understanding. So after bible study, we all grabbed some fast food (in which I got Nathan all-white meat chicken tenders, fruit, and milk – THANK YOU Michelle Obama and all the advocates like her for raising the bar when it comes to our children’s nutrition!) and met in a nearby park.
Unfortunately, my little guy still just doesn’t understand, however, that YOU CAN’T WALK IN FRONT OF KIDS SWINGING ON THE SWINGS. As we all know, it’s dangerous; he could get hurt pretty badly. Well, Nathan kept walking in front of kids swinging. He wanted to play with them so badly… he would run towards them saying “Sweeeee! Sweeeee!” (Swing! Swing!) and each time, I had to grab him to keep him from getting hit. I put him in time-out a couple times, but it didn’t work… he’s simply just not old enough to understand the dangers of what he was doing just yet.
But other than that, it was great. Nathan loves playing with other kids. His whole face just lights up and he’ll follow the bigger kids around, trying to get them to play with him. Oh how I love that little boy.
So I hope you all had a great weekend! I don’t know about you, but we’ve had some lovely weather the past few days. Spring is here, and we are totally loving it!
Finally! Nathan’s birthday pictures!
Mar 7th
Finally! Nathan’s pictures from his birthday celebration are up! He had such a nice little birthday party… it was just family this year because he’s only two years and doesn’t quite grasp the concept of “birthday” just yet. And we all know he has a problem with too much going on, so we decided to keep it small and simple this year. But he LOVED his little party. He was all smiley and happy and was running around clapping his little heart out. Maybe it was because all the attention was focused on him. Maybe he could see how excited and happy all us adults were. Whatever the reason, he was totally diggin’ his special day. I still can’t believe my little baby is two years old.
His great-uncle showing Nathan how to play the piano
Nathan absolutely loved opening his presents… and I think Paul had just as much fun as Nathan did
More present fun. He made out like a bandit… had lots of goodies to play with!
Being such a big boy… playing outside and enjoying the beautiful weather
Plotting something devilish, I’m sure
I hear boys like playing with rocks and sticks. Nathan is no exception.
I now have a two year old
Feb 28th
I hope you guys had a great weekend! Ours was wonderful. We celebrated Nathan’s second birthday! It was so much fun because, unlike last year, this year he understood that it was a special day and that it was all about him… he was totally loving all the attention! We kept telling him “Happy Birthday! You’re two years old now!” so he’s been running around saying “Two! Two!” just as proud as he can be. I can’t believe my baby is two years old already. I can’t believe how quickly time passes, especially in retrospect. I have some really cute pictures I’ll post as soon as I can!
In the meantime, let me tell you a funny story. See, I’ve been working with Nathan on being polite and saying “please” and “thank you.” Only somehow, he’s interpreted please to mean if Mommy says no, say please a million times in a row to get her to change her mind (which I don’t do, by the way.) So now, he says please after everything. The other day, I told him not to pull the cat’s tail. He responded with a “Pwease? Pwease? PWEASE?” And then he proceeded to have a temper tantrum when I didn’t relent.
Nathan, Nathan, Nathan. No matter how badly you want to do it, my son, I will never allow you to pull the cat’s tail.



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