It doesn’t snow much here in East Tennessee. In fact, it’s been years (YEARS!) since there has been any accumulation that’s been worth anything. For someone like me, that sucks. That means no snowball fights. No snowmen with carrot-noses. No sledding down hills. And, the biggest atrocity of all, NO SNOW ANGELS. I like making snow …
So this story will be told in two parts. The first part covers what happened right before we showed Nathan how to open the presents. The second part covers him actually opening his presents and taking part in his very first Christmas. We took a ton of pictures of him sitting in front of the …
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The other day, I put Nathan in his exersaucer to play. I could hear him banging away at the toys on the tray and talking to the different pieces. After a few minutes, however, all noises coming from his bedroom ceased. I peeked in to see what he had gotten into when I saw that he had fallen asleep while standing up in his …
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It was 2:50 a.m. Nathan had just eaten and I had gently tucked him back into bed. I could hear his feet thumping down while he chortled softly with contentment. I walked into the kitchen to get a glass of water. My eyes were blurry. My joints were aching because, well, I’m getting old and that’s …
Babies are great. They are so precious and sweet, and not to mention, hilarious. Not only because they cause mini-catastrophes such as mega poops and fountains of pee, and not even just because they have hilarious facial expressions when they taste new foods, but also because they will find humor in the slightest things. Last …