Friday, July 30, 2010
Doesn't every child have these??????
I am not a bad mother. There is ZERO beer in the bottle. I even washed it before I let him have it. He did not crawl around with it, stand with it, or move with it. He took a picture with it...thats it!!! :)
And then there is the nakie baby booty. Not sure what the protocol is for nakie baby pics on the Internet, but there is nothing showing except for the cutest little baby bubble butt you have ever seen! :)
Shoes
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Our Week in Pictures
Still proppin' that foot up :)
You may not care about my husband and baby in the shower, but I think this picture is awesome :)
Saturday, July 17, 2010
Told ya so.......
I mentioned in the previous post that Nolan was a determined little boy. He knows what he wants and will occasionally throw a fit in order to get it...yes hard to believe I know :) I thought I would give you a little taste of what my summer has been like. Laptops, fireplaces, blinds, etc....it doesn't matter...if he wants it....he fights to get it :)
Thursday, July 15, 2010
11 Months Old
I love this age. Of course, I think I have said that once a month for almost a year :) Nolan's little BIG personality is really beginning to shine through. He is so much like me it is scary. Hard headed, stubborn, and determined. He knows what he wants and THINKS he knows how to get it done. Example: The fire place is a thing of enchantment. Nolan wants so badly to be able to crawl up onto it and grab as many of those pebble thingys that are inside. We battle this numerous times a day. When he thinks I'm not looking...off he goes. I grab him, pop his little hand (not spank...you can yell at me for that later), and tell him that we don't go near the fireplace. I take him and put him near all of his toys. Two seconds later...off he goes. You get the picture. The blinds in the house are also a thing of beauty. I have to keep them pulled up about a foot so that he won't destroy them. Looks ridiculous from the street.
While he gets these lovely qualities from me, he gets some other great ones from Brad. Daddy is an observer. In new places and situations, Brad takes a step back to see whats going on and take it all in. We are people watchin' fools and Nolan is going to fit right in. He LOVES to watch everything. Cars, people, animals, the man pushing all the carts in a Kroger. He is an observer...just like daddy. He is also a funny little kid. Something else he gets from daddy...maybe a little mama too. Daddy is a goof. After 10 years, he made me a goof. And we have passed that on to our guy :) Just like his daddy, once he gets comfortable he is the life of the party!
Here are some things that have been going on with Nolan:
~won't eat fruit. When we first started eating table food, Nolan loved bananas, blueberries, grapes, baked apples. Now, he won't touch them. I think it's the texture....something he gets from mama :)
~Is in between sizes. This is something that is driving me nuts. Nolan has a long torso....something he and his Aunt Elise have in common. He can not wear 12 month rompers. The just are not long enough, but fit everywhere else. Try 18 months you say??? Nope....SWALLOW him. They are about 2 inches too long and he looks silly. What is this mama to do??
~LOVES HIS DADDY!!! Poor thing. He crawls around the house saying "DA, DIDI, DADDY". I thought boys were suppose to be in love with their mama???
~Sleeps in his own crib for almost 12 hours!!! Enough said :)
~Takes only one nap a day for about 3 hours.
~Loves a laptop and Skyping with the TX folks.
~Still loves Eeebee, but has branched out a little to Yo Gabba Gabba
Here are some pictures of Brad and Nolan doing what they do best...being goofy with one another :)
I was reminded......
As soon as I saw the spelling and windmill, I knew was it was. SPECULAAS....an almond spice cookie eaten at Christmas!!!! I am sure hundreds of people walked by these cookies today and did not even stop....the ones who did were probably thrown off by the burnt color of the cookie. These cookies are hard to find at Christmas...forget July! Speculaas have been in my life since my mother married my step dad. Gary's parents immigrated from Holland where these cookies originate. Mom and Pop brought us these cookies every Christmas. They were fun, old, Dutch people....the best way to describe them. Mom Wortel grabbed you buy the face, and Pop greeted you with a hug. They were beyond thrilled when Patrick came along, and I know they would be thrilled with Nolan too. While the Dutch culture is not in my gene pool...it is in my heart :)
Nolan loved his first Speculaas!
Monday, July 12, 2010
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Jammies
After his legs no longer fit inside the gown, we went to the footie sleeper. Nolan lived in these things...forget just sleeping in them :) I loved to snuggle him when he wore these. In fact, he wore them up until he was about 10 months old. The only reason he stopped is because I had a hard time finding them in a 12 month size :) As you know, Nolan slept with me until VERY recently. I loved feeling those footie feet snuggle under me as he slept. In this picture, Nolan has on a zipper sleeper. I only had a few of these and for a very good reason. You see, when poor Bradley was a baby he was accidentally zipped up in one of his zipper sleepers. No, I don't mean that the zipper stuck...I mean his skin got stuck in the zipper! He still has a scar right where the zipper stops right under the neck.
In the past month or so, Nolan has transitioned to separate jammies. I had a hard time with this at first. He seemed so big...plus I had not seen his feet at bedtime in about 6 months :) This picture is a perfect representation of his sleep habits. I have never seen him in the middle of his crib, he ALWAYS has his head up against the bumper, and his legs are crossed at all times (asleep or not).
Love at First Bite
Monday, July 5, 2010
Nolan's 1st Independence Day
Of course, I had to do a little July 4th photo shoot. Couldn't resist to dress Nolan like an all American kid :)