Happy Mother's Day!

I had such a wonderful Mother's Day with my two favorite boys! Wayne, being the wonderful husband and father that he is, made Mother's Day a whole weekend instead of one day. He and Nathan took me out to dinner to my favorite Mexican restaurant, Cantina Laredo Friday night. I got to completely relax at dinner because Wayne took care of Nathan. We had queso, fajitas, and margaritas. Nathan was such a sweet boy and didn't give his Daddy any trouble. When we got home, Wayne took over the night time routine while I was lazy on the couch. On Saturday morning, I slept in while Wayne woke up early with Nathan. I think Nathan knew Daddy was going to get up with him because he woke up 30 minutes early! Poor Daddy! Nathan gave me the sweetest card, a new video camera (we actually got this a month ago...it was my "early" present), and a gift card to World Market. I took full advantage of my days off! That afternoon, Wayne's mom, came for a visit. This was a gift to all of us! As soon as Grandmother got here, she and Nathan played while Wayne and I spent the afternoon out running errands, going to dinner, and ending the night with a movie.


On Sunday, we went to church and then out to lunch.


"I was a good boy in the nursery and only cried a short time, but I sure am glad to be back with my mommy."

Here is the best Mother's Day gift of all!

On Sunday afternoon, Nathan took a nap after going out to lunch. Wayne and I ran a few more errands and then took a nap of our own...we can do that with Grandmother here! After being lazy for the day, we spent the rest of the afternoon outside. Wayne grilled, Nathan played, and Grandmother and I watched both of them :)

I don't think Nathan will ever get tired of this car! He pushes it, rides in it, tips it over, wants me to ride in it...

Here is Mr. Cool in his new sunglasses from Mama.

Okay, enough of those.

Peek-a-boo!

As you can tell from Nathan's red cheeks, it was really hot outside. So I put some water in a bowl for him to play with. He loves to stir things so I figured he'd love to stir and splash in the water.

He loved it for the first minute and then spilled it all over himself! That was even more fun!

Nathan got soaked with the water, so we had to change shirts. This is his "CHEESE" smile...What he's really thinking is, "Hurry up and take my picture so I can finish playing."

Thank you Wayne and Nathan for making this Mother's Day so special. I love being your mommy, Nathan, and I especially love our family of three. The memories that you, Daddy, and I get to make are priceless. I am truly the lucky one.

Bad Hair Day

This is what I found when Nathan woke up from his nap a few days ago. I've never seen his hair this crazy! Those of you who know me well, know that I like to keep Nathan nice and neat...Wayne says I'm a little obsessive about his grooming...but he's entitled to his opinion. I'm pretty sure that I'm not the only mom constantly brushing, combing, wiping, etc... So just to show Wayne that I can live with messy hair, here are a few pictures:


"Are you seriously taking my picture with my hair looking like this?"


"You're going to put it on the blog aren't you?"


"Can you see the top of my hair?"

"I like this new look...it's funky and hip!"

Of course, I wet it down and combed it when we left the house :)

Waiting for Mama and Papa

One of Nathan's favorite shows is Dora the Explorer. After watching this show, he learned the word "backpack" because she always wears one. So when we were organizing Nathan's toys, we actually found a backpack that Aunt Jennifer gave us that was filled with blocks. He was excited about the blocks, but was more excited about his new "Pack Pack!" He wants to wear it all the time and fill it with his toys. Here are some pictures I took of Nathan waiting for Mama and Papa to pick him up for the day AND night! What fun for Nathan and ME!!!!


"Are they here yet?!"

Nathan passes the time by watching out the window for Mama and Papa's car to pull up. Nathan made sure to pack all of his necessities for the day and night: red doggie, a truck, a bus, a train, and his snack cup. It's a good thing, I packed everything else!

"While I'm waiting, let's see what fun toys Daddy has in his desk..."

Walking Clifford

Nathan loves dogs...any dogs! His favorite stuffed animal is Doggie that he sleeps with, and one of his favorite movies is Lady and the Tramp ("The Doggie Movie" as he calls it). He especially loves Mama and Papa's dog, Cookie, and Auntie Carrie's dog, Otis. That's where his love of dogs started. Whenever we're with Cookie or Otis, Nathan wants to help feed them, brush them, and he especially likes to take them on walks. Since we don't have a real dog, Nathan pretends with his stuffed dogs. The other day, I found Nathan trying to put a belt around Clifford and saying "Walk Doggie" at the same time. I realized he wanted to make a leash for his dog. So I made him one out of string, and this is his new favorite past time!

This is Nathan doing his "Surprised" face. He puts both hands on his cheeks and says, "OH!" His friend, Thorne, taught him this.

Clifford is very well taken care of...he gets to watch cartoons with Nathan, is fed cereal and juice (which gets messy, but Nathan doesn't understand that Clifford can't eat or drink), is taken on walks, and gets loved on constantly! What's really funny is that if Clifford turns over while Nathan is taking him for a walk, Nathan stops and puts him right side up again!

Happy Birthday Andrew!

Nathan's friend Andrew turned one last week, and we had so much fun at his party. It was at the park which is one of Nathan's favorite places! The weather has been so yucky lately, and on the party day, it looked like it was going to rain. Luckily, the rain held off, and it was actually a perfect day to be outside. Since it was cloudy, we didn't have to worry about slathering on the sunscreen, and it wasn't too hot! We snacked on sub sandwiches, chips, juice boxes, and cake.


I was starving and couldn't wait to start eating, but Nathan wanted to eat a little bit here and there, and then run around. So in order to keep him at the table while I stuffed my face, I gave him some Doritos to try. Boy, did that do the trick! As long as I kept giving him Doritos and juice boxes, he stayed at the table with me. I was able to sneak in a few bites of sandwiches, but the chips were his main meal...I think he had 3 juice boxes too!


Nathan actually let me put a birthday hat on him!


But then wanted to take it off after he accidentally snapped the strap against his face...can't you tell what he did from his expression?


While we were waiting to eat and open presents, Nathan played ball with his friends, Max and Brooke






Here is Mr. Cutie Pie saying "Cheese!" and then he flashed his tummy for everyone to see!


After the party Nathan and another little boy his age had fun running in the grass and playing with their party favors. The Slinky kept these boys occupied FOREVER! Happy first birthday Andrew!

Where's Nathan?

Nathan loves to hide while we pretend to search for him. Usually, he'll hide somewhere really hard to find...like on the floor curled up in a ball. Wayne and I will call out his name trying to find him, and when he's ready to be found, he'll jump up and say "Here I am!" Now he likes to hide behind things, under covers or pillows, or with one of us while the other one tries to find him. And when he's ready to be found, he SCREAMS really loudly and excitedly! It's so funny, and even a little scary!

And yes, that was the back of Nathan's head hitting the bed as Daddy pulled him up :)

Austin Weekend

I'm a little behind on my blog entries. We went to Austin two weeks ago to attend the funeral of Wayne's great uncle. The funeral was actually in New Braunfels which is only 1 1/2 hours away from Austin, so we spent the weekend with Carrie and Chris and then all went to New Braunfels together. I'm behind in my entries because I am a complete scatter brain lately! I left my credit card and camera battery charger at Carrie's house and then left my CAMERA at Wayne's family's house! So I had to take a "blog vacation" while everyone was gathering all of my belongings to send to me :)

Nathan had a new bruise to show off on our trip. I swear I CANNOT keep him from getting hurt! Even when he's doing the most innocent things, he finds a way to bang some part of his body, and I feel like I'm always having to "explain" his bruises! The latest one that you can kind of see in the following pictures is his first black eye. It doesn't look as bad in these pictures as it did a few days before. Nathan and I were playing on the couch, and he stood up to jump on me, but ended up jumping too far and hit the side of his face on the arm of the couch. It's padded, but I guess not enough. I know he's a boy and that he's going to get hurt, but that doesn't make it any easier on me. It really does hurt me more than it hurts him...he was ready to do the same thing again 5 minutes later. No more jumping on the couch Mr. Nathan!!!


Can you see his shiner? It's under his left eye.

Who's going to get the ball first? You know you both want it!

On Saturday morning, we got ready to head to New Braunfels. Doesn't Nathan look handsome?

Nathan loved showing off and being the greeter at the funeral. He really lightened the mood and made everyone smile. During the service, Nathan and I played outside and explored the different rooms of the church. Oh and we had to make a quick run to Walgreens because I noticed that I didn't have any diapers in my bag! I did pack them, but remembered Nathan pulling a few out right before we left Carrie's house. I thought to myself "I should put those back in my bag right now...I'll just do it in a minute...first I need to fix Nathan a snack..." And of course, I forgot.

After the service, we all went to a reception room for drinks and desserts. Nathan sampled every cookie there was, said hi to everyone he could get to talk to him, showed almost everyone his cute little tummy, danced, and pretty much did anything he could to get attention. He was in the best mood! Then Carrie and I took him outside to run around...and take more pictures.

Nate and Auntie Carrie

"I love your earrings Auntie Carrie. I think Mommy should borrow them :)"

We then headed to Debbie and Fred's house for some family time. While I was getting all of our things organized and fixing Nathan a drink, Carrie said she would take care of Nathan. When I got back, this is what I found! Nathan was soaked but having so much fun!

Luckily I had a change of clothes for Nathan. That's what Aunts are for right? They let you do all of the fun things that Mommies don't!

Nathan's only nap that day was in the morning, on the way to New Braunfels. I was so worried that he would be very grouchy as the day wore on and tried to get him to take a second nap, but he wouldn't. I think he was worried he'd miss out on something fun. We didn't head back to Austin until 9:00 that night! Surprisingly though, Nathan stayed happy the whole time. He did fall asleep as soon as we turned the car on. We really had a wonderful time, and I'm just hoping that I can get my head together and stop forgetting things!