Happy Father's Day

Breakfast in Little Italy

Nate's big "One"!

Gene, Barb, Kelly, Nathan, Dave, Aunt Judy, Uncle Bob

Me, Nate, and my friend Liza who lives in LA (we went to middle and high school together)

Sam, Nate, and Paul blowing bubbles

Nate's giant cupcake

trying to put the candle back on

Henry, Nate, and Oliver

Nate wants to play Cornhole too

Steve, Frank, Meg, and Gene

Nate and Meg

eating cupcakes while watching Nate play with his cake

Meg made Nate a cool box!

family shot

Nate and Henry

Paul, Nate, and Sam

Gene and Nate

Dave and his homemade sangria

worm and dirt cupcakes

Nate's Cake

more b-day pictures to come... stay tuned :)

Happy 1st Birthday!

Happy Birthday, Nate!!!! It's been a very "active" year, to say the least. He is definitely a full blown toddler now.... walking, climbing, running, getting into everything :) We are having tons of fun (whew!).

Nate is still growing into a big boy... He is 85% in height and weight. We get lots of comments on how he's going to be a line backer or be into some sort of sports, especially with his activity level.

He's been really cute lately, holding our hand and leading us to where he wants to go, pointing, doing some new signs (he just learned "milk" and "dog"), and trying to say some words (he tries to say da (dad), mama, and dah (dog) and maybe a couple of others (he says something for bird too). His new skill within the past week or two is climbing onto chairs and then onto the table.

And, boy, is he into food!! I am learning not to hold him when I am in the kitchen because he wants anything that's out on the counter (especially bananas and avocados). He loves pretty much all food and it seems like he wants to eat all day long since he's so active. Our dog, Sadie, is finally warming up to Nate since he can now carry around snacks and loves to feed them to her :). Nate also knows which balls are Sadie's and tries to give them to her.

It's amazing to think about how far we've come in a year!

Climbing

Nate's doing a lot of climbing these days. This was yesterday at Foley Vineyards in the Santa Rita Hills. Nate kept trying to escape from the tasting room to go play outside.

bath time

Playing with sand

Iron Girl 10K in Del Mar

new PR for Kelly, yeah!!!!

Aunt Judy, her friend from Canada, and then me with the bright red face :)

Just a year ago, it hurt so much to even walk to the mail box, so I am so excited to have accompished beating my fastest pre-pregnancy 10K time.

Yes, he will eat anything...including limes!

Avocado!

Nate loves the avocados from our tree. He got really messy this morning.

Diapers in the toilet

hmm, how'd these get in there? Nate disappeared around the corner and got very quiet. In a matter of seconds he stuffed the toilet full of diapers. I guess he was trying to see if they would all fit.

Stone Brewery

I hosted an outing with the Carlsbad mom's and tots group last Sunday. We went to Stone with the guys for some relaxation in the gardens.

"I'd like this one, please"

Faces

I wasn't quite thinking I would get this reaction from trying to get my beer back. Nate likes the sound his teeth make on the glass. Notice Sadie eyeing it as well.

We play this game a lot when Nate goes out the dog door and looks back inside.

Who needs a vacuum when you have Sadie. She loves Nate's cereal.

Wagon

Ever since I saw a cool all terrain Radio Flyer wagon in Newport Beach a few months ago, I have been OBSESSED with getting one for Nate. Finally, I found the perfect one! I never would have guessed it would come in a MILLION pieces that I would have to put together (with my little tool kit Jason got me when I went to college...haha, thanks Jas...yes, I still have it! by the way, Dave would have done it but he was at work when it arrived and I couldn't wait.)

NOT FUN!

FUN!!!!!

We can now haul Nate and his friends, Nate and the beach toys, cooler, etc.... YAY!

Nate ran off when I was cooking in the kitchen and I found him around the corner in a flower pot. I had set them all out earlier to take pictures to sell on Craigslist. He needed help getting out... lol! After that, he grabbed my hand and wanted me to get in the pot!!!!!

Nate was very pleasant after his 2 hour nap. such a cutie.

Nate's in swim lessons this month

He's learning to kick, go under water, blow bubbles, paddle with his arms, hold onto a kick board, climb out of the pool, etc. We play lots of games and sing songs during class.

Nate at the zoo- 1st time

This morning, Loretta, Oliver, Nathan, and I went to the zoo.

Oliver and Nathan... "ok, lets go!!"

Nate was a little nervous seeing the otter, but very interested. He held onto Loretta and I for reassurance.

petting zoo

Loretta and Oliver on the Skyfari

Nate and I (apparently, just waking up) on the skyfari

happy Oliver

turtles in the tank

petting zoo