Who told our baby he could grow up?

This is how I found Nate this morning...happily chewing on the side of his crib. It was partly my fault, as I apparently left the side rail down after a 12am wakeup call...so I was hoping that this was a fluke.
But this afternoon I turned my back for one second and turned around to see this:
Ohmygoodness! Nate continued to amaze us today with more new skills--picking up things off of the floor to eat (particularly Sammy's dog food-which I was able to swipe away before it was eaten), crawling from his room through the foyer, kitchen and all over the house, a sudden burst in language skills saying "bahh, bahh, bahh" AND opening his first drawer! Joel was home most of the day and was able to see these new skills for the first time right along with me...and we captured many of them on video for you to see. Our sweet little guy continues to amaze us!





Oh, and then Nate crawled in his exersaucer...so Joel thought he wanted to go for a spin...

Nate's new spot

Nate definitely has to be "contained" these days if I can't keep a close eye on him. I have resorted to leaving the pack and play set up in our living room as a quick place to put him. Thankfully he LOVES it!

And he may be spending more time here in the coming weeks as we will be packing to move! Our house was on the market for a little less than 2 weeks! We feel very blessed, as many homes are on the market for 6 months or more... and we have a contract on a home for us that we will be able to grow into! We are scheduled to close on our current house on Nov 18th and Nov 20th for the house we are moving into. As long as everything goes as planned we can move straight from our first house to the next, which will make things much less complicated!

Halloween

For Halloween, we were invited to have dinner and Trick or Treat with our friends, The Wallaces. We enjoyed a yummy chili and hot dogs, playing with the kids, and walking around the neighborhood!

Nate playing with cars with Ben. Ben was very good at sharing!

Nate was a lumberjack for Halloween night. I decided to change it up a little from the bear, as he had already worn that costume 3 times (and it was REALLY hard to get him in and out of it!)

Nate and Carlton...next year they will really love Halloween!

Trunk or Treat

Our church held a Trunk or Treat last night. We had never been to one of these events before, so it was fun to have it for Nate's first Halloween.

Our trunk, complete with spooky "witch's brew"

Nate with his buddies, Micah and Carlton

Nate at the end of the night...he was one tired bear!

7 months!

At 7 months our Nate is such a happy boy! He loves his new found mobility and can finally sit him self up--something he's been working on since he could sit up unsupported (which was around 5 months.) He already love to crawl for wires and Sammy's toys. You know, everything he's not supposed to have! Here's a video of his "crawling." He has good form some of the time, but gets impatient and usually ends up just dragging his body with his arms, rather than using his legs to help.

Other things...Nate loves mirrors, shadows, and most of all- flirting! He loves to go out so pretty ladies will ooo and ahhh over him and he'll give them lots of smiles and giggles.

More Excuses :-)

Has it really been almost a month since I last posted? We have been having too much fun! It all started with a new computer so Joel can get more into photo/video editing...so all the pictures were moved to that computer, leaving the laptop I blog on without any fun pictures to post!

Let's see, then we had visits from Sharla & Jackson, Nate's Great Grandpa and Great Grandma Buxton, and Nana and Papa Penny...pool parties, Gymboree, P90x, book club, Bible Study, Junior League and church committee meetings, etc...

And then we decided to put our house on the market! Crazy, right? We're hoping to find a house that we can grow into in our same area to remain close to Joel's office and church.

Nate is now 7 MONTHS OLD! Our big boy is still big- weighing 21 pounds and wearing size 12 month clothes! He's eating all kinds of fun foods (veggies are his favorite-that's my boy!) and has started scooting all over the place. We are hoping the house will sell quickly so we don't have to do too much baby proofing here.

We are looking forward to many fun things this Fall- Aunt Megan coming to visit, Nate's first Halloween, Thanksgiving and, of course, Christmas! I will try to update with pictures soon...

6 months!

5 months

and 6 months- so big and sitting up!

We went for his 6 month checkup yesterday and he is weighing in at 20 pounds, 9 ounces (90%) and measuring 27 3/4 inches tall (90%)! We have a big, healthy boy!