Snow...etc.....

Cousin Janet came into town this past weekend...and it was almost a year ago exactly that she came the last time!

Last year......

This year! (He wasn't feeling great, he had gotten his shots the day before.....) But the next day he was feeling much better, we decided to get him outside to see what he thought of the snow...

Ok, so he can walk in doors with the boots (man, they don't make them very friendly to get on....)....








But he didn't quite get outside walking.... this is mere seconds before he fell on his face....hasn't really learned to catch himself with his hands, especially when he's bundled up... he was fine though!

I couldn't resist- here is Nate and Daddy exactly a year ago than the one of Daddy and Nate in the snow suit! (Dec 16th)

1 year stats!!

Ok, even though I just posted a post today, I wanted to update you with his 1 year appointment stats that he had today. Nate is officially 33 3/4 inches tall (grew 2 inches in the last 3 months), and is 24lbs 10oz (hasn't gained a whole heck of a lot of weight) He's way off the curve for height, but he's in the 90th percentile for weight, and in the 50th percentile for head circumference. Poor little guy also got his shots- it should be an interesting night!

Enjoy a few pictures we took this evening!

Mom and Nate reading - Dad's grabbing the camera more!

That's our bucket boy! Who cares of what comes in the bucket, its the bucket that's fun! He put it on his head himself....

Not long 'til Christmas now....

Who does Nate resemble more? Mom or Dad? Or..............

the caroler???? What??? :)

Here's me reading with Alayna in my lap, and then along comes Nate, he wants to be a part of it too!

Getting used to the new place.....

We'll try and get Nate out in the snow this weekend- for it looks like we're going to be getting some of that falling white stuff.... Lets see here- Nate has his 1 year appt on Friday, I'll post his "official" stats when I can. He's learning all kinds of things at daycare- he's dancing to music, and starts doing hand motions for songs- I was talking to Miss Jenny and was wondering what patting his head meant....and she said its the Monkeys on the Bed song! He's also learning how to use spoons to feed himself. He actually can moo like a cow now, instead of every animal making the same "woof woof" noise... They explore and make pictures every day- here is a shot of "naked baby painting" - they stripped them down to the diapers and let them play with yellow paint and potatoes- though it was washable paint, all the kids looked slightly jaundice for a couple of days! HA! Lynn sent this along to me... :)

Dad thinks that he can only get away with wearing this sweater now....he could get beat up for it when he gets older...heehee....


Don't ask me how he stayed on the arm of the chair.......

Nate in his Christmas outfit- both him and little John have the same one- we'll have to get them together to snap a shot! :)

Here's Nate playing around with Dad's hat

Whew! Busy week!!!

This is our new house!!! 165 Lenor Drive- nope there wasn't any snow on the ground when we moved in, that came the next day! Once the inside it cleaned up a bit, I'll post some inside pictures.



So not only did we move to a new house this past week, we also celebrated Nate's 1 year birthday! So here's a picture of him on the day he was born, and one on his 1 year old birthday- its amazing how much he's grown!


Then........ Nov 30th, 2006 - 9lb 1oz, 22.5 inches long....
Now.... Nov 30th, 2007 - roughly 24.5lbs, and around 34inches tall....Is that really the same kid????

This is kind of like a 'where's Waldo' only it's 'where's Mike?' - this is a scene from our old bedroom after we brought everything down from the attic.... its a bit deceiving, for under the stuff is our bed, and 2 empty dressers....but still......

Here's Nate wanting to help- sorry about the open mouth and squinty eyes- its what he does now when he knows we're taking a picture.....

I'll try and post some more pictures soon once we have our Christmas decorations up in the new place.....

Lots of new things this week....

UPDATE: For those of you who don't know, we're relocating within State College- we close on our new house this Friday (Happy Birthday Nate, here's a new house....) -We'll put up new pictures once everything goes down....

Also check out a fellow family member's Blog as well- The DeNeale Family.... (Cousin Ethan)-[check out their blog link on the right hand side of this blog......]

First- New kicks- big BOY shoes! :) Get this: Size 6 XW (that's size 6, extra wide....definitely doesn't take after Mommies feet....) We walk pretty well- we went to Target on Sunday afternoon and let him walk around the store in them, and then did some walking outside in our parking lot at the house....

Check em' out!

Then, we have a new daycare that just opened up.... here's Nate and John (Happy 1st Birthday John TODAY!!!! :)), taking no time at all to destroy the room (in a constructive learning matter of course! :))

We also met our new Friend Luke (Check out the Schellhase Family blog link to learn more about Luke...) this weekend also!

"Ok, Mommy and Daddy, I'll sit here for one minute...then I'm up and chasing the cat...."

"ooooo- who are you?"

"Ok, enough of that, lets go find the cat...."

Happy Thanksgiving! and Happy Birthday take 2

We're down in Chambersburg this holiday couple of days and I thought I'd take some time and post some pictures from Thanksgiving, though I realized that I didn't get any with Nate next to the turkey... oh well.... We also combined it with a mini birthday celebration hosted by GG (Nate's great grandma)..... check it out!
Look at me, I ate the WHOLE piece!!! :)

There's just something about red icing......

Mike, Cousin Ethan, and Nate

Mmmmmm... Candy corn..... :) Well, he had cake and that was loaded with sugar...why not? JUST KIDDING!!! The bag wasn't open! :)

Pre-Birthday preview

Uncle Brandon and Aunt Nadege were in PA this past week, so Grandma and Grandad brought them up on Saturday to have a pre-birthday celebration... check out the pictures! Grandad and Uncle Brandon's birthdays are in Nov as well.... we did a multi-person celebration!



Keep the cake and lit candles far away from reaching baby hands.....



Blowing out the candles.... hmmm, what on earth are they doing?



ooooo- present from Uncle B and Aunt N



FUN! A soft Stingray from Monterray Bay Aquarium!



Being dainty with the chocolate cake......



Pat pat pat the cake..... oh wait, that's patty cake......


Here we go......




Hallelujah chocolate!!!



This was today- trying out the seat forward.....



(Last weekend- trying to stay off the "bottle"! HA! :)