Made it.....

Whew- "under the weather" is the ultimate understatement for what the last 2 weeks have meant for us. Nate had 'hand, foot, and mouth disease', which then resulted in a secondary bacteria infection from one of the sores...sigh... so now 2 weeks later, and he's finally cleared to go back to daycare, and we're finally cleared to have a full nights rest! We luckily had Grandma to come and help take care of Nate and us :) Nate had plenty of one on one time with Grandma, and then Grandma took care of the parents! :)

Grandma and Nate just goofing around!

Walk like a duck!

Bam! They all fall down......

Percarious position.......

Cool dude- ready for summer... too bad its winter.....

Nate has been especially drawn to his blue blanket these past two weeks, he rarely went anywhere without it....

First, he'd only eat macoroni, then he moved up to pasta with marinera sauce....

Bath night! All clean in the doggie towel (and yes, he was saying "woof woof" when wearing this...)

Nate got to see Little John again- we went over to their place to go sledding on Saturday - the boys had a blast and it was nice and lowkey for Mike and I as well... Too many to post here, check out another picasa web album! http://picasaweb.google.com/Cwhetzel2008/Sledding

Uh-Oh!

Being contemplative as he waits for Grammie and Papa to arrive.....

That's what everything is right now... uh-oh! He first says "uh-oh" then proceeds to chuck his sippy cup... He's been under the weather for the last couple of days, so we've been getting better and recouping at home. Here are a few pictures from last weekend.....

Being contemplative with Dad's mountain dew bottle......

No, honey, those aren't monkeys- they're squirrels!

Somehow I don't think its such a good idea to have him walking around with the mountain dew bottle in his mouth......

Big shoes, er, wicked good slippers, to fill!

Hey, I"m getting the hang of it!

Touch down!

Finally caught this on video...its a bit weak, but you get the idea.... :)

Some things to catch up on...

It doesn't take long for a child to change now does it? It seems like Nate is moving a step toward being a little toddler every day. I mean he can toddle, but he's starting to really exert his independence.... He's not saying much yet, but that sure doesn't stop him from sounding like he's talking. Lets see here... what has he added to repetoire of tricks... he now says "nana" for banana- even the mention of the word "banana" he immediately starts making the more sign and points to where we normally keep the blessed yellow fruit. I can understand why parents start spelling out words....."eat your protein and then you can have a banana" meanwhile he hears the mere mention of the word "banana" and dinner is all over and suddenly, crap, you realize that you mentioned the "b" word and there's no way he'll eat more meat....sigh.... We also taught him to hiss like a snake tonight... I don't think he even knows what a snake is, but if you say what sound does a snake make, he says "hisssssss".

Enough of my rambling, on to the pictures!

Show me your muscles!

Not much snow, but the sled sure went!

Ok, I'm going to try something different. This blog is being annoying when it comes to loading pictures. So I'm going to post a link- click on it and it will take you to more pictures!

Click here - http://picasaweb.google.com/Cwhetzel2008/TheLastTwoWeeks

When you're on the webpage click "slideshow" and then you can see the pictures larger with the captions I wrote. To get back to the blog, click the "back" arrow in your browser.

I've included pictures from Mel's baby shower down in VA as well as our play date the other weekend with the twins, Willem and Fiona, Nate's other two friends Little John, and Ada.

Enjoy!