Hot stuff!

Whew- it has been hot and sticky here in good ol' State College. No central AC for the new place either....we're trying to figure out how to keep it cooler inside.... though it does manage to stay cooler inside than out, it is still wicked hot inside. I haven't posted for a couple of weeks- sorry about that...but I've been busy. T-minus 4 days until my committee gets my dissertation, and T-minus 15 days until my final defense on June 23rd. Yup, I'm tired and my brain doesn't want to work anymore, but the end is near. So we push on. Its a family effort! Here are some pictures and commentary from the last couple of weeks. Nate's been great- saying new things we didn't know he knew every day....

Nate's a lucky little boy to be visited by his great grand parents!

Nana's a drummer (i.e., a percussionist!) Here she's showing Nate how its done...

Here's Nate giving it a go.... he did really really well!! Notice his left hand position-he's actually holding it in the proper way!!! Do we have a future drummer in our midst? Perhaps I need to research some really good ear muffs!

Here's Nate at lunch.... I know this must be a gang sign in some city... sigh... :) He went around the table and made each one of us show him our elbows....

Nate eating a snack on Papa's lap....Grey is hard to wear when you're still drooling...heh....

Nana and Pa in State College!



Our sadistic little man with power tools! (Well, a totally safe version that is....) I swear we get the weirdest looks on camera!

Here's Nate chillin' in a folding lounge chair that Grammie and Papa got us for our anniversary... he loves climbing into it.....

Nate chilling with Grandad watching NASCAR!

Trying out some new sun glasses... not sure he likes the band that velcros behind his head... He loves "glasses" now... points them out on all of us!

Again, checking out the sun glasses....

Here he is eating corn on the cob for the first time.... so why is it 'corn on the cob' when the other version isn't called "corn off the cob?" No wonder the English language is hard to master....Can't wait until Nate is old enough to ask those questions....

More corn....and what goes good with corn on the cob?

What else but, KETCUP!!!! (yes, he actually did eat more of the corn after he dipped it into ketcup....well there could be worse ways to get your child to eat veggies....he really does like his veggies...and only dips them in ketcup when its out....)

Here's Nate sharing his toy name train that Pa built with the cat... Max wasn't too sure what to think about this, but Nate put all the pieces one by one next to the cat... sorry that I don't have a good picture of the full train yet... I'll try to get that up on here to show you...

And here's the final cumulation of the Nate train by Max....

Nate found a unique seat while playing.... he turned this block over and took the lid off of his lego set and was pulling out legos and building with them!

I realize that there are other pictures I should post...but that's all for now! Enjoy!