Spikes!

Hi all!

Mike, Nate and I went to a minor league baseball game last night - the Spikes- thanks to Minitab! If it weren't so hot out, we could have walked to the game! We can hear them announcing all the time. We got a bowl of popcorn, and even though it was kind of stale, Nate dug right into the bowl, I swear he ate like a quarter of it! He kept wanting more! We also had a great time over at the Tomsho's place where the boys played in the pool- of course I forgot our camera this round....grrr... so make sure to check out their blog to see some pictures of the boys from this weekend!

Enjoy!

I should have dug the camera out sooner, Nate was dancing to the music......it was so funny! Not enough people saw him dance though, it was priceless! He can definitely put a smile on people's faces- even complete strangers!

Dad was attempting to point out what was going on down the fielf...but Nate was eyeing something over Dad's shoulder....a puddle maybe? A storm had blown through the area, just about the time the game was supposed to start, so it was rain delayed. We didn't get to see much baseball being played....

Ok, now Nate is interested in what's going on down in the field...

They were folding up the rain tarp that they had used to keep the field from getting too soaked.

Cool sky, eh? They aren't like the skys out west, but it holds its own....

Nate would clap when anyone else would clap... "yay!"

Nate digging into the popcorn bowl....

Nate trying to pick pieces of popcorn out of his hand, for he couldn't get the whole handfull in his mouth!

Nate wanted nothing to do with a picture, his eyes were on the popcorn bowl!

We had a blast!

Dog days of summer

I'm a little late in posting these pictures- Lynn got to them before I did.... so if you checked out Johnny's blog you had a preview of what I"m going to post. The boys played in the pool last weekend, and we had a blast! We're hoping for a repeat this weekend!


The highlight of this week was that I finally finished my dissertation! The final version was uploaded to the graduate school site, and I handed in my signature page! WHAHOO! I'm finished!!! It's done.

Enjoy the pictures!



Nate with Big John learning how to use the squirters.



Johnny drinking the water!


Johnny and the water squirter!

Johnny looks like he heard something funny!

This is how Nate acts when he's hit by water....


But then he likes it!


Trying to get the boys to look in the same direction...

Nate running through the sprinkler....



They boys being dunked in the water by their dads!

Water action shot!

The boys working together!


Johnny didn't like grass on his feet.....



Nate was getting cold...




Muscles!!!


Johnny's lost interest, but he's saying Nate's chair.




Uh, what's going on here....
Nate's muscles, and Johnny's outta here.....

A couple of pictures from earlier in the weekend....


We found out this weekend that Nate is too big for his pack n' play.... guess we have to find a back up for him for our family trip coming up...

Nate's new table - he ate lunch there - love it!

A day in the life of....

I'm trying to be better at posting.... so here are some new pictures from the last week. Nate saw the fireworks for the first time, and stayed up for the entire time! (Ugh, to 10pm bed time...) He kind of spaced out watching them, wasn't scared at all....he would say "boom boom" to 'what do fireworks do' the next day... but other than that, no worse for wear. We were able to see the fireworks only a stone's throw away from our house- perfect view in the farmer's field!! Party at our place next year! YAY!

Enjoy some pictures!

Nate enjoying his first nectarine- which he still says "apple" to, but hey he's getting the hang of it... Yup gave him the whole thing to see what he'd do with it...he didn't understand why the pit was hard though....heh

Happy 4th of July outfit!

Nate (already in his PJs) watching "Eemo" (i.e., Nemo) with Dad before bed.....

Dad taught Nate how to put his hands in his pockets... you know, for all those stores one goes in where you can't touch anything!

Here's just a "GQ" action shot- now if only he was wearing a suit....heh....

We finally broke out the "my first Craftsman Chainsaw" that Grandad got Nate for his first Christmas.... I think he's a bit confused- he says "truck" (because it does make a motor sound) and I say no, honey, its a tool like your hammer, and then he bangs the chainsaw like a hammer...heh....he'll get it eventually....

He does get a kick out of the safety glasses though!

Dr. Mom

Yup, that's right, the 5 year gestation period and subsequent birth of my dissertation is OVER! This morning I successfully defended my dissertation at 9am. So just call me Dr. Whetzel, or er, Dr. Mom. Here are some pictures over the last couple of weeks. Enjoy!

Mike, Nate and Kai at Grammie and Papa's house

Mike, Nate, John and Johnny playdate!

Boys and slides!

Playing in the pool to stay cool!

A running hug from Anna- had to be quick to get this shot!

Here's Nate on the "chair" that Daddy build him... and his expression is the result of saying "cheese".... er...cheesey... heehee

We ate out on our porch on Saturday night!

GG- if you see this, make sure you check the mail this week!

Time is just flying by! I can't believe that its almost July already! I know its a weird connection, but the Discovery Channel is already advertising for their annual "Shark Week" which feels like I just saw that, but that was a whole year ago...sheesh....

I'm working on dissertation edits, and reintigrating into the real world... I'll keep you posted! Sorry that there's been so much time inbetween posts- I'll try to be better!