German Nate

I am super slow on the updates lately. We dressed Nate up in lederhosen (circa when Mike was young) and did a photo shoot in our back yard with Momma! Mike had a set of pictures taken of him in this outfit when he was younger... it was time! If we waited any long, Nate would be too big! I wish I had an image of one of the pictures from when Mike was younger....hmmmm.... Enjoy!

Sound of music anyone?

I think Nate looks the most like his daddy in this picture...

I think this is the best "normal" one :)

This one is for Nana- drumming away!

He was so fascinated with looking at himself in the sliding glass door.....

And finally this photoshoot would not have been complete without the bribe picture... yes, we bribed him with a cupcake to take the pictures!! :)

More general updates

Update take 2: there were just too many pictures to share in one post...so take a look at the tall boy!! :) Nate was moved up into the 3 year old room at school- he's growing so fast! He's been there in the room for 2 weeks now and his vocabulary has increased exponentially. He's now stringing several sentences or more together and starting to tell stories! :) How fun!

We altered this shirt the other week when he was a particular pistol in school.... his teachers thought it was funny.....

I really think that Nate looks like Stitch in this picture, but I can't find a good comparison picture.

Isn't he just the little man???

Warrior pose- yes our son does yoga in school!

We visited Lancaster last weekend and Grandma and Granddad took us to the Strasburg Railroad!

This was before the train got going... we were in the open car close to the engine- Nate didn't like the whistle blowing- he thought it was too loud...he kept his hands over his ears the ride out...then the train's engine went to the other end of the train and the ride was quieter and we were able to coax Nate's hands from his ears with some yummy kettle corn!

He loves his popcorn!

This week- hair cut #3! Its time!

Month of May? Gone.....

Two posts in April... none in May... I guess it all evens out, eh? Well, I'm blogging on a spankin' new computer curtousy of my wonderful in-laws who have INSANE luck... here's to hoping its in the genes and it just skipped a generation and Nate got their luck too! HA! Ok, so lots to update on... well, no news specifically, but for sure a couple of inches of Nate. I'm not kidding. The kid lost his budda belly this week and shot up like another inch! Ok, maybe not THAT much, but it sure seems like it! I did kind of a measurment today and conservatively he's 38.5 inches tall now... that's just about 2 inches taller than he was in Nov! It shows, it really does!

First updates: We spent a wonderful weekend south of Pittsburg for Memorial Day weekend visiting the Brown's. We had such a wonderful time, we didn't want to come home to reality! Enjoy the pictures!

Pittsburg zoo

Fun water action shots!

Check out the air on these!

The Brown's bought a slip n slide- the boys wheren't sure what to do with it, so the dad's had to help....

More Pittsburg Zoo- sorry, the move function on here wasn't working that well, so the pictures are a bit disjointed!

HOT HOT HOT

Hi All-



Its been quite hot here the last two days... we suddenly went from 40's to high 80's in a matter of days (day). It took us all by surprise.... suddenly the trees are busting their leaves out and blossoms that would have lasted longer in normal spring temperatures are being shoved out for leaves to catch sun light.... the house is hot, we didn't even have our weather proofing off from winter before we had to open up our windows and stick fans in them at night in order to stay cool... sigh... relief looks like its coming soon though, so I'll stop complaining!



The Blue and White game was this weekend. It was smack dab in the middle of Nate's nap, so we just went over to the carnival after he woke up. Of course he woke up early from his nap and said immediately "I want to go to the carnival- now." So we strapped him into the running stroller and walked over to the stadium- its a bit of a hike, but we figure by the time we were going to be heading over there, we probably would have been able to SEE our car parked from our house, and decided it was a nice day and we were going to walk!






I also volunteered again at the semi-annual Rugrats Resale- it was packed! But they couldn't have had better weather, that's for sure! I picked Nate up a couple pairs of shorts, short PJs (needed them this weekend!) and some 4T tops... and I also got him.... a Little Tykes Coupe! :) (see pictures).


I'll admit, Nate's legs are almost too long for this little coupe... but he played with it diligently all weekend-

Nate's new ride....

I'm also going to put some pictures on here of our visit the other weekend with the Browns- they stopped by to visit for the weekend on their way back to Pitt. It was so good to see them! It was a great weekend then too- not as hot either! Enjoy! And note: this is number 2 post for April!

We got the bumbo seat out for little J (M's little brother) and Nate wanted to sit in it....

M and Nate- M has the 'thumbs-up' down pat- Nate- not so much...

Looking at a book together- too bad Nate couldn't get rid of his cheesey grin...

The essential Lion Shot of the Brown Family.......

Nate and Daddy on the Lion (these are the first pictures we have of Nate by the lion...bad, bad Penn Staters....)

Nate on the lion....

What is it with guys and tools?

Just a brief update on me- I'm feeling much better- drinking cold water fast still feels weird- and so does sneezing...but other than that, my tonsil problems are OVER! :) WHAHOO!