Nate's new word "Baby"

Nate is saying "baby" now. I've started a list at the left of all the words he can say and has said. It's a little difficult to get some of them out of him sometimes.

My sis and Dave came up tonight and we went to the Mills to hang out. Nate had plenty of ice cream at Casa so he was quite wound up. He was everywhere.

One funny thing he did today was he made a really funny face. He would squint his eyes and his jaw would start twitching like he was shivering. We were all rolling on the floor. We were kind of concerned cause we thought he might be having a seizure or something.

Not much else going on. Will be good to get some sleep tonight.

Later,

Good weekend

Had a pretty decent weekend. Nate and I got up Saturday and headed out yard saleing. Just did the ones around Maryland Heights and didn't really venture too far. I got him a playground ball, just needs a little air. Also, got more Lincoln Logs for him to play with. Like I don't have enough already. These were castle themed, though. My big find was that I found some of the fantasy books I enjoy for 10 cents a piece. Guess I can read then and then resell on eBay for a profit later. Not bad.

After we got back, we tried putting him down for nap and he refused to go to sleep. I went in about 3:30 and found out that he had moved his crib over and had open the curtains half way. Put him to bed again, closed the curtains and he slept until 5:30. Then we went out the Nick and Elena's for some delicious pizza.

I got home and just crashed. bed at 8. pitiful. Guess I'm getting old.

Played with Nate a little today, and then at 4:30, we are going to a 1 year b-day party.Going to be a bunch of those coming up soon that we will be going to.

Getting Nostalgic

Back when I was Nate's Age, my dad had purchased a 1960's vintage 8mm camera and took about a half hour video of life back then. There is some good video of me walking around and it looks just like Nate walks now. Funny thing is my dad is quite the tinkerer and he loved to speed up and slow down the camera. So, I thought I would try my hand at it also, thus the result is the following video:


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I got an e-mail today that pointed out my lack of postings on the blog. I guess there are several reasons for that, and I won't go into all of them. Basically have been busy with stuff. With it being summertime, Nate is staying up a little later then normal. And we're trying to conserve some energy so the air isn't on all the time so I go downstairs to keep cool. Also, trying to get to bed earlier so that I can get up early for the Y. I've gone three times this week, missed today. Will definitely go tomorrow. We are going swimming at the MH swimming pool tomorrow for a children's church worker appreciation thing.

Well it is getting to be 9 and Keeping up Appearances is going to be on.

I'll leave you with a pic of me and Nate reading a Thomas the Train book together...



Later,

Yard Saleing morning

Nate and I headed out this morning for some yard Saling. They are really starting to dwendle down a lot lately. It's hot I guess and they've already happened this year.

Yesterday, Had a plumber over and he fixed the bathroom sink and the kitchen sink also. NOw that the valve is fixed on teh sink, I can seriously think about fixing the dripping hot water faucet. Need to figure out what seal to get though.

Here's a pic of nate we took the other day. He isn't really into Hat's quite yet but I guess soon will be...



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Pre Holiday Business

Lynn's parents came down today and we went all over St. Louis county it seemed. hunting for Chuck some boots, at Chuck's Boots and other places. He found some shoes at BPS. (Bass Pro). Went to Cabela's also. Nate was up till about 4 so he has slept a little short time and just seems right now to be getting up. Guess we'll need to hunt for dinner...

Later,