Nathaniel

This is my handsome, destructive, sweet little trouble-making boy. I love him to pieces but he sure is a boy. He is a very curious boy who likes to do whatever his big sisters are doing. He can spot even an inch of space between a chair and the dining table and then exploits that inch of space to climb from the chair onto the table and color all over everything/dump out the crayons/dump out the vase of Mother's Day flowers (today)/etc. Heaven help us when he learns how to pull out the pushed-in chairs.

The other day I found him like this in the kitchen....

Those are oats.
(There went the bag you gave us, Justin & Whit!)
At least he got his fiber for the day.

That is the thing about him--he seems to have a taste for weird stuff. When we're outside, he'll stick handfuls of dirt and sand and in his mouth. I used to rush over and clean out his mouth and then I started thinking that maybe he just needs to learn how unpleasant it is to eat those things. So, recently at the park when he put some sand in his mouth I just left it to see what he'd do. He came over to see me, I think to show me what he'd done, and then he walked around and played like he could care less about the sand. He is so strange. He still likes to try and eat chalk and crayons, too. I promise I feed him!

Nate also loves shoes. He LOVES to try on other people's shoes and he is actually quite adept at putting them on the right feet and walking around in them. He probably gets them on the right feet more often than Natalie!

Here he is in a pair of Lizzie's shoes:

Nate had a fever recently and it was so sad. All he did was lay on the couch all day:
Although I hated seeing him sick, I loved snuggling with him all day. And, I was glad when the fever broke and he was back to his normal, active self.

This boy still doesn't say too much although he does have some new words: "thanks", "ee-sis" (Jesus), "ick" (look), "apple", "doo-doo" (noodles), to name a few. He still calls both of his sisters "Na-Na". That is also his word for banana. It can get a little confusing. He LOVES bananas, broccoli, cucumbers, milk, watching TV, reading his favorite books, and his beloved "mi-mi" (his blanket). He says "yeah" and "nope" for yes and no.

And, he is especially adorable when he sleeps....