Jeremy and Stephanie: July 2009

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Nate's new room!

I was very excited to get Nate's room painted and for us to get it decorated for him! He loves it and really loves sleeping in his big boy toddler boy. We are thrilled that he has a really fun room now that he can play in!

Neighborly fun!

We had a BBQ with our neighbor and her daughter and we had so much fun! We are very blessed to have nice neighbors and a play date for Nate! (Nate really likes the older women)! haha! Nate had his first smore too and ended up quite a mess but he seemed to really like it! Smores are one of Honey's favorite treat too! YUM!

Thanks Papa and Grandma Dulin!

"Papa and Grandma took me to Deanna Rose and I had so much fun! I got to see animals and go down slides and play in the water." I love going to Deanna Rose and I really love hanging out with my Papa and Grandma. They are the best!" -Naters

Sunday, July 26, 2009

Our daily life with Nater

We have been incredibly blessed to have Nate live with us at this time in his life. It is such a super fun stage and we are thrilled that we have been able to experience and share all of these special developmental moments with him. This summer we signed Nate up for swim classes. There is not much they do in swim classes at his age but it gives the children a chance to be comfortable in the water and get used to being in the pool. However, we soon realized that Nate had some hidden fins as he was a swimming machine in his class! He was all over the place and absolutely LOVED being in the water. On the very last day of class he even went down the big slides (once with the teacher and the other time with me) AND also went off the diving board (the teacher and I also helped but he was soooo ready to jump right off whether someone was there or not)! Nate LOVES being outside as the third picture shows. He got some chalk for his birthday and we have spent several moments outside drawing on the driveway. We also are now in the challenging potty-training stage with Nate! We are certainly not pushing it but he has started showing us some interest so we got him a little potty and he has been going on it every once in awhile. He gets a M&M every time he goes on his potty which he really likes that! He is a pretty quick learner though...we were at a friends house this weekend and one of our friends taught Nate how to pee on the side of the house....AND HE DID! Crazy kid. Gotta love boys! He is not fully potty-trained but we will definitely celebrate, and share, when he is! Needless to say, despite the typical-terrible-two-year-old tantrums we love having him with us.

Super Cool Dude

I took Nate to the Midwest Kids Fun Fest in Overland Park this weekend while Jeremy was at work. He got to meet Scooby-Do and was not afraid of the big dog AT ALL! He also got to ride a pony for the first time, which he absolutely LOVED! We had a good time walking around, picking up information, and playing with the animals and toys that were there.

Fun weekend with friends and water!

This weekend our friends son turned eight and they had a birthday party for him. They set up this huge bouncy water adventure treehouse and Nate was in HEAVEN! He LOVED it! He was scaling up the lady by himself and going down the slides on his bottom, back, frontwards, and backwards! He is such a fearless, adventurous little boy! It is crazy how smart, fast, and energetic he is! Everyone at the party was amazed at him, as we are EVERYDAY.

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Tickle and giggle time

1st picture: Nate loves his new CARS couch that Grandma DeeDee bought for him for his birthday and his new CARS sippy cup that Honey bought him!

2nd picture and 3rd picture: Tickle and giggle time with Nate one morning!

Opening gifts

1st picture: Nate got SOOOO many presents! We could not even walk around our place because toys were everywhere!

2nd picture: These shirts are PERFECT for Nate

3rd picture: My mom (Grandma DeeDee) being silly and wearing Nate's CARS helmet!

4th picture: Coloring with Grandma DeeDee on Nate's new CARS table and with his new CARS coloring pages!

The BIG party!

Nate had SOOOO much fun at his MY GYM birthday party!!!

Nate's 2nd birthday!

1st picture: I sent in a homemade birthday card to the SPROUT channel and his card made it on TV! It was so exciting to see it!

2nd picture: We went over to our neighbors and she made Nate's birthday cake and cupcakes for his party while the kids played. Nate and Leah were sitting at the table drinking juice and sharing blueberries as Maverick waited for anything to fall on the floor!

3rd picture: Nate eating a cupcake for his birthday, he decorated it himself!

4th picture: Nate and Leah eating yummy cupcakes!