Winter Fashion

Nate has been so cute bundled up in his winter clothes, so I had to share a couple of pics.

I also wanted to share pics of Nate's new talent...getting up on his hands and knees!

Snow Baby

Nate amazes me with how much he changes in such short periods of time...since I last posted, he has gotten two teeth! We were so relieved when those pearly whites popped through because the teething process was a rough one for him. But they are here and they are sharp! I only made the mistake of letting him continue to chew on my finger once...ouch!

He is gearing up for the crawling stage too. He is starting to figure out how to get his knees under him when he is on his tummy and when he does get that far he can rock back and forth. Or if the knees aren't working then he pushes himself backwards with his arms. So, you can see him starting to put all of the pieces together and it is fascinating to watch (I realize only a new mother would say that!). Guess it's time to start thinking about babyproofing (i.e. wrap my furniture in foam bumpers and lock myself out of cabinets)! He is also holding himself up on tables and the sofa but he hasn't figured out how to pull himself up yet. So much to learn!

This past week we saw the most snow we have seen in ATL in at least 5 years. When I picked Nate up from school it was already coming down so we sat on the porch and stared for a while. He wasn't sure what to make of it...he seemed very concerned. Michael made Nate a snowball which he played with. But I think his favorite part was the fire we built...he sat in front of it and laughed and flapped his arms...the snow couldn't elicit that response! We were thisclose to having a snow day...but our beautiful snow had turned to rain overnight and was mostly melted by morning time. We are supposed to get more tonight so hopefully we can have more winter fun this weekend!

Christmas

We had a very nice Christmas...it was as wild and hectic as we expected it to be, but fun! My family was in town for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day so we had a few days to spend together. The best part was having the babies together for the holiday. They had their picture taken with Santa, shared toys, and we even gave them their first baths together. I thought the whole experience would be lost on Nate, and granted for the most part it was, but he really loved tearing the paper off the packages and chewing on the ribbons...and he loved all of his gifts. He went straight to playing and has only stopped to eat and sleep.

The day after Christmas, we drove to Knoxville and celebrated again with The Cox's. Nate loved having more attention showered upon him - and more gifts (and paper and ribbons)!

We took a ridiculous amount of pictures this week but I pulled out a few pics for an small album (see right).

So, all in all, Nate's first Christmas was wonderful. I know that what I will remember won't be the stress of the mall and the cooking and cleaning, but rather the time we got to spend together with our families and the adorable smiles I saw on Nate's face this week.