Nate
10. He is starting to become a picky eater. One day he loves carrots, the next he is gagging and spitting them out.
9. He loves to make things spin or roll. He'd spin his stacking rings on the floor, or in his high chair or stander for hours if we'd let him!
8. He's quite the water baby and is starting to splash and get really active during water therapy.
7. He can find/point to/show you his hair, ears, nose, eyes, mouth, belly, arm, fingers, toes, feet, knee and back.
6. He is totally addicted to "lift the flap" books. And books in general. Not such a bad thing to be addicted to!
5. He made his first "painting" last week! To my surprise I came home to find that he had painted and played with play-doh during OT!
4.He'll wave bye-bye on occasion, usually only to his Auntie Gina on the webcam. I guess she's the chosen one.
3. I think he is starting to get his two year molars due to the constant drooling and sticking his fingers into the back of his mouth.
2. He has his own Christmas tree in his room (It's a Burnett tradition! And it's only 3ft tall, but makes tree number 3 in our house!)
1. HE SAID HIS FIRST WORD! He's said a few words before, da-da, ba-ba, bye-bye, but they were all prompted and usually said by us first. But this was totally his doing in his excitement. His PT, Toni, has a secret weapon-bubbles. Nathan LOVES bubbles. So she brought them out the other day and as soon as he saw them he started whining. When she blew them he got really excited and said "buh- ba!" It was soooooo cute! And I sware today I heard him say "eat". The switch has definately been turned on!
Us
10. A very recent development: Ryan is in negotiations about doing some detective work a few nights a week. This is definately an exciting avenue for him!
9. This weekend is our annual trip to Marshall Field's (okay, Macys)to eat lunch under the big tree. This started with Ryan's mom when she was a little girl and would take the train with her Grandmother. I've been going with Ryan and his family for over 10 years now. It's a wonderful tradition and we look forward to it every year!
8.Much to my dismay and for the first time in several years, our house was not decorated for Christmas the weekend after Thanksgiving (and at this very moment is STILL not decorated). See number 7 for explanation.
7. We got new carepting! It was much needed and something we have been talking about doing for a long time. Thank goodness for Empire and their quick installation! There's nothing like new carpeting to make you feel like a) you have a brand new house. And b) your house is the cleanest it has been years (even if that is an illusion).
6. We have recently realized that we have a SERIOUS problem with punctuality. Meaning, we have none. And it's totally out of control.
5. I have been trying my luck with coupons for grocery shopping and the whole ordeal has just been trying my patience. No good coupons for organic food, ever. I loathe grocery shopping and am considering quitting all together and just eating out 7 nights a week. How's that for healthy?
4. This is Ryan's first week on 10 hour shifts. I am looking forward to those first three days off in a row. We subscribe to Netflix and are going to try to make Sunday nights "movie nights". My one concern is getting back into cooking meals, even just for three nights a week (see number 5).
3. Today, Ryan deemed Thursday's "Pajama Thursday". You guessed it, Nathan was still in his jammies when I got home from work (and Ryan would have been too if he wasn't headed out the door for work). His reasoning is that Thursday is the only weekday that he they don't have to prepare for or go to therapy. A valid reason, I think. And also kind of cute!
2. There are babies all around us (or so it seems). My cousin Erin is due in January, a neighbor from my childhood just had her third baby today (Happy Birthday Baby Healy!), my friend and hair stylist is due next month, a friend I reunited with on Facebook and has taken some of Nathan's pictures is pregnant with twins, and I just made plans to go visit friends from college who recently had a baby boy. Whew! It's definately got me thinking...
1. The Christmas season is here! We are looking forward to celebrating Jesus' birthday and spending time with family and friends. Sometimes we forget what this time of year is truly about and get too wrapped up (literally. ha!) in the buying and consuming part of it. It is my hope that we will stay focused on the one amazing gift we have all been given!
