Oh Fudge... Only, it Wasn't Fudge....

It was a FUDGECICLE!!! hahaha! Nolan's absolute favorite past time at Nana and Papa's house... eating fudgecicles with Papa. That Papa sure knows how to spoil Nolan. Here is a picture of the common occurrence. Too funny!


(Oh and those of you that don't get it or can't remember... it's from A Christmas Story. It's a Stein Family tradition every Thanksgiving and Christmas to watch this movie on repeat!)

Riding a Ducky

Nolan got this rubber...err... this stuffed riding ducky from his Uncle Brad and Aunt Katie when he was still in my belly. It has been in Nolan's bedroom for months, readily available for him to play on; however, he has ignored it, until NOW! He is absolutely obsessed with this duck. He whines until I bring it into the living room for him to play with. He rides it and even gets brave... he will stand on the back of the duck and let his hands go. Please don't tell me he is going to be a rodeo clown, standing on horses backs!! At any rate, he found a new favorite toy!

Starbucks Addict Already?

He is definitely his daddy's boy!! All kidding aside... it wasn't coffee or anything! I had ordered a Strawberry Banana Smoothie from Starbucks, that I wasn't in love with. I figured since it was a smoothie, it wouldn't harm him. And then... Nolan took over. He loved it! He was carrying the smoothie around and actually drank most of it himself. Mmmmm......

15 Month Appointment

Okay, I know it has been a really long time and I certainly have some catching up to do. But right now, I have only got about 5 minutes before Nolan comes pulling on me to get off of the computer. Last weekend we took Nolan to his 15 Month Appointment. And of course, he is STILL growing like a weed. He weighed in at 25lbs 13oz. and was 31.5 inches long, which puts him in the 50-60th percentile. So, I guess you could say he is pretty average! Nolan loves to jibber jabber, and he occasionally says words that you can clearly understand. Our new phrase is "uh-oh"! And it is quite funny! He has started using names a lot more to get people's attention and he will also grab you by the hand to show you what he wants. I like the "showing" idea- I can finally get him to "tell" me what he wants! Oh and almost forgot, Nolan has been having a lot of gas issues. As we have been trying to transition him to Milk from Formula for the past 3 months, we have noticed that milk has been giving him terrible belly aches... the doctor thinks he may be lactose intolerant. So for now, we are switching him to lactose-free milk and we will try regular milk again at two.

Other than that, we have been the busy Stein family that we are. Daddy's been working a lot, mommy's been working and prepping for school to start again on Monday, and Nolan's been getting into everything! This is life when you have a busy family!

I promise that I will get some more posts up soon and some pics! I have a lot to share! XOXOXO