Hello?

Nolan has an extreme obsession with all phones. If one is in sight, he tries his hardest to get it in his hands. Here is a picture of Nolan playing with Grandma Marsha's cell phone.
He is so funny with the phone; he pretends that someone is actually on the other line talking to him. And of course, many of you have been on the receiving end of a "phone call" from him. Enjoy!

What's That?

It's Grandma Marsha's kittie cat! My Grandpa, Clarence Gould (my mom's father), recently passed away. My grandpa was in love with cats... and that is an understatement! After going through hundreds of photos of family, we quickly realized that about 30% of those pictures were of cats. With that being said, grandpa had one cat still living when he passed away, Blackie. My mom decided that she would take Blackie and care for her. Nolan has never been around cats, only dogs. I took him over to meet Blackie and he absolutely loved her. Maybe it was her kind heart allowing him to actually pet her (the dogs run from Nolan) or maybe it's that she is just way too old to know any better. Either way... Nolan was thrilled! Here are some pics... Loving on the kittie and trying to get her to talk on the phone!

It's Pumpkin Season!

We took Nolan to Eckert’s this past weekend. I think he was in awe of all of the big orange things aka pumpkins! He had fun running around and touching all of the pumpkins, although it made me really nervous. I thought they may tumble off of the hay stacks. We didn't take him out to the patch this year, we just picked from the selection that Eckert’s had picked. Maybe next year when he listens a little better we will take him (fingers crossed)! We got Nolan the perfect sized pumpkin that he can actually lift and a few mini pumpkins. We are getting really excited for Halloween!

Mmmm... Good!

This is Nolan’s new habit…

That’s right… my little stinker has been licking the outside of Nana’s oven as the scrumptious food cooks inside! Thank goodness the outside of the oven is cool to the touch. And thank goodness Nana and Papa keep their house spic and span! He does this all the time. Not just a onetime event, but HILARIOUS every time!

Fire Prevention

This week was Fire Prevention week, so we HAD to take Nolan to the firehouse to see all the great fire trucks! Nolan looked in amazement at all of the giant trucks. He had fun running around and then stopping every once in a while to gaze at the trucks and all of the hustle and bustle of the “big kids” around him. He took a particular liking to the fire pole and even went down the pole four times! The first time he was kind of scared, but after that, all bets were off! He is so fearless. He would have gone down that darn pole 20 times if I would have let him. Nolan even got to see the Arch Ambulance Helicopter land. VERY COOL!

Also, Gary took one of the fire trucks to daycare to show all of the kids. All of the other kids were terrified and refused to get on the truck. Not Nolan… he jumped right on. Looks like we have another fireman in the family!