Here Comes Santa Claus

Here Comes Santa Claus, Right Down Santa Claus Lane....

Nolan met Santa Claus for the first time ever at the Annual Kid's Christmas Party at the Firehouse on Sunday! He didn't cry at all when he met Santa, he kind of just stared at him. Santa also gave Nolan a toy tractor; however you can see from the picture that he was not interested in Santa nor what was in the gift... just the bow! I am sure he will be more interested next year. Hopefully he won't cry like some of the other kids!

Nolan sitting with Daddy and Santa

Nolan with Kahli, Brent's (Gary's Best Man) daughter, at the Christmas Party

Nolan Already Loves Brody!

We are fast approaching the arrival of baby Brody and we just can't wait! I am sure Aunt MiMi can't wait either!! Here is a picture of Nolan loving on Brody. So stinking cute... I just had to share! (Sorry Michelle, I just couldn't resist the urge!)

There was also a picture of Nolan kissing Aunt MiMi's belly, but I didn't want to make Aunt MiMi too mad!!

Big Boy Carseats

Nolan now has big boy carseats!! Woohoo! And he is loving every minute of it! He sits in his new seats like a big boy and looks out the window. It is such a bittersweet moment! Here are a few pictures to document this big event!

Testing the Big Boy Seat for Mommy's Car

Testing the Big Boy Seat for Daddy's Car

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas!

So, it is our VERY first year having a Christmas tree and our first year in our new house and the first time we get to share the holiday with our baby boy... and we couldn't be more thrilled!!! We put our Christmas tree up the other day and put wrapped presents under it. There will be a small number of gifts this year, but let's be honest, it will take Nolan 3 hours to open the 4 presents we got him!! Here is a picture of our tree that I am so excitedly proud of! I just LOVE Christmas!

And... I know you are all just dying to see a current picture of Nolan... so here you go! This is a picture of Nolan and Gary playing on the floor a couple of days ago. Cutest picture EVER!! :)

Look at Him Grow!

It is official... my baby is becoming a big boy! For the past week or so Nolan has been trying so hard to crawl. He was definitely army crawling- and was doing quite well with it! You'd better not have anything that he shouldn't have in eyesight or he was going to get it. But NOW... he took his official first crawl- hands and knees- on Friday night! He is only able to take about 2 "steps" and then he falls, but hey, it is a great start! I am so stinking proud!!

Another sign Nolan is becoming a big boy... we went and looked at Big Boy Carseats this weekend! Nolan's carrier is simply too small for him now. You can tell he is uncomfortable and he tries very hard, but unsuccessfully to sit up in it. Nolan looked so cute when we were "trying out" the seats. He seemed really happy to be able to sit up and have a lot more room. As soon as we buy one, we will definitely post pictures.

And a final sign... He is drinking his juice from a sippie cup! He does so well at holding the cup and placing it in his mouth. Just don't take it away from him while he is drinking; you may just have a monster on your hands!!!

6 Month Appointment

Nolan had his 6 month appointment on Friday. Another day filled with shots and tears! He had four shots and one oral "shot", including half of a flu shot. He definitely had a rough day after the shots, but he is doing fine now. Well, with the exception of the fact that his teeth have been bothering him a bunch latelty. I wish those darn teeth with just come through! So.... the details.... he now weighs 18lbs. 1oz. and is 26.5 inches long. The doctor again said that he was impressed with Nolan's development, including his new habit of scooting- maybe he will be crawling by Thanksgiving! Or Christmas at the latest! More pictures to come soon!

Just Monkeying Around

First off let me say that I am flabbergasted at how fast Nolan has been growing. Can you believe he is already six months old? I can hardly believe it myself! Nolan's First Halloween turned out to be a great night. It was beautiful outside with temperatures around 70 degrees. Nolan looked so darn cute in his monkey costume, but it was a little warm outside for him to be in it for too long. I say that he probably only had it on for a total of 30 minutes all night long. (We changed in and out of it three times to make sure that he didn't get too hot.) We didn't take him trick-or-treating, but we took him up to the firehouse where many families come to trick-or-treat and showed him off to our fire family! All in all it was a great night and Nolan looked as cute as can be. He HAD to be the cutest monkey in the world that night!!

Momma's Little Pumpkin

Grandma Theresa and I took Nolan to the pumpkin patch today... Okay... we just took him to Eckert's to the Garden Store, but he really doesn't know any better! Nolan had a great time at the pumpkin store. He was so interested in all of the people, the pumpkins, and the scare-crows. He even tried to pull some of the stuffing out of one of the scare-crows. I can see a destrcutive little boy emerging!! We tried to take some pictures with the pumpkin displays, but he was more interested in everything else surrounding us. Here are a couple of pictures. He was dressed for the occassion... his shirt courtesy of Haley says "little pumpkin"! Too cute!

Picture Day!

We had picture day on October 12... and it was so fun! Nolan did really well, but he got tired about half way through. Here are two pictures from the photo shoot! I swear I have the cutest kid in the world! What a ham!!

Feeding Himself??

Here are some pictures of Nolan holding is bottle for the first time. He always wants to hold his bottle and feed himself. We really need to work on teaching him how to hold it upright so he doesn't get so angry when no more is coming out! He also tries to feed himself all of his veggies and cereal... but he is really terrible with that task. We keep having to remind him that he is not that big!!