Don't Wake the Panda Bear!

I don't usually bother Nathan while he is sleeping. I just enjoy it and hope it lasts. Sometimes I have to sneak in there and look at him because he is so sweet.



He always sleeps in this position: Face down, thumb in mouth, butt in air. My favorite thing is that he sleeps with his little feet crossed one over the other.



Of course the camera woke him so he stood up and looked unhappily at me while I took his picture instead of picking him up. Then we went downstairs for some breakfast and all was right with the world again.

I'm a big messy boy!

Nathan finally held his sippy cup and drank by himself! We had to put milk in it for him to do so and he made a terrible mess. Every time he eats now he makes a terrible mess. When I pull him out of his high chais Liberty puts her front feet on the chair and gets all the food out of it. The amount of laundry I do now is amazing! I love that Nathan is able to feed himself now. I can get so much more accomplished while he is eating.

Nathan and Daddy

These two have been so fun to watch lately. Nathan is toddling everywhere now and if Ron is up moving around, Nathan is running after him.

The other day Nathan was saying "Mama" while Ron was feeding him and Ron said, "I'm not Mama, I'm Daddy." Nathan thought this waas funny and they made a game of it. Now whenever I ask him, "Where is Daddy?" he will grin and say, "Mama!" then waits for Ron's reaction. When Ron says, "Hey! I'm Daddy!" Nathan squeals with laughter and says, "Mama" again.

Ron still tosses him around quite a bit and Nathan loves it. I love watching them together.

We took Nathan to get his hearing checked today and it looks like he will need to have tubes. The doctors will put those in when they repair his palate.

Rubber Ducky Fun

I wish these pictures had turned out clearer. When he gets excited, he bounces up and down and it's hard not to get a blurry photo. Nathan is really enjoying his bathtime now. He has learned how to throw things this past week and takes great delight in throwing them out of his tub. We like to play with the rubber duckies and he has even learned how to balance them on his head. There's a video at the bottom of the post that shows why I can't seem to get my ducks in a row these days.



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Our Little Panda Bear

These are Nathan's first professiona portraits.

Busy Times

We took Nathan to see the cleft specialists for his first visit. We were surprised to hear that they can complete his surgery as soon as they can get it scheduled. They want to check his hearing to see if they want to put in tubes. I think there is nothing wrong with his hearing but often cleft affected children have problems until they are older. We have the hearing test on the 20th.

Nathan has learned how to feed himself! It is wonderful since it allows Mommy and Daddy to eat now while he happily chows down himself. We still help him with the stuff that requires a spoon.

Our dogs and cats wait under his high chair for tidbits to fall. When we get him out of the chair he usually has a cup of food on his clothes so we shake him off and the cleanup crew takes care of everything.

I think we are finally starting to get over the sickness that has been plaguing us. We are starting to feel a little better every day. Apparently a lot of people in the city have the same thing so I don't know what that is about.

Nathan is walking everywhere now! He runs for his goal like he has to get there before he falls down which still happens often. When spring comes he should be ready to run around outside.

He is becoming increasing noisier too so we are waiting to see if some words will be here soon. He will say "Mama" for me once in a while when I ask him to. Most of the time he makes a loud "CAAAAAAAAAAWWWWW!!!!" noise and he sounds like a crow. There is a huge difference in the house when he is waking vs sleeping.

These footy-pajamas were made for walking!

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Nathan is walking! He gets braver every day and he thinks it is so much fun!

Nathan is 18 months old!

After much resistance Nathan is learning to feed himself! So far he will take the spoon and put it in his mouth. It doesn't always make it inside but he is doing a pretty good job. We are still working on getting him to pick up Cheerios and put them into his mouth instead of throwing them onto the floor.



Nathan has started getting into some things that before he had left alone. Here he was caught with the dog's food dish. At least he wasn't eating their food.


Nathan said his first word! It was "Mama" of course and sometimes he will repeat it for me when I ask him to. He is progressing amazingly well in his walking and that's all he wants to do now. So far we've had no bad falls. His balance is very good.