Starting the Season Off Right

We started the Christmas Season off right after Thanksgiving. In fact, the next day we decorated and that weekend everyone headed back to our house to watch as Nolan put his first ornament on the tree. What we did not expect was a tree of Nolan's very own and enough first christmas ornaments to decorate it! This is to start him off with a love of Christmas just like his Mommy and Grandma have. Nolan now has a tree in his nursery and we enjoy looking at it while we rock to sleep each night.

"Grandaddy" started Nolan off with his first present, (although he claims this to be a Thanksgiving day gift) a rocking horse. Our sweet baby boy LOVES his horsey! Check out all the festivities:

Thanksgiving 2010

We had so much to be thankful for over the Thanksgving holiday! Our family has (over the past 4 years) come to our house to celebrate the holiday and we love having a house full of family. Everyone brings something and we sit around reminded of how lucky we are to have each other. We enjoyed our family, good food and watching Nolan take his first taste of baby food (carrots).

5 Months and Growing

Nolan is growing at such an alarming rate - I can hardly believe how fast he is learning. You can see in his eyes when he is watching and thinking deeply about something (the majority of the time he is trying to form sounds and words).

He is sitting up and rolling over with zero difficulty. He loves to hear himself talk and we love to listen - he can get quite loud (like Mommy)! He is eating rice cereal once a day at dinner time when Mom and Dad eat. This was a challenge at first but he is getting to be a pro. Veggie baby food is coming up soon so we are excited about that.

Nolan can turn and somehow rotate himself 180 degrees on the floor? No crawling yet but we are seeing his interest in moving grow more and more each day. Check out the FABULOUS photos Aunt Liz did to capture this time in his life.

4 Months and Growing...

Nolan,

You turned 4 months old on September 28th and each day is such an amazing adventure. Your personality is starting to peak through and show itself which means you have everyone around you completely mesmerized! You have started rolling over! In fact, you like to turn over from your back to your tummy when Mommy changes your diaper (everyone says this is just the beginning of you not wanting to take the time to change your diaper).

We gave you your very first taste of rice cereal - you did not like and proceeded to give me a heart attack with choking sounds even though the rice cereal was more than thinned out.

You love to talk in this special little baby language and I love to listen to you talking! Especially in the car when you are looking out the window.

You started daycare recently and Mommy went back to work full-time! This has been the hardest thing I have ever had to do (to date). I was (as everyone said I would be) an emotional basket case trying to make the right decision on going to work and where to trust that you would be safe and protected and in an environment that encouraged you to learn and grow. Well...with each new day our routine gets a little easier - the women at your nursery adore you (no surprise there). You have a natural talent for charming but the ladies just eat you up when you smile and show those dimples. You can thank your Mom for those!

You are the light of my life and my whole existence has been wrapped up in the single act of being your Mom. My only wish is that one day when you are older and reading this that you know without a doubt how much you are loved!

Beach Baby Summer 2010