Rainy Rehoboth

Getaway

Getting away for a few days to Rehoboth Beach. Nate helped us pack and Cinnamon navigated.

Bye, Tressie

We'll miss you!

MA-mah

Nate's been really chatty lately and even started with some ba-bah's and an occasional ma-ma-ma-mah-mah. But today after having to change my shirt twice today (once because I got his epic poop on me and once from his projectile spit up) and having a battle royale to get him to nap, we were playing on the floor and he climbed into my lap, looked right at me and said with the cutest little lilt in his voice, "MA-mah." Heart. Melted. 

I'm sure what he probably meant was "Move out of the way, woman - I gotta get to that shiny thing behind you!" But I'll take it. Didn't get a pic at the moment, but this was later enjoying some spaghetti and turkey meatballs. Note that Cinnamon is in position to catch any droppings (below).

Hangin' out.

Spitting image

Momma thinks I look just like Daddy in this picture.

11 months!

Look at that tiny Superman next to our big 11 month old boy! It's getting trickier to get these shots as Nate just needs to be on the move every second. He's either pulling himself up on things, semi-walking along them, scooting around, knocking things over or trying to shake them - because that makes a hilarious sound, of course. He continues to be super chatty and opinionated and has been trying out some new laughs. And he's eating whatever we put in front of him. Smarty pants Cinnamon has learned to patiently wait underneath the high chair when turkey meatballs are on the menu. When he's up in the morning he's definitely up and wants to explore, which usually means we have to tag team to keep him from bopping his head on something as we're both trying to get ready for work. He can kind of wave and almost learned how to blow kisses, but gets distracted by his fingers being near his mouth and chews on them before he gets to blowing the kiss. But he has figured out how to give kisses with his mouth - he just hasn't realized you should pucker up rather than do an open-mouth drool swipe on Momma and Daddy's cheeks. And as you can see, his hair is as red as ever, his feistiness is really starting to come through, and his giggles are the best sound ever. Next month he'll be one, so we better get our baby snuggles in while we can :)

Easter

Our new puppy

For the record he climbed in there himself - and even closed the door behind him!

Chilly April

It's chilly for April but good thing I've got this cozy sweater Momma knitted for me. It's got a hood!

Cherry Blossoms!

      

Out to Lunch

Spaghetti

New jammies

It's hard to see in this picture but yes, that's a pug astronaut on his shirt. And those are dinosaurs with sunglasses and bow ties in the second picture, naturally.

Playtime with Cinnamon