We are so grateful for all our blessings and the addition of Nathan to our family in 2007. We look forward to more good times in the new year. Happy New Year!
This new face started as of Saturday and he continues to repeat it...sometimes with a funny nose-breathing sound. We're wondering where he came up with it.
I think these pictures captured it well.
My boys
Happy 27th Birthday!
The game
Kevin and David taking a picture with Mike Williams
This is a flashback to last year's Tennesse trip. Kevin and David getting a picture with Vince Young.
Kevin on the sidelines right before the game
Nathan had his 6 month check-up on Wednesday. He had to brave 3 more shots. He now weighs 19 lbs 13 oz (90%) and is 28 1/4 inches long (95%). 
He is such a happy baby. We enjoy making him smile and laugh. This is such a fun age.
He won't be in this infant carseat much longer!
We started solids the beginning of November. He is a pretty good eater. So far he's had rice cereal, carrots, sweet peas, sweet potatoes, bananas and pears. Yum yum!
- Our big boy sitting up in his crib -
Last weekend Nathan was very interested in his laundry hamper. Kevin put it over his head and Nathan seemed to think it was pretty neat. Who needs toys when you have a laundry basket?
Nathan tried out his piano skills at Grandma and Grandpa Carter's house. Just look at that focus. Kevin and I would love for him to take lessons...when he's older of course.
Happy half-year birthday! We love you!
Here are a few:
It is good to be married to someone who makes you laugh and you can be silly around. It is also good to be loved as "mama."
It is always good to enjoy yummy food. This is from Thanksgiving dinner at my family's house. Nathan was ready to sample daddy's food.
It is good to see a smiling face. It is also good to get a break from a busy boy who happens to be napping right now. (Nathan is enjoying his play center for the first time here.)
It is especially good to be home right now on this rainy day. I took a half day off work since Kevin is leaving for Tennessee for the weekend. I wanted to be home with Nathan. It worked out well. Not only do I get to enjoy time with Nathan but I avoided being inside the classroom with 20 first graders for a whole work day. (Actually, they were very good this morning.)
Oh, the good things in life!
Gobble, gobble, gobble.
As we walked in we found Reggie the Alligator...he's pretty famous around here. He was captured and taken to the zoo the day Nathan was born.
Nathan: Hello Reggie!
Nathan was more interested in his pacifier holder than the Komodo Dragon staring at him.
I was so excited to learn that the Gorilla exhibit is finally finished! (We go to the L.A. Zoo every year with our first graders and it's always been a work in progress.) The gorillas were amazing...they didn't even seem real.
This one was roaming around making for some great photo opportunities. I thought this was a cool shot.
Someone's getting sleepy...
My favorite zoo animal is the giraffe. The baby giraffe was adorable and only 3 days old. We even saw him run around which was cute because he was a little wibbly-wobbly on his legs.
Unfortunately Nathan fell asleep right before we came to the giraffes. I thought he would like them since they are so tall and big. 
He woke up in time to see the elephant pooping though...whoo hoo! He seemed to like the elephant.
There was all this beautiful bamboo by the elephant so Sandi took some family pictures.
Just look at that sweet face!
The mama and baby orangutan were a crack up. At this point the baby was in trouble and being taken away by its mama. But then they cuddled up together and the baby started nursing. It was very cute.
One last picture near the pretty (but very smelly) pink flamingos! Next we found a spot for me to feed Nathan while Kevin and Sandi ate lunch. It was a very fun day.
If you're wondering where my students were all this time, they were with parent chaperones in small groups. I had so many parents come that I didn't need to be in charge of a group which left me free to be with my family. I just wish I could have drove home with my family. I could do without the bus ride.
Good bye zoo!
Nathan in his "white shirt and tie"
and sweat pants.
He's been chomping on his hands a lot lately.
(Is it teething or just hunger?)
Come on everyone.
Learning about animals is really lots of fun!
Colors, sizes, what they say, if they're fast or slow
Learning about animals there's so much to know!
Kevin and Nathan went to Babies R Us and came home with this new toy. Nathan loves it! Kevin and I have all the songs pretty much memorized by now. The words above are from one of the amazingly catchy songs.
Choo-choo!
