Happy Holidays!

Had a quick second to make a photo album with some recent pictures of Nate (ok, so the album from Smilebox was reminding me of our vacation in a few days...oh it looks so nice!) I think the biggest news update is that Nate is now drinking from a sippy cup! Only have him doing it once a day...we patiently waited until he had enough practice with an empty sippy before moving on to one with liquid. He's also back to sleeping mostly through the night (once mom figured out that he was cold--unless it happens to be coincidence that we've just been keeping him busier lately!)

Hope you all have a nice Christmas and New Years! I'm sure we'll be posting Christmas and vacation pics soon. Someone is going to be way excited about wrapping paper, gift bags, and bows!

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Meeting Santa Part II

Nate did better meeting Santa for his second time. He actually looked at the camera :) I saw with children around a year and a half or so though that they don't like Santa (the whole scream/cry fiasco) so maybe next year we'll just watch other kids greeting Santa!

Its hard to believe that Christmas is just about a week away (and then just about a week away from being over!) Very excited for the holiday and for our vacation the day afterwards-we're heading to our fav northern Arizona spot, Sedona, for a few nights. The whole gang (including the dog,Lily) is going along this time. We rented a cabin in a canyon (think creeks and pine trees) so we're anxious to see some snow (and hopefully watch it fall!) Daddy has off from that time through New Years so it will be really nice to be altogether.

Nate crawls at super speed now (one minute he's in the room, turn around and then he isn't). He can also stand up on his own,without support for a few seconds (as each week has been going on its been longer and longer). He enjoys following all of us around the house. So I'm increasingly becoming more active : )

We hope everyone has a good holiday!

Meeting St. Nick

Hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving! We had both families over for the holiday and it turned out really well.

Nate got to meet Santa Claus last week at Zoolights (our zoo in Phoenix is decorated with Christmas lights). He loved watching the dancing trees and wasn't scared of Santa at all. He was very fascinated with Santa's beard : ) We couldn't get him to look at the camera as he was focused on Santa's face the whole time. It was cute and funny. I'm sure he might encounter him again yet before Christmas gets here.

On that note, we're very excited for Nate to experience his first Christmas. Personally it's my favorite holiday of the year so I'm super stoked to live everything through his eyes (which includes writing a letter to Santa and leaving out cookies and milk--the whole deal!) At just about 10 months old, he's starting to cruise around furniture more so he may be close to walking at that time. He does like looking at Christmas trees with the lights, so once we get our live tree the parents will have fun trying to pull Nate out of it : ) Oh well, it only comes once a year!

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