Christmas 2008

As always, my pictures are in the wrong order. So reliving this past week backwards...

Nolan modeling some of his new wardrobe, thank you Aunt Mary and grandparents!

On Saturday we went bowling with Jesse's family and cousins. Nolan drooled while he watched, anticipating the day he could lift something that heavy.

Above: Nolan, Ally (Jesse's 2nd cousin), and Jesse

Below: Drooler, Laura

I love this picture of Jesse and Nolan from the first day we spent in NJ at my parents house

Nolan crying after 10 minutes of me placing him strategically under different lights trying to get a bright shot for a Christmas picture the week before we left.

One of the first tries at a good picture of Nolan with one of his Christmas gifts.

Our little family of three had Christmas here on Friday night before we left for NJ. It was fun to watch Nolan crawl OVER his wrapped gifts to get to the wipes box that has been in our living room for 2 months now. I'm so glad we didn't spend a lot of money on nice toys for the king of trash.

We are here for New Years and then on Friday we're heading down to Florida for a week. Pray for Nolan's first plane ride. Anyone have any tips? (Besides Benedryl, it makes him hyper instead of sleepy...not like we've tried it or anything...)

PS- Hi KAIT!!! : )

5 down 1 to go!!!

I finally emerged from the library yesterday afternoon after spending two somewhat excruciating weeks studying for finals and writing papers. Thankfully its over for the time being and I don't go back to school for at least 3 weeks. We'll spend part of that time in NJ visiting family, part of it in NC hanging out with friends, and the other part in Florida with family again. Laura and I are really looking forward to seeing everyone, we're driving to NJ for Christmas tomorrow morning. I haven't packed a single thing yet, and now Nolan is thwarting my progress by taking a nap. Not that I mind that at all, its giving me time to catch up on the National Geographic Channel. Its all about the marine iguana.

- Jesse

p.s. sorry i don't have any cool pictures to show like Laura always does.

for future girlfriends...

I know he probably won't be happy about pictures like this when he gets older, but I had to get a little tush shot.

Jesse helped Nolan learn how to pull himself up on the ottoman last night! We were really excited about it until this afternoon's nap consisted of Nolan repeatedly pulling himself up in his crib for an hour and a half.

Better lighting, less crawling

Tada!

Nolan wanted to play with my phone so badly that he crawled to it tonight!

Pictures galore!

Prepare yourself for Nolan overload:

He gets so giddy when we put him on his rocking giraffe. We watched with amazement yesterday when he dismounted gracefully onto the ground. It was ridiculous!

Jesse running and jumping on the cart with Nolan

Nolan trying to pay for our groceries. If only they took drool as credit...

This kid LOVES baths.

Did we mention he drools?

Doing two of his favorite things: standing at the ottoman and playing with the remote

Playing in his toy bucket. I put him in here as a joke to see what he'd do and he loved it so much I left him in there while I made dinner.

november

These pictures are a few weeks old and out of order but here is the last bit us enjoying the fall!

I think Nolan shares my love for crunching on leaves...

Jesse and Nolan enjoying the swings...I didn't enjoy the baby swing as much as Jesse did since my big rear was WEDGED painfully into the tiny seat...

The first weekend in November Janet came down to visit us!! We had so much fun with her. One of the days we went for a "hike" around Pilot Mountain (cupcake mountain to our parents) and I gave Nolan a ride in the backpack. As you can see, Janet enjoyed herself...while Nolan...not so much (in this picture at least!)

I have some good videos to post but we are having technical difficulties. I haven't been blogging on here to boycott and send them a message that I mean business but nobody seems to be getting that message. : ) Hopefully I'll figure out to get them up here soon.

Love you guys.

Eat your fruits and veggies

We met some twin girl bananas this afternoon.

It was hilarious to see Nolan interacting with other babies his exact same age (aka trying to poke their eyes out) until he discovered a popcorn ball and lost interest.

NOLAN! Can you hear me!?

Noley-bear...loving the swing

family photo thanks to random student who asked to take our picture

Nolan kicking back after a hard day of eating and sleeping

This afternoon we enjoyed the warm weather raking leaves. Nolan supervised from his stroller and made sure we didn't miss any. Be forewarned...this video is semi-loud...

Whirlwind weekend, pt. 2

See, I told you they were here...

swinging at the park

trying and loving a lemon...he didn't even make a horrible face, it was pretty disappointing

snuggling up after dinner