Nap time

On of Nathan's latest words is "nap," which sounds a lot like naaaaaa (no crying involved, just a very long a sound). Lately he has a cold and doesn't feel well, so napping is a little more attractive than usual. He'll find me, back up into me (indicating I should put him on my lap), then lay his head on my shoulder and say "nap." I'm happy to oblige.

First Haircut!

Today, Nathan had his first haircut. It's been a tradition in our family to wait until the boys' first birthdays to have their first haircut. Nathan didn't quite make it, since we wanted him to shed the shaggy look for Uncle Jon-David's wedding next week. Still, the difference was rather startling. In honor of this first haircut, I'll put up the the other two's before and after photos. Joshua still gives that dumb face whenever I try to get a picture of him. Getting his hair to lie down is still impossible.I just noticed we lived in a different place each time: California, Winfield (IL), and Orchard Downs (IL). Today, Daniel laughed and laughed at Nathan saying "He looks like Joshua now. You gave him Joshua's haircut. Ha. Ha. He looks like Joshua." Then, after a pause and in an accusing tone, he said "Did you give me Joshua's haircut?" I'll admit that they're very similar, but he did get his same old Daniel haircut today. From tall to small, I cut a lot of boys hair today.

Who re-seeds mid-season?

The City of Tracy re-seeds mid-season! Consequently, the soccer game was a bit muddy today, and while Daniel came out of it pretty clean (note Rodrigo, to his right, did not), Nathan needed a bath when we got home. Daniel's team won 3-0 and had fun doing it. Daniel was pretty excited because Andrew, one of the boys in our primary class, was on the Sharks team.

Cute to distraction

I usually miss out on the fun Nathan has in Sunday School while I'm in primary. This week Sister Johnson (there's one in every ward right? not ours, we have three!) was so distracted by these two having fun together that she filled me in with these photos. Nathan's hair looks especially good because I had to give it a quick scrub in the mother's room after I fed him. He had shoes on when we went to church.

This is Nathan, just playing around with the huge dinosaur toy that's hard to store, but lots of fun.

Epiphany

Nathan has been proficiently drinking out of a sippy cup for about two weeks, but only a specific kind. I was wondering why he has been so slow and so particular. Finally, I realized why Nathan hasn't been as quick to pick up using a sippy cup as the other two. Daniel and Joshua had juice starting around 7 months, and Nathan got his first (diluted) juice today at only a week shy of 11 months. Nathan is also better with a regular cup than the other two, but I think the major factor is the juice.

Tasty Treat

Nathan loves to play in the bathroom and he loves to snack. Today he combined these two loves:

He'll try anything once, even fresh off the roll toilet paper. Notice the lid is down, for obvious reasons we are grateful Daniel and Joshua have learned to do this pretty consistently.