1. Nathan loves oatmeal mixed with bananas. He doesn't prefer to be fed with a spoon. Rather, he prefers to eat a bowl of oatmeal himself. If I try to feed him, often he will shake his head and wave his arms as he hits the bowl and makes it all go flying all over the place. Instead, if I give him the bowl and spoon on his tray, he will eat every last bite of oatmeal, some with the spoon, most without. But that entire bowl will be eaten, minus the handfuls that land in his lap or on his belly or wiped in his hair. After this adventure he usually has to be stripped and sprayed off in the kitchen sink before getting dressed for the day. So cute!
2. Nathan is a climber. He is a risk taker. He climbs up on the fireplaces and digs inside the fireplace. He loves to climb the stairs. He will look at me, knowingly that I disapprove, and up he will go as fast as he can till I catch him. I had to lower the crib once and I need to again because he, of all the kids, might be the one to climb out.
3. Nathan has a funny raspy voice sometimes. He will make these raspy sighs that are just so darn cute. It makes me wonder if he will have a raspy voice for real someday. He also has a grunt grumble he makes too. He makes the funniest noises. His screams are the most piercing loud screams you've ever heard. The worst is when he does one of his screams in the middle of church. That would make one turn their head.
4. Nathan has so many little protectors. Dawson especially is out to protect his little bro. He will alert me when Nathan is headed up the stairs or if he is climbing somewhere or headed in to play in the potty. He's like my little Nathan Alarm. Kaylee loves him to pieces. She plays with him and he loves her attention. Jaxton loves to set him up at the piano with him and they play piano together. It is awfully sweet. Cooper is always so helpful to him and helps to move him away from danger and set up gates for him to be safe.
5. Nathan is crawling very fast. He is so close to walking it will be days before he's doing it. But for now, we can hand him a toy he is interested in and he will stand there holding the toy with both hands, not realizing he is standing and balancing. Once he realizes he is standing, he will lose his confidence and squat down to the ground. All he needs is a little confidence and he will be off!
6. Nathan has a sound he makes a lot. It sounds a lot like "yeahhhhh". It almost sounds like he is saying yeah to something. It is the sweetest sound. I don't want to ever forget that cute voice. He also can say "mama" and "dada" and he says "bah!" whenever he's talking about Bella the dog.
7. When Nathan goes to sleep at night he is so sweet and usually always predictable. He drinks his milk while I rock him. Then he takes that pacifier and his blanket and he snuggles up in fetal position on his side in his crib. He just gets cozy right when I put him down. And he lets me walk on out and close the door. He is such a good sleeper. I hope he keeps it up!
8. Nathan loves pushing his bike around outside. He loves to push it across the driveway and then will get stuck at the edge and not be able to turn around. So we turn him around and off he goes until he gets stuck on the other side of the driveway. He loves to be outside and he loves bikes.
9. Nathan loves water. He lives for bathtime! Whenever he has an opportunity to play in a faucet, a sink, a bathtub, or even the dogs water dish, he will find that water and make a splash. He climbs up to our tub and turns the water on and gets everything wet including himself. The other day he actually climbed into the kids bathtub upstairs and managed to get the water turned on a small trickle. So of course he had to take a nice long messy drink from the water in the tub and in the process got himself soaked. He knows he is not supposed to touch the dogs water dish, so he will look at me and then bolt to the water dish. He will look at me again and put his hand in when he sees me running after him. What a little stinker. In the pool he has no fear. He sticks his face in the water and laughs. He also makes a funny face when I bob him underwater. But he doesn't mind it at all. If he had his way he would let go of me and just go swim.
10. My Nathan loves to give hugs. Especially in the morning when he wakes up, and we get him out of bed, he just snuggles. He lays his head down on our shoulder and just gives love. It is so sweet. It melts my heart and I find so much Joy in my baby boy.
Happy Birthday Little One!
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