All About Nathan

Nathan is 1!

Saturday was Nathan's first birthday. I can't believe that my little baby is a year old. I've been through this 5 times, and each time, its hard to believe. In about a 2 day period, he went from not crawling, not rolling, and only occasionally pulling up to crawling, moving, going...

We were at my parent's home last week, and we had a small party for Nathan. My aunt made him his own cake.

He was a little apprehensive at first - what do I do with this?

Then he realized what he could do with it!

Then he just enjoyed it...

By the time he was done, he was pretty gross, but he had a great time with his cake!

I love you, Nathan!

Thought I'd Say 'Hi'

It's been a while since I've blogged...its been a busy month. The kids came home two weeks ago today and we started school two days later. We just finished our second week, and it has gone really well. God has really blessed our time in that both babies are napping in the afternoon and we are able to have plenty of quiet time to work fairly uninterupted.

Our first day, I decided to have a last minute field trip. Literally. We went to take pictures with the sunflowers in a field. It would have been nice to have everyone smiling and happy, but since we don't fake much around here, having 5 children looking happy all at the same time would look pretty contrived. Or photoshopped.

I tried to get all 5 of them in one picture, but Bethany knows that you can see the picture if you stand by Mommy and look at the tv on the camera. What she hasn't figured out yet is that Mommy actually has to take the picture first. So when I get the camera out, she runs to see the picture that I haven't taken yet. Which is why she is not in this picture. Oh, and Abby started to have a meltdown. And Nathan thought the grass was cool.

My sweet, happy boys.

Abby was still melting down. I did get Bethany in front of the camera, though!

My favorite Seth in the whole world...

Followed by my favorite Micah...who only winks at his momma.

Abby finally relaxed enough to smile a little. By then, she was too hot to be too happy.
Bethany had her own meltdown, but it was literal.
And my precious Nathan, who rarely complains about anything.

Michael Jackson

When I was little, my mom had a Christmas decoration that she would get out every year. It seems like it was a little house with a "pond" in front where little ceramic couples would skate around while music played. It took me a while to catch on that there was a magnet moving the figures under the mirror.

I don't mean to jump on the MJ bandwagon, but when I saw this clip, I thought it was too cool. He reminds me of those figurines that moved around with the aid of a magnet. Watch and you'll see what I mean!

Gone fishin'

Adventures in Facebook

Have you ever done something that you knew wasn't a good idea? Keith and I have joked that we've got to be the only Americans under 80 who have never seen the movie Titanic. We decided not too long ago that we would hold out on Facebook, too. On Tuesday, I gave in. I wanted to search for something and the only way I could do it was to join.

Apparently, I shouldn't be given the ability to join social networks. It was immediately taking up my time! It was fun to talk with old high school friends, but now my account is deleted, and honestly, I'm relieved! Keith and I talked about it last night and I realized just how easy it is for me to sink time that I don't have into something that is pretty non-productive. This is one reason why we ditched cable and don't have a converter box - too time consuming. It was too easy for me to veg on the couch at night, and it would have been too easy for me to chat with people all day long.

How often do we find ourselves doing something that we know we shouldn't do, for whatever reason, and we secretly long for someone to point it out to us? I think I've done this several times since being a teenager, and I'm always glad that someone else has the strength and/or resolve that I don't.

So thank you, Keith, for loving me enough to protect me from my own foolishness!

Now if someone could just tell me to put down the chocolate...